Aviva’s sustainability ambition

Focused on climate action, social action and being a sustainable business.

Changing our world for the better takes action

We know that what we do today decides what’s possible tomorrow. We are committed to doing our part, working with other businesses, governments, regulators and communities, to help get ready for the challenges and opportunities ahead.

Our approach to sustainability focuses on three core areas:

Watch this video to find out how we’re taking action. This video contains data and statements accurate as at 31 December 2025 - excluding Direct Line businesses.

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Transcript  for video Aviva’s Sustainability Ambition

Creating a more sustainable world takes social and climate action.

We’re taking social action. We’re focused on strengthening financial resilience, investing in housing and infrastructure and improving employability prospects.

We’re taking climate action. We’re focused on decarbonising our business, insuring and investing in the energy transition, protecting and restoring nature, and supporting climate adaptation. We have an ambition to become a Net Zero company by 2040.

And we’re acting as a sustainable business.

We’re focusing on providing purposeful proposition choice, being an employer of choice, and protecting human rights while maintaining good governance.

We’re taking social action. We've donated around £11m to our partner - Citizens Advice - to help our communities with their financial resilience.

Since 2015 we’ve contributed over £20m to over 9,000 UK local change makers through Aviva’s UK community funding.

In 2026 we set new social action ambitions.

We aim to support 2,000 charities, social enterprises and community partners with increased capacity to serve the community from 2026 to 2030.

We also aim to help 100,000 people with improved financial resilience from 2026 to 2030.

We’ve spent over 300,000 hours on volunteering between 2020 to mid-2025 and have set the ambition to do 600,000 hours from 2026 to 2030.

And we’re proud to be Business in the Community’s first National Place Partner, sharing their ambition of supporting 50 Places across the UK by 2032, starting in York, Sheffield, Norwich, Bristol, Eastleigh and Perth.

We’ve invested over £13 billion in UK infrastructure since 2020 including: urban regeneration, social housing, renewable energy and electric vehicle charging networks.

We’re taking climate action. Making progress towards our 2040 Net Zero ambition. We have reduced the carbon emissions from our operations (Scope 1 and 2) by 56% since 2019. And used 100% electricity from renewable sources across all operations. Our suppliers are joining us on our journey – 73% of our suppliers (by spend) had set validated science-based targets by the end 2025. Since 2019 we have reduced the Scope 1 and 2 emissions intensity for a portion of our investments by 59%. By the end of 2025, Aviva had invested approximately £10.5 billion in green assets. We are helping to restore Britain’s lost temperate rainforests through a £38 million partnership with The Wildlife Trusts. We are reviving saltmarsh habitats through a £21 million partnership with the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust. We are supporting the creation of new woodlands and restoring peatlands through a £10 million partnership with the Woodland Trust.

We’re embedding sustainability into our business. Innovating to offer sustainable choices in our products, services and investments. And we’re taking action to support a just and fair energy transition so that the impacts of change don’t disproportionately impact vulnerable communities.

Doing more to build a supportive, diverse and inclusive organisation. As at end of 2025 92% of employees would recommend Aviva as a great place to work. 14% of senior leaders are from ethnically diverse communities, and just over 41% of senior management positions are held by women.

It takes social and climate action.

It takes everyone playing their part.

It takes Aviva.

Find out more in the Sustainability section of Aviva's 2025 Annual Report and Accounts at aviva.com/sustainability/reporting.

Sustainability is central to Aviva’s strategy. Addressing some of the biggest issues we face isn’t just about adapting to new realities; it’s an opportunity to invest in a sustainable future and a pathway to resilience, innovation and long-term value creation.

Claudine Blamey, Chief Sustainability Officer

Taking climate action

Aviva is taking steps to help tackle the climate crisis.

Our ambition is:

  • Become a Net Zero company by 2040
  • 60% reduction in the Scope 1 and Scope 2 economic carbon intensity of equity, corporate bonds and loans, infrastructure, and real estate assets held in shareholder, with-profits, and policyholder funds (where we have decision-making control and data) by year-end 2029 from a 2019 baseline 1
  • 90% reduction in absolute Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by year-end 2030 (from a 2019 baseline)

Additional ambitions and more information on the scope of each, including those achieved by year-end 2025 are contained in our sustainability reporting. See our sustainability resources and reporting hub

Taking social action

For over 300 years, Aviva has played a part in the lives of our customers forming long-standing connections with communities.

Our ambition is:

  • To continue to invest in programmes, partnerships and charities, helping to build stronger more inclusive communities at the local level. 
    • 2,000 charities, social enterprises and community partners with increased capacity to serve the community from start of 2026 to end 2030.
    • 100,000 people with improved financial resilience from start of 2026 to end 2030 (inclusion, capability or wellbeing).
  • Help both small and large charitable organisations respond to financial and climate challenges across the UK by funding practical solutions and investing in long-term change through the Aviva Foundation2

We estimate that our work will benefit around 5 million people from start 2026 to the end of 2030 and we report the estimated number of people benefiting from our programmes within our Annual Report and Accounts. Additional ambitions and more information on the scope of each, including those achieved by year-end 2025 are contained in our sustainability reporting. See our sustainability resources and reporting hub

Acting as a sustainable business

We want to make our industry work better for everybody.

To achieve our ambition, we are working to embed sustainability into every part of our business.

This includes ensuring clear accountability for action, transparent reporting, and respecting human rights. 

It also means being an employer of choice through our focus on diversity and inclusion, and health and wellbeing.

Place-based action

Taking action in the places we live and work

We use a place‑based approach to build stronger, more inclusive communities. With local partners, we strengthen financial resilience, housing and skills, and support climate adaptation and nature.

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1 In scope are Scope 1 and 2 economic carbon intensity (ECI) for in-scope equity, corporate bonds and loans, infrastructure, and real estate assets held in shareholder, with-profit and policyholder funds where we have decision-making control and data across UK, Ireland, Canada, and India. Aviva is deemed to have investment decision-making control when they are responsible for defining the investment mandate – setting the investment objective, guidelines and risk appetites; choice of benchmark to meet customer and shareholder outcomes; and manager selection. This does not include external fund links made available on platforms, consultant instructed scheme blends, or external client mandates. For more details please see www.aviva.com/sustainability/resources-and-reporting-hub/

2 The Aviva Foundation, administered by Charities Trust under charity registration number 327489