Changing our world for the better takes action
What we do today decides what’s possible tomorrow.
It takes all of us. It takes Aviva.
Transcript for video Changing the world for the better takes action
Creating a more sustainable world takes social and climate action.
“Building a sustainable future for our customers, for ourselves, is going to take bold actions and decisive leadership. I’m determined that Aviva plays our part to the full.” Amanda Blanc, Group Chief Executive Officer of Aviva.
We’ve set ourselves ambitious goals:
Reach Net Zero by 2040, ten years ahead of the Paris agreement.
Help 10 million people become more resilient to climate, financial and health shocks between 2020 and 2025.
And embed sustainability into every part of our business.
We’re taking social action.
Pledged £9m to partnerships with Citizens Advice and Money Advice Trust.
Donated over £12.5m+ to over 7,800 UK causes through the via Aviva Community Fund since 2015.
Contributed in the community, with 41,610 hours volunteered by our people during 2022.
Invested billions in UK social infrastructure:
- Urban regeneration
- Sustainable education and healthcare
- Social housing
- Renewable energy
- and electronic vehicle charging networks
We’re taking climate action.
Using 100% of our energy from renewable sources.
Making progress to Net Zero carbon in our supply chain by 2030.
Helping the UK to be the most climate-ready large economy by 2030.
Climate projects with WWF and the launch of the Save Our Wild Isles Community Fund.
Partnerships with conservation projects including restoring the UK’s lost rainforests.
It takes social and climate action. It takes everyone playing their part.
It takes Aviva.
Our sustainability ambition
Acting on climate change, building communities, embedding sustainability... find out more about how we're creating a better tomorrow.

Supporting our people to be their best
Our people
Our people are Aviva. They are focused on delivering our purpose and making things better for our customers and colleagues. They make this a great place to work.

Diversity and inclusion
From Norwich to Toronto, we are committed to ensuring our people are a reflection of the customers and communities we serve.

The sustainability team and who we work with
Our sustainability news
Read our latest news about how we're working towards a better tomorrow.
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Aviva launches Sustainable Business Coach tool
...to help brokers on their sustainability journey.
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Savvy Brits turn to sustainability to save
New study from Aviva reveals more than two fifths of Brits are recycling or up-cycling existing items.
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Aviva expands underwriting appetite to include engineered timber for commercial buildings
Aviva aims to help the construction and real estate sectors reduce their carbon footprint.
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Aviva to support restoration of shrinking saltmarsh habitat to combat climate change
Aviva announces a new partnership with the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) to support saltmarsh research and restoration in the UK.
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Aviva invests £20m into low carbon housing manufacturer TopHat
Aviva Capital Partners (ACP), Aviva’s capital unit, is investing £20m into TopHat, a business manufacturing low carbon modular homes using Modern Methods of Construction (MMC).
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Aviva Canada Announces Seven Ontario Communities to Receive Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
Aviva Canada is pleased to announce the first seven communities that will receive Level 2 electric vehicle (EV) charging stations through its Charged for Change program in partnership with Earth Day Canada.
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Aviva becomes a Carbon Partner of the Woodland Trust with a £10m donation
Aviva announces a £10 million donation to the Woodland Trust to support their Woodland Carbon Scheme which will deliver carbon removal and biodiversity improvements through woodland creation and peat restoration.
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Carbon footprint of restoring a flooded home can be equivalent to six and a half return transatlantic flights
Aviva calls for urgent action in creating climate-ready homes
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Aviva helps restore rare native British rainforests
Aviva announces £38 million of funding to restore Britain’s lost temperate rainforests in the UK. This is part of a £100 million commitment to help remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere using nature-based solutions that will improve habitats, biodiversity and enhance resilience to flooding and extreme heat.
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New guidance for investors to ensure climate financing supports gender equality
The Women in Finance Climate Action Group has developed a framework to help financial institutions support women in the net zero transition and limit the negative impact of climate change on women.
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Aviva achieves validation of its science-based emission targets
Aviva has received validation of its science-based targets following approval from the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).
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Aviva calls for financial sector to play a bigger and clearer role in preventing biodiversity loss
Aviva calls for clarity on the financial sector’s role in the goals and targets set by the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), due to be agreed at COP15 in Montreal.
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Electric car drivers fear running out of charge – but help is at hand from Aviva
Running out of charge and being left stranded at the roadside is the main concern of drivers of electric vehicles (EVs) and those thinking of buying or leasing one, new research from Aviva shows.
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Aviva wants UK to be the most climate-ready large economy in the world by 2030
Aviva today launches a campaign for the UK to be the most climate-ready large economy by 2030 as it releases its first Climate-Ready Index – a framework to measure how influential countries (G7*nations +Ireland) are progressing on climate mitigation, resilience and adaptation.
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Aviva Ireland provides €5 million funding to The Nature Trust
Aviva Ireland has announced that it has provided €5 million in funding to the Nature Trust, a not-for-profit company backed by Coillte and Forestry Partners, to help accelerate its native afforestation project.
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Aviva Perth office to go off-grid following turbine approval
Aviva’s Pitheavlis site in Perth has taken a significant step towards achieving Net Zero operations following approval to install a wind turbine that will provide renewable energy for the site.
Our stories
Read more about how we're acting on climate change, building stronger communities and embedding sustainability into our business.
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Aviva and WWF
It takes acting on climate change to build a better tomorrow. It takes a partnership.
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Aviva Foundation
Using unclaimed shareholder assets for public benefit.
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British Red Cross partnership
We’ve worked with the British Red Cross since 2016 to help communities become safer and stronger in times of uncertainty and crisis.
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Perth Solar Project
Powering our future with renewable energy
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Dormant assets scheme
A force for good at a time of crisis
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Fighting floods
Supporting our customers when they need us most
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Sustainable claims
Minimising the environmental impact of the claims we process
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Making inclusion integral
Making inclusion integral to how we treat our customers, clients, partners and people
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Human rights and our Modern Slavery Act statement
Supporting the human rights and anti-modern slavery agenda
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Funding the future
Investing in UK infrastructure
Becoming Climate Ready
We want the countries we operate in to become more climate ready.
We’ve measured influential counties on how they are progressions on vital climate mitigation, resilience and adaptation factors.