Archive

  • People moves: Aviva, ShareAction, Calvert

    12 October 2018

    Mark Wilson is to step down as CEO of Aviva in April 2019.

  • Aviva backs initiative to monitor corporate progress on SDGs

    25 September 2018

    A coalition of public and private sector stakeholders, including UK insurer Aviva, have launched the World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA), with the aim of helping businesses do more to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

  • $3trn of investors launch pilot group on TCFD

    15 March 2018

    Nine investors representing around $3 trillion of assets have joined forces to promote climate transparency.

  • Insurers' strategic responses to climate change

    11 April 2017

    The third and final part of this series of features about the insurance sector looks at group level responses to climate change. Peter Cripps reports

  • Aviva calls for global definition of fiduciary duty incorporating sustainability

    23 March 2017

    UK insurance giant Aviva has called on the UN, OECD and G20 to adopt universal rules on fiduciary responsibility that allow the investors to incorporate longer-term risks such as climate change.

  • Aviva earmarks two coal companies for divestment

    04 November 2016

    Aviva has earmarked two coal companies for "potential divestment", and is considering ditching eight others that are not responding to its requests for engagement.

  • Insurers worth $1.2trn urge end to G20 fossil fuel subsidies

    30 August 2016

    Insurers with $1.2 trillion in combined assets have urged G20 governments to commit to phasing out fossil fuel subsidies by 2020, ahead of next week's meeting in China.

  • Aviva plans £500m/year in low-carbon investments, threatens coal divestment

    28 July 2015

    UK insurer Aviva aims to invest £500 million ($780 million) in renewable energy and energy efficiency in each of the next five years.

  • Aviva publishes sustainable markets manifesto

    15 December 2014

    The EU must improve company reporting and incentivise long-term investment if plans laid out by the new European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker are to be fulfilled, according to Aviva.