Sustainability news
Discover our latest news, and partner updates as we work towards a better tomorrow.
Sustainability news
Stay up to date on our latest sustainability news.
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Residents advised to batten down the hatches ahead of Storm Agnes
As Britain braces itself for the arrival of Storm Agnes, leading insurer Aviva is advising residents and business owners to prepare for the severe weather.
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Almost three in five motorists likely to use recycled car parts
...over desires to save money and be sustainable.
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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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Subsidence and trees - how to avoid that sinking feeling
Aviva is urging green-fingered residents to take care when planting trees and shrubs near their homes.
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Aviva invests £20m into low carbon housing manufacturer TopHat
TopHat is a business manufacturing low carbon modular homes using Modern Methods of Construction (MMC). This equity funding will support TopHat’s major new factory in Corby, and the creation of 1,000 new jobs.
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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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Householders are yet to take climate-ready action on their homes
This is despite flooding being named as the number one concern for buyers.
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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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The Wildlife Trusts and Aviva to create British Rainforest Garden for RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2025.
The Wildlife Trusts and Aviva have been working together since 2023 on a mission to bring rainforests back to the British Isles. The British Rainforest Garden will tell the story of this precious habitat and the work underway to recover it.
Go to Wildlife Trust website about The Wildlife Trusts and Aviva to create British Rainforest Garden for RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2025.
Aviva is now one of Nattergal’s key institutional investors, with Aviva's Group Sustainability Director Claudine Blamey joining the Board.
Nature restoration company Nattergal has completed a £40m seed round, with Aviva joining as a key institutional investor through its corporate venture capital fund, Aviva Ventures. This investment aligns with Aviva’s commitment to restoring Nature and biodiversity as part of their sustainability goals.
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Aviva Investors provides £65 million in debt financing to UK electric fleet specialist Zenobē
Aviva Investors and Zenobē continue to expand the number of electric vehicles and charging equipment in its network.
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Cumbria Wildlife Trust asks public to help buy Skiddaw Forest and create England’s highest nature reserve
Thanks to a partnership with Aviva, £5 million has been raised.
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Packaged Living & Aviva Investors to fund 101 single-family housing development in Cambridge
The new homes are built to be fully-electric, making use of air-source heat pump and will also feature electric vehicle charging for every home, photovoltaic panels and battery storage.
Go to Packaged Living website about Packaged Living & Aviva Investors to fund 101 single-family housing development in Cambridge
Pembrokeshire announced as new location for Atlantic rainforest restoration
The Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales will begin restoring lost Atlantic rainforest in Pembrokeshire thanks to a long-term partnership with Aviva.
Go to Wildlife Trust website about Pembrokeshire announced as new location for Atlantic rainforest restoration
Packaged Living and Aviva Investors to fund delivery of 121 new homes in Ebbsfleet, Kent in partnership with Chartway
The funding marks the eighth investment made by Packaged Living and Aviva Investors since launching a single-family housing platform in November 2021, which aims to increase the supply of affordable and energy-efficient homes across the UK.
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Packaged Living and Aviva Investors acquire two single family housing developments, growing UK platform to 1,500 homes
Packaged Living and Aviva Investors to fund development of 212 homes in Milton Keynes. It is the first investment into the UK residential and living sector made by Aviva Investors’ Long-Term Asset Fund, REALTAF.
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Packaged Living and Aviva strike £60m single-family housing deal
Packaged Living and Aviva Investors forward-fund the creation of 174 new homes in Bordon, Hampshire.
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Packaged Living and Aviva Investors push accelerator on single-family housing
Packaged Living and Aviva Investors are quietly building up one of the biggest single-family housing portfolios in the UK.
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Aviva partners with BITC to provide much-needed support for communities across the UK
Business in the Community has announced Aviva as its Founding Place Partner to help expand its long-term national place strategy to support communities across the UK.
Go to BITC website about Aviva partners with BITC to provide much-needed support for communities across the UK
Devon to benefit from The Wildlife Trusts’ Atlantic rainforest recovery programme
Devon Wildlife Trust begin creating Atlantic rainforest at a new nature reserve called Bowden Pillars thanks to a long-term partnership with Aviva.
Go to Wildlife Trust website about Devon to benefit from The Wildlife Trusts’ Atlantic rainforest recovery programme
First locations for The Wildlife Trusts’ Atlantic rainforest recovery programme announced
The Isle of Man and North Wales are the first places where The Wildlife Trusts will begin restoring and expanding rainforests, following a donation of £38 million from Aviva.
Go to Wildlife Trust website about First locations for The Wildlife Trusts’ Atlantic rainforest recovery programme announced
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Finding a way forward through difficult times
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Bringing rainforests back to the UK
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Somewhere between the White Cliffs of Dover and the Giant’s Causeway, some of the UK’s most beautiful natural wonders are growing. But they’re also shrinking.
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From zero to Aviva Zero: an innovation story
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Take a moment to think of an innovative company. What’s the first one that comes to mind?
