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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80% of employers think it is important pensions are invested responsibly
Aviva’s Working Lives Report 2022: The Big Squeeze has found 80% of employers compared to 65% of employees think it is important that a workplace pension fund is invested responsibly.
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Gardens being uprooted in favour of driveways and artificial grass, new research reveals
25% of homeowners in the UK with outside space have turned all or part of their garden into a driveway and a further 17% are planning to make this change.
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Pull over and plug in
Survey reveals road trip recharging opportunities.
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Two thirds of UK adults feel green guilt
Around two thirds (64%) of UK adults feel guilty for carrying out environmentally-unfriendly actions, according to a new study released today by Aviva.
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Three fifths of workers consider a greener role
Almost two thirds of workers (64%) would consider taking a pay cut if a new role offered other benefits, a new study reveals today.
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Secure properties and plan journeys ahead of storms
Aviva is advising residents and business owners to carry out checks to their properties.
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Aviva powers up renewable energy insurance as it taps into net zero commitments
Aviva’s renewable energy insurance business has grown to more than 150% of the size of the fossil fuel power generation book it exited in 2019.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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"You can't teach someone to budget their way out of poverty."
26 Jul 2024
The Aviva Foundation wants people to feel in control and positive about their financial futures. Find out how they are supporting organisations to transform the lives of those who need it the most.
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Finding a way forward through difficult times
10 Jan 2024
Citizens Advice believes that no-one should face problems without good quality advice. Hear how Aviva is helping them provide it.
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Bringing rainforests back to the UK
22 Jun 2023
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
22 Feb 2023
Take a moment to think of an innovative company. What’s the first one that comes to mind?
