This video series highlights some of the key challenges facing People, Climate, and Earth – exploring how Aviva Investors is powering change;
- At a macro level, advocating and lobbying governments and industry leaders to promote positive change
- Actively engaging with stocks to develop more sustainable business practices
The world is too interconnected to think small
Building a more sustainable future takes a wider, more meaningful, and joined-up approach.
It takes commitment and partnership across the interconnected challenges facing People, Climate, and Earth.
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Making a difference through director accountability
Tackling sustainable issues takes holding directors personally responsible for their company's sustainability failures.
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Making a difference in the use of hazardous chemicals
Reducing the damage caused by hazardous chemicals takes holding chemical companies to account through public rankings.
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Making a difference on antimicrobial resistance
Supporting antibiotic development takes a powerful financial coalition lobbying for reform at the G7.
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CEO Mark Versey on sustainability – Aviva Investors
It's one thing to make a change; it's another to make a difference.
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Making a difference in corporate sustainable transition
Moving towards a more sustainable world takes investing in companies transitioning towards more sustainable practices.
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Making a difference with natural carbon removal
Going down a more direct path to net zero takes investing in the power of natural solutions.
Our latest views
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Responsible Investing
On target: Why SBTs trump net zero at changing behaviour
28 Mar 2023
Investors must push companies to play their part in tackling the climate crisis by adopting science-based targets, argues Rick Stathers.
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Equities
Shifting tides: Can we clean up forever chemicals?
27 Mar 2023
Litigation is mounting, regulation is tightening, and 3M will exit the production of PFAS. Will others follow suit, and can we remove PFAS and other forever chemicals from our drinking water?
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Equities
The investment implications of peak fossil fuels
24 Mar 2023
Energy analyst Kingsmill Bond considers if peak fossil-fuel consumption has been reached and whether investors appreciate the implications.
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Responsible Investing
Integrating ESG in multi-strategy portfolios
23 Mar 2023
Multi-strategy portfolios have come a long way in embedding ESG into the investment process, but there are gaps to fill, as Jennie Byun explains.
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Fixed income
Climate adaptation and resilience: Preparing for a warmer, wilder world
22 Mar 2023
Millions of hours have been spent negotiating net-zero targets, but many human-led climate impacts are already locked in. Our credit and equities portfolio managers explain where they see opportunities in solutions providers that will help society adapt for the new reality.
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Fixed income
All change: Positioning for a new market regime and climate action in IG credit
17 Mar 2023
Justine Vroman and Tom Chinery discuss the opportunities in investment-grade credit to drive climate action.
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Responsible Investing
Engaging on neurodiversity: What can be learned from other DE&I initiatives
10 Mar 2023
Many diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives have seen improvements in recent years, but neurodiversity has not progressed at the same pace. Abigail Herron explores what can be applied from other successful DE&I campaigns to put neurodiversity firmly in the spotlight.
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Equities
Gas versus renewables: Does natural gas have a future?
8 Mar 2023
The war in Ukraine has thrown up huge uncertainties around the role of gas in the energy system. Experts from our credit, ESG and real assets teams discuss the implications for traditional energy and renewables companies.
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Real Assets
To build or not to build, that is the question: Decarbonising the built environment
28 Feb 2023
We assess the financial and environmental pros and cons of developing new buildings versus retrofitting old ones.
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Real Assets
Pragmatism, policy and pace: An interview with Julie Hirigoyen
20 Feb 2023
The chief executive of the UK Green Building Council sets out her blueprint for a net-zero-aligned property and construction industry. Words by Miles Costello.
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Responsible Investing
The economics of renewables: Challenges and solutions
10 Feb 2023
Meeting 2050 net-zero targets will require adding renewable energy capacity at scale and speed. Can it make financial sense, or will we need to rely on our commitment to do the right thing?
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Responsible Investing
Our annual letter to company chairpersons
6 Feb 2023
Every January, we send a letter to the chairs of companies we invest in (and some we don’t, but still want to influence) to set out our stewardship priorities for the year. Here, in full, is our 2023 letter.
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Real Assets
Why infrastructure investors better beat beta: End of cheap-money era brings risks and opportunities
25 Jan 2023
Benign macroeconomic conditions have boosted infrastructure investments over the past decade. But with higher interest rates, investors in the asset class will have to show they can create true value, says Darryl Murphy.
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Equities
Charging up: Batteries and the fight against climate change
5 Jan 2023
Batteries are set to play a crucial role in helping to decarbonise the global transport and energy sectors. As capital floods into an industry experiencing exponential growth, we look at the key considerations for investors.
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What does the data say?
What does the data say? Reflections on COP27
14 Dec 2022
In this month’s instalment of our visual series on topical themes, we look at climate in the aftermath of November’s COP27 event in Egypt.
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Real Assets
Building to net zero: The outlook for climate transition real assets
8 Dec 2022
James Tarry and Luke Layfield explore how the accelerating climate transition is creating risks and opportunities for real assets investors.