Corporate Responsibility Annual Report 2021

AXA UK&I has today published its Corporate Responsibility Annual Report for 2021
The report reinforces AXA UK&I’s ambitious goals in contributing to progress in society, protecting the planet and promoting good health
These ambitions are aligned to the AXA ‘For Progress Index’ which helps all AXA Group entities incorporate sustainable development in everything they do
The report will now be published every year, so that AXA UK&I can track progress and measure success

AXA UK&I has today published its Corporate Responsibility Annual Report 2021 which reflects on the ambitious goals set by AXA UK&I in contributing to progress in society, protecting the planet and promoting good health.

The Corporate Responsibility Annual Report 2021 highlights the impact and success that AXA UK&I has had with their corporate responsibility strategy, driven by fostering an open, diverse and responsible culture across the business. At the heart of the business’s corporate responsibility drive are colleagues who are encouraged to volunteer and educate themselves on global and societal issues which impact customers.

The objectives in the report are closely aligned to the AXA For Progress Index which helps all AXA Group entities incorporate sustainable development into everything they do. The report exemplifies the role that AXA UK&I play in supporting people and businesses through their commitment to making progress in society, protecting the planet and promoting good health.

These commitments include increasing the number of customers covered by inclusive, accessible and affordable protection to 12 million by 2023, training all teams in climate issues by 2023 so they can help lead the way on AXA’s green transformation and achieve carbon neutrality by 2025.

Success in 2021 includes the launch of the Climate Academy which is designed to help employees understand the impact of climate change and how it affects the way AXA does business, their customers and the planet. A further achievement is AXA's Week for Good which encourages colleagues to actively be a force for good when it comes to climate protection, the environment and social inclusion.

AXA UK&I’s Corporate Responsibility Report will now be published every year, so that the business can track progress and measure success.

Our Corporate Responsibility Report 2021 reinforces AXA UK&I's commitment to making change and driving progress in society. We take our role seriously in helping tackle climate change and are alive to the economic challenges that our colleagues and customers are facing, so it is crucial that we play a role in supporting society more widely and take action on important issues.

Our initiatives such as the Climate Academy and the AXA Week for Good have been met with enthusiasm from colleagues from across the business, and it is heartening to see that they support our commitment to making real change. We are incredibly proud of our AXA UK&I colleagues who have been the driving force behind our Corporate Responsibility activity.

Catherine Brunger, Corporate Responsibility Manager at AXA UK

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About AXA UK

AXA Insurance UK plc registered in England and Wales under registered number 078950 and authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Prudential Regulation Authority and the Financial Conduct Authority under Financial Conduct Authority registration number 202312. Registered office is 20 Gracechurch Street, London, EC3V 0BG.

AXA UK is part of the AXA Group, a worldwide leader in insurance and asset management, with 147,000 employees serving 94 million clients in 50 countries. In 2023, IFRS revenues amounted to Euro 102.7 billion and underlying earnings to Euro 7.6 billion. AXA had Euro 844 billion in assets under management as of December 31, 2023.

In the UK & Ireland, AXA operates through a number of business units including: AXA Insurance, AXA Health and AXA Ireland. AXA UK & Ireland employs around 10,000 staff.

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Certain statements contained herein may be forward-looking statements including, but not limited to, statements that are predictions of or indicate future events, trends, plans, expectations or objectives. Undue reliance should not be placed on such statements because, by their nature, they are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties and can be affected by other factors that could cause AXA’s actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in such forward looking statements. Please refer to Part 5: “Risk Factors and Risk Management” of AXA’s Universal Registration Document 2022, for a description of certain important factors, risks and uncertainties that may affect AXA’s business and / or results of operations. AXA undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any of these forward-looking statements, whether to reflect new information, future events or circumstances or otherwise, except as required by applicable laws and regulations.

AXA UK&I publishes Corporate Responsibility Annual Report 2021