Sustainability and our people
Living our values
Through our employee listening survey, an overwhelming majority of our people say they believe Aviva is a good corporate citizen. Here are some of the ways we encourage our people to get involved in our Sustainability Ambition:
Our people
Our AvivaGives program gives our people paid time off of work to volunteer in their community and matches their personal donations to charities they care about.
Suzette Winter
Manager, Personal Lines and Underwriting
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Suzette and the team from the Dartmouth office spent a volunteer day at Feed Nova Scotia where they moved sacks of potatoes and onions onto skids that were shipped off to food banks across the province, helping address the affordability crisis in her community.
“We started off just wanting to get out and use our volunteer days, but now it’s beyond that. Now we’re seeing the big picture and feeling part of that community value.”
Louise Ngan
Change Delivery Lead, IT
Markham, Ontario
Alongside 120 of her colleagues, and a very special guest – her father - Louise climbed the CN Tower’s 1,776 steps in support of WWF-Canada’s 2023 Climb for Nature. Together, our Aviva teams raised over $22,000 to help WWF-Canada continue their work to restore and protect nature.
“Nature is vital to our communities. With all the natural disasters and wildfires that are happening, it was really important for us to show up for this cause and I’m glad WWF-Canada hosts an event that allows us to do that.”
Climate Day
Every year, we bring together thousands of our people across Canada for Climate Day, a mass volunteering event where we spend the day engaging in activities ranging from planting native trees and shrubs in local communities to weaving upcycled mats from discarded milk bags.
See what it’s like to be a volunteer on Climate Day:
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