Tag: Aviva

Biodiversity crisis: pressure builds on companies
As COP15 in Montréal strives to protect ecosystems, investors are already showing concern about the risks to business of biodiversity loss.

New CEO joins Joules
Having announced in May that Nick Jones would be stepping down, the group has selected Jonathan Brown as Jones’ successor.

Amanda Blanc joins BP board
Blanc will be a non-executive director and joins from Aviva, where she has been group chief executive officer since 2020.

News round-up: this week in governance
Aviva CEO faces “inappropriate” remarks at shareholder meeting; warning for Twitter board over free speech; speaking up on whistleblowing.

News round-up: this week in governance
Aviva issues climate warning; FRC seeks stakeholder insights; Unilever fights back; AI reporting needs improvement; and UK firms lead on ESG.

Profile: Amanda Blanc, CEO of Aviva, brings a policy of change
The new chief executive has already announced a deal to sell a £1.6bn stake in Aviva’s Singapore business—and analysts expect more big changes to follow.

Investors call for mandatory human rights due diligence
Some of world’s biggest asset managers, including Aviva, Federated Hermes and Robeco, have signed up to the Investor Alliance for Human Rights.

Aviva offers ‘goodwill payment’ to investors over preference shares
Following a row over the planned cancellation of preference shares, Aviva offers a ‘goodwill payment’ to investors who sold their shares.

Watchdog to review Aviva’s plan to cancel preference shares
The Financial Conduct Authority has launched a review to establish whether Aviva may have broken market abuse rules.

Diageo tops rankings in IoD’s good governance report
The Institute of Directors’ annual ranking of listed UK companies for their good governance sees distiller lead the way.