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This report provides details of the role of the Corporate
Social Responsibility Committee and the work it has
undertaken during the year.
The purpose of the Committee is to provide guidance
and direction to the Group’s corporate social responsibility
(CSR) programme, review the risks and opportunities
relating to the seven individual elements in the programme
(namely: standards of business conduct, environment,
human rights and diversity, community, customers,
suppliers and employees) and to monitor progress.
The full terms of reference for the Committee can be
found on the Company’s website, www.aviva.com,
and are available from the Group Company Secretary.
The following directors served on the Committee during
the year:
Period
Member From To
Wim Dik (Chairman) 14 January 2006 To date
Guillermo de la Dehesa 14 January 2006 To date
Richard Harvey 14 January 2006 11 July 2007
Andrew Moss 12 July 2007 To date
Carole Piwnica 14 January 2006 To date
Lord Sharman 14 January 2006 To date
The Committee met on four occasions in 2007 and the
members’ attendance record is set out in the Corporate
governance report above. The Group Company Secretary
acts as the secretary to the Committee.
During the year the Committee met to consider the
conclusions of the Group’s CSR Annual Conference that
took place in June 2007, and which was addressed by
both the Chairman of the Committee and a non-executive
director committee member. The Committee reviewed and
approved the content and scope of the Company’s 2007
CSR Report, monitored the management of the CSR risks
affecting the Group and helped establish a process by
which CSR related targets and objectives within the
Group’s individual businesses are set, monitored and
embedded in the businesses. New policies on CSR and
Environment were established as a result of this process.
Members of the Committee are interviewed as part of
the external assurance process of the CSR programme
and the subsequent management report is reviewed by
the Committee to assist the strengthening and future
direction of the programme going forward.
The Committee reviewed each business unit’s performance
and progress during the year. During the Board’s visit to
the Group’s North American operations in September
2007, the Committee held a meeting with the senior
managers responsible for CSR in the Group’s businesses
in the United States, while the Chairman of the
Committee visited the general insurance business in
Canada. The meetings allowed the Committee to gain
a deeper understanding of the relevant local issues and
assess how CSR was being embedded in the business.
Together with the Board, the Committee participated in
a knowledge learning session on climate change in April
2007 addressed by a leading climate change scientist.
The Committee also reviewed the Group’s carbon offset
projects as part of Management’s commitment to become
carbon neutral on a global basis.
In line with the Combined Code requirement the
Board undertook a review of the effectiveness of all
its committees during the year, including the Corporate
Social Responsibility Committee.
This report was reviewed and approved by the Board
on 27 February 2008.
Wim Dik
Chairman, Corporate Social Responsibility Committee
Aviva plc
Annual Report and
Accounts 2007
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Governance
Corporate Social Responsibility Committee report