A different kind of business
We are owned by a charity and our purpose is to contribute to the greater good of society. We grant a significant proportion of our profits to our charitable owner Allchurches Trust, which in turn invests them independently into the heart of communities.
Every day you work with us, you are helping to change people's lives for the better.
Our people
We foster an open and responsible culture. We have made progress in a number of areas to support our employees, develop talent at all levels, encourage diversity and provide a positive and engaging working environment.
We celebrate our diversity, believe in ‘diversity every day’ and are challenging ourselves to improve our position.
We consider human rights risks to our business. This has led us to reaffirm our Living Wage status across our group and publish our
Modern Slavery Act statement.
Doing the right thing
Some of our key achievements include:
- retaining our Chartered Insurer status in the UK and Ireland – we are one of fewer than 30 insurers to achieve this in the UK
- launching a new General Insurance Academy to develop our talent
- retaining our title as one of the ‘Top Employers for Young People’ in Canada.
Committed to doing more
We’re proud to be one of the founding signatories to the
Women in Finance Charter and have set ourselves the target that by 2020 women will make up at least 30% of our senior management group. We published our
Gender Pay Gap Report ahead of the required deadline.
Our environment
We aim to run our business in a responsible and sustainable way.
We manage our own impact on the environment through energy usage, waste and business travel. We also consider wider sustainability issues including climate change and ethical investment.
Environmental management
We believe managing and mitigating the direct impact of our business is an important consideration. We have approved an environmental management plan for premises managed by our UK facilities team.
Our carbon footprint
We audited our carbon footprint including our electricity usage which is now sourced from 76% renewable energy. We also monitor our fleet which achieved an average CO2 emission of 104g/km and continues to improve.
Waste management
In our head office, we have a new waste management initiative in place. In the first month alone, we have increased cup recycling by a third and we will continue to track our progress.
Due to extra investment in recycling coffee grounds and glass in our London office, the building was recognised with a Gold Award with special commendation as part of the Clean City Awards Scheme.
