SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Our sustainability ambition is to be a company that contributes to sustainable growth and wellbeing for its clients, employees, partners, investors and communities.
Download our 2021 reportOur sustainable development goals
At iA Financial Group, we contribute to the achievement of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). To do this, we have chosen five of the SDGs that are aligned with our company mission and to which we can make a significant contribution.
Ensure healthy lives and promote wellbeing for all at all ages.
Our commitment:
- Offer our clients products and services that provide access to quality health care and health services.
- Promote healthy lifestyles as well as physical and mental wellbeing among our clients, employees and communities.
- Support the wellbeing of individuals and the community through our donation and community involvement policy.
Promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all.
Our commitment:
- Offer our clients products and services that ensure their financial wellbeing by offering them personal insurance coverage and investment solutions to help them achieve their personal goals.
- Be an employer of choice that offers a rewarding career by offering our employees job stability, advantageous working conditions, support in their development and the opportunity to use their talents and reach their full potential.
- Support the economic growth of our communities through our sourcing practices and choice of service providers.
- Support education, as well as the integration of people in vulnerable situations in the community, through our donation and community involvement policy.
Our commitment:
- Offer a positive employee experience and a workplace that promotes diversity and inclusion, regardless of ethnic origin, nationality, language, religious beliefs, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, family situation or physical or mental disability.
- Support the communities in which we operate through our donation and community involvement policy.
Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.
Our commitment:
- Measure and manage the environmental performance of our real estate portfolio.
- Support alternative modes of transportation, such as carpooling, public transit and active transportation, among our employees and the community.
- Measure and optimize our waste management practices.
- Promote urban farming and beekeeping projects on our properties, where appropriate.
Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.
Our commitment:
- Be a carbon-neutral company by proactively reducing our carbon footprint at the source and by offsetting residual greenhouse gas emissions through the purchase of carbon credits.
- Measure and manage the environmental performance of our real estate portfolio.
- Incorporate environmental concerns in our investment analysis and decision-making processes, in particular through our commitment to the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI).
Our guidelines
Our Sustainable Development Policy (PDF) clearly expresses iA Financial Group’s commitment to creating economic and social value and our desire to share our sustainable development objectives and guidelines with our various stakeholders.
- Ensure the financial wellbeing of our clients
- Effectively manage risks
- Follow high standards of governance
- Actively contribute to our communities
- Manage environmental impact
- Create a rewarding work environment centred around diversity and inclusion
- Practice responsible sourcing
- Incorporate ESG factors in our investment processes
Our ESG approach
At iA Financial Group, our sustainability strategy incorporates environmental, social and governance factors across all our activities.
Governance
Drawing on and adopting best governance practices to ensure our organizational sustainability
Learn about our practicesOur contribution to sustainable finance
Committed to the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment, we strive to continually improve our socially responsible investment strategy in line with our sustainability ambition and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.
Learn moreOur awards and distinctions
We are continually working to improve our practices and develop new initiatives. At iA Financial Group, we are proud of our achievements and have received a number of awards and distinctions for our work.
See our awards and distinctionsOur initiatives
Over the years, we have realized that our company’s health goes hand in hand with that of our partners and our communities. As such, we have implemented numerous initiatives rooted in a perspective of sustainable development.
Our sustainability report
See how we contribute to sustainable growth and wellbeing for our clients, employees, partners, investors and communities.
Download our 2021 report