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What’s new: Aon today released the firm’s 2022 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Impact Report, detailing the impact Aon drives through its own operations and through the solutions it delivers to clients to address their ESG risks and opportunities.

In celebrating the release of the report, Aon CEO Greg Case said: “Our firm exists to shape decisions for the better — to protect and enrich the lives of people around the world. Now more than ever, resilience and growth are dependent on business leaders taking action to respond to global challenges and opportunities. Helping our clients address risks now associated with issues related to ESG has long been a central focus of our core business – from assessing the ongoing impacts of climate on our clients’ (re)insurance portfolios to delivering solutions that improve employee physical, financial and overall wellbeing. Our aim is to help businesses, including Aon, thrive while ensuring the communities we serve and the people we employ flourish.”

Highlights of the firm’s 2022 ESG Impact Report include:

• Environmental – In 2022, Aon’s emissions were 453,520 tons of CO2 equivalent (CO2e), a reduction of 4 percent from 2021 and 16 percent from the firm’s starting 2019 baseline. Aon continues to reduce the firm’s total footprint through key drivers of travel, commuting, real estate, investments and our supply chain.
• Social – Aon’s colleagues are at the heart of everything the firm does, and our Aon United strategy is designed to attract, retain, develop, reward and support our people. The firm holds itself accountable to this commitment with increased transparency on our human capital management strategy and outcomes, and the inclusion of our I&D goals within our executive compensation structure.
• Governance – This year, Aon conducted a firmwide ESG risk assessment, in alignment with the firm’s overall enterprise risk management process. In addition, Aon’s Board of Directors reviewed ESG risks (including climate-related risks), as part of their oversight of risk management, including ongoing review of cyber security, data security and data privacy matters, an area in which the firm added new director expertise in 2022.

Aon’s Head of ESG and Investor Relations Leslie Follmer added: “We continue to drive progress on our ESG strategy, as we move forward with our core commitments and advance new initiatives to support long-term goals. We made significant progress in 2022 and we look forward to continuing to build on this progress in 2023 – as we raise the bar on our impact for clients, colleagues and all stakeholders.”

Learn more about Aon’s 2022 ESG Impact Report here and read about how businesses can use ESG data to gain an edge here.