Our targets and ambitions
Our targets and ambitions
We believe social responsibility and care for our planet are aligned with shareholders' interests. Sustainability is a business opportunity as well as an urgent global imperative. That is why we have integrated sustainability across our business, both globally and locally. We aim to create positive outcomes for all our stakeholders, taking into account economic, social and environmental considerations into our business activities.
Our stakeholders’ needs are crucial in the identification of our sustainability priorities and we actively engage with them in different ways. Stakeholder engagement allows us to get valuable insights, which we include in our decision-making processes. The feedback we collect helps us anticipate and mitigate potential risks and align our sustainability strategy with both internal and external expectations, thus strengthening the foundation of our Sustainability Framework and fostering the transparency and trustworthiness of our reporting.
To execute the Sustainability Framework, Zurich has set both qualitative ambitions and quantitative targets. In line with our aim to be transparent, we report yearly on our progress against those ambitions and targets.
Please note that target 2025 and target 2030 is always defined as using year-end 2024 and 2029 values, respectively (e.g., reduction of financed emissions). By 2030 target (e.g., for reduction of IAE intensity) is defined as using year-end 2030 value, similar by 2025 target (e.g., for operational carbon emissions) is defined as using year-end 2025 value. Please also note that parentheses around percentages or points indicate a reduction.
