Organization
The AXA Group's Corporate Responsibility Department was created in 2001 within the Communications Department, upon request from the Management Board.
Corporate Responsability Department
The Corporate Responsibility Department is headed by Alice Steenland. The Department oversees and coordinates the implementation of the Group's Corporate Responsibility policy. It is also responsible for centralizing relations with social and environmental rating agencies, investors and analysts.
CR issues are included in the local strategic plans and target letters. The CR strategy and progress, both at Group and local levels, is formally reviewed twice a year by the Management Board.
Network of Corporate Responsibility correspondents
A network of Chief Corporate Responsibility Officers has been set up by the CEOs of AXA's main companies around the world, responsible for coordinating the CR strategy and promoting best practices at local level.
The network of CCROs meet up with the CR Department during regularly scheduled seminars and conference calls in order to take stock of projects for the current year and draw up action plans for the year ahead. It has a dedicated intranet site as well as an in-house newsletter presenting the AXA Group's CR policies and actions.
Expertise from other Group divisions
The CR Department works closely with correspondents in the Group's various divisions in connection with their projects (procurement, marketing, brand, distribution, risk management, human resources, legal affairs). The department also works closely with the Responsible Investment Research team at AXA IM.