This tool is designed to integrate sustainability and monitor AXA’s sustainability strategy across its activities:
- as an investor;
- as an insurer;
- as a company.
These measurable commitments are inspired by AXA’s purpose Act for human progress by protecting what matters
.
During its 2024 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting, AXA presented the second edition of the AXA for Progress Index
, highlighting (i) a new set of strategic targets aligned with the 2024‑2026 Group strategic plan Unlock the Future
, (ii) its commitment to meeting its 2030 decarbonization targets which are set in line with industry standards ; and (iii) AXA’s extra‑financial performance leveraging S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment, an internationally recognized methodology.
AXA for Progress Index: measuring the impact of our purpose.
As an investor
- €5bn1 in climate transition financing per year through 2030
2024 Result: €7bn - >€500M* in community resilience financing per year through 2030
2024 Result: €1.3bn - Reduce by 50%** the carbon intensity of AXA’s investment portfolio (General Account assets) by 2030
2024 Result: -50%
As an insurer
- €6bn*** in P&C Gross Written Premiums to support transition underwriting (cumulative 2024-2026)
2024 Result: €2.1bn - >9,000**** climate adaptation solutions & services (cumulative 2024-2026)
2024 Result: 1,052 - >20M***** customers covered by inclusive insurance by 2026
2024 Result: 17.4M - Reduce by 30%****** in absolute terms Insurance-Associated Emissions for AXA’s largest corporate clients by 2030
2024 Result: -25% - Reduce by 20%******* in intensity Insurance-Associated Emissions for all other corporate clients within AXA’s largest markets by 2030
2024 Result: -7% - Reduce by 20%******** in intensity terms Insurance-Associated Emissions for retail motor vehicles insured within AXA’s largest markets by 2030
2024 Result: -11%
As a company
- >80,000********* of AXA employees trained on climate adaptation (cumulative 2024-2026)
2024 Result: no result yet as the program was launched in February 2025 - 50% of AXA employees engaged in volunteering activities by 2026
2024 Result: 40% - -50%********** by 2030 in absolute terms carbon emissions while financing carbon credits
2024 Result: -38%
Transversal commitment
- AXA’s percentile (95th-99th) ranking in S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment***********

A general performance indicator will be to maintain AXA’s position in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index / CSA rating.
* Scope: corporate and sovereign debt, real estate and private assets.
** Variation of the Enterprise Value Including Cash (EVIC)-based carbon intensity (Scopes 1 and 2) of AXA Group’s General Account assets between FY2019 and FY2029. Scope covering listed corporate debt and equity, and real estate equity where available, representing €165 billion as of FY2024, equivalent to 36% of the General Account assets. Unit: tCO2 eq/Euro millions.
*** Scope: AXA France, AXA Germany, AXA Switzerland, AXA UK, AXA Belgium, AXA Hong Kong, AXA Mexico, and AXA XL.
**** Scope: Commercial lines portfolios of AXA France, AXA Germany, AXA Switzerland, AXA UK, AXA Belgium, AXA Hong Kong, AXA Mexico, and AXA XL. Climate solutions & services include (i) training/education, (ii) risk assessment/awareness, (iii) gap analysis, (iv) prevention/adaptation solution, and/or (v) crisis management/remediation response.
***** Low-income to mass market segments in emerging markets and modest income segments in mature markets.
****** Calculated on CO₂ eq (Scopes 1 and 2) of AXA’s 88 largest global commercial clients; only insurance lines of business in‑scope of the Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF), namely the PCAF Standard Part C published in 2023, excluding facultative reinsurance. Unit: tCO2 eq. Timeframe: 2021‑2030.
******* Calculated on CO₂ eq (Scopes 1 and 2) of insurance lines of business in‑scope of the PCAF Standard Part C published in 2023, excluding facultative reinsurance. Scope: Commercial lines portfolios of AXA XL, AXA France and AXA Germany. Unit: tCO2 eq/Euro millions. Timeframe: 2021‑2030.
******** Calculated on CO₂ eq (Scopes 1 and 2) of passenger vehicles as described in the PCAF Standard Part C published in 2023. Scope: Personal lines retail motor portfolios of AXA France, AXA Germany, AXA Switzerland and AXA UK. Unit: kgCO2 eq/vehicle. Timeframe: 2019‑2030.
********* Number of employees within AXA Group’s Social Data Report (SDR) scope who have been trained on climate change adaptation, completing a training under the AXA Sustainability Academy. Timeframe: cumulative 2024-2026.
********** Variation of AXA's absolute carbon emissions (scope: energy Scopes 1 and 2, car fleet and business travel). Unit: tCO2 eq. Timeframe: 2019‑2030. Financed carbon credits correspond to the non‑abated emissions from the aforementioned scopes.
*********** The S&P Global CSA enables companies to benchmark their performance on a wide range of industry‑specific economic, environmental and social criteria. The output of CSA underpins the world’s most renowned sustainability indices, the Dow Jones Best‑in‑Class Indices.