AXA remains a leader in terms of corporate responsibility

Both agencies rewarded AXA's comprehensive integration of ESG approach across its investments and products policies, in line with the UN Principles for Sustainable Insurance.

RobecoSAM** rewarded AXA with the "Bronze Class" Sustainability Award 2016 in the Annual Sustainability Yearbook published today. It reflects AXA's 2015 overall score increase from 77 to 83/100. This score positions the company ahead of 96% of its industry peers. AXA's transparent Tax Policy notably saw the most significant score increase.

Sustainalytics*** updated its 2015 analysis of AXA: the Group's overall score increased from 81 to 87/100 and is now the 2d highest performing insurance company out of 150 peers. Sustainalytics has particularly highlighted the development of several sector-specific policies to mitigate ESG-related risks in both products and investments.

* Socially Responsible Investing
** RobecoSAM, a SRI rating agency and investor, conducts each year an in-depth analysis of these long term performance drivers across a wide investment universe.
*** Sustainalytics is a renowned "multi-criteria" rating agency which analyses corporate performance on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) matters in order to serve the research needs of the "Socially Responsible Investment" market.