Mr. Waygood, Steve
Chief Responsible Investment Officer, AVIVA
Dr Steve Waygood is Chief Responsible Investment Officer for Aviva Investors. His team is responsible for integrating environmental social and corporate governance (ESG) issues across all asset classes and regions of the c£250bn of assets under management. Mr. Waygood founded the Sustainable Stock Exchange initiative as well as the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Coalition, which is aiming to catalyse a UN Convention promoting enhanced corporate transparency and integrated reporting. He was a member of the UK Government delegation to the UN Rio+20 meeting in 2012, and a member of the European Commission’s expert groups on corporate governance and corporate responsibility. In 2013, he received the Leadership in Sustainability award from the Corporation of London, and the Yale Rising Star in Corporate Governance Award in 2011, and he was among the Financial News Top 100 Rising Stars in 2009. Mr. Waygood was on the board of the UK Sustainable Investment & Finance association (UKSIF) from 2003 to 2010, serving as its Chairman from 2006. He wrote Capital Market Campaigning: The Impact of NGOs on Companies, Shareholder Value and Reputational Risk (Risk Books, Incisive Financial Publishing, 2006) and was also part of the expert group that wrote the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment.