AEGON Sustainability Report 2009

Inside the report

• How does AEGON define ‘sustainability’?
• What does AEGON do to lessen its impact on the environment?
• How does AEGON decide where to invest its money?
• What has AEGON done to help its customers during the financial crisis?

Principles and objectives

AEGON believes it can make a valuable contribution to the wider community not only as a provider of long-term financial products and services, but also as a responsible employer and investor. 

“Our business is, by nature long-term and is only sustainable if we maintain the confidence and trust of our customers, business partners, shareholders and employees,” says Chief Executive Officer Alex Wynaendts in the report.

Structure

The 2009 Sustainability Report is structured around AEGON’s main stakeholder groups: customers, shareholders, employees, business partners and the wider communities in which the company operates.

This ‘stakeholder framework’ provides a more balanced approach to measuring the company’s overall performance, which takes into account financial, social and environmental factors.