Discovery’s revised sustainable
development framework
Driven by Discovery’s purpose
Discovery’s revised sustainable development framework addresses multi-horizon issues (across the short, medium and long term) and takes a systemic view on risk and opportunity. It supports our intent to continue transforming the financial and insurance services sector through shared value.
We will be advancing our sustainable development data and targets over time according to the revised framework. This will drive reporting that moves away from a more qualitative narrative to a quantifiable set of metrics that allows for comparison over time, and consequently updating and enhancing the strategies and processes that drive social value across the Group.
The Sustainable Development team is also in the process of integrating the Sustainable Development Goals into the revised framework to ensure deep alignment with the Sustainable Development Goals over time.
Discovery’s sustainable development framework
Our core purpose at the
heart of our business:
To make people healthier and enhance and protect their lives
4 lifestyle behaviours and 4 chronic conditions contribute to 60% of deaths worldwide
A clear and entrenched social ambition:
To be a powerful force for social good
INNOVATION: Our innovations are a force for good
Incentivise positive change
Incentivise member choices that make a big difference
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Incentivise positive change
Partner to amplify impact
Inspire and support shared value innovation across our partner network
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Partner to amplify impact
Transform lives and livelihoods
Facilitate access and incentivise action for social good
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Transforming lives and livelihoods
Linked to our values:
• Innovation and optimism • Tenacity, urgency and drive • Dazzle clients
TRUST: Our actions build trust
Do no harm
Align our activities with the earth’s operating conditions
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Environmental stewardship
Protect virtual lives
Build in the rights and securities demanded by a digital world
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Information stewardship
Build trust
Uphold our ethics and push ourselves on transparency
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Governance and sustainability
Building a highly ethical culture
Linked to our values:
• Integrity, honesty and fairness • Business astuteness and prudence • Intellectual leadership
PEOPLE: Our people make it possible
Value diversity
Ensure diversity and inclusion is part of who we are
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Enhancing systems that support diversity and inclusion
Live our purpose
Hone our culture for adaptivity, speed and humanness
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Building a highly ethical culture
Skills development and a culture of learning
Be well
Ensure every employee strives for health and happiness
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Embedding health and wellness into our place of work
Linked to our values:
• Integrity, honesty and fairness • Business astuteness and prudence • Intellectual leadership