• Environmental, Social and Governance

    Visa’s commitment to operating as a responsible, ethical and sustainable company and working toward a more inclusive and sustainable future — for everyone, everywhere.

    View the 2020 report

Introduction

At Visa, our vision is to be the best way to pay and be paid, for everyone, everywhere. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, reliable and secure payment network – enabling individuals, businesses and economies to thrive.

As we fulfill our mission, we do so with a commitment to create long-term value and mitigate risk that may arise from significant environmental, social and governance (ESG) topics. Our strategic approach focuses on ESG topics spanning five clusters:

Investing in our workforce

Inclusion and diversity, learning and development, employee engagement, benefits and wellbeing, employee safety.

Learn more about our workforce

Empowering people, communities and economies

Digital equity, financial access, small and micro businesses, empowering women, local communities.

Learn more about empowering people, communities and economies

Securing commerce and protecting customers

Payments security, cybersecurity, consumer privacy, transaction integrity.

Learn more about securing commerce and protecting customers

Protecting the planet

Visa operations, sustainable commerce.

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Operating responsibly

Corporate governance, ethics and compliance, engaging with governments, human rights, responsible sourcing, tax compliance and governance.

Learn more about operating responsibly

ESG Management

Approach to ESG

Our ESG strategy, governance, reporting and stakeholder engagement.

ESG approach

ESG Resources

Our ESG reports, policies, statements and other resources.

ESG resources

See our latest progress

For annual programmatic and progress updates, please see our ESG Resources page for our latest ESG Report.