AXA XL's and Encounter Edu's long-term partnership, creating AXA Ocean Education has put ocean literacy on the map in the UK and beyond, reaching millions of young people.

This work was recognised by the Corporate Engagement Awards with a Silver Award in the Education category.

The awards programme noted:

Through its AXA Ocean Education programme, alongside Encounter Edu, it connected with 6.7m students in 2019 to provide crucial, interactive and engaging educational materials in marine science. “This is the programme I want to take part in!” exclaimed one judge. Another said this was “a brilliant new entrant to the world of stem education.”