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ANZ 2018 Annual Review

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OUR 2018
REPORTING

SUITE

In preparing this Annual Review we have continued to draw on

aspects of the International Integrated Reporting (IR) Framework

to describe how our business model, strategy, governance and

risk-management processes are addressing our most material

issues and delivering value for our shareholders and other

stakeholders. We outline our response to external social and

environmental challenges, including the work we are undertaking

to rebuild our reputation as a fair and responsible business, driving

sustainable returns for all stakeholders. In future reports we will

seek to achieve a closer alignment with the requirements of the IR

Framework, particularly with respect to the connectivity between

our strategy, performance metrics and remuneration outcomes.

This Review covers all ANZ operations worldwide over which,

unless otherwise stated, we have operational control for the

financial year commencing on 1 October 2017 and ending

30 September 2018. Monetary amounts in this document are

reported in Australian dollars, unless otherwise stated.

We produce a suite of reports to meet the evolving needs and

requirements of a wide range of stakeholders, including investors,

customers, employees, regulators, non-government organisations

and the community.

Our 2018 Annual Report at anz.com/annualreport principally

details our financial information. Our 2018 Corporate Governance

Statement discloses how we have complied with the ASX

Corporate Governance Council’s ‘Corporate Governance Principles

and Recommendations – 3rd edition’. We also provide our Principal

Risks and Uncertainties. These documents are available at

anz.com/corporategovernance.

Our Sustainability Review complements this Annual Review,

providing stakeholders with more detailed sustainability

disclosures, including: performance against our sustainability

targets; our approach to our priority areas of financial wellbeing,

environmental sustainability and housing; and how we are

managing social and environmental risk. This report will be

available at anz.com/cs in December.

CONTENTS

Our 2018 Reporting Suite

2018 Performance Snapshot 2

Chairman’s Message 4

CEO’s Message 6

Banking Royal Commission 8

Improving Customer Outcomes 9

About Our Business 10

What Matters Most 12

Stakeholder Engagement 14

How We Create Value 16

Our Operating Environment 18

Our Strategy 20

2018 Sustainability Targets 24

Governance 28

Our Climate-related

Financial Disclosures 32

Remuneration Overview 36

Five-year Summary 40

Important Dates for Shareholders 42

Contacts 44

The reports available for stakeholders are as follows,

anti-clockwise from bottom left.

1. 2018 Annual Review anz.com/annualreview

2. 2018 Annual Report anz.com/annualreport

3. 2018 Corporate Governance Statement anz.com/corporategovernance

4. 2018 ANZ Sustainability Review anz.com/cs

Other financial disclosures are available on shareholder.anz.com

1.

Common content includes the following sections: sustainability metrics contained in the 2018 Performance Snapshot, Improving Customer Outcomes, Approach to Sustainability,

What Matters Most, Stakeholder Engagement, 2018 Sustainability Targets, Our Climate-Related Financial Disclosures and Five Year Summary.

Throughout this Annual Review, KPMG has considered common

content which will be disclosed in the 2018 Sustainability

Review

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. A copy of KPMG’s limited assurance report over the 2018

Sustainability Review will be contained in that report.

We will continue to evolve and improve our reporting suite

over the coming years and welcome feedback on this report.

Please address any questions, comments or suggestions to

investor.relations@anz.com.

ANZ 2018 ANNUAL REVIEW

“IbelieveANZ’slong-termviability
isdependentonusmakingdecisions

thataremindfuloftheimpactwehave

onthecommunity,ourshareholders,

ourcustomersandourpeople.”

Shayne Elliott, CEO

Thisreportisbeingreleasedatatimeofunprecedented

scrutinyofourindustry,particularlyinAustraliawhere



theRoyalCommissionintoMisconductintheBanking,

SuperannuationandFinancialServicesIndustryhas

highlightedmisconductandconductfallingbelowcommunity

standardsandexpectations.Wedonotunderestimatethe

significanceoftheRoyalCommission’sexaminationofour

sectorandthemagnitudeofthetaskaheadtocorrectour

failingsanddemonstratewearetrustworthy.

Werecognisethatcommunicatingtransparentlyandopenly

withourstakeholdersiscriticaltorebuildingthecommunity’s

confidenceinus.ThisAnnualReviewnotonlytalksto

stakeholdersaboutthechallengesweface,whatwehavegot

wrongandwhatwearedoingtofixit,butalsothepositive

contributionswehavemadeduringtheyear.

Throughoutthisreporttherearecasestudiesfeaturingour

customers–customerswehavesupportedtogrowtheir

business,improvetheirfinancialwellbeingandsucceedina

digitalworld.Thesepositivestoriesareinnowayintended

todiminishtheinstanceswherewehaveletourcustomers

andthecommunitydown.Theydo,however,speaktothe

factthat,ifwearetodeliverastrongandsustainablebankto

benefitallstakeholders,ourcustomersmustbeatthecentre

ofeverythingwedo.

2018 PERFORMANCE
SNAPSHOT

$6.5

BILLION

11

PERCENT

223.4

CENTS

160

CENTS

Cash profit

1

Cash return

on equity

1

Cash earnings

per share

1

Fully franked

dividend for FY18

per share

Common

Equity

Tier 1 Capital

3

11.4

1. On a cash profit (continuing operations) basis. Excludes non-core items included in

statutory profit and discontinued operations included in cash profit. It is provided to

assist readers in understanding the result of the ongoing business activities of the Group.

For further information on adjustments between statutory and cash profit refer to page

15 of the 2018 Annual Report.

2. Equals shareholders’ equity less preference share capital, goodwill, software and other

intangible assets divided by the number of ordinary shares.

3. APRA Basel 3 methodology.

4. Through our initiatives to support financial wellbeing including financial inclusion,

employment and community programs, and targeted banking products and services

for small businesses and retail customers. Refer to the 2018 Sustainability Review for

methodology (to be released in December 2018).

5. Measures representation at the Senior Manager, Executive and Senior Executive

levels. Includes all employees regardless of leave status but not contractors (who are

included in FTE).

6. Figure includes foregone revenue of $107 million, being the cost of providing low or

fee free accounts to a range of customers such as government benefit recipients, not

for profit organisations and students.

7. Peter Lee Associates 2018 Large Corporate and Institutional Relationship Banking

surveys, Australia and New Zealand 2018. In New Zealand ranked against the Top 4

competitors.

8. Roy Morgan Research Single Source, Australian population aged 14+, Main Financial

Institution, six month rolling average to Sep’ 18. Ranking based on the four major

Australian banks.

9. Australia and New Zealand.

10. Peter Lee Associates Large Corporate and Institutional Transactional Banking surveys,

Australia 2004–2018 and New Zealand 2005–2018.

funded and facilitated

in low carbon and

sustainable solutions

$11.5$18.47

MORE THAN

BILLIONTHOUSAND

MILLIONPERCENT

people reached

through our target to

help enable social and

economic participation

4

of women in

leadership

5

889

$1371ST3RD32

in community

investment

6

Australia and

New Zealand

Institutional NPS

7

Net Promoter Score

Retail Australia

8

RANKED

Net tangible

assets per share

2

3.71 MILLION DIGITALLY ACTIVE CUSTOMERS

9

$341 BILLION IN HOME LENDING – INCREASE OF $10 BILLION

9

$184 BILLION IN RETAIL DEPOSITS – INCREASE OF $2 BILLION

9

$95 BILLION IN BUSINESS LENDING – INCREASE OF $1 BILLION

9

#1 LEAD BANK FOR TRADE SERVICES

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$

PERCENT

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OUR 2018 OUUEOP TINGIS

JILPANTI ENTERPRISES –
ANZ FORTESCUE PARTNERSHIP

Through our partnership with Fortescue Metals Group Ltd

(Fortescue) we are providing finance to Jilpanti Enterprises Pty

Ltd (Jilpanti). Jilpanti is owned and operated by Puutu Kunti

Kurrama and Pinikura peoples’ Elder Lennie Ashburton and his

son Leonard. The company is providing exploration earthworks

for Fortescue.

“The support of Fortescue and ANZ has allowed Jilpanti to become

a more financially viable entity. Having access to funds to purchase

equipment has meant that we are creating steady growth for our

business, increasing our income and employing Aboriginal people

directly into our business”, Lennie Ashburton explains.

Under the $50 million funding initiative, which is supported by

a guarantee from Fortescue, eligible Indigenous businesses –

especially those without an established trading or credit history

– are able to access finance at a competitive rate through ANZ.

In the case of Jilpanti, they have purchased two 80 tonne

excavators and several vehicles which they would otherwise

have hired at more expensive casual hire rates.

Our Managing Director of Institutional banking in Australia

Graham Turley is pleased that through the partnership

with Fortescue, ANZ is able to open up opportunities for

Indigenous businesses. “We hope that this experience will help

these businesses grow sustainably, become more financially

independent and ultimately drive economic growth and

employment in their communities,” he said.

Left to right – Heath Nelson, Manager, Community Development, Fortescue

Metals Group – Frank Van Rooyen, Head Of Natural Resources Australia

Institutional, ANZ – Leonard Ashburton, Jilpanti Enterprises –

Darryn Brice, Relationship Manager, WA North, ANZ

CASE STUDY

FINANCIAL

WELLBEING

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CHAIRMAN’S
MESSAGE

DAVID GONSKI, AC

Thiswasachallengingyear

forbothANZandtheentire

bankingindustry.

Ourstatutoryprofitwas$6,400

million,flatsince2017.Cashprofit

forANZ’scontinuingoperations

(whichexcludesnon-coreitemsand

thediscontinuedWealthbusinesses

fromthestatutoryprofit)was

$6,487million,down4.7%.

THIS SIMPLIFICATION OF OUR

BUSINESS IS CRITICAL. WE KNOW

A SIMPLER BANK IS MORE FOCUSED

AND EASIER TO MANAGE IN AN

ENVIRONMENT WHERE REGULATION

AND COMPLIANCE IS INCREASING.

The final dividend of 160 cents per share fully franked was

unchanged from 2017. This reflects a dividend payout ratio of

79.5% of cash profit (total Group), with $4.6 billion in dividends paid

to shareholders. This is above our target fully franked payout ratio

of 60–65% of cash profit (total Group), however our strong capital

position has allowed us to maintain a stable dividend.

While growth was subdued, particularly in Australian retail banking,

the fundamentals of our business remain sound. We recognised

many of the headwinds facing the sector early and the actions

commenced several years ago to simplify our business are now

benefiting shareholders.

During the year, we announced the sale of both our Pensions and

Investments businesses to IOOF and our Life Insurance businesses

to Zurich, as well as the sale of our Life Insurance business in New

Zealand to Cigna. We also increased our focus on Institutional

banking with the announced sale of our Retail and Commercial

business in Papua New Guinea to Kina Bank and the sale of our

ANZ Royal Bank (Cambodia) joint venture to J Trust.

We completed the sale of our minority stake in Shanghai Rural

Commercial Bank and the sale of our share in the Philippines-based

Metrobank Card Corporation joint venture.

A highlight of the year was completing the complex separation


of our six retail and wealth businesses in Asia on time and

under budget.

This simplification of our business is critical. We know a simpler

bank is more focused and easier to manage in an environment

where regulation and compliance is increasing. We have

rebalanced our business, improved the returns of the Institutional

Division, delivered consistent outcomes in New Zealand and we are

directing investment and capital to our areas of strategic focus such

as Australian home owners.

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EARNING TRUST
The Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking,

Superannuation and Financial Services Industry has been

confronting for all of us at ANZ, including the Board. We are

unanimous in our resolve to build a company of which we

and all of our stakeholders can be proud.

We recognise this has not been the case in the last decade and

that we have failed in some circumstances to do the right thing

and to keep the needs of our customers as our priority.

The Board and senior management will improve transparency

with customers and ensure that the balance between earnings

and providing worthwhile, fair and desired services to our

customers is maintained at all times.

This is why we have engaged openly and constructively with the

Royal Commission and will not wait for its final recommendations

before taking action to ensure our failures do not occur again.

We also support strongly the approach that our Chief Executive

Officer, Shayne Elliott has stated publicly which is that where ANZ

has failed we will compensate those affected quickly and fairly and

take steps to ensure that it does not happen again.

The Ethics, Environment, Social and Governance Committee of

the Board is active and well informed. The Board has also made it

known within ANZ that asking the question ‘is this the right thing

to do?’ is critical.

As you will see in the Remuneration Report, variable remuneration

at all levels of ANZ has been materially reduced.

We now have a new executive team running the bank. However,

accountability for our failures is still reflected in this year’s

remuneration of our most senior team including our Chief

Executive Officer.

While the Board itself does not receive variable compensation,

it shares some accountability for what has occurred.

As an indication of the Board’s understanding of its accountability,

existing Non-Executive Directors will receive in FY19 a reduction

of an amount equivalent to 20% of the FY18 base Non-Executive

Director fee (and in my case, 20% of my Chairman’s fee). This is

in addition to the bank’s efforts to identify and fix the causes of

our failures.

CAPITAL MANAGEMENT

Despite these difficult macro conditions, the progress of our

transformation means we have been able to return surplus capital

to shareholders while retaining appropriate flexibility to invest in

our business. This year we have maintained our unquestionably

strong capital levels, reducing shares on issue by 67 million

(equivalent to $1.9 billion) from an announced $3.0 billion share

buyback program.

OUTLOOK

We expect the trading environment in Australia to remain

challenging, particularly in retail banking, as the industry responds

to increasing regulation and compliance costs, as well as

implementing the recommendations of the Royal Commission.

ANZ is well placed to navigate these difficult conditions given

the progress of our transformation and simplification agenda.

Our focus on cost and capital management and our exposure to

international trade and commercial banking also positions ANZ

well for the future.

I know we have the right management team in place, led by

Shayne Elliott, to deliver on a strategy that will create sustained

value for our shareholders, customers and employees well into

the future. I know we are taking the action required to create a

company we can all be proud of.

David Gonski, AC

CHAIRMAN

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CHAIRMAN’S MESSAGE

CEO’S
MESSAGE

SHAYNE ELLIOTT

Retail banking in Australia is facing strong headwinds.

The combined impacts of regulatory and macro prudential

requirements have seen annual housing market growth slow

with a substantial reduction in the average household’s potential

borrowing capacity.

This year we maintained our disciplined approach to home loan

growth, focusing on customers who want to buy and own their

own home. We have deliberately foregone short-term revenue

growth and higher margins, particularly in the investor and

interest-only segments. This focus has driven better risk-adjusted

returns and is in the long-term interest of shareholders.

Institutional banking continued to provide diversified earnings

for the Group with the transformation of our business making

earnings less volatile. ANZ was again named a top-four corporate

bank in Asia and our position as a leading trade bank in the Asian

region will be an even more important differentiator as housing

credit slows in Australia.

ROYAL COMMISSION

This is a critical moment for the industry, our bank and our people.

We continue the urgent work required to fix the significant

failures highlighted by the Royal Commission. We have accepted

responsibility and we are determined to improve.

We have taken action to fast-track fundamental changes

involving leadership, strategy, systems, people and culture.

We are also making the investments required to build a bank

worthy of the trust and respect of our customers, shareholders

and the community.

We will also compensate customers we have failed quickly and

fairly and take steps to ensure that it does not happen again.

Wehavedelivereda

credibleresultin2018for

shareholders,customers

andemployeesgiventhe

significantchallengesfacing

ANZandtheindustry.

Theactionscommencedin2016

tosimplifyourbusiness,reduce

costandrebalancecapitalhaveus

wellplacedtomeetthechallenges

facingtheindustry.

OUR PROGRESS

We want to do fewer things and do them really well – while

ensuring they are aligned to our purpose. At the same time, we

need to focus on the areas where we can win and drive a decent

return for shareholders.

In Australia and New Zealand we want to be the best bank for

people who want to buy and own their home and for those who

want to start, run or grow a small business. In Institutional banking

we want to be the best bank in the world for those companies and

organisations that move goods and money around the region.

I am confident our strategy of focus, simplification and digital

transformation is right, indeed essential, for the times. A simpler

organisation is less complex to manage and hence better able to

deliver sustainable earnings – and when things do go wrong, we

are in a better position to fix them quickly.

WE ARE MAKING THE INVESTMENTS

REQUIRED TO BUILD A BANK WORTHY

OF THE TRUST AND RESPECT OF OUR

CUSTOMERS, SHAREHOLDERS AND

THE COMMUNITY.

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DIGITAL CUSTOMERS
This year we made significant gains in using digital technology

to improve the services we provide to customers, while also

improving our operational capacity and reducing risk.

We rolled out the New Payments Platform to more than three

million retail and commercial customers, allowing them to

transfer funds to other participating banks in real-time with

improved data capability. This was a complex project involving

more than 150 people over three years that will provide

significant benefit to our customers.

During the year, we extended our leadership in mobile payments

with the addition of Fitbit Pay and Garmin Pay, while adding

eftpos on Apple Pay and Android Pay. In an Australian-first we now

allow cash withdrawals from ANZ ATMs using any mobile device.

We also introduced a new mobile banking app that remains the

top-rated banking app in the Australian Apple store with almost

150,000 reviews.

In New Zealand, we made it easier for customers to interact with

the bank through the introduction of a digital assistant, ‘Jamie’,

using artificial intelligence technology to help customers with

the top-40 most asked banking questions.

LIVING OUR PURPOSE

A crucial evolution for our business this year has been identifying,

adopting and embedding a clear sense of purpose: to shape a

world where people and communities thrive.

Along with our values, this underpins everything we do and will

ensure all our people can undertake their work with pride and a

stronger sense of ethics and fairness.

We took action to rebalance sales incentives for front-line staff,

including the removal of all sales incentives for financial planners.

This included offering free advice reviews for customers concerned

about their current financial position.

We invested more than $137 million in the communities in which

we operate, though our employee volunteering and giving

programs, our grants programs, and emergency relief measures

for customers and communities impacted by natural disasters.

This year sadly has been extremely tough for many of our rural

and regional customers in eastern Australia and we implemented

a significant package to help our customers impacted by this once

in a generation drought in NSW and Queensland.

The package included reducing rates on business loans for

farmers by 1% pa in all drought declared areas and setting aside

$130 million for discounted loans to help farmers re-stock and

re-plant for next season. All home owners in drought declared

regions were also excluded from a recent interest rate increase. In

addition, we donated $1 million to rural financial counselling and

community grants assisting farmers in drought-affected areas.

Our purpose also guided our decision to increase our low carbon

finance commitment from $10 billion to $15 billion by 2020,

and since 2015 we have funded $11.5 billion in low carbon and

environmentally sustainable solutions, such as renewable energy

and efficient irrigation. We are reducing our lending to the most

carbon-intensive sectors but doing so in a way that supports our

customers in making a manageable transition to a low carbon future.

Finally, I would like to acknowledge the over 39,000 people who

turn up to work every day to do a better job for our customers,

shareholders and our community. While we know we still have

a significant job ahead of us, we have the right team to deliver a

better bank for all our stakeholders – a bank that can truly shape a

world where people and communities thrive.

Shayne Elliott

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

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CEO’S MESSAGE

BANKING ROYAL
COMMISSION

The Royal Commission’s Interim Report lays out conduct of a

standard below what the community expects and, in some cases,

what the law requires. The observations of the Commission have

rightly dismayed and disappointed Australians.

We have acknowledged to the Commission that ANZ has engaged

in misconduct and conduct falling below community standards

and expectations.

These acknowledgements include that:

-we failed our responsible lending obligations for some car loans;

-financial advice customers paid fees for advice reviews we did

not provide; and

-there have been cases of inappropriate financial advice, together

with other poor conduct by advisors.

The Commission found that in other cases ANZ had failed to meet

community standards and expectations or may have a case to

answer as to misconduct.

The Commission’s Interim Report strengthens our resolve to make

ANZ simpler and better able to serve our customers.

We are improving the accountability of our senior executives for

failures that harm customers. This includes the implementation

of the Banking Executive Accountability Regime (BEAR).

We are also reducing the complexity of the bank, including

by reducing the number of products we offer. While no excuse

for customer harm, complexity makes it harder to identify and

fix problems.

Other steps we are taking to improve customer outcomes are

discussed on the following page.

We will continue to engage constructively with the Royal

Commission as it finishes its work. Our hope is that the Royal

Commission serves as a watershed in the restoration of trust in

financial services. This trust is necessary if financial services are

to help Australians save, borrow and grow their wealth.

TheRoyalCommissioninto

MisconductintheBanking,

SuperannuationandFinancial

ServicesIndustryhasconducted

sixroundsofhearingsinto:

1consumerlending;

2financialadvice;

3loanstosmalland

mediumenterprises;

4issuesaffectingAustralians

wholiveinremoteand

regionalcommunities;

5superannuation;and

6insurance.

On28September2018,theRoyal

CommissionsubmitteditsInterimReport

onthefirstfourhearingrounds.ANZ

submitteditsresponsetotheInterim

Reporton26October2018.

From19Novemberto30November

2018,theRoyalCommissionwillconduct

aseventhroundofhearingsonpolicy

questionsarisingfromthefirstsixrounds.

TheCommissionerhasbeenaskedto

submithisfinalreportby1February2019.

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IMPROVING CUSTOMER
OUTCOMES

CUSTOMER REMEDIATION PRINCIPLES

-customer focused – fair, honest and efficient;

-comprehensive, timely and transparent decision-making;

-appropriate governance and oversight;

-clear communication to customers impacted by a

remediation issue; and

-where relevant, a commitment to paying refunds or

compensation to customers without undue delay.

Duringtheyear,wehaveparticipatedinalargenumberofreforms,atanindustry

andbanklevel,toimprovecustomeroutcomesandrestorecommunitytrust.

Discussedbelowarethekeyreformsonwhichwehavebeenworking.

CHANGES TO REMUNERATION

We are implementing all recommendations from Stephen

Sedgwick’s ‘Retail Banking Remuneration Review’, which is focused

on strengthening the alignment of retail bank incentives, practices

and good customer outcomes.

We have made significant progress, with actions completed since

commencement of the program including: changing frontline staff

incentive and recognition plans so that no rewards are directly

linked to sales; removing the payment of volume-based incentives

to aggregators, brokers and introducers; changing staff performance

management plans; and focusing our efforts on initiatives that will

support the achievement of sustainable culture change.

We are on track to complete all recommendations ahead of

expected timeframes and will make further changes as quickly

as possible to ensure we achieve full alignment. Management

provides regular updates to the Board Human Resources Committee

on progress. We will continue to report externally through the

Australian Banking Association’s (ABA) reporting framework.

NEW BANKING CODE OF PRACTICE

We are implementing strengthened protections for consumer

and small business customers arising from the new Banking Code

of Practice (Code). The Code has been revised to better reflect

community standards and will be binding and enforceable.

Changes include:

-loan contracts for small businesses that are written in plain

English and easier to understand – we have simplified our main

contract for small business customers, halving contract length

and increasing customer safeguards;

-active promotion of affordable banking products, specifically

assisting people on low incomes to pick appropriate products –

see our discussion below on product suitability;

-assistance for vulnerable customers – we have developed

a new Vulnerable Customer mandatory learning module to

help our staff identify and assist customers experiencing

vulnerable circumstances;

-abolition of fees and commissions on lenders mortgage

insurance; and

-an end to unsolicited offers of credit card increases.

BETTER PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

At the end of 2016, we appointed former Commonwealth Ombudsman

Colin Neave as our first Customer Fairness Advisor – signalling the start

of a number of changes we knew we needed to make.

Customer remediation principles developed by Mr Neave, the key

elements of which are below, have guided our work this year to fix

systemic errors, refund impacted customers more quickly and learn

from our mistakes so as not to repeat them in future.

We have established a Responsible Banking group within our

Australian Retail and Commercial Business, with specialist teams

dedicated to customer remediation, as well as product suitability

and responsible lending.

Our Product Suitability Program aims to achieve fair customer

outcomes via proactive customer contact, triggered by

behavioural indicators in our data. It is intended to help our

customers derive greater value from our products.

We have focused initially on vulnerable customers, particularly

those with persistent credit card debt or with potential for future

financial stress. During the year, our bankers provided financial

education and coaching to around 2,000 customers with persistent

credit card debt on how to use, and pay down, their credit card.

In addition, those customers were offered a lower interest rate

for 12 months, or a product transfer (e.g. from a ‘rewards’ card to

a low-rate card). The results of the pilot were encouraging, with

customers initially increasing their monthly payments and using

their credit cards less, with lower arrears levels.

We are also building product suitability into our product review

processes – for example, we are proactively contacting our home

loan customers paying interest only before they move to principal

and interest payments, to enable them to plan for, and successfully

manage, the transition to higher payments.

Finally, at a product level, this year we have removed ATM fees for

non-ANZ customers and reduced rates on low-rate cards by two

percentage points.

The agile transformation of our workforce – our New Ways of

Working – means we are in a better position to implement

changes in a timely manner with minimum disruption to our

customers. There is more to do but our changes so far are already

making ANZ easier to manage and better for customers.

We recognise that getting the basics of customer service right is

essential to underpinning our social licence as a bank.

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IMPROVING CUSTOMER OUTCOMES

OUR CULTURE AND VALUES
Our values are the foundation of how we work and are

supported by our Code of Conduct. All employees and

contractors must comply with the Code, which contains

guiding principles and sets the standards for the way we do

business at ANZ.

Wecareabout:

OUR PURPOSE

Our purpose is to help shape a world in which people

and communities thrive. That means striving to create a

balanced, sustainable society in which everyone can take

part and build a better life.

One of the ways we are bringing our purpose to life is

through helping to address complex issues that matter to

society and are core to our business and strategy. We are

focusing our efforts on financial wellbeing, environmental

sustainability and housing, contributing to these challenges

by: developing innovative and responsible financial

products and services; participating in relevant policy

development and research; strengthening stakeholder

partnerships; and harnessing the skills of our people.

OUR PEOPLE

Weemploy39,924full-time

equivalentemployeesandare

committedtobuildinganengaged,

diverseandinclusiveworkforce,

ensuringwehavetherightpeople

tomeetexternalchallengesand

achieveourbusinessstrategy.

We are building a workplace that reflects the communities

in which we operate and is inclusive of a wide range

of diversity indicators such as gender, age, caring

responsibilities, cultural identity, disability, sexual orientation,

religious beliefs, education, work experience and socio-

economic background. Leveraging the full diversity of

our workforce gives us a strategic advantage and creates

commercial, social and economic value.

As we seek to achieve diversity within our workforce,

a key focus continues to be on improving the gender

balance within our business. We have targets to improve

the representation of women in leadership, with progress

reviewed monthly by the CEO and the Group Executive

Committee, and results informing the Group’s bonus pool

and performance outcomes.

We are also providing employment opportunities to people

who may find it difficult to secure employment, such as

refugees, people with disability and Indigenous Australians.

A summary of our policy position on Diversity and Inclusion

can be found at anz.com/corporategovernance.

It is important we focus on supporting the wellbeing and

safety of our people. Our Health and Safety policy, and

health, safety and wellbeing (HSW ) programs, ensure that

we provide an environment that enables employees to

participate fully in the workplace and perform at their best.

We also provide opportunities for our people to contribute

to the communities in which they live and work through

our giving and volunteering programs. This year 34.6% of

our employees volunteered 124,113 hours to community

organisations, representing more than 15,514 working days

and more than $4.5 million value to the community.

ABOUT OUR

BUSINESS

Foundedin1835andheadquarteredinAustralia,weprovidebanking

andfinancialproductsandservicestoaroundeightmillionindividual

andbusinesscustomers.Weoperateinandacross34markets.

INTEGRITY

COLLABORATION

ACCOUNTABILITY

RESPECT

EXCELLENCE

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ANZ 2018 ANNUAL REVIEW

ABOUT OUR BUSINESS
OUR APPROACH TO SUSTAINABILITY

Our Sustainability Framework supports our business strategy,

reflects our most material issues and is aligned with our purpose.

This year we refreshed our Framework.

At the core of our Framework is Fair and responsible banking

– keeping pace with the expectations of our customers,

employees and the community, behaving fairly and responsibly

and maintaining high standards of conduct.

Financial wellbeing – improving the financial wellbeing of our

customers, employees and the community by helping them

make the most of their money throughout their lives.

Environmental sustainability – supporting household, business

and financial practices that improve environmental sustainability.

Housing – improving the availability of suitable and affordable

housing options for all Australians and New Zealanders.

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ANZ EMPLOYEES SUPPORTING THE COMMUNITY

Since 2003 our matched savings program, Saver Plus, has helped to

increase the capability of lower income and vulnerable Australians

to create and maintain a savings habit, build financial resilience

and improve financial capabilities. The program was developed

with the Brotherhood of St Laurence and is co-funded by the

Australian Government.

Marcus, pictured with a Saver Plus participant, has been working

at the Fountain Gate branch for nearly ten years. Since 2010, 897

participants have been recruited to the program in the wider Casey-

Cardinia region. ANZ branch staff have provided around 18% of

referrals to Saver Plus, with the remainder from local schools and

through community engagagement.

“I live locally and being able to contribute to my community is very

important. I am proud that ANZ is able to offer this program as

I’ve seen firsthand every day the benefits of building a long term

savings habit,” explains Marcus.

While Saver Plus is delivered by community organisations,

our branch employees play an important role in supporting

participants to save – from promoting the program and opening

savings accounts to attending the MoneyMinded financial

education workshops.

One of the Saver Plus participants referred to the program by

Marcus, completed the program whilst studying. “I am currently

completing a Diploma in Early Education and Childcare and needed

the dollar for dollar matching to purchase a new laptop to complete

my Bachelor’s Degree next year” she said.

More than half of our branch network employees in Australia are

actively involved in the delivery of Saver Plus.

To learn more visit anz.com/saverplus

Left to right – Saver Plus Participant (name withheld)

Leanne Farnsworth, Saver Plus Coordinator at Brotherhood of St Laurence

Marcus Menzies, Banking Consultant, ANZ

CASE STUDY

FINANCIAL

WELLBEING

OUR MOST MATERIAL ISSUES
Throughourannualmaterialityassessmentweengagewithinternalandexternal

stakeholderstoinformouridentificationofsocialandenvironmentalrisksand

opportunities.Weseektoidentifythosethathavethemostpotentialtoimpact

ourabilitytooperatesuccessfullyandcreatevalueforourstakeholders.

WHAT

MATTERS

MOST

These issues may change over time, reflecting changes in our business and external operating environment and the expectations

of stakeholders. We use the results of the assessment to inform our business strategy thinking and our Sustainability Framework,

reporting and targets.

This year, stakeholders ranked the following issues (risks or opportunities) as having the most potential to impact our value creation

in the short, medium and long-term:


Fairness and ethical conduct: is the highest ranked issue, with the Royal Commission strongly influencing stakeholder

sentiment in Australia. Operating in a fair and ethical manner is seen by stakeholders as fundamental if we are to

demonstrate we are trustworthy. Stakeholders commented on the specific issues of financial incentives resulting in

poor customer outcomes, products with poor value for customers and conduct issues.

Corporate governance: it is well recognised that organisations with strong corporate governance processes and policies

in place are likely to perform better in the longer term. This year stakeholders told us that ANZ needs to identify and act

on misconduct and failures to meet community standards and expectations quickly, and improve remediation. This is

the first time this issue has been ranked in the top five, reflecting stakeholder concerns following the significant failures

highlighted at the Royal Commission.

Fraud and data security: could significantly disrupt the bank’s operations and impact our reputation in the event of a

breach. Ensuring we have strong internal controls and risk management frameworks in place to mitigate this is critical.

Ongoing education of our customers and the wider community about online risks and improving their own data security

is also considered important.

Customer experience: delivering a positive customer experience is a key way in which ANZ can differentiate itself from

competitors and deliver sustainable business performance in the long term. Stakeholders also highlighted fairness,

transparency, accessibility and simplicity of products as critical to demonstrating to customers that they can trust us to

provide them with the right products and services for their circumstances.

Digital innovation: is core to ANZ’s strategy and a key factor in driving positive customer experience. Customer

expectations are being redefined by their experiences with companies using technology in new ways to deliver better

service. Today, the smartphone is our most popular ‘branch’. It is now more important than ever that we work hard to keep

up with digital change and customer expectations to make banking easier for our customers.

Thekeystepsinour2018materialityprocess,aswellasthefulllistofour

materialissues,isdiscussedindetailinour2018ANZSustainabilityReview

availableatanz.com/cs inDecember.

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ANZ 2018 ANNUAL REVIEW

MATERIAL ISSUES AND RISK MANAGEMENT
Our most material social and environmental risks and opportunities are captured and managed within our existing Material Risk

categories (as the table below shows). There is also a clear link between our Material Risks and the challenges arising from the external

environment in which we operate.

A full list of ANZ’s Material Risks is available on page 38 of the 2018 Annual Report.

MATERIAL RISK TYPEMANAGEMENT OF MATERIAL RISKSMOST MATERIAL

ISSUES

COMPLIANCE RISK

The risk of failure to act in accordance with

laws, regulations, industry standards and

codes, internal policies and procedures and

principles of good governance as applicable

to ANZ’s businesses.

Key features of how we manage Compliance Risk as part of

our Operational Risk framework include:

-centralised management of key obligations, and emphasis

on identifying changes in regulations and the business

environment, so as to enable us to proactively assess emerging

compliance risks and implement robust reporting and

certification processes.

-recognition of incident management as a separate element

to enhance ANZ’s ability to identify, manage and report on

incidents/breaches in a timely manner.

-the Whistleblower Protection Policy allowing employees and

contractors to make confidential, anonymous submissions

regarding concerns relating to accounting, internal control,

compliance, audit and other matters.

OPERATIONAL RISK

The risk of loss and/or non-compliance with

laws resulting from inadequate or failed internal

processes, people and/or systems, or from

external events. This definition includes legal

risk, and the risk of reputation loss, or damage

arising from inadequate or failed internal

processes, people and systems, but excludes

strategic risk.

We operate a three-lines-of-defence model to manage

Operational Risk, with each Line of Defence having defined

roles, responsibilities and escalation paths to support effective

communication and effective management of our operational

risk. Also, we have ongoing review mechanisms to ensure our

Operational Risk framework continues to meet organisational

needs and regulatory requirements.

REPUTATION RISK

The risk of loss that directly or indirectly

impacts earnings, capital adequacy or value,

that is caused by:

-adverse perceptions of the Group held by any

of customers, the community, shareholders,

investors, regulators, or rating agencies;

-conduct risk associated with the Group’s

employees or contractors (or both); or

-the social or environmental (or both)

impacts of our lending decisions.

We manage Reputation Risk by maintaining a positive

and dynamic culture that:

-ensures we act with integrity; and

-enables us to build strong and trusted relationships with

customers and clients, with colleagues, and with the broader

society.

We have well established decision-making frameworks and

policies to ensure our business decisions are guided by sound

social and environmental standards that take into account

Reputation Risk.

STRATEGIC RISK

The risk that the Group’s business strategy and

strategic objectives may lead to an increase in

other key Material Risks – for example: Credit

Risk, Market Risk and Operational Risk.

We consider and manage strategic risks through our annual

strategic planning process, managed by the Executive

Committee and approved by the Board. Any increase to our

key Material Risks is managed in accordance with our risk

management practices.

TECHNOLOGY RISK

The risk of loss and/or non-compliance with

laws resulting from inadequate or failed internal

processes, people and systems or from external

events impacting on IT assets, including the

compromise of an IT asset’s confidentiality,

integrity or availability.

Consistent with the management of Operational Risk, we

operate a three-lines-of-defence model to manage Technology

Risk, with each Line of Defence having defined roles,

responsibilities and escalation paths to support effective

communication and effective management of our technology

risk. We also have ongoing review mechanisms to ensure our

Operational Risk framework, which is also used to manage

Technology Risk, continues to meet organisational needs and

regulatory requirements.




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WHAT MATTERS MOST

STAKEHOLDER
ENGAGEMENT

OUR STAKEHOLDERS AND

HOW WE ENGAGED WITH THEM

KEY ISSUES RAISEDHOW WE RESPONDED

CUSTOMERS

-‘Your Say’ – ANZ’s online customer

research community

-Online and face to face, forums,

surveys, focus groups and individual

in-depth interviews

-‘Voice of Customer’ platform

-Conversations with our Customer

Advocate and Customer Fairness Advisor

-Complaints Resolution Centre

-Social media

-Conduct and culture in the Australian banking

industry, financial advice and treatment of

customers in financial difficulty

-Product suitability

-Customer service

-Fees and charges

-Dissatisfaction relating to digital products

Our response to the issues raised

by customers can be found in the

Royal Commission and Improving

Customer Outcomes sections at

pages 8–9 and more detail will be

available in the 2018 Sustainability

Review.

GOVERNMENT AND

REGULATORS

-Appearances before, and written

submissions to, the Royal Commission

into Misconduct in the Banking,

Superannuation and Financial

Services Industry

-Regular meetings with political

stakeholders, officials and regulators

-Submissions to parliamentary

committee inquiries and other

government and regulatory

consultations

Australia:

-Customer detriment caused by poor conduct

and governance failures in the banking industry

-Open data, comprehensive credit reporting, ASIC

powers (e.g. design and distribution obligation, and

product intervention power), terms of reference for

the Australian Financial Complaints Authority

-Competition, aspects of banking products

and practices

-Public policy development on issues and

programs related to financial wellbeing

and capability

New Zealand:

-Conduct and culture in the banking industry

-Regulatory issues including tax reform, financial

markets, overseas investment restrictions,

retirement savings, financial advice and

responsible consumer lending

-Public policy development on issues including

financial inclusion, housing and retail payments

ANZ seeks to listen and engage

constructively with the Royal

Commission, regulators,

government and policy makers.

In addition to participating in the

Royal Commission (discussed at

page 8), we have participated

in a wide range of government

consultations and parliamentary

inquiries.

An overview of the work underway

in response to key inquiries/

reports, is outlined in the Improving

Customer Outcomes section at

page 9.

SHAREHOLDERS

-Results briefings

-Strategy briefings, Environment, Social

and Governance (ESG) briefings and

other market updates

-Annual General Meeting

-Disclosure documents, including results

announcements, investor presentations,

external reporting suite and other ASX

lodgements

-Dedicated ANZ shareholder website

-Opportunities and challenges associated with

the current operating environment

-ANZ’s strategic focus and business priorities,

including the execution of our strategy

-Financial performance, composition and

sustainability of earnings

-Capital and balance sheet management, including

quantum of capital held and efficient use of

capital, balance sheet quality and liquidity and

funding positions

-Dividend and dividend policy

-ESG approach, commitment and progress

We seek to provide shareholders

with quality information in a

timely fashion through ANZ’s

reporting suite, announcements

and briefings to the market, half-

yearly shareholder letters and

through our dedicated shareholder

site at shareholder.anz.com.

In 2018 we held our first ESG Briefing

for institutional investors and fund

managers, the purpose of which

was to share with them how we are

responding to external social and

environmental challenges.

We know that strong stakeholder relationships are essential to our success and our ability to create long-term value. Transparent and

responsive stakeholder engagement, combined with a real willingness on our part to listen, is one of the most important ways in which

we can demonstrate trustworthiness and rebuild community confidence. Stakeholder engagement is embedded in our policies, processes

and operations. Outlined below are the key issues raised by our stakeholders throughout the year and how we responded.

For more detailed information on how we have responded to what our stakeholders have told us, refer to our 2018 Sustainability Review

available in December at anz.com/cs.

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ANZ 2018 ANNUAL REVIEW

OUR STAKEHOLDERS AND
HOW WE ENGAGED WITH THEM

KEY ISSUES RAISEDHOW WE RESPONDED

EMPLOYEES

-‘My Voice’ survey of employee

engagement

-Regular interactive webcasts with CEO

and Executive Committee members

-‘ANZ Way’ Podcast series

-Direct communication and formal

twice-yearly performance appraisals

with line managers

-Internal communications channels,

including intranet and Yammer

-Meetings with unions representing

ANZ employees

-Royal Commission – hearings, impacts

and implications

-Strategic focus and business priorities,

including purpose and values

-Training and development, including on ‘New

Ways of Working’ and ‘New Ways of Leading’

-Raising issues and concerns without fear of

negative consequences

-Employee health, safety and wellbeing

-Diversity and inclusion

-Flexible working arrangements

-Organisational restructuring

-Performance management

-Remuneration and reward

Our response to the issues raised

by employees will be available in

the 2018 Sustainability Review.

NON GOVERNMENT

ORGANISATIONS (NGOS)

-A regular program of CEO and senior

executive meetings with civil society

leaders to exchange ideas and

discuss material social, economic and

environmental issues of mutual interest

-Direct engagement with NGOs

and academics

-Regular engagement with peak bodies

for professional community services,

such as financial counselling

-Regular meetings with our

community partners

-Remediation and compensation schemes

-Responsible gambling initiatives and policies

-Vulnerable customers, hardship programs and

consumer protection

-Support for customers and communities

impacted by drought in Australia

-Ensuring our operations and supply chain are

free of ‘modern slavery’

-Climate change, carbon risk management and

the role of banks in supporting the transition to a

low carbon economy

-Strategies to tackle unemployment and build

social and economic participation

-Challenges associated with homelessness

in Australia

Our response to the issues raised

by NGOs will be available in the

2018 Sustainability Review.

INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS

ANZ is a member of a number of industry

associations. The most significant of these

memberships are the Australian Banking

Association (ABA), the Business Council of

Australia, the Financial Services Council,

the Association of Superannuation

Funds of Australia, Insurance Council

of Australia, the New Zealand Bankers’

Association, and Business New Zealand.

Via these memberships we

participated in:

-the development and implementation

of the industry consumer protection

reform program in Australia

-discussions about industry-wide issues

and strategy

-provided input into industry association

responses to parliamentary inquiries and

government consultations

-Conduct and culture in the Australian banking

industry, including the complaints handling and

dispute resolution, hardship and remediation

-Remuneration, particularly retail sales

commissions and product-based payments

and commissions

-Comprehensive credit reporting and

open banking

We engaged with key industry

associations, including the ABA, (we

assumed the role of Chair Bank),

and the Financial Services Council

to develop strategic responses to

reputational issues.

Together with other Australian

banks we continued to implement

the industry reform program. As

part of this work, the Australian

Securities and Investment

Commission (ASIC) approved a new

Banking Code of Practice, to come

into effect mid-2019. Refer to the

Improving Customer Outcomes

section at page 9 for more detail.

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STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT

STAKEHOLDERS
CUSTOMERS

EMPLOYEESSUPPLIERSCOMMUNITYSHAREHOLDERS

BUSINESS ACTIVITIES

Our business model consists

of the following activities:

WE PROVIDE

TRANSACTION

BANKING SERVICES

WE HOLD

DEPOSITS FOR

OUR CUSTOMERS

WE LEND MONEY TO

OUR RETAIL, SMALL

BUSINESS AND

CORPORATE CUSTOMERS

WE PROVIDE WEALTH

MANAGEMENT AND RISK

MITIGATION PRODUCTS

WE INVEST IN

OUR PEOPLE TO

BUILD A DIVERSE

AND INCLUSIVE

WORKFORCE

WE COLLABORATE

WITH OUR

SUPPLIERS

WE COLLABORATE

WITH PARTNERS TO

BUILD CAPACITY

AND IMPROVE

FINANCIAL

WELLBEING

WE INVEST IN THE

COMMUNITY

WE PAY TAXES IN

THE COUNTRIES

WITHIN WHICH WE

OPERATE

WE PAY DIVIDENDS

TO OUR

SHAREHOLDERS

VALUE CREATION*

Which create value for ANZ,

our stakeholders and other

stakeholders:

*figures stated cover FY18 year.

-Making it simple for our

customers to manage

their money and

interact with us how

and when it is most

convenient for them.

-Assisting businesses

to safely transact,

trade and invest across

the community and

borders.

-Contributing to

the cyber safety

and security of our

customers through

education and

awareness programs.

-Preventing financial

crime and money

laundering.

-Keeping our customers’

money safe and

providing competitive

returns on deposits.

We paid $10.7 billion in

interest on deposits.

-Enabling people and

businesses to save,

manage their resources

and deal with change.

-Providing funding

for housing, personal

lending and businesses.

-Enabling customers

to buy homes and

businesses to expand

and grow. We provided

$341 billion in home

lending (Australia and

New Zealand).

-Underpinning

employment,

investment and

economic growth in

the community.

-Efficiently and

responsibly allocating

financial resources

to meet customer

and market demand,

and support

changing community

expectations.

-Enabling customers and

their families to save for

the future and achieve

personal and business

goals.

-Assisting customers to

manage personal and

business risks.

-Assisting communities to

manage social risks.

-Allowing business and

Institutional customers to

manage risk associated

with their businesses.

-Promoting trade and

investment, and the

efficient allocation of

financial resources.

-Enabling us to

provide better

services and

products to

customers, and

meeting community

expectations.

-Promoting diversity

and equality of

opportunity. We

recruited 260

people from

under-represented

groups

1

.

-Increasing the skills

and capabilities

of our people,

providing more

than 877,000 hours

of training.

1

Includes Aboriginal and

Torres Strait Islander

people, people with

disability and refugees.

-Contributing to the

economy across

the countries we

operate in.

-Collaborating

with suppliers to

manage the social

and environmental

impacts of our

mutual business

operations.

-Improving the

wellbeing of

lower income

and vulnerable

customers,

enabling them to

participate more

fully in society.

More than 889,000

people have

been reached

through our social

and economic

participation target.

-Contributing

to the ability of

not-for-profit

organisations to

assist and support

the community.

-Contributing to

the wellbeing of

the community

through

volunteering

and employee

giving. 124,113

volunteering hours

completed by our

employees.

-Supporting

customers and

the community in

times of difficulty,

hardship or

natural disaster, for

example, through

our drought relief

package.

-Contributing to

the provision of

public services

such as health,

social services

and education.

We paid $3,188

2


million in taxes to

governments.

-Building trust

through transparent

tax reporting.

2

Total taxes borne by

the Group, includes

unrecovered GST/VAT,

employee related taxes

and other taxes. Inclusive of

discontinued operations.

-Providing

consistent returns

to shareholders.

-We are paying

79.5% of 2018 cash

profit (total Group)

to shareholders.

-Enabling

shareholders to

save and invest to

meet their personal

and business goals.

-Providing funding

for lending and

the economy,

and efficiently

allocating financial

resources.

-Facilitating capital

and debt raising.

MATERIAL ISSUES

Corporate governance

Fraud and data security

Customer experience

Digital innovation

HOW WE

CREATE VALUE

Weaimtocreatevalueforallofourstakeholders.

We recognise that we have not always met this stated aim and have, as a direct result of our

business activities, caused customer detriment. By transforming our business, focusing on a

purpose and values-led culture and simplifying our products and services – doing fewer things

better – we want to ensure that we are having a positive impact on our stakeholders. Fairness

and ethical conduct will be fundamental to us achieving this.

The table below presents the value created for our key stakeholders for each of our main business

activities. These activities create value for ANZ in the form of income, business growth, an

engaged and high-performing workforce and strong relationships with our stakeholders.


Fairness and

ethical conduct

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ANZ 2018 ANNUAL REVIEW

STAKEHOLDERS
CUSTOMERS

EMPLOYEESSUPPLIERSCOMMUNITYSHAREHOLDERS

BUSINESS ACTIVITIES

Our business model consists

of the following activities:

WE PROVIDE

TRANSACTION

BANKING SERVICES

WE HOLD

DEPOSITS FOR

OUR CUSTOMERS

WE LEND MONEY TO

OUR RETAIL, SMALL

BUSINESS AND

CORPORATE CUSTOMERS

WE PROVIDE WEALTH

MANAGEMENT AND RISK

MITIGATION PRODUCTS

WE INVEST IN

OUR PEOPLE TO

BUILD A DIVERSE

AND INCLUSIVE

WORKFORCE

WE COLLABORATE

WITH OUR

SUPPLIERS

WE COLLABORATE

WITH PARTNERS TO

BUILD CAPACITY

AND IMPROVE

FINANCIAL

WELLBEING

WE INVEST IN THE

COMMUNITY

WE PAY TAXES IN

THE COUNTRIES

WITHIN WHICH WE

OPERATE

WE PAY DIVIDENDS

TO OUR

SHAREHOLDERS

VALUE CREATION*

Which create value for ANZ,

our stakeholders and other

stakeholders:

*figures stated cover FY18 year.

-Making it simple for our

customers to manage

their money and

interact with us how

and when it is most

convenient for them.

-Assisting businesses

to safely transact,

trade and invest across

the community and

borders.

-Contributing to

the cyber safety

and security of our

customers through

education and

awareness programs.

-Preventing financial

crime and money

laundering.

-Keeping our customers’

money safe and

providing competitive

returns on deposits.

We paid $10.7 billion in

interest on deposits.

-Enabling people and

businesses to save,

manage their resources

and deal with change.

-Providing funding

for housing, personal

lending and businesses.

-Enabling customers

to buy homes and

businesses to expand

and grow. We provided

$341 billion in home

lending (Australia and

New Zealand).

-Underpinning

employment,

investment and

economic growth in

the community.

-Efficiently and

responsibly allocating

financial resources

to meet customer

and market demand,

and support

changing community

expectations.

-Enabling customers and

their families to save for

the future and achieve

personal and business

goals.

-Assisting customers to

manage personal and

business risks.

-Assisting communities to

manage social risks.

-Allowing business and

Institutional customers to

manage risk associated

with their businesses.

-Promoting trade and

investment, and the

efficient allocation of

financial resources.

-Enabling us to

provide better

services and

products to

customers, and

meeting community

expectations.

-Promoting diversity

and equality of

opportunity. We

recruited 260

people from

under-represented

groups

1

.

-Increasing the skills

and capabilities

of our people,

providing more

than 877,000 hours

of training.

1

Includes Aboriginal and

Torres Strait Islander

people, people with

disability and refugees.

-Contributing to the

economy across

the countries we

operate in.

-Collaborating

with suppliers to

manage the social

and environmental

impacts of our

mutual business

operations.

-Improving the

wellbeing of

lower income

and vulnerable

customers,

enabling them to

participate more

fully in society.

More than 889,000

people have

been reached

through our social

and economic

participation target.

-Contributing

to the ability of

not-for-profit

organisations to

assist and support

the community.

-Contributing to

the wellbeing of

the community

through

volunteering

and employee

giving. 124,113

volunteering hours

completed by our

employees.

-Supporting

customers and

the community in

times of difficulty,

hardship or

natural disaster, for

example, through

our drought relief

package.

-Contributing to

the provision of

public services

such as health,

social services

and education.

We paid $3,188

2


million in taxes to

governments.

-Building trust

through transparent

tax reporting.

2

Total taxes borne by

the Group, includes

unrecovered GST/VAT,

employee related taxes

and other taxes. Inclusive of

discontinued operations.

-Providing

consistent returns

to shareholders.

-We are paying

79.5% of 2018 cash

profit (total Group)

to shareholders.

-Enabling

shareholders to

save and invest to

meet their personal

and business goals.

-Providing funding

for lending and

the economy,

and efficiently

allocating financial

resources.

-Facilitating capital

and debt raising.

MATERIAL ISSUES

Corporate governance

Fraud and data security

Customer experience

Digital innovation

17HOW WE CREATE VALUE

OUR OPERATING
ENVIRONMENT

Weneedtoanticipateandrespondtotherisksandopportunitiesarising

inourexternalenvironmenttoensurethatwecancontinuetocreatevalue

forourstakeholders.

In addition to the regulatory and reputational impacts associated with the Royal Commission, we are responding to a number of other trends

and challenges in our external environment. A summary of the issues influencing our strategy and the way we respond is outlined below.

THESE GLOBAL TRENDS PRESENT US WITH RISKS AND OPPORTUNITIES

GLOBAL TRENDRISKSOPPORTUNITIES

Digital

advancement

and technological

change

-Competition from existing and new competitors

is increasing, supported by Government policy,

such as the proposed consumer data right.

-With the increase in digitisation, strong cyber

security capability is critical.

-By improving our digital capabilities and

investing in cyber security, we can serve

our customers in new and innovative ways,

meeting their needs for safe and secure digital

banking solutions.

Globalisation

-Community concerns about aspects of trade and

investment can potentially limit opportunities.

-With increasing globalisation and the rise of Asia,

we can support our customers to increase their

cross border trade and investment.

-Increased trade and investment leads to higher

incomes and employment for the communities

in which ANZ operates.

Demographic

changes

-Demand for home lending in Australia and

New Zealand is impacted by a range of supply

and demand factors largely outside of our

control, including population growth, housing

prices and dwelling construction.

-Community concerns about housing

affordability remain high. We can help by

partnering with business, government and

NGOs to deliver innovative and practical

housing solutions.

Lower credit

growth

environment

-Increasing competition and regulatory

requirements places pressure on margins and

customer volumes.

-New approaches are needed to deliver products

and services to our customers, together with

efficient allocation of capital and resources to

generate returns to shareholders.

Environment

and climate

-We will continue to experience negative

reputational impacts if we fail to raise standards

across all our activities and take customer and

societal impacts into consideration when making

business decisions.

-By continuing to focus on improving customer

outcomes and strengthening our standards

on issues such as environmental sustainability

and human rights, we have an opportunity to

differentiate ourselves from our peers.

OUR STRATEGY AIMS TO RESPOND POSITIVELY TO THIS

ENVIRONMENT AND MEET SOCIETAL EXPECTATIONS

Creating a simpler, better

balanced bank: we are

reducing operating costs and

risks by removing product

and management complexity

and exiting low-return and

non-core businesses.

Focusing on areas where

we can win: we are making

buying and owning a home or

starting, running and growing

a small business in Australia

and New Zealand easy. We

want to be the best bank in

the world for customers driven

by the movement of goods

and capital in our region.

Building a superior everyday

experience to compete in the

digital age: we are building

more convenient, engaging

banking solutions to simplify

the lives of customers and our

own people.

Driving a purpose and

values-led transformation:

we are creating a stronger

sense of core purpose, ethics

and fairness, investing in

leaders who can help sense

and navigate the rapidly

changing environment.

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SAFE AG SYSTEMS – THE GRAHAM GROUP

The Graham Group (the Group) is a multi-generational South

Australian farming family headed by Mark and Caroline Graham.

Originally focused on grain production, the business has diversified

and now encompasses Watervalley Farms, a broad acre cropping

business in the Yorke Peninsula, and Regional Skills Training

(RST), a registered training organisation providing agronomic,

management and compliance training to farmers in South

Australia. RST has plans to expand to the eastern States in the

coming year.

Caroline Graham and daughter Katy Landt have also launched a

start-up technology business, Safe Ag Systems, providing software

that enables farming enterprises across Australia to manage their

legislative obligations and incorporate workplace health and safety

requirements into their operations. Almost 2,000 Australian farmers

are now using the software and, pending a successful capital

raising, the Group plans to take its software to overseas markets.

As the Group’s business has diversified, they have benefited from

their long-term relationship with ANZ.

“ANZ has a genuine understanding of all aspects of our business.

They have provided flexible and timely options and have always

supported the Group as we have expanded. This relationship will

continue to grow as our plans for the future are implemented,”

Mark Graham said.

We are proud of the relationship we share with the Graham family.

They have strong ties to their local community and are making

a positive impact to agribusiness in Australia. Agribusiness is an

important part of ANZ’s history, and banking customers like the

Graham family aligns with our commitment to help Australian

businesses grow.

Left to right – Katy Landt, Co-Founder and CEO Safe Ag Systems

Caroline Graham, Director and Work, Health and Safety Manager, Safe Ag Systems

Ron Sutcliffe, Agribusiness Manager, ANZ

CASE STUDY

HELPING AUSTRALIAN

BUSINESSES TO GROW

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STRATEGY

Wehaveembarkedonastrategytobecomeasimpler,betterbalancedand

moreserviceorientedorganisation,helpingourcustomersandourpeople

respondtoachallengingworld.

Becoming a simpler bank enables us to invest our resources to build better systems and processes, to fix things that are broken

and to develop products, services and programs that improve the financial wellbeing of our customers and the community.

We are repositioning the bank for the longer term – focused on

fewer things and doing them really well:

-creating the best bank in Australia and New Zealand for home

owners and small businesses

-building the best bank in the world for clients driven by trade

and capital flows between Australia, New Zealand and Asia

-establishing a common, digital-ready infrastructure and using

data to better assist our customers to succeed in a digital world.

While the environment in which we operate is changing at a

rapid pace, the four priorities that underpin our strategy continue

to drive our transformation. We have made significant progress

over the past two and a half years, but recognise that we still have

much to do.

Variable remuneration is designed to focus our CEO and Disclosed

Executives on key measures supporting our business strategy, and

encourage the delivery of value for shareholders. Group, Division

and individual performance is considered to determine their

variable remuneration recommendations. In respect of Group

performance, an assessment against a range of annual and longer-

term strategic indicators is undertaken across the categories

of Risk, Financial and Discipline, Customer, and People and

Reputation. Together these inform the overall Group assessment.

FOCUSING ON AREAS WHERE WE CAN WIN

ACTIONS WE ARE TAKINGOUR PROGRESS: FULL YEAR 2015 TO FULL YEAR 2018

1

Making buying and owning

a home in Australia and

New Zealand easy

-established dedicated Home Owners and Home Lending teams, to make buying and owning

a home easy

-introduced First Home Buyer coaches: mortgage and home lending experts who assist customers

through the first home buying journey from start to finish, without any cost or obligation

-improved communication with home loan customers transitioning from interest only to principal

and interest loans, helping them prepare for increased payment amounts

-acquired technology start-up REALas, assisting prospective home buyers find out accurate sale

price predictions for properties on the market

-provided an additional $52 billion in home lending in Australia and New Zealand

-maintained market share of owner occupier customers in Australia at 16%

2

-maintained number 1 housing market share position in New Zealand with 31%

3

share

Making starting, running

and growing a small

business in Australia

and New Zealand easy

-continued to invest in a dedicated Business Banking proposition

-introduced innovative solutions for customers including ANZ Be Business Ready (Honcho),

ANZ Be Trade Ready, Employment Hero and SmartPayroll

-launched BladePay™: smaller, smarter, faster payment technology

-provided $95 billion business lending in Australia and New Zealand (in 2018)

-grew business deposits in Australia and New Zealand by $16 billion

Being the best bank in the

world for customers driven

by the movement of goods

and capital in our region

-ranked number one Institutional Lead Bank in Australia and New Zealand

4


-maintained equal 4th corporate bank in Asia and improved to #1 for Overall Quality

5

-lead bank for trade services

6

-increased Payments and Cash Management revenue in Institutional by 9%

Links to 2018 Group performance assessment

7

:

Continued to improve customer experience this year, with a highlight being Institutional performance in key customer satisfaction/

relationship strength surveys. A disappointing Net Promoter Score (NPS)

8

in Australia was balanced by a record NPS in New Zealand Retail.

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CREATING A SIMPLER, BETTER BALANCED BANK
ACTIONS WE ARE TAKINGOUR PROGRESS: FULL YEAR 2015 TO FULL YEAR 2018

1

Exit low return and

non-core businesses

-sold or exited 21 non-core businesses, including announced divestments:

-Esanda asset finance business

-Wealth Australia – Life Insurance, Wealth Australia – One Path Pensions and Investments/Aligned

Dealer Groups

-One Path Life New Zealand and New Zealand One Path Life medical insurance book

-six Asia Retail and Wealth businesses across Singapore, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Indonesia

and Vietnam

-Papua New Guinea Retail, Commercial and SME business

-Metrobank Card Corporation and Shanghai Rural Commercial Bank partnerships in Philippines

and China respectively and ANZ Royal joint venture in Cambodia

-agreement with CMC Markets to provide the ANZ Share Investing trading platform

Reduce reliance on

low-return aspects of

Institutional banking

-focused on strategic Institutional customers across Australia, New Zealand and the Asia Pacific region

-reduced the Institutional customer base by ~6,000, exiting off-strategy, low-return customers

-reduced Institutional Total Risk Weighted Assets by $44 billion

-reduced capital allocated to Institutional, from ~48%

9

of total Group capital to ~38%

9


Reduce operating costs

and risks by removing

product and management

complexity

-total cost base reduced from $9.4 billion to $9.2 billion

-reshaped the workforce, including introduction of agile working practices (our New Ways of Working)

to the Australia and Technology Divisions to increase speed-to-market for key customer initiatives

-reduced full time equivalent (FTE) employees by 25%

-decommissioned redundant technology applications

-simplified products, including decommissioning ~140 products in Australia Division

Further strengthen the

balance sheet by rebalancing

our portfolio

-increased Common Equity Tier 1 capital from 9.6% to 11.4%

-reallocated capital to Retail and Commercial in Australia and New Zealand, from ~45%

9

to ~60%

9


of total Group capital

-freed up over ~$12 billion in capital through announced divestments and reduction in Institutional

risk weighted assets

Links to 2018 Group performance assessment

7

:

While cost outcomes were below target (resulting from the large/notable items), we maintained a strong balance sheet, and

divestments during the year reduced the complexity of the Group. Total shareholder returns were positive relative to peers and return

on equity was on target. Organic capital generation remained strong. Capital, funding and liquidity continued to be well above

regulatory minimums.

1.

Financial comparisons are on a Cash Profit basis. 2018 excludes discontinued operations.

2.

Source: APRA monthly banking statistics 31 August 2018.

3.

Source: RBNZ, share of all banks as of August 2018.

4.

Peter Lee Associates 2018 Large Corporate and Institutional Relationship Banking surveys,

Australia and New Zealand. In New Zealand ranked against the Top 4 competitors.

5.

Greenwich Associates 2017 Asian Large Corporate Banking Study (issued in March 2018):

ANZ ranked equal No. 4 in 2016 and 2017.

6.

Peter Lee Associates Large Corporate and Institutional Transactional Banking surveys,

Australia 2004–2018 and New Zealand 2005–2018.

7.

See 2018 Annual Report for full Remuneration Report.

8.

NPS is a customer loyalty metric used globally to evaluate a company’s brand, products

or services. Net Promoter® and NPS® are registered trademarks and Net Promoter Score

and Net Promoter System are trademarks of Bain & Company, Satmetrix Systems and

Fred Reichheld.

9.

Based on Regulatory Capital. 2015: Institutional shown under 2015 IIB Structure, including

Global Institutional and Asia Retail & Pacific. 2018 adjusted for announced divestments of

OnePath, P&I, NZ OnePath, Cambodia subsidiary and ANZ PNG.

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OUR STRATEGY

BUILDING A SUPERIOR EVERYDAY EXPERIENCE FOR CUSTOMERS
AND OUR PEOPLE TO COMPETE IN THE DIGITAL AGE

ACTIONS WE HAVE TAKENOUR PROGRESS: FULL YEAR 2015 TO FULL YEAR 2018

1

Build more convenient,

engaging banking solutions

to simplify the lives of

customers and our

own people

-invested in ANZ’s new Digital Banking division to support growth in priority areas

-upgraded key digital channels resulting in improved customer experience, including through:

-a new mobile app

-full mobile wallet (only major bank in Australia to offer this)

-introduction of secure biometric security for ANZ app, New Zealand Contact Centre and

Institutional channels

-continued to simplify technology architecture, decommissioning 264 applications during 2018,

a 35% increase on 2017

-rolled out New Payments Platform (NPP) to small and medium businesses and Institutional clients

-won 12 of 13 NPP mandates from local and foreign banks

-prepared for Open Banking through a strategic partnership with Australia’s leading data

company, Data Republic, allowing sharing and analysis of data with trusted third parties in a

secure environment

-introduced a digital assistant, ‘Jamie’, using Artificial Intelligence (AI) on help.anz.co.nz, to assist

customers with the top-40 most asked banking questions

Links to 2018 Group performance assessment

2

:

There was strong digital engagement with customers across the Group. The ANZ app remains the top-rated banking app in the

Apple store, with almost 150,000 reviews.

1.

Financial comparisons are on a Cash Profit basis. 2018 excludes discontinued operations.

2.

See 2018 Annual Report for full Remuneration Report.

DRIVING A PURPOSE AND VALUES LED TRANSFORMATION

ACTIONS WE ARE TAKINGOUR PROGRESS: FULL YEAR 2015 TO FULL YEAR 2018

1

Create a stronger sense of

core purpose and ethics

-renaming both the Board Environmental, Social and Governance Committee and Responsible

Business Committee to include Ethics, providing management with a further vehicle to raise

ethical and conduct issues

-developed an ethical decision-making framework which captures how we apply our purpose,

values and principles to inform complex decisions

-changed the way we pay our employees, placing a greater focus on customer outcomes (see

Improving Customer Outcomes on page 9)

-built momentum across our key focus areas of financial wellbeing, environmental sustainability

and housing:

-surveyed 9,500 people in ANZ Adult Financial Wellbeing Survey in Australia and New Zealand

and launched an insights report, the findings of which will inform future development of

products and services

-delivered Vulnerable Customer training to 6,100 frontline employees in Australia

-arranged 18 green bonds ($1.867 billion) on behalf of customers, including debuts in New

Zealand and Asia

-introduced interest free loans to help New Zealanders insulate their homes, with nearly 560

loans approved

Invest in leaders who can

help sense and navigate

the rapidly changing

environment

-launched our New Ways of Leading, which describe the behaviours our leaders most need to

demonstrate in order to transform ANZ

-increased women in leadership roles by 0.9% to 32%, driven by our focus on adaptive leaders

who uphold our ICARE values and our New Ways of Leading

Links to 2018 Group performance assessment

2

:

While there were a number of highlights during the year, such as an increase in the number of women in leadership, this was offset

by employee engagement scores falling below target. Our standing in the community was impacted by significant community

concern as a result of our failures highlighted by the Royal Commission.

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ZONZO ESTATE

We are helping our business customers start, run and grow their

businesses. Our presence in the Asia Pacific region enables us to

assist them to expand their networks and enter new markets.

”Challenging local and global environments mean many

Australian businesses are looking to diversify and they’re focused

on where the world’s long-term growth is – Asia. More of our

customers are coming to us to seek advice on regional demand

for their products or services and to help to identify new revenue

opportunities” said Mark Hand, Group Executive, Australia

Business and Private Banking.

More than 20 of our retail and wholesale Australian business

customers have participated in our ‘Opportunity Asia’ delegation

to Shanghai and Hong Kong. Taking place over five days, the

program included seminars, panel sessions and networking

events focused on practical information to help our customers

realise their growth aspirations. Participants had an opportunity

to showcase their products at events attended by local experts

and potential suppliers, as well as representatives of the Australian

Government and industry bodies.

Rod Micallef of Zonzo Estate, a winery and restaurant in Victoria’s

Yarra Valley, took part in the delegation. Reflecting on his

experience, Rod said that “joining the delegation gave us a great

insight into the Asian market and has since led to sales in China.”

Tara Williamson, Relationship Manager, ANZ – Rod Micallef, Director, Zonzo Estate

CASE STUDY

FACILITATING

TRADE IN ASIA

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FINANCIAL WELLBEING
TARGETSPROGRESSCOMMENTARY

Help enable social and economic participation of

1 million people by 2020 through our initiatives

to support financial wellbeing, including our

financial inclusion, employment and community

programs, and targeted banking products and

services for small business and retail customers.

1


More than 889,000 people have been reached through our

financial wellbeing programs, and targeted banking products

and services for small business and retail customers

Relevant SDGs

Build an engaged, diverse and inclusive workforce by:Relevant SDGs

- increasing the representation of Women in

Leadership by 3% to 34.1% by 2020;

Group-wide representation of Women in Leadership has

increased to 32% (up from 31.1% as at September 2017).

- maintaining an organisation inclusiveness score

of at least 93% in 2018;

Organisation inclusiveness is steady at 93%.

- recruiting >1,000 people from under-represented

groups including Indigenous Australians, people

with disability and refugees; and

Since 2016, we have recruited 510 people from

under-represented groups.

- improving employee engagement by 6% to 80%

by 2020 (against 2016 baseline score of 74%).

Employee engagement decreased from FY16 by 1% to 73%.

Increase employee volunteering participation rate

in 2018 to 30%.

Across the Group employee volunteering

participation increased to 34.6% in 2018.

Relevant SDG

1.

Refer to the 2018 Sustainability Review for methodology (to be released in December).

2018

SUSTAINABILITY

TARGETS

Each year we set public sustainability targets and a corresponding

Group-wide program of work to support the delivery of our business

strategy and respond to our most material sustainability issues.

Progress against our targets is reviewed by the Responsible

Business Committee, and twice a year by the Board Ethics,

Environment, Social and Governance Committee. Performance

against our 2018 targets, many of which are aligned with the

United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, are outlined

below. More detail will be available in our 2018 Sustainability

Review available at anz.com/cs in December.

2018 SUSTAINABILITY

TARGETS PERFORMANCE

This year we have achieved or made good progress

against the majority of our targets.

32%

63%

5%

ACHIEVED

PARTIALLYACHIEVED

ORINPROGRESS

DIDNOTACHIEVE

ANZ is committed to the United Nations’ Sustainable

Development Goals (SDGs) and our Framework, together with

public targets that we set annually, support 10 of the 17 SDGs:

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MAKING SAVINGS POSSIBLE
Nigel, pictured with his daughter Molly, first heard about the

Saver Plus program from Molly’s primary school.

“I originally joined the program for the dollar for dollar matching

to help purchase a new computer for Molly” explains Nigel.

“The matched savings came in handy, but what I learnt from the

program was more valuable in the long-run.”

“The program has taught me that with commitment and

consistency we can make saving possible. I put aside $50 each

month with my daughter, even though it was difficult at times.”

Nigel credits Saver Plus with inspiring his daughter to save.

Of particular value to Nigel was the MoneyMinded online modules

he completed as part of the program, often alongside Molly.

“My daughter took an interest in the bank statements and we

talked about what we would do with the extra funds coming in. We

talked about a compound interest managed share fund, and this is

now what we are doing with the savings. She could see how much

the funds would achieve over many years of compound interest.”

This year, more than 4,000 people in Australia have benefited from

Saver Plus, our financial education and matched savings program

for lower-income earners. Participants make regular deposits

towards a savings goal over a 10-month period and complete

MoneyMinded workshops (either face to face or online) to build

their financial management skills. At the end of the program

participants’ savings are matched dollar for dollar, up to $500 for

education costs.

To learn more visit anz.com/saverplus

Nigel, Saver Plus Participant

CASE STUDY

FINANCIAL

WELLBEING

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1.
Roy Morgan Research Single Source, Australian population aged 14+, Main Financial

Institution, six month rolling average to Sep’18. Ranking based on the four major

Australian banks.

2.

DBM Business Financial Services Monitor. Base: Business and Private Banking (<$100m

annual turnover) Main Financial Institution customers. Data based on business banking

NPS only (excludes Private Bank NPS). Six month average to Sep’18. Ranking based on the

four major Australian banks.

3.

Peter Lee Associates 2018 Large Corporate and Institutional Relationship Banking survey,

Australia.

4.

Retail Market Monitor, Camorra Research, Retail, Sep’18 (monthly).

5.

Business Finance Monitor, TNS Kantar Research. Base: Commercial ($3m – $150m annual

turnover) and Agricultural (>500K annual turnover) customers, Q3’18 (quarterly).

6.

Peter Lee Associates 2018 Large Corporate and Institutional Relationship Banking survey,

New Zealand, ranked against the Top 4 competitors.

FAIR AND RESPONSIBLE BANKING

TARGETSPROGRESSCOMMENTARY

Create the best experience for our customers,

measured by: improving Net Promoter

Score relative to peers (Retail, Corporate and

Commercial and Institutional customers).

Australia

-Retail: ranking increased to 3rd from 4th at end of 2017

1

-Business and Private Bank: ranking increased to 3rd from 4th at

end of 2017

2

-Institutional: ranking increased to 1st from 2nd at end of 2017

3

.

New Zealand

-Retail: ranking of 4th remained steady from end of 2017

4

-Commercial and Agricultural: ranking of 5th remained steady

from end of 2017

5

-Institutional: ranking increased to 1st from 3rd at end of 2017.

6

Improve senior leaders’ role modelling of ANZ

values by 2% to 74% in 2018.

Perception of senior leaders’ role modelling of ANZ Values has

decreased from FY16 by 1% to 71%.

Extend ANZ’s cyber security education and

awareness program in 2018 by:

- embedding cyber security information into

key business processes (e.g. security tips when

establishing new customer accounts) and

customer ‘touchpoints’ (e.g. ANZ website); and

We have delivered a range of initiatives embedding cyber

security information into key business processes to raise cyber

awareness of both customers and staff.

- collaborating with others (e.g. government,

universities and industry) to help build a

‘pipeline’ of cyber security professionals and

raise community awareness of cyber security.

We participate in industry collaborations to address the

skills shortage in cyber security and support a ‘cyber smart’

community.

Implement strengthened due diligence for our

Human Rights Standards by end 2018.

Our updated Social and Environmental Risk screening tool was

implemented in October 2017 with our updated online Social

and Environmental Risk training program rolled out to staff in

February 2018.

We expanded the pilot of our strengthened human rights

customer due diligence to three locations in Asia: China,

Indonesia and India. Using the pilot results, we are considering

how to embed the strengthened due diligence in our general

screening for all locations in FY19.

Relevant SDGs

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ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
TARGETSPROGRESSCOMMENTARY

Fund and facilitate at least $15 billion by 2020

in low carbon and sustainable solutions including

renewable energy generation, green buildings

and less emissions intensive manufacturing


and transport.

ANZ has funded and facilitated $11.5 billion in low carbon

and sustainable solutions since 2015

Relevant SDGs

By end 2018, ensure emerging issues and leading

practices are reflected in the policies and procedures

guiding our business lending decisions by:

- reviewing and, where necessary, updating our

Social and Environmental Risk Policy (including

sensitive sector standards); and

We reviewed a set of priority issues and sectors, including

measures to reduce carbon emissions, with recommended

changes to the policy on track to be approved and published


by December 2018.

- amending our risk appetite and customer

assessment processes to increase emphasis on

climate change risks and management.

Climate change risk has been added to the Group and

Institutional Risk Appetite Statements.

Reduce the direct impact of our business activities

on the environment by:

- reducing scope 1 and 2 emissions by 24%

by 2025 and by 35% by 2030 (against a 2015

baseline);

Scope 1 and 2 emissions have decreased by 18%, tracking

ahead of the required reduction to meet our target.

- increasing renewable energy use in our

Australian operations by 13% by 2020 (against a

2017 baseline);

We have entered into a Power Purchase Agreement to

‘off-take’ power from a windfarm under development in

Murra Warra (Victoria), due for completion in 2019.

- reducing paper consumption in Australia and

New Zealand (office and customer paper use

only) by 40% by 2020 (against 2015 baseline);

Paper consumption has decreased by 37%, tracking ahead

of the required reduction to meet our target.

- increasing recycling rates in our Australian

commercial offices (> 20,000m

2

) by 12% by 2020

(against a 2017 baseline); and

Recycling rate is not progressing as expected and has

decreased by 1% since 2017.

- reducing water consumption in our Australian

commercial offices (> 10,000m

2

) by 15% by 2020

(against a 2015 baseline).

Water consumption is progressing slower than expected

with a reduction of approximately 4% since July 2015.

Relevant SDGs

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OUR SUSTAINABILITY TARGETS

GOVERNANCE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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The Board is responsible for the oversight of ANZ and its sound

and prudent management, with specific duties as set out in its

charter available at anz.com/corporategovernance

There are five principal Board Committees – the Audit Committee,

the Ethics, Environment, Social and Governance (EESG) Committee,

the Risk Committee, the Human Resources Committee and the

Digital Business and Technology Committee. Each Committee has

its own Charter setting out its roles and responsibilities.

At management level, the Group Executive Committee (ExCo)

comprises ANZ’s most senior executives. There is a delegations of

authority framework that clearly outlines those matters delegated

to the CEO and other members of senior management. In addition,

there are a number of formally established management committees

that deal with particular sets of ongoing issues.

For further detail on ANZ’s governance framework

see our 2018 Corporate Governance Statement available

at anz.com/corporategovernance.

Above from left to right: RT Hon Sir John Key, GNZM AC – Independent Non-Executive Director, John Macfarlane – Independent Non-Executive Director,

Paula Dwyer – Independent Non-Executive Director, David Gonski, AC – Chairman, Independent Non-Executive Director, Graeme Liebelt – Independent

Non-Executive Director, Ilana Atlas – Independent Non-Executive Director, Shayne Elliott – Chief Executive Officer, Executive Director, Jane Halton, AO PSM –

Independent Non-Executive Director, Lee Hsien Yang – Independent Non-Executive Director

Full biography details can be found on our website at anz.com/directors.

POLITICAL DONATIONS

Our policy is that we make an annual donation to the two

major Federal parties to support the democratic process in

Australia. In 2018, ANZ donated $100,000 to the Liberal Party

of Australia and $100,000 to the Australia Labor Party.

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Column A – Indicates the number of meetings the Director was eligible to attend.
Column B – Indicates the number of meetings attended. The Chairman is an ex-officio

member of the Risk, Audit, Human Resources, Ethics, Environment, Social and Governance

and Digital Business and Technology Committees.

With respect to Committee meetings, the table above records attendance of Committee

members. Any Director is entitled to attend these meetings and from time to time Directors

attend meetings of Committees of which they are not a member.

1.

The meetings of the Special Committee of the Board, Shares Committee and Committee of

the Board as referred to in the table above include those conducted by written resolution.

DIRECTORS’ MEETINGS

The number of Board meetings and meetings of Committees during the year the Director was eligible to attend, and the number of

meetings attended by each Director were:

Board

Risk

Committee

Audit

Committee

Human

Resources

Committee

Ethics,

Environment,

Social and

Governance

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Digital

Business and

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Paula Dwyer121288888822

Shayne Elliott1212114433

David Gonski, AC12128888884444114433

Jane Halton, AO PSM12128844331111

Sir John Key, GNZM AC663322

Lee Hsien Yang121288884411

Graeme Liebelt12128888881111112211

John Macfarlane12128888441111

Below from left to right: David Hisco – Chief Executive Officer New Zealand and Group Executive Mark Whelan – Group Executive Institutional,

Kathryn van der Merwe – Group Executive Talent and Culture, Michelle Jablko – Chief Financial Officer, Fred Ohlsson – Group Executive Australia,

Shayne Elliott – Chief Executive Officer, Maile Carnegie – Group Executive Digital Banking, Kevin Corbally – Group Chief Risk Officer, Mark Hand – Group

Executive, Australian Business & Private Banking, Alexis George – Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Group Executive Wealth Australia, Farhan Faruqui –

Group Executive International, Gerard Florian – Group Executive Technology.

Full biography details can be found on our website at anz.com/exco.

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GOVERNANCE

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BOARD AREAS
OF FOCUS

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keystrategic,governanceandoversightactivities,including:

IMPROVING CUSTOMER OUTCOMES

- Providing oversight of ANZ’s approach to customer

satisfaction, including adoption of Net Promoter

System and customer complaint resolution with regular

discussion in relation to the key trends, themes and

issues in particular divisions

- Providing oversight of customer remediation activities

- Discussing reports on key matters affecting customers,

including in relation to the new Banking Code of

Practice and ANZ’s proposed implementation of it

and ANZ’s approach to:

-adopting the Sedgwick recommendations;

-supporting vulnerable customers; and

-product suitability for customers.

- Discussing ANZ’s research into financial wellbeing

and the way this is informing activities across ANZ

for customers, communities and employees

STRATEGY

- Participating in Strategy Day with CEO and Executive

Committee, reviewing global trends in banking

- Discussing with the CEO regular updates on ANZ’s

strategic priority of creating a simpler, better

balanced bank

- Discussing ongoing updates and progress on

business simplification, such as product, process and

technology simplification

- Providing oversight of the implementation of

New Ways of Working (NWOW) within Australia and

TSO and Group Centre divisions, including reviewing

the lessons learnt at other organisations that have

adopted similar methodologies; reviewing reports,

including external reports, in relation to the risk

assessment of the NWOW operating model and

the impact of NWOW on ANZ’s Risk Management

Framework

- Assessing the impact of, and ANZ’s preparedness for,

major technology developments such as the New

Payments Platform and Open Banking

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- Renaming of the Environment, Sustainability and

Governance Committee to the Ethics, Environment, Social

and Governance Committee, providing management with

a further vehicle to raise ethical and conduct issues for

broader discussion with Directors

- Discussing with the CEO regular updates in relation

to ANZ’s strategic priority of driving a purpose and

values-led transformation of the Bank to build trust and

improve our employee and customer propositions

- Providing oversight of the development of ANZ’s ethical

decision making framework

- Providing a continued focus on the oversight of ANZ’s

corporate culture, including reviewing results and

key themes of ANZ’s culture audits and ANZ’s staff

engagement survey and following up key issues raised

within those reports

FINANCIAL

- Reviewing and approving ANZ’s operating and

funding plans

- Providing oversight of capital management initiatives,

including the commencement, and subsequent increase

in size, of ANZ’s on-market share buyback

- Providing oversight of ANZ’s approach to the

implementation of key accounting initiatives, including

the implementation of Australian Accounting

Standard AASB 9: Financial Instruments, and making

key accounting judgements, including in relation

to software assets amortisation, restructuring and

remediation provisioning

REGULATORY

- Providing oversight of ANZ’s approach to preventing

financial crime, including participating in an internal

conference for financial crime professionals and

meeting with AUSTRAC to discuss ANZ’s approach

- Providing oversight of ANZ’s preparedness for the

implementation of the Banking Executive Accountability

Regime, including approving changes in relation to

ANZ’s remuneration policy

- Following the announcement of the Royal Commission

into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and

Financial Services Industry, meeting regularly to discuss

matters pertaining to it, including oversight of the

approach to the remediation of matters raised at

the Commission

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In addition to regular meetings of the Board in Melbourne and Sydney, the Board also met in the Australian Capital Territory

and New Zealand and have participated in a number of customer and employee facing events. The Board will also have meetings

in regional New South Wales and Western Australia during the remainder of the 2018 calendar year, with a focus on customer and

employee engagement.

GOVERNANCE

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OUR CLIMATE-RELATED
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES

WeacknowledgethepositionoftheIntergovernmentalPanelonClimate

Change(IPCC)thattoachievethefullambitionofthePariscommitments

theworldneedstotransitiontonetzeroemissionsbymid-century

1

.Weare

committedtoprovidinginvestorsandotherstakeholderswithtransparent

informationenablingthemtoassesstheadequacyofourapproachtoclimate

changeandourabilitytomanagetheassociatedrisksandopportunities.

This is the second year our disclosures have been aligned with the recommendations of the Financial Stability Board’s Task Force

on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). Our disclosure includes: 1) how we identify climate-related risks and opportunities;

2) who is accountable for managing the risks and opportunities; 3) how climate change informs our business strategy; and 4) the

actions we are taking, including targets, to measure our progress.

Our 2017 disclosures were recently reviewed by the TCFD

2

. While the report confirmed we had taken up many of their recommendations,

there were some suggestions for improvement. For example, it was suggested we provide information on a wider range of customers

(beyond the thermal coal supply chain) and risks, particularly physical risks. We are considering the TCFD’s feedback on our disclosures

and will continue to seek to improve their usefulness to stakeholders.

GOVERNANCE

Our Board has the highest level of oversight for climate change.

The Ethics, Environment, Social and Governance (EESG) Committee

of the Board meets quarterly and is responsible for reviewing

and approving our climate-related objectives and performance,

including goals and targets to support action on climate change.

The Board Risk Committee has responsibility for the overview of

ANZ’s management of new and emerging risks, including climate-

related risks.

At an executive level, the Ethics and Responsible Business

Committee (ERBC) provides leadership on our sustainability

risks and opportunities, monitoring progress against our targets,

including those related to climate change. The ERBC is also

responsible for:

-guiding which industry sectors, customers and transactions

we bank, to align with our purpose, strategy and values, and

our public statements on issues such as climate change;

-assessing current and emerging ethical, social, environmental

and governance risks and opportunities.

STRATEGY

Identification and management of our material sustainability

risks and opportunities, including those related to climate change,

supports the achievement of our business strategy. Environmental

sustainability is one of our key priorities and accordingly we

are: establishing low carbon financial products and services;

creating policies to guide which customers we bank; training staff

on climate-related risk; and seeking to reduce our operational

footprint in line with our targets.

Our business needs to be resilient under a range of climate-related

scenarios. To improve our capacity to use scenario analysis as an

input to our strategy, we joined with 15 other banks this year to

develop methods to improve stress testing of our business lending

portfolio for climate-related risk. This work sought to overcome

some of the challenges facing banks in modelling climate-related

risks, for example:

-identifying the potential economic impact of climate-related

scenarios e.g. changes to commodity prices or production and

impact on customer revenues; and

-assessing these potential impacts on a customer’s capacity to repay

debt (i.e. credit risk) over a longer period than the usual 2–3 years.

The working group was coordinated by the United Nations

Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI). During the

pilot we developed and tested approaches and methodologies to

inform our risk management and identify opportunities to support

our customers, considering both ‘transition risks’ and ‘physical risks’.

1.

IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5

o

C – released 8 October 2018

2.

https://www.fsb-tcfd.org/publications/tcfd-2018-status-report/

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We ‘stress tested’ customers within the mining and metals
(transition risk) and agriculture (physical risk) sectors, and results

were in line with our expectations. For example, in our agricultural

portfolio the average customer credit rating remained stable in

three out of four climate scenarios tested, with a downgrade of

one level under a 4°C warming scenario.

1

More significant impacts

were identified for customers with weaker credit profiles. These

results will inform discussions with our customers as we seek to

support them to manage risk and identify business opportunities,

such as investing in assets or commodities that are more resilient

to climate change.

Building on work undertaken in 2017, we continued scenario

testing a select group of customers in the thermal coal supply

chain (encompassing extraction, coal rail transport, coal-

associated ports and coal-fired power generation). We re-tested

some customers to look for any significant changes since our

What are transition risks?: the technology, policy and

regulatory changes that may affect our customers’ businesses

as governments act on their pledges to reduce carbon

emissions under the Paris Agreement. We have developed

methodologies that enable us to examine a particular sector,

e.g. metals and mining, and to conduct portfolio-wide analysis

examining potential impacts on customers’ risk profiles.

Transition opportunities: while changes associated with

a transition to a low carbon economy present potential risk,

they also create potential opportunities for organisations

focused on climate change mitigation and adaptation. This

is why we have committed to fund and facilitate at least $15

billion by 2020 towards environmentally sustainable solutions

for our customers, including initiatives that help lower carbon

emissions, improve water stewardship and minimise waste.

What are physical risks?: risks associated with changing

weather patterns, rainfall variability, extreme weather events

such as cyclones or floods, and the impacts on our customers,

e.g. change in production of agricultural commodities and

price fluctuations resulting from global supply and demand.

1.

See case study 1, pp. 29-32 UNEP FI report ‘Navigating a New Climate’ at www.unepfi.org/banking/tcfd

earlier assessment, and included some new customers not tested

in 2017. Our engagement this year with a number of these

thermal coal customers supplemented our scenario testing and

improved our understanding of how they are managing the

potential impacts of climate change, including their ability to

adapt their business strategy.

Our analysis revealed varying degrees of preparedness for thermal

coal customers in managing transition risks. In the medium to long

term, risks are higher for companies with higher revenue reliance

on thermal coal and with business strategies less prepared for

an early shift to a low carbon economy. In the short term, these

customers have benefited from robust demand for high quality

thermal coal in Asian markets.

We will continue to engage with our thermal coal and other

customers to understand how they are preparing their

businesses to manage potential transition risks. A number of our

customers have begun releasing disclosures in line with the TCFD

recommendations – this is informing our customer conversations.

In 2019, we will seek to enhance our understanding of climate-

related risks associated with our residential mortgage portfolio by:

-undertaking a geospatial analysis of current flood related risks

in a specific location; and

-developing indicators to test the financial capability of home

loan customers to withstand the identified risks.

We have identified several other risks and opportunities

associated with climate change that have the potential to

generate substantive change in our business operations, revenue

and expenditure. These include:

Energy policy/regulation: the introduction of energy policies

and regulations, supporting lower prices, emissions and improved

reliability, provide a more stable environment for investment, and

subsequently revenue opportunities, with existing customers and

in new markets.

Changes in precipitation extremes and droughts: we bank a

large number of agribusinesses in rural and regional Australia and

New Zealand. Many of these regions have been impacted in recent

years by drought and high temperatures, adversely affecting

production levels and reducing revenues. This may impact their

ability to repay loans.

THE IMPORTANCE OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY

Buildings represent around 30% of the world’s energy use, and more than 55% of global electricity

demand – hence the importance of energy efficiency in meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement.

In recognition of this, we will now only consider financing the construction of new large-scale office

buildings which achieve or exceed a National Australian Built Environment Rating System (NABERS) 4.5

star standard (or equivalent international rating), ‘as designed’. Importantly, from a credit risk perspective,

energy efficient buildings generally have lower tenancy vacancy rates and may attract higher rents.

33OUR CLIMATE-RELATED FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES

RENEWING OUR SUPPORT FOR PARIS
The transition to a net-zero carbon economy require a ‘whole-

of-economy’ approach, with all sectors having a role to play.

This year we reviewed our approach to climate change.

Our focus is on ensuring an orderly and just transition that

gives careful consideration to the impacts on communities

and manages our climate-related risks, while increasing

our ambition to lower emissions in the energy, transport,

buildings and agricultural sectors.

Our revised Climate Change Statement commits us to the

following actions:

-encouraging and supporting 100 of our largest emitting

customers in the energy, transport, buildings and food,

beverage and agricultural sectors to establish, and where

appropriate, strengthen existing low carbon transition plans,

by 2021

-encouraging customers that have coal-fired generation

assets to work towards setting medium and long-term

emission reduction targets up to 2050 that contribute

towards achieving a ‘less than 2 ̊C target’

-no direct financing for the development of new coal-fired

power stations that emit more than 0.8t CO

2

/MWh

-focusing on existing customers producing coal that when

used for power generation results in lower emissions, and

reducing our exposure to thermal coal mining

-providing incentives for customers to reduce emissions,

such as facilitating, together with government, concessional

loans for corporate and agribusiness customers to buy

energy-efficient equipment; and

-only financing the construction of new large-scale office

buildings which achieve or exceed a NABERS 4.5 star

standard (or equivalent international rating) ‘as designed’.

Changing consumer behaviours: businesses’ response to

climate change, including the adoption of new technologies and

practices, presents a number of risks and opportunities, including

the provision of funding and advisory services to customers

involved in renewable energy generation; construction/

retrofitting of ‘green buildings’ and less emissions intensive

manufacturing and transport.

Liquidity risks: liquidity risk exists for customers exposed to

climate-related risks. This may add risk to refinance events,

something we have recently observed in relation to infrastructure

dependent on the resources sector.

Reputation risks: damage to our reputation as a result of funding

industries seen as contributing to climate change may have a

range of impacts, including adverse effects on our profitability,

funding costs, increased regulatory scrutiny and availability of new

business opportunities. Our ability to attract and retain customers

could also be adversely affected if our reputation is damaged, in

turn impacting our business, operations and performance.

RISK MANAGEMENT

Our most material climate change risks and opportunities result

from our lending to business and retail customers, including

credit-related losses incurred as a result of a customer being

unable or unwilling to repay debt.

Under our risk management framework, our material risk category

of Credit Risk incorporates the risks associated with lending to

customers that could be impacted by climate change or by

changes to laws, regulations, or other policies such as carbon

pricing and climate change adaptation or mitigation policies.

It also includes changes to the cost and level of insurance cover

available to our customers. Climate change risk has been added

to the Group and Institutional Risk Appetite Statements to ensure

the risk is appropriately identified and assessed.

We are developing an organisational culture that encourages

regular discussion and consideration of emerging climate-related

risks. Our Risk team is working with our bankers, encouraging

them to talk to their customers about managing the risks and

opportunities associated with climate change.

METRICS AND TARGETS

We use a range of metrics to assess the impact of climate-related risks on our business activities and set targets in line with our strategy,

in particular around engaging with customers to understand their plans to transition to a low carbon economy.

METRICTARGETPROGRESS

Environmental sustainability targetFund and facilitate at least $15 billion

by 2020 for our customers’ activities

$11.5 billion

Average emissions intensity of financed

electricity generation

Reduce over timeFinanced emissions intensity has decreased by

14% in Australia and 68% outside of Australia

since 2014

Emissions from energy use in our commercial

offices, branches and data centres

Reduce scope 1 and 2 emissions

by 24% by 2025 and 35% by 2030

Global scope 1 and 2 emissions have decreased

by 18% since 2015

Sourcing more renewable power for our

Australian operations

Increase by 13% by 2020See case study on page 35

We will also provide information on metrics relating to our credit exposure, broken down by industry and credit quality in our future disclosures.

Further detail on these disclosures, including the scenario testing, customer engagement and our revised approach to climate change,

will be discussed in our 2018 Sustainability Review, available at anz.com/cs in December.

We are engaging with regulators that are taking steps to ensure

their regulated entities are assessing and responding to the

risks posed by climate change. This year we responded to the

Australian Prudential Regulation Authority’s first survey on

climate-related risks.

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INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS
We work in a collaborative and open way as members of associations that have similar policy interests. In 2018 our key

memberships and payments to them were: Australian Banking Association $5,274,041, Business Council of Australia $93,500,

New Zealand Bankers’ Association $284,241 (NZD), Business New Zealand $40,250 (NZD), Financial Services Council $214,154,

Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia $69,300 and Insurance Council of Australia $28,318

1

.

Payments to the Australian Banking Association include the annual fees as well as expenditure related to communications

activity, contributions by major banks to the establishment of a not-for-profit Debt Repayment Service, industry initiatives in

response to the Royal Commission’s work, and industry reform activity (such as the new Banking Code of Practice).

HOW WE REVIEW OUR ALIGNMENT WITH INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS

We understand our stakeholders are interested in the position

we take on issues such as climate change and energy policy,

and our membership of industry associations that undertake

advocacy on these issues.

Some associations have broad memberships, such as the

Business Council of Australia, and develop policy agendas

on a wide variety of matters, such as tax, education, business

regulation, climate change and energy.

We understand it is not possible for industry associations

to obtain a consensus on every issue. There is sometimes

disagreement amongst members about the final positions

taken by industry associations. Even if we do not agree

with every position taken, we will retain our membership

provided we are able to have constructive dialogue within

the association, and they are receptive to members’ feedback

regarding their approaches to lobbying or advocacy.

It is also important to note that industry associations do not

represent the views of any single member. On some issues

we will communicate our views directly, through submissions,

media comment, speeches by senior executives at industry

forums and public reports.

1.

The membership of the last three will cease in March 2019

35OUR CLIMATE-RELATED FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES

THE POWER OF PARTNERSHIPS

In December 2017 ANZ announced its participation in a Telstra-

led collective to execute a renewable energy power purchase

agreement (PPA) for the Murra Warra Wind Farm, located near

Horsham in North-West Victoria. Coca Cola Amatil and the

University of Melbourne also joined this collective.

An electricity supply contract between a renewables project and

an energy buyer, a PPA typically has a long contract term of around

six to 12 or more years. They require an upfront agreement on the

cost of electricity and/or green products for the life of the contract.

As a result, PPAs can generate substantial energy cost savings while

delivering new and additional renewable energy onto the grid.

“As well as reducing energy costs, the project will provide

significant environmental benefits and substantial support to the

local community and regional economy, ” said RES Australia CEO

Matt Rebbeck the PPA project developer and operator.

Stage one of the project is currently under construction and due

for completion in early 2019. Once both stages are complete

the wind farm will have 429 megawatts of capacity, making it

larger than any wind farm currently operating in the Southern

Hemisphere.

Entering into this PPA is one of the ways ANZ is supporting the

transition to a low carbon economy.

CASE STUDY

ENVIRONMENTAL

SUSTAINABILITY

REMUNERATION
OVERVIEW

The following pages provide a summary of the remuneration for the Non-Executive Directors (NEDs), Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and

Disclosed Executives – Key Management Personnel (KMP). The detailed Remuneration Report is contained in the Annual Report from

page 40 onwards. The report can be accessed via the ANZ website at anz.com/annualreport.

NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (NED) REMUNERATION

There was no increase to NED fees for the 2018 year (unchanged from 2016). Year-on-year differences in total remuneration relate to changes

in Committee memberships.

Short-Term NED BenefitsPost-Employment

Financial YearFees

1

$

Super contributions

1

$

Total remuneration

2

$

CURRENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS

D Gonski2018

804,831 20,169 825,000

2017

805,276 19,724 825,000

I Atlas2018

324,331 20,169 344,500

2017

317,776 19,724 337,500

P Dwyer2018

344,831 20,169 365,000

2017

345,276 19,724 365,000

J Halton

3

2018

277,567 20,169 297,736

2017

241,063 18,894 259,957

J Key

4

2018

148,546 11,996 160,542

H Lee2018

314,831 20,169 335,000

2017

315,276 19,724 335,000

G Liebelt2018

345,858 20,169 366,027

2017

343,151 19,724 362,875

J Macfarlane2018

298,331 20,169 318,500

2017

298,776 19,724 318,500

FORMER NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

I Macfarlane

5

2017

68,225 4,904 73,129

Total of all Non-Executive Directors2018

2,859,126 153,179 3,012,305

2017

2,734,819 142,142 2,876,961

1.

Year-on-year differences in fees relate to changes in Committee memberships and changes to the superannuation Maximum Contribution Base.

2.

Long-term benefits and share-based payments do not apply for the Non-Executive Directors. There were no non monetary benefits or termination benefits for the Non-Executive

Directors in either 2017 or 2018.

3.

J Halton commenced as a Non-Executive Director on 21 October 2016, so 2017 remuneration reflects a partial service year.

4.

J Key commenced as a Non-Executive Director for Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited on 28 February 2018, so 2018 remuneration reflects a partial service year.

In addition for 2018, in relation to his Non-Executive Directorship from 18 October 2017 for ANZ Bank New Zealand Limited, J Key also received a total of NZD 302,925 as a

Non-Executive Director until 31 December 2017 and from 1 January 2018 as Chairman.

5.

I Macfarlane retired as a NED on 16 December 2016, so 2017 remuneration reflects partial service year up to his date of retirement.

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ANZ’S PURPOSE AND STRATEGY
1

REINFORCED BY:

WHILE SUPPORTING THE ALIGNMENT OF EXECUTIVES AND SHAREHOLDERS THROUGH:

INDIVIDUAL OUTCOMES REFLECT THE PERFORMANCE OF THE GROUP, DIVISION AND INDIVIDUAL:

DRIVING PERFORMANCE THROUGH OBJECTIVES WITHIN THE

GROUP PERFORMANCE FRAMEWORK TO DETERMINE THE VARIABLE REMUNERATION POOL:

WITH REMUNERATION DELIVERED TO OUR CEO AND DISCLOSED EXECUTIVES THROUGH:

IS UNDERPINNED BY:

Despite solid performance against the majority of metrics in the 2018 Group Performance Framework,

the ANZIP variable remuneration pool for 2018 is significantly down on prior year, in recognition of the

failures highlighted in the Royal Commission and their reputational impact.

2018 FIXED

REMUNERATION

CHANGES:

No change to the CEO’s fixed remuneration for 2018.

Fixed remuneration for new appointments has been set lower than prior incumbent.

No change to NED fees for 2018 (reduction of 20% to the Chairman fee and NED member fee

(for current NEDs) in 2019).

Combined weighting 100% including both annual and longer term strategic measures

GROUP

PERFORMANCE

CATEGORIES:

Financial and Discipline

(50% weighting)

Customer

(25% weighting)

People and Reputation

(25% weighting)

Risk


(overall adjustment)

2018 VARIABLE

REMUNERATION

OUTCOMES

4

:

(see sections

5.4 and 5.5 of the

Remuneration Report)

CEO Variable Remuneration

75% of target which comprises:

Annual Variable Remuneration:

83% of target (56% of max); and

Long Term Variable Remuneration:

67% of target

(subject to shareholder approval).

Current Disclosed Executives

Variable Remuneration outcomes:

% of target% of max

Average:7853

Range:60 – 91 40 – 60

Nov 2014 performance

rights fully lapsed.

Executives received no

value from this award.

OUR REMUNERATION

POLICY/REWARD

PRINCIPLES:

Are fair and

simple to

understand

Reward our people for doing

the right thing having regard to

our customers and shareholders

Focus on how things

are achieved as much

as what is achieved

Attract, motivate and

keep great people

ALIGNING

REMUNERATION

AND RISK:

Risk is a key input in determining

variable remuneration including

as a multiplier in determining

the ANZIP

3

variable

remuneration pool

Prohibiting the

hedging of

unvested equity

Applying Board

discretion on

performance and

remuneration

outcomes

Being able to

downward

adjust deferred

remuneration

(including to zero)

Assessing

behaviours based

on ANZ’s Values and

risk/compliance

standards

SHAREHOLDER

ALIGNMENT:

Substantial

shareholding

requirements

Significant incentive

deferral (up to four

years) in ANZ equity

Use of Economic Profit as a

key input in determining the

variable remuneration pool

Use of relative and absolute

Total Shareholder Return

(TSR) hurdle

s

1.

See the ‘About our Business’ and ‘Our Strategy’ sections of the Annual Report.

2.

The structure of our remuneration framework is aligned with our reward principles

and has been designed to support ANZ’s purpose and strategy.

3.

ANZ Incentive Plan (ANZIP) is our main variable remuneration plan.

4.

Variable remuneration outcomes appropriately reflect the Group’s performance

against the indicators in the Group performance framework, and also the individual’s

performance against their own targets, which are appropriately stretching.

OUR CORE

REMUNERATION

COMPONENTS2:

Fixed

remuneration

Variable remuneration delivered as

Cash Deferred shares Performance rights

AT RISK

REMUNERATION AT A GLANCE

ANZ’S 2018

PERFORMANCE OVERALL:

(see sections 5.1 and 5.2 of

the Remuneration Report)

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REMUNERATION OVERVIEW

CEO AND DISCLOSED EXECUTIVES’ REMUNERATION
2018 VARIABLE REMUNERATION AWARDED

This table shows the VR awarded to the CEO and current

Disclosed Executives for the year ending 30 September 2018,

and what this represents as a % of their target opportunity and

maximum opportunity.

The average variable remuneration awarded to the CEO and

current Disclosed Executives is 78% of target (53% of maximum),

which appropriately reflects ANZ’s overall performance and

the impact to the overall ANZIP variable remuneration pool.

Only the cash component will be received this year. The deferred

shares will vest evenly over four years. The performance rights may

or may not vest when tested against the performance hurdles in

three years’ time.

2018 ACTUAL REMUNERATION RECEIVED

This table shows the remuneration the CEO and current Disclosed Executives actually received in relation to the 2018 performance year as cash;

or in the case of prior equity awards, the value which vested in 2018. The final column also shows the value of prior equity awards which lapsed

in 2018 (these awards reflect the 2014 performance rights which failed to meet the performance hurdles when tested in November 2017).

Only the cash component of the 2018 VR award appears in this table, as the other components are deferred and may/may not vest in future years.

1.

VR for the CEO = AVR + LTVR (LTVR subject to shareholder approval at the 2018 Annual General Meeting).

2.

% of max for the CEO = 150% of AVR target plus LTVR target (face value at threshold vesting). The maximum opportunity arrow for the CEO is not to scale, given there is no max for LTVR.

3.

Remuneration disclosed from commencement in Disclosed Executive role, CRO receives deferred share rights instead of performance rights.

4.

Multiply by two to convert to face value at full vesting for performance rights.

$1,400,000

$875,000$875,000

$396,000$396,000

$408,000

S Elliott

VR

1

$3,150,000

(75% of target, 60% of max

2

)

M CarnegieVR $1,600,000

(80% of target, 53% of max)

K Corbally

3

VR $499,500

(83% of target, 55% of max)

A GeorgeVR $1,075,000

(61% of target, 41% of max)

D HiscoVR $1,952,719

(83% of target, 56% of max)

M JablkoVR $1,750,000

(88% of target, 58% of max)

F OhlssonVR $1,200,000

(60% of target, 40% of max)

M WhelanVR $2,175,000

(91% of target, 60% of max)

$528,000

$528,000

$544,000

$164,835

$164,835

$169,830

$354,750

$354,750

$365,500

$644,397$644,397

$663,925

$577,500$577,500

$595,000

$717,750$717,750

$739,500

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which vested

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remuneration which

lapsed/ forfeited

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$

CEO AND CURRENT DISCLOSED EXECUTIVES

S Elliott 2,100,000 875,000 2,975,000 874,666 - 3,849,666 (1,582,649)

M Carnegie

2

1,000,000 528,000 1,528,000 34,610 1,481,009 3,043,619 -

K Corbally

3

486,000 164,835 650,835 - - 650,835 -

A George

4

876,000 354,750 1,230,750 334,044 250,000 1,814,794 (153,292)

D Hisco

5

1,170,713 644,397 1,815,110 864,274 - 2,679,384 (1,383,354)

M Jablko

6

1,000,000 577,500 1,577,500 34,610 428,084 2,040,194 -

F Ohlsson 1,000,000 396,000 1,396,000 597,403 - 1,993,403 (404,809)

M Whelan 1,200,000 717,750 1,917,750 856,454 - 2,774,204 (395,655)

1.

The point in time value of previously deferred remuneration granted as shares/share

rights and/or performance rights is based on the one day VWAP of the Company’s shares

traded on the ASX on the date of vesting or lapsing/forfeiture multiplied by the number

of shares/share rights and/or performance rights. The amount paid as deferred cash is the

value disclosed. The lapsed/forfeited values relate to the performance rights we awarded

in November 2014 which lapsed due to the performance hurdles not being met.

2.

Other deferred remuneration for M Carnegie relates to previously disclosed

compensation for bonus opportunity foregone and deferred remuneration forfeited.

3.

Remuneration disclosed from commencement in Disclosed Executive role (19 March 2018).

4.

A George’s fixed remuneration was adjusted in May 2018 when she commenced in

the expanded role of Deputy CEO and Group Executive, Wealth Australia. As disclosed

in 2017, in relation to A George’s role before her appointment to the Group Executive

Committee, in July 2016 the Board approved a cash retention award of $500,000 with

partial vesting in June 2017 ($250,000) and December 2017 ($250,000).

5.

Paid in NZD and converted to AUD.

6.

Other deferred remuneration for M Jablko relates to previously disclosed compensation

for bonus opportunity foregone and deferred remuneration forfeited.

This table supplements, and is different to, the Statutory Remuneration table which presents the accounting expense for both vested and

unvested awards in accordance with the Australian Accounting Standards.

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WATSON BLINDS AND AWNINGS
We understand that running a small business is challenging.

To support our customers while they focus on growing their

business, we facilitate access to Employment Hero for business

customers, free of charge.

Employment Hero is an online human resources (HR) platform

that combines various HR functions into one centralised

self-service portal, helping Australian businesses navigate the

complexity, and reduce the time spent managing HR related

issues.

Watson Blinds and Awnings, marking its 50th anniversary

this year, is one of more than 900 customers benefiting from

Employment Hero this year.

“Since the introduction of Employment Hero, we have reduced

time spent on payroll data entry from eight hours to two. We

have introduced new technology that enables our employees to

access their information on their mobile devices. As we continue

to grow our business, having a cloud payroll system will allow us

to capture accurate information and process pays seamlessly”.

“In the past, our employee on-boarding process has involved

lots of form filling for our employees – tax file declarations,

superannuation declarations, bank account details forms,

emergency contacts and hard copies of employment contracts.

Employment Hero does all of this without the need for paper.

In addition, it’s a more positive on-boarding experience for

employees, which I’m sure will make us more appealing to the

next generation of employees, the majority of whom are digitally

savvy” said Raymond Watson.

Established by John Watson in Canberra, the business is now

owned and operated by John’s sons Raymond and Kevin.

Succession planning is underway, with the third generation

Rohan, Tim and Amanda Watson, buying into the business. We

are working closely with the Watson family and their accountant

to help them manage a smooth succession and realise their

retirement goals.

Supporting businesses such as Watson Blinds and Awnings,

so they can focus on their day to day business, aligns with our

commitment to helping Australian businesses grow and succeed

in a changing world.

Left to right – Kevin Watson, Raymond Watson, Directors, Watson Blinds

Jarrod Fitzgerald, Senior Relationship Manager, ANZ

CASE STUDY

SUPPORTING

SMALL BUSINESS

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FIVE YEAR
SUMMARY

2018

1

2017

1

201620152014

$m$m$m$m$m

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE CASH

2

Net interest income14,51414,87515,09514,61613,797

Other operating income4,7004,9415,4995,9215,781

Operating expenses(9,248)(8,967)(10,439)(9,378)(8,760)

Profit before credit impairment and income tax9,96610,84910,15511,15910,818

Credit impairment charge(688)(1,199)(1,956)(1,205)(989)

Income tax expense(2,775)(2,826)(2,299)(2,724)(2,700)

Non-controlling interests(16)(15)(11)(14)(12)

Cash profit from continuing operations

2

6,4876,8095,8897,2167,117

Cash profit/(loss) from discontinued operations(682)129N/AN/AN/A

Cash profit5,8056,9385,8897,2167,117

Adjustments to arrive at statutory profit

2

595(532)(180)277154

Profit attributable to shareholders of the Company6,4006,4065,7097,4937,271

FINANCIAL POSITION

Assets942,624897,326914,869889,900772,092

Net assets59,38359,07557,92757,35349,284

Common Equity Tier 111.4%10.6%9.6%9.6%8.8%

Common Equity Tier 1 –

Internationally Comparable Basel 3

3

16.8%15.8%14.5%13.2%12.5%

Return on average ordinary equity (statutory)

4

10.9%11.0%10.0%14.5%15.8%

Return on average assets (statutory)0.7%0.7%0.6%0.9%1.0%

Cost to income ratio (cash)

2

51.6%46.1%50.7%45.7%44.7%

SHAREHOLDER VALUE – ORDINARY SHARES

Total return to shareholders

(share price movement plus dividends)

0.6%13.1%9.2% (7.5%)5.9%

Market capitalisation80,97986,94880,88678,60685,235

Dividend (cents)160c160c160c181c178c

Franked portion – interim100%100%100%100%100%

– final 100%100%100%100%100%

Share price – high (dollar)$30.80$32.95 $29.17 $37.25 $35.07

– low (dollar)$26.08$25.78 $21.86 $26.38 $28.84

– closing (dollar)$28.18$29.60 $27.63 $27.08 $30.92

SHARE INFORMATION

(per fully paid ordinary share)

Earnings per share (cents)221.6220.1197.4271.5267.1

Dividend payout ratio (statutory)72.1%73.4%81.9%68.6%67.4%

Net tangible assets per ordinary share

5

$18.47$17.66 $17.13 $16.86 $14.65

No. of fully paid ordinary shares issued (millions)2,8742,9372,9272,9032,757

Dividend reinvestment plan (DRP) issue price

– interim$27.76$28.80 $24.82 $31.93 $33.30

– final-$29.02$28.16 $27.08 $32.02

OTHER INFORMATION

No. of shareholders509,238522,425545,256546,558498,309

1.

During 2018, part of Wealth Australia and TSO and Group Centre division was classified

as a discontinued operation. 2017 comparatives have been restated accordingly. 2016

to 2014 has not been restated. All ratios are presented on a Group basis inclusive of

discontinued operations across 2018 to 2014.

2.

Cash profit excludes non-core items included in statutory profit and is provided to assist

readers in understanding the result of the ongoing business activities of the Group. Cash

profit is not audited; however, the external auditor has informed the Audit Committee

that the adjustments have been determined on a consistent basis across each period

presented, and the adjustments for the sale impact of Shanghai Rural Commercial Bank

(SRCB) in 2018 and 2017 are appropriate.

3.

Internationally Comparable Methodology applied for 2015–2018 aligns with APRA’s

information paper entitled ‘International Capital Comparison Study’ (13 July 2015). Basel

Internationally Comparable ratios do not include an estimate of the Basel l capital floor

requirement.

4.

Average ordinary equity excludes non-controlling interests and preference shares.

5.

Equals shareholders’ equity less preference share capital, goodwill, software and other

intangible assets divided by the number of ordinary shares.

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20182017201620152014
FAIR AND RESPONSIBLE BANKING

Net Promoter Score Ranking (relative to peers)

Australia Retail

1

34244

Australia Business and Private Banking

2

34443

Australia Institutional

3

121––

New Zealand Retail

4

44455

New Zealand Commercial and Agri

5

55555

New Zealand Institutional

6

131––

Digitally active customers

Australia (%)

7

6161605855

New Zealand (%)

8

68656259–

Code of conduct

Alleged breaches1,114

1,4431,4081,6291,718

Investigations resulting in termination226262254294336

FINANCIAL WELLBEING

Help enable social and economic participation of

1 million people by 2020 (cumulative total)

9

889,135550,361453,054––

Employees

FTE

10

39,92444,89646,55450,15250,328

Employee Engagement (%)

11

7372747673

Total Women in Leadership (%)

12

32.031.129.929.527.9

Community

Total community investment ($m)136.9

131.189.874.875.6

Volunteer hours124,113

113,127113,071108,142101,801

Employee volunteering participation rate (%)

13

34.629.4–––

ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY

Fund and facilitate at least $15b by 2020 towards environmentally

sustainable solutions for our customers (cumulative total)

14

11.56.92.5

Environmental footprint

Australia (tCO

2

-e) 123,056126,881136,751147,499154,922

New Zealand (tCO

2

-e)7,8876,9927,9109,18910,008

APEA (tCO

2

-e)40,06947,12048,90852,84347,347

Total (tCO

2

-e)171,012180,993193,569209,531212,277

Total scope 1, 2 & 3 GHG emissions (tCO

2

-e)266,906273,216299,224335,085322,820

Project finance portfolio

15

Renewables (%)7670636044

Coal (%)10

16191833

Gas (%)13

13182223

Project finance commitment to renewable energy ($m) 1,076

1,141875881835

1.

Roy Morgan Research Single Source, Australian population aged 14+, Main Financial

Institution, six month rolling average to Sep’14, Sep’15, Sep’16, Sep’17 & Sep’18. Ranking

based on the four major Australian banks.

2.

DBM Business Financial Services Monitor. Base: Business and Private Banking (<$100m

annual turnover) Main Financial Institution customers. Data based on business banking

NPS only (excludes Private Bank NPS). Six month average to Sep’14, Sep’15, Sep’16, Sep’17

& Sep’18. Ranking based on the four major Australian banks.

3.

Peter Lee Associates 2018 Large Corporate and Institutional Relationship Banking survey

Australia.

4.

Retail Market Monitor, Camorra Research, Retail: Sep’14, Sep’15, Sep’16, Sep’17 & Sep’18

(monthly).

5.

Business Finance Monitor, TNS Kantar Research. Base: Commercial ($3m – $150m annual

turnover) and Agricultural (>500K annual turnover) customers. Q3’14, Q3’15, Q3’16, Q3’17

& Q3’18 (quarterly).

6.

Peter Lee Associates Large Corporate and Institutional Relationship Banking surveys

New Zealand 2016–18, ranked against the Top 4 competitors (in 2016 rank based on

question ‘which bank would you be most likely to recommend’).

7.

Roy Morgan Research Single Source, proportion of ANZ customers aged 14+ conducted

Internet banking using ANZ App or Website in last 4 weeks, 12 months rolling average to

Sep’14, Sep’15, Sep’16, Sep’17 & Sep’18.

8.

Proportion of ANZ customers who have used ANZ Internet Banking or ANZ goMoney at

least once in the last 90 days. 12 months to Sep’15, Sep’16, Sep’17 & Sep’18.

9.

Target commenced in FY 2016. Performance includes people helped through our

initiatives to support financial wellbeing, including our financial inclusion, employment

and community programs, and targeted banking products and services for small

business and retail customers.

10.

As disclosed in the Annual Report.

11.

The 2017 engagement survey was run as a pulse survey sent to 10% of the bank’s

employees with a 57% response rate.

12 .

Measures representation at the Senior Manager, Executive and Senior Executive levels.

Includes all employees regardless of leave status but not contractors (which are included

in FTE).

13.

Commenced reporting in 2017.

14.

Target commenced in FY 2016. Performance includes funding or facilitation of initiatives

that help lower carbon emissions, improve water stewardship, and minimise waste.

15.

Breakdowns for 2018 and 2017 do not total to 100% due to rounding.

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5 YEAR SUMMARY

Australia
$4,069 million

New Zealand

$1,745 million

International

$673 million

MAY 2019

1st MayHalf Year Results Announcement

14th MayInterim Dividend Ex-Date

15th MayInterim Dividend Record Date

16th MayDRP/BOP/Foreign Currency Record Date

JULY 2019

1st JulyInterim Dividend Payment Date

OCTOBER 2019

31st OctoberAnnual Results Announcement

IMPORTANT DATES

FOR SHAREHOLDERS

1

OUR INTERNATIONAL PRESENCE AND

EARNING COMPOSITION BY GEOGRAPHY

1

NOVEMBER 2019

12th NovemberFinal Dividend Ex-Date

13th NovemberFinal Dividend Record Date

14th NovemberDRP/BOP/Foreign Currency Record Date

DECEMBER 2019

17th DecemberAnnual General Meeting (Brisbane)

18th DecemberFinal Dividend Payment Date

AUSTRALIA

NEW ZEALAND

INTERNATIONAL

1.

If there are any changes to these dates, the Australian Securities Exchange

will be notified accordingly.

Asia

Cambodia

China

HongKong

India

Indonesia

Japan

Laos

Malaysia


Myanmar

thePhilippines

Singapore

SouthKorea

Taiwan

Thailand

Vietnam

Pacific

AmericanSamoa

CookIslands

Fiji

Guam

Kiribati

NewCaledonia

PapuaNewGuinea

Samoa

Europe

France

Germany

UnitedKingdom

Middle East

UnitedArab

Emirates(Dubai)

United States

of America

SolomonIslands

Timor-Leste

Tonga

Vanuatu

1.

On a Cash profit (continuing operations) basis. Excludes non-core items included in statutory profit and discontinued operations included in cash profit. It is provided to assist readers in

understanding the result of the ongoing business activitives of the Group. For further information on adjustments between statutory and cash profit refer to page 15 of the 2018 Annual Report.

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ASSEMBLE AND MAKE VENTURES

Housing affordability is a challenge faced by many people in

Australia and New Zealand, particularly younger people and

those on lower-incomes.

Assemble, a residential developer, has created the Assemble Model

– a new ‘build-to-rent’ hybrid model that bridges the gap between

renting and owning your home. It offers residents the security

and stability of a five-year lease with the opportunity (but not the

obligation) to purchase their home at the end of the lease. The

purchase price is fixed from the start of the lease, giving residents

a set goal to save towards and mitigating the risk of being priced

out of the market during the rental period. It also protects against

rental insecurity, with the rent set at a market rate and agreed up

front, enabling residents to have the ability to plan-ahead while

they save and settle into the local community.

According to Kris Daff, Managing Director, Assemble and MAKE

Ventures, “the model aims to address the fundamental desire

for the majority of Australians to own their own home – and is a

direct response to multi-level government policies on housing

affordability.”

ANZ is financing the development and has worked with Assemble

to refine their model providing advice on funding options,

valuation methodology and risk management. Our Retail business

has assisted Assemble to understand consumer purchasing

profiles, retail mortgage lending parameters and appropriate

strategies to support potential purchasers to save for their deposit

prior to the end of the lease.

“We now have over 2,500 aspiring homebuyers interested in

participating in Assemble’s home ownership pathway and, with

ANZ’s support, we have a pipeline of future projects to cater for

this growing customer base” said Kris.

Caryn Kakas, Senior Manager, Group Strategy, ANZ

Kris Daff, Managing Director, Assemble and MAKE Ventures

CASE STUDY

HOUSING

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REGISTERED OFFICE:
ANZ Centre Melbourne

Level 9, 833 Collins Street

Docklands VIC 3008 Australia

Telephone: +61 3 9273 5555

Facsimile: +61 3 8542 5252

Company Secretary: Simon Pordage

INVESTOR RELATIONS:

Level 10, 833 Collins Street

Docklands VIC 3008 Australia

Telephone: +61 3 8654 7682

Facsimile: +61 3 8654 8886

Email: investor.relations@anz.com

www.shareholder.anz.com

Group General Manager

Investor Relations: Jill Campbell

COMMUNICATIONS AND

PUBLIC AFFAIRS:

Level 10, 833 Collins Street

Docklands VIC 3008 Australia

Telephone: +61 2 6198 5001

Email: Tony.Warren@anz.com

Group General Manager

Communications and

Public Affairs: Tony Warren

CONTACTS

UNITED KINGDOM

Computershare Investor Services PLC

The Pavilions Bridgwater Road

Bristol BS99 6ZZ

Telephone: +44 870 702 0000

Facsimile: +44 870 703 6101

UNITED STATES

Citibank Shareholder Services

P.O. Box 43077 Providence

Rhode Island 02940-3077

Callers outside USA: +1-781-575-4555

Callers within USA (toll free):

+1-877-248-4237 (+1-877-CITI-ADR)

Email: citibank@shareholders-online.com

citi.com/adr

The Bank of New York Mellon

240 Greenwich St, Floor 7E

New York, NY 10286

Telephone: +1 1800 254 2826

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

60 Wall Street, Mailstop NYC 60-1630

New York, NY 10005

Telephone: +1 212 250 2500

SHARE AND SECURITIES REGISTRAR:

AUSTRALIA

Computershare Investor Services Pty Ltd

GPO Box 2975

Melbourne VIC 3001

Telephone within Australia: 1800 11 33 99

International Callers: +61 3 9415 4010

Facsimile: +61 3 9473 2500

Email: anzshareregistry@computershare.com.au

Austraclear Services Limited

20 Bridge Street

Sydney NSW 2000

Telephone: +61 2 8298 8476

JAPAN

Japan Securities Depository Center,

Incorporated

1-1, Nihombashi Kayabacho 2-chome,

Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-0025 Japan

Phone: +81-3-3661-0161 (Main) /

+81-3-3661-7193 (Book-Entry Transfer

Department)

LUXEMBOURG

Deutsche Bank Luxembourg S.A.

2, Boulevard Konrad Adenauer

L-1115 Luxembourg

Luxembourg

Telephone: +352 4 21 22 1

NEW ZEALAND

Computershare Investor Services Limited

Private Bag 92119

Auckland 1142

Telephone: 0800 174 007

Facsimile: +64 9 488 8787

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MORE INFORMATION
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can visit our Shareholder Centre at shareholder.anz.com. ANZ Corporate Governance:

For information about ANZ’s approach to Corporate Governance and to obtain copies

of ANZ’s Constitution, Board/Board Committee Charters, Codes of Conduct and Ethics

and summaries of other ANZ policies of interest to shareholders and stakeholders, visit

anz.com/governance. Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited ABN 11 005 357 522.

This Annual Review (Review) has been prepared for Australia and New Zealand Banking

Group Limited (“the Company”) together with its subsidiaries which are variously described

as: “ANZ”, “Group”, “ANZ Group”, “the Bank”, “us”, “we” or “our”.

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