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ANZ 2021 ESG Supplement

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3 November 2021


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ANZ 2021 ESG Supplement


Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ) today released its 2021 ESG

Supplement.

It has been approved for distribution by ANZ’s Continuous Disclosure Committee.


Yours faithfully





Simon Pordage

Company Secretary

Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited

SHAPING A WORLD WHERE PEOPLE
AND COMMUNITIES THRIVE

2021 / ESG SUPPLEMENT

Approved for distribution by A N Z’s Continuous Disclosure Committee, 3 November 2021

2017
Established our Ethics

and Responsible

Business Committee

2018

Implemented our

Ethical Decision

Making Framework

2019

Committed to fund

and facilitate $50

billion by 2025 in

sustainable solutions

for our customers

2020

Committed to fund

and facilitate $10

billion of investment

by 2030 to deliver

more affordable,

accessible and

sustainable homes

1

2021

Reached more

than 67,600 people

through our financial

wellbeing programs,

MoneyMinded and

Saver Plus

2

1. Refers to homes to buy and rent in Australia and New Zealand. 2. Includes individuals who have participated in more than one program (for example, people who have participated in

MoneyMinded as part of Saver Plus are counted twice as they are included in both the MoneyMinded and Saver Plus totals) in the period 1 October 2020 to 30 September 2021.

In 2017 we introduced our purpose ...

Shape a world where people

and communities thrive

Since then we have been integrating purpose and

ESG into our strategy, creating an opportunity for

us to better serve our customers and generate

long-term shareholder value.

CONTENTS

Overview 2

Our 2021 reporting suite 2

2021 ESG performance snapshot 3

About our business 4

ESG governance and risk management 5

What matters most 6

Stakeholder engagement 9

Our ESG targets 11

Financial wellbeing 15

Improving financial wellbeing 15

Community investment 20

Environmental sustainability 24

Our approach to climate change 24

Sustainable finance 26

Reducing our environmental footprint 29

Housing 32

Improving the availability and

affordability of homes 32

Fair and responsible banking 35

Improving conduct and culture 35

Supporting customers

experiencing vulnerability 37

Improving customer experience 40

Cyber security, data protection

and privacy 44

Financial crime 46

Responsible business lending 47

Managing ESG risks in our supply chain 50

Human Rights 53

Our Human Rights standards 53

Employee wellbeing and inclusion 56

Employee engagement, wellbeing

and development 56

Workplace diversity and inclusion 59

Additional information 66

UN Principles for Responsible

Banking self-assessment 66

UN SDG alignment with ESG targets 75

Explanatory notes 80

KPMG Assurance opinion 81

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You can trace our actions on
human rights throughout this

report using this symbol

Our 2021 reporting suite

2021 Annual Report

anz.com/annualreport

2021 ESG Supplement

anz.com/annualreport

2021 Climate-related Financial Disclosures

anz.com/annualreport

2021 Corporate Governance Statement

anz.com/corporategovernance

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4

ABOUT THIS ENVIRONMENT, SOCIAL AND

GOVERNANCE (ESG) SUPPLEMENT

This report provides stakeholders with more detailed

information on the Australia and New Zealand Banking

Group Limited’s

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ESG performance and challenges.

This report is structured in three sections. The first outlines

our purpose and values; our approach to ESG governance

and risk management; our approach to the identification and

prioritisation of material issues; our stakeholder engagement

and our ESG targets. The second section outlines our

management of materially significant issues aligning with

our focus areas of environmental sustainability, housing,

financial wellbeing and fair and responsible banking.

The third section contains information on human rights,

employee wellbeing and inclusion and our second self-

assessment report against the United Nations Principles

of Responsible Banking.

Comparative performance data, including Equator Principles

data and our United Nations Guiding Principles Reporting

Framework index is contained in our separate 2021 ESG data

pack available at anz.com/annualreport.

This report has been prepared in accordance with the GRI

Standards: Comprehensive option. A complete GRI Index

is available in our 2021 ESG data pack.

KPMG has provided limited assurance in respect of this ESG

Supplement, including considering whether the appropriate

indicators have been reported in accordance with GRI

Sustainability Reporting Standards Comprehensive level of

disclosure. A copy of KPMG’s independent limited assurance

report is on pages 81– 82.

KPMG has also provided limited assurance over ESG content

within our Annual Report and Annual Review.

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See pages

261–262 in the Annual Report for a copy of KPMG’s opinion.

This report covers all ANZ operations worldwide over which,

unless otherwise stated, we have control for the financial year

commencing on 1 October 2020 and ending 30 September

2021. Monetary amounts in this document are reported in

Australian dollars, unless otherwise stated.

REPORTING SUITE

We produce a suite of reports to meet the needs and

requirements of a wide range of stakeholders, including

shareholders, customers, employees, regulators, non-

government organisations and the community.

This ESG Supplement complements our 2021 Annual Report

available at anz.com/annualreport. In preparing pages 1–72

of the Annual Report we applied aspects of the International

Integrated Reporting Framework to describe how our

business model, strategy, governance and risk management

processes are addressing risks and opportunities in our

operating environment and delivering value for our

shareholders and other stakeholders.

Our 2021 Corporate Governance Statement discloses how we

have complied with the ASX Corporate Governance Council’s

‘Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations –

4th edition’ and is available at anz.com/corporategovernance.

This year is our first year reporting against the 4th edition.

Our 2021 Climate-related Financial Disclosures report,

assured by KPMG, will be released prior to our Annual General

Meeting and made available at anz.com/annualreport.

We are continually seeking to improve our reporting suite

and welcome feedback on this report. Please address any

questions, comments or suggestions in relation to this

report to corporate.sustainability@anz.com.

1. Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (the Company) and the entities it controlled at the year end and from time to time during the financial year (together, the Group).

2. The 2021 Annual Review comprises pages 1–72, 252–253 and 261–262 of the 2021 Annual Report and a Remuneration Overview.

OVERVIEW

Our reporting suite

2021 ESG

performance snapshot

About our business

ESG governance and

risk management

What matters most

Stakeholder

engagement

Our ESG targets

FINANCIAL

WELLBEING

ENVIRONMENTAL

SUSTAINABILITY

HOUSING

FAIR AND

RESPONSIBLE

BANKING

HUMAN RIGHTS

EMPLOYEE

WELLBEING AND

INCLUSION

ADDITIONAL

INFORMATION

ASSURANCE

OPINION

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2021 ESG performance snapshot
$139.7M

community investment

1

255

people recruited from

under-represented groups

2

151,600

customers to build a

savings habit since 2020

67, 6 0 0

participants in our financial

education programs

3

47%

reduction in Scope 1 and 2

greenhouse gas emissions

against a 2015 baseline

35.3%

of women in leadership

4


$1.43B

funded and facilitated to deliver

more affordable, accessible and

sustainable homes to buy and

rent since 2020

5

Engaged with 100 of our largest

emitting business customers

on their low carbon

transition plans

1. Figure includes forgone revenue of $106m, the cost of providing low or fee-free accounts to a range of customers such as government benefit recipients, not-for-profit organisations, students and the elderly. International transfer fees were waived for funds sent

from Australia and New Zealand to the Pacific to support communities impacted by COVID-19. 2. Including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and refugees. 3. Includes individuals who have participated in more than one program

(for example, people who have participated in MoneyMinded as part of Saver Plus are counted twice as they are included in both the MoneyMinded and Saver Plus totals) in the period 1 October 2020 to 30 September 2021. 4. 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 Full Time Equivalents (FTE)). 5. In Australia and New Zealand.

$21.95B

funded and facilitated in

sustainable solutions since 2019

Supported around More than

of people feel like they

belong at ANZ

84%

OVERVIEW

Our reporting suite

2021 ESG

performance snapshot

About our business

ESG governance and

risk management

What matters most

Stakeholder

engagement

Our ESG targets

FINANCIAL

WELLBEING

ENVIRONMENTAL

SUSTAINABILITY

HOUSING

FAIR AND

RESPONSIBLE

BANKING

HUMAN RIGHTS

EMPLOYEE

WELLBEING AND

INCLUSION

ADDITIONAL

INFORMATION

ASSURANCE

OPINION

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About our business
We provide banking and financial

products and services to around 8.7

million retail and business customers,

and operate across 32 markets.

Our expertise, products and services make

us a bank. Our people, purpose, values and

culture make us ANZ.

OUR DIVISIONS

Australia Retail and Commercial – serves retail

commercial and private banking customers through our

branch network, business centres, ATMs, and digital and

mobile banking applications.

Institutional – serves institutional and business customers

across Australia, New Zealand, Asia, Europe and America

including Papua New Guinea and the Middle East.

New Zealand – serves retail, commercial and private

banking customers in New Zealand and is one of the largest

New Zealand companies based on profit and assets.

Pacific – provides products and services to retail and

commercial customers located in the Pacific Islands, where

our history dates back 138 years.

Technology, Services & Operations and Group Centre

– comprises functions that support our business including

Risk, Finance, Communications and Public Affairs, Internal

Audit and Talent and Culture.

OUR PURPOSE AND VALUES

Our purpose is to shape a world where

people and communities thrive.

Launched five years ago, our purpose explains ‘why’ we

exist, guides the decisions we make each day and drives

everything we do.

Our values are the foundation of ‘how’ we work – living our

values every day enables us to deliver on our strategy and

purpose, strengthen stakeholder relationships and earn the

community’s trust. All employees and contractors must comply

with our Code of Conduct, which sets the expected standards

of professional behaviour and guides us in applying our values.

OUR ENVIRONMENT, SOCIAL AND

GOVERNANCE (ESG) FOCUS AREAS

We are helping to respond to complex societal issues central

to our customers and our business strategy. In particular, we

are focusing our efforts on:

Financial wellbeing – improving the financial wellbeing of

our people, customers 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.

Supporting sustainable development

We are committed to the United Nations Sustainable

Development Goals (SDGs) and believe that business

has an important role to play in their achievement.

Our 2022 ESG targets support 12 of the 17 SDGs.

In 2019 we became a founding signatory to the UN

Principles for Responsible Banking. Under the Principles

we are required to set at least two targets that address

our most significant (potential) positive and negative

impacts, aligned with the SDGs and the Paris Climate

Agreement. We have reported our progress towards

implementing the Principles using the Reporting and

Self-assessment Index, available on pages 66–74.

Fundamental to our approach is a commitment to 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.

Integrating ESG and purpose into our strategy has created

an opportunity for us to better serve our customers and

generate long-term shareholder value.

INTEGRITY

COLLABORATIONACCOUNTABILITYRESPECTEXCELLENCE

OUR VALUES ARE:

OVERVIEW

Our reporting suite

2021 ESG

performance snapshot

About our business

ESG governance and

risk management

What matters most

Stakeholder

engagement

Our ESG targets

FINANCIAL

WELLBEING

ENVIRONMENTAL

SUSTAINABILITY

HOUSING

FAIR AND

RESPONSIBLE

BANKING

HUMAN RIGHTS

EMPLOYEE

WELLBEING AND

INCLUSION

ADDITIONAL

INFORMATION

ASSURANCE

OPINION

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ESG governance and risk management
Our governance framework provides the structure for effective

and responsible decision-making within the bank.

The Board is responsible for the oversight of the bank and its

sound and prudent management, with specific duties as set

out in its charter available at anz.com/corporategovernance.

There are six principal Board Committees: the Ethics,

Environment, Social and Governance (EESG) Committee; the

Audit Committee; the Risk Committee; the Human Resources

Committee; the Digital Business and Technology Committee;

and the Nomination and Board Operations Committee.

Each Committee has its own charter setting out its roles

and responsibilities.

At management level, the Group Executive Committee

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.

Our ESG governance processes are overseen by the Board

and management through our Board EESG Committee and

executive Ethics and Responsible Business Committee (ERBC).

These Committees are also supported by our Risk

Governance Oversight Committee (formerly the Royal

Commission and Self-Assessment Oversight Group).

Refer to page 24 of our Annual Report available at

anz.com/annualreport for further detail.

Our most material ESG issues (refer to pages 6–8) are captured

and managed within the Group’s Key Material Risks. For further

information on risk management refer to pages 51–55 of our

2021 Annual Report available at anz.com/annualreport.

For further detail on our governance framework see our

2021 Corporate Governance Statement available at

anz.com/corporategovernance.

BOARD ETHICS, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIAL AND

GOVERNANCE (EESG) COMMITTEE

The Board EESG Committee, led by ANZ’s Chairman, is

responsible for assisting the Board by overseeing measures to

advance ANZ’s purpose, focusing on ethical and ESG matters.

This includes the oversight, review and/or approval of ESG

reporting and objectives, corporate governance policies and

principles, customer complaints and other conduct-related

matters. The Committee also oversees the ethical and ESG

risks and opportunities relevant to the bank’s ability to

advance our purpose and operate as a fair, responsible

and sustainable business.

The Board EESG Committee meets quarterly, and each

meeting opens with an overview of the ESG operating

environment, covering current and emerging issues, including

regulatory and parliamentary inquiries, community sentiment,

competitor activity, relevant international developments

and our stakeholder engagement activities.

Further information on oversight activities and issues

discussed by the Committee during this year are outlined

in our 2021 Annual Report on pages 44–45 available at

anz.com/annualreport.

ETHICS AND RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS

COMMITTEE (ERBC)

The ERBC, chaired by the CEO, comprises Senior Executives

and members from business divisions and Group functions.

Independent ethics adviser, Dr Simon Longstaff, also

participates as an observer.

The Committee is a leadership and decision-making body

that exists to advance ANZ’s purpose. It seeks to ensure ANZ

operates responsibly and achieves fair, ethical and balanced

stakeholder outcomes.

The Committee considers the social and environmental

impacts of the industries, customers and communities that

ANZ serves. It also considers our products and services and

how they are provided, as well as stakeholder and community

expectations.

The ERBC is accountable to the Board EESG Committee in

the effective discharge of its responsibilities. It operationalises

Board objectives and makes decisions on issues and policies.

It also approves the bank’s ESG targets and monitors

performance against them quarterly.

Issues discussed during 2021 included ‘how we bank’ –

our ESG focus areas, customers experiencing vulnerability,

product suitability, accessibility and diversity and our COVID-19

Statement of Intent. The Committee also considered ‘who we

bank’, through industry sector and country specific reviews,

human rights policy and modern slavery, climate change policy

and sensitive wholesale transactions.

OVERVIEW

Our reporting suite

2021 ESG

performance snapshot

About our business

ESG governance and

risk management

What matters most

Stakeholder

engagement

Our ESG targets

FINANCIAL

WELLBEING

ENVIRONMENTAL

SUSTAINABILITY

HOUSING

FAIR AND

RESPONSIBLE

BANKING

HUMAN RIGHTS

EMPLOYEE

WELLBEING AND

INCLUSION

ADDITIONAL

INFORMATION

ASSURANCE

OPINION

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What matters most
Through our annual materiality

assessment we engage with internal

and external stakeholders to inform

our identification of ESG risks and

opportunities. We seek to identify

those issues with the most potential

to impact our ability to operate

successfully and create value for our

shareholders and other stakeholders.

Climate change

emerged as the

highest priority issue

We use the results to inform our strategy, public ESG targets

and external reporting.

This year we obtained stakeholder views on a broad range

of ESG issues.

External views were sought from institutional investors,

retail shareholders, consumer advocates, financial

counsellors, customers and analysts. One-on-one interviews

were conducted with the external stakeholders by an

independent consultant.

Overall, climate change emerged as the highest priority issue,

with stakeholders noting both the social and environmental

impacts and the influence the bank can have in terms of

deploying capital to finance the transition to a net zero

carbon economy.

Fairness and ethical conduct continued to be seen as critical

to everything we do and key to our social license to operate.

Financial wellbeing was viewed as ‘core business’ and our

efforts in this area can improve customer experience and

positively impact the broader community. Finally, innovation

and technology were seen as essential to supporting

customer experience in today’s digital world.

External stakeholders also highlighted biodiversity and human

rights as issues of rising significance. Internal stakeholders

highlighted cyber security and data protection and housing.

These insights were presented to our executive Ethics

and Responsible Business Committee and Board Ethics,

Environment, Social and Governance Committee and helped

to inform the development of our public ESG targets.

OUR MATERIAL ISSUES

We considered the following in order to identify any changes

in risks and opportunities that should be reflected in the list of

material issues (as published on pages 7– 8 of our 2020 ESG

Supplement available at anz.com/annualreport):

•our Key Material Risks (refer to pages 54 –55 of our

2021 Annual Report available at anz.com/annualreport)

•our strategy, values and code of conduct (refer to

pages 10 –11 of our 2021 Annual Report available

at anz.com/annualreport)

•media analysis

•recent regulatory developments

•peer review

•industry trends, including the Sustainability

Accounting Standards Board Materiality Map and

the World Economic Forum’s 2021 Global Risks Report

•the United Nations Sustainable Development

Goals (SDGs).

We concluded that ‘biodiversity’ and ‘human rights’ be listed

as stand-alone issues given their increasing importance (we

had previously incorporated these issues within ‘responsible

business lending’). For clarity ‘Digital innovation’ was renamed

‘technology and innovation’. ‘Fraud and data security’ was

renamed ‘Cyber security and data privacy’ to better capture

the increasing challenge of cyber crime experienced during

the pandemic. We also removed ‘financial and economic

performance’ as an ESG issue, as we consider this topic is

sufficiently captured in ANZ’s Key Material Risks.

OVERVIEW

Our reporting suite

2021 ESG

performance snapshot

About our business

ESG governance and

risk management

What matters most

Stakeholder

engagement

Our ESG targets

FINANCIAL

WELLBEING

ENVIRONMENTAL

SUSTAINABILITY

HOUSING

FAIR AND

RESPONSIBLE

BANKING

HUMAN RIGHTS

EMPLOYEE

WELLBEING AND

INCLUSION

ADDITIONAL

INFORMATION

ASSURANCE

OPINION

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Top 5 material issues,
ranked by stakeholders Description of issue Location of disclosures Relevant UN SDGs

Climate changeManaging the business risks and opportunities associated with

climate change. Includes the role we play in supporting our

customers to transition to a low carbon economy.

2021 Annual Review, pages 19–21 and 38–39

available at anz.com/annualreport

2021 ESG Supplement, pages 24–31

2021 Climate-related Financial Disclosures

available at anz.com/annualreport prior to our

Annual General Meeting

Fairness and

ethical conduct

A strong corporate culture, known for ethics, values, fairness

and transparency. Simple and understandable products and

communications (i.e. product disclosure, including bank fees

and charges) and appropriate hardship/collections policies.

2021 Annual Review,

pages 15, 24–25, 29–30 and 51

available at anz.com/annualreport

2021 ESG Supplement, pages 35–41

Financial wellbeingPromoting and enabling access to safe and affordable products

and services, particularly for lower-income and vulnerable

consumers. Work with cross-sector partners to help customers,

employees and the broader community meet current financial

commitments and needs, and improve their financial resilience.

2021 Annual Review, pages 8 and 34–36

available at anz.com/annualreport

2021 ESG Supplement, pages 15–19 and 37–39

Customer experienceDelivering value and improved customer experience through

appropriate financial products and services for all customers,

small business and personal.

2021 Annual Review, pages 15–25

available at anz.com/annualreport

2021 ESG Supplement, pages 37–43

Innovation

and technology

Keeping pace with digital innovation to ensure we are offering

our customers reliable and convenient products and services

in a rapidly changing market.

2021 Annual Review, pages 16-19

available at anz.com/annualreport

OVERVIEW

Our reporting suite

2021 ESG

performance snapshot

About our business

ESG governance and

risk management

What matters most

Stakeholder

engagement

Our ESG targets

FINANCIAL

WELLBEING

ENVIRONMENTAL

SUSTAINABILITY

HOUSING

FAIR AND

RESPONSIBLE

BANKING

HUMAN RIGHTS

EMPLOYEE

WELLBEING AND

INCLUSION

ADDITIONAL

INFORMATION

ASSURANCE

OPINION

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Other issues
(not ranked)Description of issue Location of disclosures Relevant UN SDGs

Anti-money laundering

and terrorism financing

Compliance with international sanctions, anti-money

laundering and terrorism financing requirements.

2021 ESG Supplement, page 46

Banking regulationRegulation of the banking sector, including policy and

compliance requirements relating to consumer protection,

risk management and capital adequacy.

2021 Annual Review, pages 4–5, 14, 24–28 and 45

available at anz.com/annualreport

BiodiversityManaging the business risks and opportunities associated with

biodiversity loss, as a result of species extinction and/or reduction.

Includes the role we play in supporting our customers to manage

their biodiversity impacts.

2021 ESG Supplement, page 25

Corporate governanceAppropriate governance frameworks in place (i.e. processes and

policies, including those relating to risk management, executive

remuneration and financial stability) to ensure ANZ is managed

in the long-term interests of stakeholders.

2021 Annual Review, pages 40–50

available at anz.com/annualreport

2021 Corporate Governance Statement

available at anz.com/corporategovernance

2021 ESG Supplement, page 5

Cyber security and

data privacy

Policies and processes in place to protect our systems, data and

customers against cyber attacks. Includes customer access to

personal data.

2021 Annual Review, page 52

available at anz.com/annualreport

2021 ESG Supplement, pages 44–45

Employee capability

and wellbeing

Attracting and retaining a capable and engaged workforce, that is

diverse and inclusive, helping us serve our customers better and

drive strong business performance across the markets in which

we operate. Includes supporting the physical and mental health

and wellbeing of employees.

2021 Annual Review, pages 29–33

available at anz.com/annualreport

2021 ESG Supplement, pages 56–65

HousingAvailability of suitable and affordable housing options for all

Australians and New Zealanders.

2021 Annual Review, pages 22–23

available at anz.com/annualreport

2021 ESG Supplement, pages 32–34

Human rightsSupporting and respecting the human rights of our employees,

customers and communities including through the expectations

we have of our business relationships and supply chain.

2021 Annual Review, page 37

available at anz.com/annualreport

2021 ESG Supplement, pages 50–55

Investing in

the community

Supporting the communities in which we operate through

workplace giving and volunteering; and recovery from

natural disasters.

2021 Annual Review, pages 34–36

available at anz.com/annualreport

2021 ESG Supplement, pages 20–23

OVERVIEW

Our reporting suite

2021 ESG

performance snapshot

About our business

ESG governance and

risk management

What matters most

Stakeholder

engagement

Our ESG targets

FINANCIAL

WELLBEING

ENVIRONMENTAL

SUSTAINABILITY

HOUSING

FAIR AND

RESPONSIBLE

BANKING

HUMAN RIGHTS

EMPLOYEE

WELLBEING AND

INCLUSION

ADDITIONAL

INFORMATION

ASSURANCE

OPINION

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Stakeholder engagement
One of the ways we create long-term value and deliver on our

business strategy is through a collaborative and proactive approach

to building and maintaining relationships with stakeholders.

2021 has been a challenging year as we continue to navigate through the COVID-19 pandemic. Throughout, we have

sought to be transparent and responsive in our communications and relationships to demonstrate trustworthiness and

to build 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.

How we engaged

with them

•Branch staff and

relationship managers (via

calls, emails and letters) for

specific customer support

•ANZ’s online customer

research community

•Online forums, surveys,

focus groups, co-creation

sessions and individual

in-depth interviews

•‘Voice of Customer’

platform capturing

feedback on customers’

experience with ANZ

•Conversations with our

Customer Advocate and

related functions; and

Complaints Resolution

Centre

•Social media

Key issues raised

•COVID-19 deferral support

and government assistance

such as Job Keeper

•Financial assistance

packages

•Conduct and culture

•Products; fees and charges

•Customer service

•Updates to ANZ’s digital

apps and internet banking

platform

•Societal challenges (e.g.

support for refugees and

mental health impacts on

the community sector as

a result of the pandemic)

How we responded

Our response to the issues

raised by customers can be

found on pages 35–45 of

this document and pages

15–25 and 29–30 of the 2021

Annual Report available at

anz.com/annualreport.

How we engaged

with them

•Annual `My Voice' survey

and regular `pulse' surveys

•Interactive webcasts and

teleconferences with CEO

and Executive Committee

•Direct people leader

communication

•Internal communications

channels, including

intranet and Yammer

•Meetings with unions

representing

ANZ employees

Key issues raised

•Support for staff during

COVID-19

•Business strategy and

priorities

•Professional growth and

development, including

‘New Ways of Leading’

•‘Speak up’ culture

•Our purpose and ESG

focus areas

•Diversity and inclusion

•Flexible working

arrangements

•Organisational

restructuring

•Remuneration and reward;

performance management

How we responded

Our response to the issues

raised by employees can be

found on pages 35–36 and

56–65 of this document and

pages 29–33 of the 2021

Annual Report available at

anz.com/annualreport.

CUSTOMERSEMPLOYEES

We seek to listen to and

engage constructively with

government, regulators and

policy makers. In addition to

appearing before the House

of Representatives Standing

Committee on Economics, we

participated in a wide range of

government consultations and

parliamentary inquiries. We

continue to provide data to

Government to help it

understand the impact of

COVID-19 on the economy

and on the financial wellbeing

of Australians. An overview of

the work underway in response

to issues raised is outlined on

pages 15–19, 24–25, 32–46 and

57 of this document and pages

15–39 and 51–52 of the Annual

Report available at

anz.com/annualreport.

How we engaged with them

•Appearances before House

of Representatives Standing

Committee on Economics

and Joint Standing

Committee on Trade and

Investment Growth

•Meetings with political

stakeholders, public officials

and regulators

•Submissions to

Parliamentary committee

inquiries and government

and regulatory consultations

Key issues raised

AUSTRALIA

•Support for employees

and customers in response

to COVID-19

•Implementation of

Royal Commission

recommendations, and

related government and

industry reforms (consumer

protection, cyber security

and consumer data right)

•Prudential regulation

of financing to export

industries

•Public policy development

on issues, research and

programs related to

financial wellbeing and

capability

•Co-investment in

financial capability

program Saver Plus

•Economic analysis and

outlook provided by our

Research team

NEW ZEALAND

•Support for employees

and customers in response

to COVID-19

•Regulatory issues including

responsible consumer

lending, merchant service

fees, conduct of financial

institutions and prudential

supervision

•Economic analysis and

outlook provided by our

Research team

•Public policy development

on issues including

accessibility of banking

services, climate-related

financial disclosures,

retirement savings, housing

and macro-prudential tools,

financial inclusion, digital

identity and the consumer

data right

•Findings from the tri-ennial

financial wellbeing survey

(in New Zealand)

and priority issues for

reporting and follow-up

GOVERNMENT AND REGULATORS

OVERVIEW

Our reporting suite

2021 ESG

performance snapshot

About our business

ESG governance and

risk management

What matters most

Stakeholder

engagement

Our ESG targets

FINANCIAL

WELLBEING

ENVIRONMENTAL

SUSTAINABILITY

HOUSING

FAIR AND

RESPONSIBLE

BANKING

HUMAN RIGHTS

EMPLOYEE

WELLBEING AND

INCLUSION

ADDITIONAL

INFORMATION

ASSURANCE

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We seek to provide
shareholders with quality

information in a timely

manner through our reporting

suite, announcements and

briefings to the market,

shareholder communications

and our dedicated shareholder

site at anz.com/shareholder.

In 2021, in addition to interim

and full-year results briefings,

we held our fourth annual

ESG briefing providing an

update on our approach to

ESG, with a focus on the

current environment,

including social impacts of

COVID-19 and our response.

How we engaged

with them

•Interim and full-year

results briefings, and

quarterly updates

•ESG investor briefing,

strategy and other market

updates

•Annual General Meeting

•Disclosure documents,

including results

announcements, investor

presentations, external

reporting suite and other

ASX lodgements

Key issues raised

•Approach to managing

the bank and supporting

stakeholders during

and post the COVID-19

pandemic

•Opportunities and

challenges associated

with the current operating

environment

•ANZ’s strategic

focus, execution and

business priorities

•Financial performance

•Capital and balance

sheet management,

quality, liquidity and

funding positions

•Balance sheet

quality and liquidity

and funding positions

•Dividends

•ESG approach,

commitments and

progress

SHAREHOLDERS

How we engaged

with them

•Regular program of

CEO and Senior Executive

meetings with civil

society leaders

•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

Key issues raised

•Impact of COVID-19

(capacity of community

sector organisations

to continue providing

effective services during

lockdowns, financial

impacts on customers,

economic impacts and

mental health effects)

•Customer and community

support due to bushfires,

drought and other natural

disasters in Australia

•Family violence and

support for customers

and communities,

including financial

wellbeing initiatives for

women and children;

and children's rights

•Responsible gambling

initiatives and policies

•Indigenous social and

economic development

•Unemployment and

social and economic

participation

•Emerging humanitarian

issues for refugees and

support of new arrivals

in Australia

•Financial wellbeing in

the community

•Homelessness in Australia

•Vulnerable customers,

hardship programs and

consumer protection

•Conduct and culture

•Remediation and

compensation schemes

•Regulatory reform

in financial services,

including the impact

of open banking

•Climate change policies,

carbon risk management

and biodiversity

•Human rights grievance

mechanisms

•Animal welfare

principles

How we responded

Our response to the issues

raised by NGOs can be

found on pages 15–65 of

this document and pages 8,

15–25, and 29–39 of the

2021 Annual Report available

at anz.com/annualreport.

Our 2021 Climate-related

Financial Disclosures will

be released prior to our

Annual General Meeting

and made available at

anz.com/annualreport.

How we engaged

with them

ANZ is a member of a

number of industry

associations. Key

memberships include the

Australian Banking

Association (ABA), the

Business Council of Australia,

the New Zealand Bankers’

Association, and Business

New Zealand.

We engaged with key

industry associations,

including the ABA, to respond

to COVID-19 and to develop

strategic responses to

reputational issues.

Through our

memberships we:

•participate in discussions

about industry-wide

issues and strategy;

•provide input to industry

association responses to

parliamentary inquiries and

government consultations;

and

•participate in the ABA

Modern Slavery Working

Group which aims to

develop an industry

position on the practical

response to instances of

Modern Slavery in

member Banks.

Key issues raised

•Implementation of

Royal Commission

recommendations

•Industry initiatives to

support customers,

including in response

to COVID-19

•Open banking and

payments

•Climate change policy

•Modern slavery

We have begun a process

of periodically reviewing

our membership of key

associations and will publicly

disclose outcomes and any

material change to our

position.

NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANISATIONS (NGOS)INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS

OVERVIEW

Our reporting suite

2021 ESG

performance snapshot

About our business

ESG governance and

risk management

What matters most

Stakeholder

engagement

Our ESG targets

FINANCIAL

WELLBEING

ENVIRONMENTAL

SUSTAINABILITY

HOUSING

FAIR AND

RESPONSIBLE

BANKING

HUMAN RIGHTS

EMPLOYEE

WELLBEING AND

INCLUSION

ADDITIONAL

INFORMATION

ASSURANCE

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Our ESG targets
Each year we set public targets that reflect our ESG focus areas,

support the delivery of our business strategy and respond

to our most material issues.

Progress against targets is reviewed by the executive

Ethics and Responsible Business Committee quarterly

and twice a year by the Board Ethics, Environment,

Social and Governance Committee.

As a founding signatory to the UN Principles for

Responsible Banking, we have set targets that address

our most significant potential impacts; and are aligned

with the UN SDGs and the Paris Climate Agreement.

2021 ESG TARGETS

PERFORMANCE

1


This year we have achieved,

or made good progress against,

the majority of our targets.

Details of our targets and performance

are set out on the subsequent pages.

25% Achieved

67% Partially achieved or in progress

8% Not achieved

NEW ESG TARGETS FOR 2022

The following targets will be introduced in 2022, to extend work underway in our focus areas and replace the targets that expired in 2021.

FAIR AND RESPONSIBLE BANKING

Targets

Relevant

UN SDGs

Implement ANZ’s new Customer Vulnerability

Framework, including enhanced training of

5,000 employees to build their capabilities

with respect to identifying, supporting and

referring customers who are experiencing

vulnerability, by end 2022. (Australia)

Implement ANZ’s new human rights

grievance mechanism, and publicly report on

complaints received under the mechanism,

by end 2022.

FINANCIAL WELLBEING

Targets

Relevant

UN SDGs

Support 1.3 million customers to save

regularly, by end 2022. (Australia and

New Zealand)

ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY

Targets

Relevant

UN SDGs

Engage with 100 of our largest emitting

business customers to encourage them to,

by end 2024:

•strengthen their low carbon transition

plans so that more customers achieve a

‘well developed’ or ‘advanced’ rating; and

•enhance their efforts to protect

biodiversity.

1. Unless otherwise noted, targets are Group-wide and cover the financial year 1 October–30 September.

OVERVIEW

Our reporting suite

2021 ESG

performance snapshot

About our business

ESG governance and

risk management

What matters most

Stakeholder

engagement

Our ESG targets

FINANCIAL

WELLBEING

ENVIRONMENTAL

SUSTAINABILITY

HOUSING

FAIR AND

RESPONSIBLE

BANKING

HUMAN RIGHTS

EMPLOYEE

WELLBEING AND

INCLUSION

ADDITIONAL

INFORMATION

ASSURANCE

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2021 ESG TARGETS PERFORMANCE SUMMARY
FINANCIAL WELLBEING

Improving the financial wellbeing of our people, customers and communities by helping

them make the most of their money throughout their lives.

TargetsPerformanceStatusRelevant UN SDGs

Support 250,000 customers to build a savings

habit, by end 2021. (Australia/New Zealand)

•Since October 2020 we have supported around 151,600 customers

to build a savings habit. This includes:

–more than 3,000 Saver Plus new participants actively saving using

a Progress Saver account

–148,567 customers who have set savings goals using the ‘set a savings

goal’ feature in the ANZ App

–319,081 customers have set a savings goal since the introduction of

the ‘set a savings goal’ feature in October 2019.

Publish Adult Financial Wellbeing Research to

inform our product design and financial literacy

program delivery, by end 2022.

•Analysis of survey data has been completed, with key insights focused on

improving understanding of socio-economic and behavioural determinants

of financial wellbeing in Australia and New Zealand.

•We are on track to launch the survey report by December 2021.

Establish seven new partnerships to expand the

reach and improve impact of MoneyMinded for

people experiencing vulnerability, by end 2023.

•MoneyMinded has reached an estimated at 64,011 people across Australia,

New Zealand, Asia and the Pacific in 2021 (an increase of around 6,000 from 2020).

•Since October 2020 we have established three new MoneyMinded Partnerships:

–New Zealand – a new partnership with ‘Fruition Horticulture Bay of Plenty’

to deliver MoneyMinded Pacific content to over 1,000 Recognised Seasonal

Employees each year

–Fiji – Memorandum of Understanding with Reserve Bank of Fiji, to help Fijians

better manage their funds

–Australia/Pacific – partnered with Powerpac, an approved provider of the

Federal Government’s Pacific Labor Scheme for Pacific seasonal workers

arriving in Australia.

OVERVIEW

Our reporting suite

2021 ESG

performance snapshot

About our business

ESG governance and

risk management

What matters most

Stakeholder

engagement

Our ESG targets

FINANCIAL

WELLBEING

ENVIRONMENTAL

SUSTAINABILITY

HOUSING

FAIR AND

RESPONSIBLE

BANKING

HUMAN RIGHTS

EMPLOYEE

WELLBEING AND

INCLUSION

ADDITIONAL

INFORMATION

ASSURANCE

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ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
Supporting household, business and financial practices that improve environmental sustainability.

TargetsPerformanceStatusRelevant UN SDGs

Fund and facilitate at least AU$50 billion by 2025

towards sustainable solutions for our customers,

including initiatives that help improve

environmental sustainability, support disaster

resilience, increase access to affordable housing

and promote financial wellbeing.

•Since October 2019, we have funded and facilitated AU$21.95 billion towards the

target, of which AU$12.18 billion is funded and AU$9.77 billion is facilitated.

•The majority of target transactions provide funding for sustainability-linked lending,

renewable energy, green buildings and affordable housing, and facilitate ESG-format

Bond issuance.

Encourage and support 100 of our largest emitting

business customers to establish, and where

appropriate, strengthen existing low carbon

transition plans, by 2021.

•We have met our target to engage with 100 of our largest emitting business

customers to support them to establish, or strengthen, low carbon transition plans.

•The engagement has provided us with a ‘baseline’ for how our customers are

responding to climate-risk. In February this year we assessed our customers’ plans

and grouped them into categories ranging from ‘advanced’, to ‘no public plans’.

•Since then we have prioritised our engagement with customers in three key

categories, i.e. those with: underdeveloped plans or ‘starting out’; no public plans;

and businesses that operate in sectors where climate risks are emerging faster.

•We will continue our engagement with customers, seeking improvements to their plans

and reviewing their biodiversity commitments, as part of our new 2022 ESG target.

Develop an enhanced climate risk management

framework that strengthens our governance and is

responsive to climate change, by end 2022.

•Risk subject matter experts are working across Divisions to enhance our climate

risk governance and strategy. Their initial focus is to ensure we are compliant with

all current or emerging regulation, by completing a ‘gap’ analysis of all climate

regulation (including data gaps) in the markets where ANZ operates.

•Methodologies have been developed and are being piloted with the Project Finance

portfolio to guide the evaluation of physical and transition risk. These same guiding

principles will inform customer engagement and be used to upskill ANZ staff.

Reduce the direct impact of our business activities

on the environment

2

by:

•reducing Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 24% by 2025

and by 35% by 2030 (against a 2015 baseline)

3

•increasing renewable energy use to 100% by 2025

•reducing potable water consumption by

25% by 2025 (against a 2017 baseline)

•reducing waste to landfill by 30% by 2025

(against a 2017 baseline)

•reducing paper consumption (office and

customer paper use only) by 60% by 2025

(against 2015 baseline).

•Scope 1 and 2 emissions have decreased by 47% since 2015.

•Global renewable electricity usage increased to 36% in 2021.

•Water consumption has decreased by 63% since 2017.

•Waste to landfill has decreased by 65% since 2017.

•Paper consumption has decreased 64% since 2015.

2. Environmental reporting year is 1 July to 30 June, in line with the Australian regulatory reporting year. 3. This target was submitted to the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTI) for informal review, and SBTI provided written confirmation that it may be

considered and communicated as science-based. We prepared our target using the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTI) methodology, however this does not include emissions arising from our financing activities (Scope 3).

OVERVIEW

Our reporting suite

2021 ESG

performance snapshot

About our business

ESG governance and

risk management

What matters most

Stakeholder

engagement

Our ESG targets

FINANCIAL

WELLBEING

ENVIRONMENTAL

SUSTAINABILITY

HOUSING

FAIR AND

RESPONSIBLE

BANKING

HUMAN RIGHTS

EMPLOYEE

WELLBEING AND

INCLUSION

ADDITIONAL

INFORMATION

ASSURANCE

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HOUSING
Improving the availability of suitable and affordable housing options for all Australians and New Zealanders.

TargetsPerformanceStatusRelevant UN SDGs

Fund and facilitate AU$10 billion of investment

by 2030 to deliver more affordable, accessible and

sustainable homes to buy and rent. (Australia/

New Zealand)

•Since October 2020, we have funded and facilitated AU$1.29 billion and

NZ$150 million of investment to deliver more affordable, accessible

and sustainable homes to buy and rent.

Support more customers into healthier homes

4

with

our Healthy Home Loan Package and Interest-free

Insulation Loans – through a 2%

5

increase of funds

under management and a 4%

6

increase in customer

numbers by 2025. (New Zealand)

•Since October 2020, we have supported 1,065 households into healthier homes

through our Healthy Home Loan Package (36 households) and our Interest-free

Insulation Loans (1,029 households).

4. This target has been expanded to support our Healthy Home Loans Package and Interest-free Loans Initiative, and establish a measureable baseline for this target. 5. Off a FY2021 baseline. 6. Off a FY2021 baseline.

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.

TargetsPerformanceStatusRelevant UN SDGs

Develop and commence

implementation of a new

Customer Vulnerability Framework

to improve the support we

provide to customers experiencing

vulnerability, by end 2021.

(Australia)

Implementation of our Customer Vulnerability Framework continues, including:

•implementing inclusive design principles in our product management framework, ensuring

our products are accessible, inclusive and do not cause harm;

•extending the pilot of our independent interpreter service to our Customer Protection team,

improving our ability to assist customers from non-English speaking backgrounds;

•increased proactive engagement with a range of community stakeholders to ensure our

approach is well informed.

Design and commence

implementation of a human rights

grievance mechanism, using the

UN Guiding Principles on Business

and Human Rights, by end 2021.

•Final design framework for the human rights grievance mechanism (GM) has been approved

by ERBC and Board EESG Committee.

•Implementation of the GM has commenced, including governance, embedding into policy

and process, training, disclosures and communications.

•The GM will be made public in Q1 2022 after a final external stakeholder information session.

Public reporting will commence in mid to late 2022.

Achieve the 17 actions in our

Reconciliation Action Plan,

by end 2024.

7

(Australia)

•Our Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) will receive official endorsement from Reconciliation Australia by

the end of October 2021. This endorsement will not include any changes to the commitments made.

•The RAP will be launched in early 2022

8

.

7. This target was altered reflect the language included in the RAP, following feedback from Reconciliation Australia. 8. Calendar year.

OVERVIEW

Our reporting suite

2021 ESG

performance snapshot

About our business

ESG governance and

risk management

What matters most

Stakeholder

engagement

Our ESG targets

FINANCIAL

WELLBEING

ENVIRONMENTAL

SUSTAINABILITY

HOUSING

FAIR AND

RESPONSIBLE

BANKING

HUMAN RIGHTS

EMPLOYEE

WELLBEING AND

INCLUSION

ADDITIONAL

INFORMATION

ASSURANCE

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Australia
A quarterly snapshot of the personal

financial wellbeing of Australians

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on financial wellbeing

has been felt disproportionately in Australia by people with

lower financial wellbeing, with increases in the proportion

of people both ‘Struggling’ and ‘Getting By’, while the

’No Worries’ and ‘Doing OK’ segments shrunk substantially.

All Australian states and territories recorded lower scores

in overall financial wellbeing year-on-year, with the largest

decline in Victoria (down 7.4%) and WA experiencing the

smallest decline in financial wellbeing (down 1.5%).

New Zealand

Checking the pulse of financial wellbeing

for New Zealanders every six months

The New Zealand FWBI recorded an increase in financial

wellbeing in the nine months after the onset of the pandemic,

from 62.4 in March 2020 to 63.4 in December 2020.

While most New Zealanders were ‘Doing OK’ (48.7%) in

December 2020, the overall improvement in financial

wellbeing resulted in a decrease in the proportion of people

either ‘Struggling’ or ‘Getting By’ from 27.7% in March 2020

to 25.8% in December 2020.

EVOLVING THE MODEL OF FINANCIAL

WELLBEING – INTERNATIONAL THOUGHT

LEADERSHIP

While the ANZ Roy Morgan Financial Wellbeing Indicator

enables a rolling snapshot, our more substantial financial

wellbeing research (published triennially) has been

continuing in Australia and New Zealand. In 2021, we have

built on the established Kempson et al conceptual model

of financial wellbeing used in our 2017 survey, with external

input from steering committees in Australia and New Zealand.

Key opinion leaders, academics and consumer advocates

have supported us in interrogating and developing the

model of financial wellbeing to better understand the influence

of factors such as money management behaviour, socio-

economic factors and psychological elements like future focus

and confidence. The new survey results will be launched in

November 2021 and the report made available at anz.com/cs.

ANZ’s commitment to financial wellbeing

is long-standing and spans all areas of

our business – we are striving to support

our customers to make the most of their

money and to improve their financial

wellbeing into the future.

We recognise the importance of financial wellbeing across

the whole population in sustaining a healthy and inclusive

economy. Beyond providing core banking services, we can

play a key role in the community by leading thinking about the

‘drivers’ of financial wellbeing and applying insights from our

research to our financial education programs, Saver Plus and

MoneyMinded. These programs involve close collaboration

with partners from the community and government sectors.

TRACKING FINANCIAL WELLBEING IN OUR

REGION – THE ANZ ROY MORGAN FINANCIAL

WELLBEING INDICATOR

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant and widespread

impact on the economy and the wellbeing of individuals.

Our ANZ Roy Morgan Financial Wellbeing Indicator (FWBI) is

applied in both Australia and New Zealand, based on data

gathered through the Roy Morgan Single Source survey.

Improving financial wellbeing

Respondents in Australia and New Zealand are divided

into four segments, described in our 2017 ANZ Financial

Wellbeing Survey:

No worries – Demonstrating financial behaviours (such as

active savings and not borrowing for everyday expenses)

that contribute positively to financial wellbeing. High levels

of confidence in managing money and substantial amounts

in savings, investments and superannuation.

Doing OK – Describing their current financial situation

as ‘fair’ or ‘good’ and are reasonably confident about their

financial situation over the next 12 months.

Getting by – Generally describing their financial situation

as ‘bad’, less confident in their money management skills

and their ability to control their financial future.

Struggling – Often describing their current financial

situation as ‘bad’, having little or no savings and finding

it a constant struggle to meet bills and credit payments.

Very few are confident about their financial situation over

the next 12 months.

In late 2020, our community partner the Brotherhood of St Laurence (BSL) appointed the second ANZ Tony Nicholson

Research Fellow. Dr Emily Porter, a social researcher with a PhD in the effect of recessions on youth employment, has

been working on the Financial Lives in Uncertain Times study, drawing on the Roy Morgan Single Source Survey data

to better understand patterns of financial wellbeing, disadvantage and risk.

“Where people are struggling to make ends meet, it becomes impossible to build savings, leaving people without

a financial buffer for a rainy day or sixth lockdown as we’ve seen occur recently,” said Emily.

“In the longer term, we hope this research will drive systemic change, allowing more Australians to build economic

security and increase their resilience to shocks in an increasingly uncertain world.”

The ANZ Tony Nicholson Fellowship is named after the Brotherhood’s former Executive Director, who led the not-for-

profit for 13 years. We fund the fellowship as part of our partnership with BSL, and in recognition of Mr Nicholson’s

many years of leadership in advocating for disadvantaged people throughout Australia.

HIGHLIGHT

Understanding patterns of financial wellbeing for vulnerable Australians

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FINANCIAL

WELLBEING

Improving

financial wellbeing

Community

investment

ENVIRONMENTAL

SUSTAINABILITY

HOUSING

FAIR AND

RESPONSIBLE

BANKING

HUMAN RIGHTS

EMPLOYEE

WELLBEING AND

INCLUSION

ADDITIONAL

INFORMATION

ASSURANCE

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CASE STUDY
Kimi’s story

Kimi, the sole guardian of her high school-

aged siblings, joined Saver Plus to learn how

to save so she could purchase a laptop for her

sister to use at school. She created a budget

as part of the program and started putting

aside $25 a fortnight.

“I was really excited as I didn’t even miss the money

and yet I could see the savings account growing.

I never thought I had control to be able to do this

before,” says Kimi. “Growing up, no one in my family

taught me about how to manage money, all I knew

was as soon as you got it, it was spent! Before Saver

Plus I have never used a budget but now I track my

expenses regularly.”

“I learnt so many tools about budgeting effectively

and planning for the future in the MoneyMinded

financial education workshops. I can’t wait to pass

this knowledge onto my siblings. I’m already

supporting my sister with her goal to save for

her first car.”

“I want to save money to have an emergency fund for

myself, so I am never desperate for money and have

a backup plan when I get unexpected expenses. No

one in my family has ever purchased their own home

before, so my long-term goal is to save and eventually

buy my own apartment or house to live in."

“When you set a goal, you can

achieve great things.”

SAVER PLUS

Earlier this year Saver Plus, our matched savings and financial

education program, developed in partnership with BSL,

reached a significant milestone. Since 2003, Saver Plus has

enabled more than 50,000 lower income Australians to save

around $26 million for education costs, with ANZ providing

matching of $21 million.

Saver Plus participants open an ANZ savings account, set

a savings goal and make deposits regularly over 10 months

while also attending MoneyMinded financial education

sessions. Upon reaching their goal, savings are matched by

ANZ dollar for dollar, up to $500, which must be spent on

education. Research has shown that many participants go

on to establish a lasting savings habit that sees them achieve

their financial goals and improve their financial wellbeing.

Our Saver Plus partners are essential to reaching and

supporting individuals and families across Australia. BSL

and ANZ have worked with The Smith Family, Berry Street

and The Benevolent Society to build and improve Saver Plus

over the past 18 years, supported by many other local

community delivery agencies.

In the 6 years to 30 June 2021, Saver Plus has recruited 21,721

participants (an average of 3,620 per year). In recognition of

this ongoing impact, in 2021 the Australian Government

announced a further three years of support for our cross-sector

partnership. Along with ANZ, the Government will provide

BSL and other community organisations with funding to enable

Saver Plus to be delivered to over 16,000 additional Australians

from 2021–2024.

The experience of repeated lockdowns throughout the

COVID-19 pandemic required the Saver Plus partners to

make a rapid shift to accessible, online program elements

for participants who were not able to attend face-to-face

sessions. The success of that shift has led to the permanent

incorporation of virtual participation into an already highly

effective program.

Saver Plus participant, John, from Wollongong, NSW.

A special milestone

of 50,000 savers

OVERVIEW

FINANCIAL

WELLBEING

Improving

financial wellbeing

Community

investment

ENVIRONMENTAL

SUSTAINABILITY

HOUSING

FAIR AND

RESPONSIBLE

BANKING

HUMAN RIGHTS

EMPLOYEE

WELLBEING AND

INCLUSION

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INFORMATION

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SUPPORTING OUR CUSTOMERS TO BUILD
THEIR FINANCIAL WELLBEING

We continue to help our customers save through the

'set a savings goal' feature in the ANZ App in Australia. In-app

progress displays and notifications help our customers better

manage their money, encouraging them to stay on track and

celebrate milestones along the way.

Since the introduction of the 'set a savings goal' feature

in 2019:

•Over 530,000 goals have been set by over 310,000

customers in the ANZ App (on average customers set

1.27 goals each).

•Over 40 million in-app notifications have been sent to

over 2.1 million customers.

•Customers with a goal have a savings balance two times

that of a customer without a goal and save more than

two times faster than they did before setting a goal.

While we did not meet our target of 250,000 goals set for

the year, a number of initiatives are in train to support more

customers to set and maintain a savings habit. We are:

•developing data models to assist in identifying customers

who are likely to respond positively to contact from ANZ

encouraging them to set a savings goal

•enhancing activity across digital channels and through

direct marketing to assist in maintaining customer

engagement with their savings progress, and better

targeting customers with the potential to save who

are not actively doing so.

Our Financial Wellbeing Program at anz.com/financialwellbeing

continues to help people understand their financial literacy

and transform their attitudes and behaviours towards money.

The program draws on our financial wellbeing research and

long-standing MoneyMinded financial education program and

comprises six self-guided steps towards financial wellbeing.

Since its launch in early 2020, the Financial Wellbeing Program

has helped nearly 1.25 million people in Australia and New

Zealand get on top of their money, including a very popular

article hub which aided in supporting customers through the

difficult COVID-19 environment with topics like ‘Plan, don’t

panic: budgeting in a crisis’ and ‘How to save $10K for a rainy

day’. In this time, over 164,000 people have used the calculator

to get their Financial Wellbeing Score.

Building on the program, in January 2021 we introduced

the ANZ Financial Wellbeing Challenge in Australia. The

free, six week virtual ‘bootcamp’ coaches people to become

more financially fit through practical tips and weekly money

challenges, sent straight to their inbox. Participation in the

Challenge starts with access to the Financial Wellbeing

Calculator, assisting people to better understand their financial

situation (the calculator provides them with a financial

wellbeing score out of 100). Customers can then choose a more

intensive course exploring either saving or investing. Since its

launch, over 21,000 people have signed up to the Challenge.

MONEYMINDED: SUPPORTING FINANCIAL

WELLBEING ACROSS OUR REGION

MoneyMinded is ANZ’s flagship financial education program,

supporting adults with low levels of financial literacy and

those on lower incomes to build their financial skills,

knowledge and confidence. The program is delivered by

community organisations in Australia and New Zealand, and

a mix of community organisations and ANZ employees in

15 markets across Asia and the Pacific region.

An estimated 64,011 people participated in MoneyMinded,

including MoneyBusiness, in 2021.

The flexibility of MoneyMinded enables a large and diverse

network of accredited coaches to use the program to meet

the specific needs of their clients. Over many years, the

program has been successful in supporting people engaged

with family, mental health, youth, migrant, disability, drug and

alcohol and other community services.

With face-to-face learning limited in many communities due

to COVID-19 restrictions, more MoneyMinded coaches are

delivering the program remotely. Lack of access or confidence

to use technology remains a challenge for the continued

rollout of the program.

In early 2021, ANZ launched the updated MoneyMinded

program, enabling more community professionals to become

accredited MoneyMinded coaches, and access program

content and resources online for the first time. MoneyMinded

coaches are now able to create and save their own

customised digital session plans, and access new resources

such as prompt cards, animations and over 200 interactive

handouts which form a part of the new digital toolkit.

The MoneyMinded Coach training is delivered through

ANZ’s MoneyMinded partners in Australia; Berry Street,

BSL and The Smith Family.

CHARACTERISTICS OF AUSTRALIAN MONEYMINDED PARTICIPANTS

CHARACTERISTICS OF NEW ZEALAND AND ASIA PACIFIC REGION MONEYMINDED PARTICIPANTS

68.4%31.6%42.6%48.1%17.2%

are

female

are

male

are

sole parents

are

unemployed

have Aboriginal or

Torres Strait Islander

heritage

45.9%54.1%10.2%50.4%n/a

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CASE STUDY
MONEYBUSINESS – Australia

MoneyBusiness was developed by ANZ in

partnership with the Australian Government

in 2005, following our research which showed

that financial exclusion was a significant

problem for First Nations people, particularly

those living in remote communities.

A comprehensive set of workshop materials was

developed in consultation with local First Nations

communities and community workers, who ensured

the information was culturally appropriate and relevant

to the target audience. Since then, MoneyBusiness has

been delivered extensively throughout Western

Australia, the Northern Territory, South Australia and

other locations through ANZ, its community partners

and the Australian Government. Over 84,660

participants have been reached through the program.

“The majority of our clients have very little

or no education when it comes to their

finances... The (MoneyBusiness) programs are

educating our clients on how to manage their

finances, how to use finances properly and to

be aware of scams and money lenders.”

MoneyBusiness facilitator

We are currently updating the MoneyBusiness program

following consultation with a range of First Nations

stakeholders. Updates include refreshed content and

training, new resources, a new brand identity, and the

digitisation of program content, making the program

easier to access, use and customise to better meet the

needs of participants.

CASE STUDY

Bengaluru

MoneyMinded was delivered in Bengaluru to more than 2,570 people in 2021.

Due to the impact of COVID-19, the MoneyMinded sessions were delivered virtually

to participants. In total, 102 sessions were delivered in five different languages.

“It was very helpful to learn about how

to save money, achieve financial goals,

get success, get motivated, and learn from

others' stories. It was very inspirational...”

MoneyMinded participant

Of the >2,570 people who participated in the virtual

MoneyMinded sessions, 85 participants were from

the transgender community. MoneyMinded has been

integrated into a training program for the transgender

community though ANZ’s partnership with PeriFerry.

PeriFerry is a social enterprise that creates employment

and upskilling opportunities for the transgender

community in India. The ‘hire ready’ program focuses

on building participants’ skills when applying for jobs

and improving their financial wellbeing.

A PARTNERSHIP APPROACH TO

BUILDING FINANCIAL WELLBEING

WITH MONEYMINDED

Since 2002, the success of MoneyMinded has

been largely dependent on our partnerships

with community organisations and individuals

who are equipped to work with us to refine

the program content and delivery model.

In addition to long-standing partnerships in Australia,

New Zealand and across Asia and the Pacific, we have a target

to establish seven new partnerships by the end of 2023 to

expand the reach and improve the impact of MoneyMinded

within vulnerable communities.

Since October 2020, three significant new MoneyMinded

partnerships have commenced across the region:

•in New Zealand, we are working with Fruition Horticulture

Bay of Plenty (FHBoP), a registered education provider

supporting clients in the horticultural industry with

independent advice and services. Subject to COVID-19

border restrictions, together with FHBoP we are aiming to

deliver MoneyMinded to over 1,000 Seasonal Employees

every year

•we have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with

the Reserve Bank of Fiji, to help Fijians better manage

their funds and build their financial wellbeing through

MoneyMinded

•we have partnered with Powerpac, an approved provider

of the Australian Government’s Pacific Labour Scheme to

deliver MoneyMinded to Pacific seasonal workers arriving

in Australia.

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investment

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PACIFIC CHAMPIONS
IN FINANCIAL WELLBEING

Every country in our Pacific network has its own unique set

of economic and social challenges. Additionally, the economic

impact of COVID-19 has meant that many people (including

ANZ staff ) have been faced with changes to their household

income, reduction in working hours or loss of employment.

The MoneyMinded program in the Pacific supports people to

refocus and reset their financial goals and identify challenges

they may be facing – including obligations to family and

community that may be based on deep cultural traditions

and are particularly acute during a pandemic.

Central to this support are a number of MoneyMinded

champions – trusted and respected ANZ team members who

run MoneyMinded sessions in the broader community, and

who also encourage their ANZ colleagues to focus on their

own financial wellbeing so they can better meet the needs

of our customers.

MOBILE BANKING IN THE PACIFIC

Last year we undertook a review of the use and performance of our ANZ goMoney App in the Pacific.

The review revealed that the service was no longer viable due to declining use (there were 25,066 customers

using goMoney at end FY20) and a high number of dormant/unclaimed accounts for non-bank customers.

goMoney was therefore decommissioned at the end of November 2020 and our customers in the Pacific

were encouraged to transfer to the new ANZ Pacific App that offers similar features.

Prior to decommissioning, ANZ Solomon Islands were the primary users of goMoney. Since the

decommissioning of goMoney, the number of ANZ Pacific App customers in the Solomon Islands has

grown by 156% and the number of value transactions has tripled.

There are now more than 47,900 active ANZ Pacific App customers across seven countries – Fiji, Samoa,

Vanuatu, Cook Islands, Tonga, Solomon Islands and Kiribati.

“Being a MoneyMinded champion means

I have the privilege and responsibility to

empower my community with MoneyMinded.

I hope they can look back on their financial

achievements and attribute it to what they have

learnt from attending MoneyMinded; that they

are able to take control back and make informed

decisions about what they want to achieve in

their lives through better planning and

management of the resources they have.”

Turoa Vatoko | Vanuatu

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Cash
$26,974,480

CONTRIBUTION BY TYPE

1

Management costs

$4,034,359

Time

$2,564,492

Forgone revenue

$106,040,643

In kind

$41,540

Total

$139,655,514

Since 2005, we have measured the dollar value of our community investment in accordance

with the Business for Societal Impact Framework (formerly known as London Benchmarking

Group), a global standard for measuring and managing social impact.

In 2021, our community investment was $139.7 million. This is largely due to the significant

decrease in volunteering as a result of restrictions on movement and physical distancing

throughout the pandemic. We facilitated more than $17.8 million in donations to community

organisations through our employees, customers, shareholders, other partners and the general

public through our digital giving platform, Shout for Good.

Employees

$1,699,418

Shareholders

(including dividend charity donation

program and forgone dividends)

$288,512

Shout for Good

$8 , 374,751

Customer donations

(including through internet banking)

$947,956

Other partners

$6,489,399

Community investment

We invest significantly in the communities in which we operate and play a role in

supporting their capacity and resilience. Throughout the year we have continued to work

closely with our community partners to ensure we are supporting our customers and

community in a respectful, fair and appropriate way during the COVID-19 pandemic.

1. Cash: gross monetary amount paid in support of a community organisation/project. Time: cost to the company of the paid working hours contributed by employees

to a community organisation or activity. In-kind services: other non-cash resources to community activities (e.g. company products or services or corporate resources).

Management costs: costs incurred in making contributions, such as salaries and overheads. Forgone revenue: the cost of providing low or fee-free accounts to a range of

customers such as government benefit recipients, not-for-profit organisations, students and the elderly. International transfer fees were waived for funds sent from Australia

and New Zealand to the Pacific to support communities impacted by COVID-19.

Approximately $7 million of our

community investment total (around

23% of our cash, time and in-kind

contributions) contributed to programs

and initiatives that support women and

girls. We recognise that women’s social

and economic empowerment is critical

to achieving gender equality.

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GIVING
Our workplace giving program enables employees in

Australia to make contributions to around 30 charity

partners through regular or once-off pre-tax payroll

deductions. Donations are ‘double matched’ – for every

dollar donated by an employee (up to $5,000 per

employee in a tax year), ANZ donates two dollars.

Our employees in New Zealand and Fiji can also donate

through payroll to their respective staff foundations

(charitable trusts that provide small grants) and ANZ

double matches donations.

In 2021, together with our employees, we donated

$3,197,038 to charitable organisations in Australia,

New Zealand and Fiji.

COMMUNITY GRANTS

In 2021, we provided $2 million through

our community grants programs, impacting

approximately 447,457 people and their

communities.

Staff foundations

Our staff foundations in Australia, New Zealand and Fiji are

charitable trusts providing grants to local community

organisations and projects advancing financial wellbeing,

housing and environmental sustainability. The foundations

are jointly funded by workplace giving donations and ANZ

double-matching employee contributions.

The ANZ Community Foundation, which offers grants of

up to $30,000, provided 23 grants to organisations, totalling

more than $417,300.

In New Zealand, the Staff Foundation provides grants of up to

NZ$25,000 to New Zealand charities. This year, the Foundation

distributed 103 grants to organisations, totalling more than

NZ$1.2 million.

The ANZ Fiji Staff Foundation supports local charities working

in remote communities, including those providing funding to

support COVID-19 relief efforts, education and environmental

projects. This year FJ$45,700 was donated to fund nine

different community projects.

ANZ and Sydney Mardi Gras Community Grants

Since 2018, approximately 41 grants have been distributed to

support projects that benefit the LGBTIQ+ community, worth

a total of approximately $288,000.

ANZ Tennis Hot Shot Community Grants

Grants of $10,000 were awarded during the year to 10 tennis

clubs and venues around the country to support court

upgrades, provide shelter, and accessibility improvements.

Since 2018, approximately $700,000 in grants has been made

to 70 tennis clubs and venues.

For more information on all of our Community Grant

programs, please see anz.com.au/about-us/esg/

community/community-grants.

$2M

in community grants provided, impacting

approximately 447,457 people and their communities:

>$417,300

in grants through the

ANZ Community Foundation

FJ$45,700

donated through the

ANZ Fiji Staff Foundation

$88,000

in ANZ and Sydney Mardi

Gras Community Grants

>NZ$1.2M

in grants through the ANZ

New Zealand Staff Foundation

$100,000

in ANZ Tennis Hot Shot

Community Grants

$250,000

in ANZ Seeds of Renewal

community grants

2021 COMMUNITY GRANTS

$

Over 900 grants in Australia valued at

>$6M

(since 1988)

Over 1,300 grants in New Zealand valued at

>NZ$7.5M

(since 2000)

145 grants valued at

>FJ$945,700

(since 2006)

SINCE THEIR ESTABLISHMENT,

OUR STAFF FOUNDATIONS

HAVE PROVIDED

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VOLUNTEERING
Our Volunteer Leave Policy applies to permanent, regular and

fixed-term employees, and provides at least one day of paid

volunteer leave each year. This year, our people volunteered

54,645 hours to community organisations. This represents

more than 6,830 working days and more than $2.6 million

in value to the community. 15.5% of employees volunteered

this year, compared to 20.5% in 2020.

While COVID-19 continued to restrict in-person

opportunities, our focus on skilled volunteering

in recent years saw 38% of employees offer their

time and expertise in this way compared to

29% in 2020.

SHOUT FOR GOOD

In 2021, ANZ’s digital giving platform which supports charities

in Australia with free and innovative digital fundraising

solutions, facilitated more than $8 million in donations for over

300 charities. Shout supported charities who had to quickly

adapt their usual face-to-face fundraising initiatives due to

COVID-19 restrictions by introducing QR codes in November

2020 to facilitate donations. More than $436,400 was donated

using QR codes from more than 8,300 transactions.

Further information on Shout is available

at shoutforgood.com.

CASE STUDY

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ANZ Seeds of Renewal program

ANZ Seeds of Renewal provides grants

of up to $15,000, to help build vibrant and

sustainable communities in regional Australia.

This year, we funded $250,000 in community

grants, shared between 23 projects.

The Karrkad-Kanjdji Trust (the Trust) received a $15,000

grant to help protect local biodiversity by monitoring

vulnerable habitats in Arnhem Land. The project funded

a network of cameras to study the djabbo (northern

quoll) in order to understand the impact of the Trust’s

land management practices and programs on this

priority mammal species.

The project supports the work of 40 Indigenous

rangers, living and working on Country, who are

helping curb the decline in native biodiversity loss and

improve habitat. Rangers in West and Central Arnhem

Land use a blend of Indigenous ecological knowledge

and science to control threats and assist native species

to thrive in their natural environment.

Since 2003, the Seeds of Renewal program has

provided more than $5.3 million to over 880 community

projects across Australia. Further information on the

projects funded is available at frrr.org.au/grants/

anz-seeds-of-renewal.

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Calling on skilled expertise

During the year our National Customer Care

team shared their customer service skills and

expertise with The Smith Family.

Volunteers were involved in a data sharing project

to call parents and guardians of Learning for Life

scholarship students to obtain their consent for The

Smith Family to access school records directly from

the Department of Education (South Australia). This

would assist research and highlight better ways to

support students with their education.

ANZ volunteers collaborated with The Smith Family

to devise effective calling scripts. Eleven ANZ staff

volunteered the equivalent of 17 days over a number

of weeks – calling around 400 families. These calls led

to 100 families providing consent for data sharing on

behalf of more than 200 students in South Australia.

“ANZ’s support will enable The Smith

Family to offer families more targeted and

timely support, contributing to improved

educational outcomes for a greater number

of children and young people. The impact

of this is long-term and potentially

life-changing.”

Anne Hampshire | The Smith Family

Head of Research and Advocacy

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Supporting the community
through COVID-19

In April 2021, India experienced an unprecedented

health crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ANZ

employees, customers and the community were directly

impacted. We donated $1 million to World Vision Australia’s

India COVID-19 Appeal to provide funding for more beds,

oxygen machines and hospital medical supplies in some

of the worst hit districts.

In addition, we launched an India COVID-19 Appeal

encouraging employees and customers to donate,

with ANZ matching donations dollar-for-dollar over

two months.

The campaign was initially to support World Vision

Australia, however it soon grew, with local fundraising

efforts set-up for employees to donate in-country and

support World Vision’s national offices in New Zealand,

Singapore and Hong Kong. Our people also supported

two local Indian organisations, CBM India Trust and the

Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled.

A total of approximately $1.6 million was raised (including

matched funds) by ANZ and more than 2,000 employees

and customers. The funds have been used to support

global relief efforts and provided approximately 215

hospital beds, 227 oxygen concentrators, 756 personal

protective equipment kits, and provided 3,500 families

with COVID-19 prevention and child protection messages.

Psychosocial support and counselling to people, mostly

children, has also commenced with training of over 1,300

community volunteers. In addition, our support provided

essential ration kits to 1,000 families for three months in

the areas of Karnataka and Assam.

CASE STUDY

As the largest bank in Fiji, we supported

our customers impacted by COVID-19

with hardship options including payment

deferrals, interest only and loan term

extensions. We also played a role in helping

the Fijian Government with its vaccination

program. A further FJ$60,000 was committed to

grassroots organisations across Fiji to support

communities impacted by COVID-19.

NATURAL DISASTER RELIEF AND

BUILDING RESILIENCE

We are supporting our customers and communities to

manage and recover from natural disasters. Our Disaster Relief

and Recovery Policy guides an efficient, coordinated and

proportionate response to disasters. The policy encompasses

a range of measures, including charitable donations, hardship

assistance, financial advice and employee volunteering to

assist with community rebuilding.

As part of our $50 billion sustainable solutions target, we have

committed to fund and facilitate at least $1 billion towards

disaster resilience initiatives by 2025. This includes long-term

recovery, prevention and risk mitigation initiatives.

During 2021 we activated financial relief packages for

customers in Australia affected by bushfires in Perth and

surrounding areas, cyclones Niran and Seroja in Queensland

and Western Australia respectively, and floods in New South

Wales and Victoria. In addition, we made a $50,000 donation

to the Community Rebuilding Trust Initiative, BizRebuild, a

business-led initiative developed by the Business Council of

Australia designed to respond to community needs following

disasters and emergencies.

We donated FJ$30,000 to local Fijian organisations following

the damage from Tropical Cyclone Yasa in December.

In April we donated US$50,000 to the Red Cross to support

Timor-Leste’s recovery from floods that caused severe damage

in Dili and remote towns and villages.

We also implemented our New Zealand customer assistance

package for those affected by floods in Hawke’s Bay in

November and Canterbury in June.

For more information please see

anz.com.au/about-us/esg/community/disaster-relief/.

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Our approach to climate change
We are committed to playing our part in supporting the

transition to net zero emissions by 2050.

The most important role we can play in meeting the Paris

Agreement goals is to help our customers reduce emissions

and enhance their resilience to a changing climate. We

support an orderly transition that recognises and responds

to social impacts. This aligns with our purpose to shape

a world in which people and communities thrive.

Our climate change statement outlines our approach

and commitments in support of a global transition to net

zero. We are reviewing our position. Our updated position

will be released prior to our Annual General Meeting together

with our 2021 Climate-related Financial Disclosures (our fifth

report using the recommendations of the Task Force on

Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)), available at

anz.com/annualreport.

CLIMATE RISK MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK

We are developing an enhanced climate risk management

framework that strengthens our governance and is responsive

to climate change.

Our Climate Advisory and Coordination Forum, chaired by

Mark Whelan, Group Executive Institutional, includes our

Chief Risk Officer and other executives. The forum shapes

the future direction of climate policy, disclosures and related

matters across the Group.

Subject matter experts are overseeing the development of

the climate risk management framework, across five working

groups focused on regulatory monitoring, policy governance,

risk appetite, the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority’s

Climate Vulnerability Assessment and analytics.

Our priority this year has been to ensure we

are compliant with all current or emerging

regulation. We will implement appropriate

processes to assess impacts of new and emerging

regulatory requirements to ensure compliance

with relevant obligations across the jurisdictions

in which we operate.

New technologies and markets required for the transition to

net zero emissions may require a change to risk appetite and

accordingly we are refining our Risk Appetite Statements

across the Group.

We continue to measure the carbon intensity of industry

exposures within our portfolio and are investigating

opportunities to enhance our ESG data and analytical

capabilities. Improved data and insights will allow us to define a

Group-wide strategy that will inform appetite settings, enabling

us to develop scenarios to stress test particular portfolios.

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CUSTOMER ENGAGEMENT
We have engaged with 100 of our largest emitting business

customers, supporting them to establish and, where

appropriate, strengthen existing transition plans.

Customers have valued our engagement on this topic, and our

perspectives. A number of customers outside of the 100 have

sought to engage with us, seeking clarity on our expectations

or requesting suggestions to improve their approach.

While our original target was aimed at supporting customers

(where applicable) to establish their plans, we recognise that

amongst the group of 100 there are now few at that stage

– rather, they are at various stages of implementation even if

they have not disclosed their plans publicly. Our focus now is

on supporting our customers’ efforts to implement or, where

a plan is less developed, strengthen their transition plans.

We consider three key elements constitute a robust low

carbon transition plan:

•governance

•targets/long-term plans; and

•disclosures that are preferably TCFD-aligned.

1

We acknowledge the need to protect and restore ecosystems and mitigate biodiversity loss.

We understand the impacts – positive and negative – that our business customers can have on biodiversity.

In line with our Social and Environmental Risk Policy, we expect our business customers to use internationally accepted

industry practices to manage social, environmental and economic impacts, including potential results on biodiversity.

We are:

•Broadening our engagement with our largest emitting

business customers to include a focus on biodiversity,

encouraging and supporting them to identify and

manage their potential impacts on biodiversity. We

are also encouraging them to establish or strengthen

their approach to biodiversity through effective Board

governance, policies and strategies, and disclosures

using recognised indicators or metrics. We will also

apply what we learn from this engagement to help us

identify and engage with other business customers that

are likely to have significant impacts on biodiversity.

•Collaborating with industry groups and customers to

identify investment opportunities that have improved

biodiversity outcomes and commercial benefit. For

example, increased yields and longer-term productive

outputs, such as soil health and flood-risk mitigation. We

welcome the establishment of the Taskforce on Nature-

related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) and have joined

the TNFD Forum to support their work. We recognise

the TNFD's important role in driving widespread and

improved disclosures of biodiversity impacts.

BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE

Customers

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Of the 100 customers we have engaged with over the

last three years, the diagram below shows how many we

have assessed as having met each of the three transition

plan elements.

Following our initial engagement, customer transition

plans were grouped into levels of maturity – advanced,

developing/intermediate, underdeveloped/starting out,

and no public plans.

Since this initial assessment, nine customers have sufficiently

improved their governance, strategies and targets or

disclosures, leading to an improved assessment. Many other

customers have also clearly demonstrated improvement since

their initial assessment. We observed a rise in the intention to

develop ‘Paris aligned’ or ‘science-based’ targets or report

under the TCFD framework, and a similar rise in interest in

engaging with ANZ on this topic.

While we consider this to be good progress, we understand

there is still much to be done. That is why we have committed

to continue supporting these larger emitting customers to

implement and, where appropriate, strengthen their low

carbon transition plans and enhance their efforts to protect

biodiversity, by end 2024. As part of this engagement we

expect that more customers will improve their plans to

a developing/intermediate, or advanced stage over the

next three years.

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climate change

Sustainable finance

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PARTNERSHIPS
We have a role to play in sharing insights,

promoting collaboration across the industry

and assisting with the development of

sustainable finance industry standards.

Australian Sustainable Finance Institute

In 2021, we became a founding member of the Australian

Sustainable Finance Institute.

Eighty organisations associated with the financial sector

have, through the Institute and its predecessor organisation,

developed a roadmap to re-align Australia’s financial system

to contribute to the transition to a more resilient and

sustainable economy, consistent with the UN Sustainable

Development Goals and the Paris Climate Agreement. The

roadmap tackles a broad suite of challenges including climate

change, biodiversity loss and economic inequality.

The institute is now focused on developing, in consultation

with its members and a number of government bodies,

a program of work to support the implementation of

the roadmap.

Toitū Tahua Centre for Sustainable Finance

In July 2021, ANZ New Zealand became a founding

member of the Toitū Tahua Centre for Sustainable Finance

(CSF), a charitable trust established under the umbrella of

the Aotearoa Circle. The Aotearoa Circle is a partnership of

public and private sector leaders, committed to the pursuit

of sustainable prosperity and reversing the decline of

New Zealand's natural resources.

The CSF will implement the Aotearoa Circle Roadmap for

Sustainable Finance, which sets out eleven priority areas

for action. The roadmap focuses efforts in three key areas:

changing mindsets, transforming the finance system and

financing the transformation.

New Zealand Sustainable Agriculture

Finance Initiative

ANZ New Zealand was a leading partner in the development

of the Sustainable Agriculture Finance Initiative, a voluntary

framework developed by the New Zealand finance sector

under the umbrella of the Aotearoa Circle, for integrating

sustainability considerations into agriculture finance decisions.

The draft guidance, launched in July 2021, maps international

definitions of sustainable agriculture practices against

domestic environmental standards used by New Zealand

farmers, to support the flow of capital to New Zealand

sustainable agriculture.

We participated in

81

sustainable finance deals with a total deal

size of $119 billion

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, compared to 39 deals

with a total deal size of $59 billion in 2020

$90B

(46 deals) from

International

$24B

(21 deals) from

Australia

$5B

(14 deals) from

New Zealand

DURING 2021

Sustainable finance

Increasing demand for sustainable finance has seen us develop and expand our products and services

to meet our customers’ needs. This year, in what we believe to be a first by an Australian bank, we

launched a framework to support customers pursuing sustainable supply chain management. The

framework incorporates a sustainability performance-linked pricing mechanism into our supply chain

finance products. We also launched several new products, including sustainability-linked derivatives

such as interest rate swaps and green and sustainability-linked guarantees.



$29 billion

(15 deals) from

Diversied Industries


$17 billion

(7 deals) from Food,

Beverages and Agriculture


$48 billion

(33 deals) from Financial

Institutions Group


$11 billion

(12 deals) from

Property and Health

$14 billion

(14 deals) from Resources,

Energy and Infrastructure

$119B



$29 billion

(15 deals) from

Diversied Industries


$17 billion

(7 deals) from Food,

Beverages and Agriculture


$48 billion

(33 deals) from Financial

Institutions Group


$11 billion

(12 deals) from

Property and Health

$14 billion

(14 deals) from Resources,

Energy and Infrastructure

$119B

1. Of the 81 sustainable finance deals we

participated in, $5.7 billion was attributed

to ANZ via our distribution capability, and

$4.8 billion via our lending capacity.

OVERVIEW

FINANCIAL

WELLBEING

ENVIRONMENTAL

SUSTAINABILITY

Our approach to

climate change

Sustainable finance

Reducing our

environmental

footprint

HOUSING

FAIR AND

RESPONSIBLE

BANKING

HUMAN RIGHTS

EMPLOYEE

WELLBEING AND

INCLUSION

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INFORMATION

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PROGRESS AGAINST OUR
SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS TARGET

We have committed to fund and facilitate at

least $50 billion by 2025 towards sustainable

solutions for our customers, including

initiatives that help improve environmental

sustainability, support disaster resilience,

increase access to affordable housing and

promote financial wellbeing.


$1.6 billion

Energy


$2.8 billion

Green Building

$0.1 billion

Waste


$0.2 billion

Water

$0.8 billion

Transport


$4.9 billion

Sustainability-

linked Facilities

$1.3 billion

Aordable Housing

$0.4 billion

Sustainable

Development

$12.2B

FUNDED

Environmental

45%

ENVIRONMENTAL

Social

14%

Sustainability-

linked

41%


SOCIAL

SUSTAINABILITY-

LINKED


$1.1 billion

Green Buildings/

Renewable Loan

Distribution


$0.5 billion

Advisory


$8.2 billion

ESG-format

Bonds

FACILITATED

$9.8B

11%

84%

5%

1. Includes Wind/Solar/Battery/Transmission Infrastructure/Energy Transition.

2. Low carbon transportation projects such as light rail, electric vehicle

manufacturing. 3. Corporate loans to borrowers across multiple industry

sectors where terms are linked to improved performance against agreed

environmental and/or social targets that reflect the borrower’s material

sustainability risks, e.g. emissions reduction; increased renewable energy

consumption; labour-force diversity. 4. Comprises credit lines to global

development banks and agencies providing support to emerging economies.

5. Green, Social, Sustainable, Sustainability-Linked and Transition Bonds and

other ESG-related bonds within the sustainable finance market. 6. Loans

initially underwritten by ANZ and subsequently sold on to other lenders,

e.g. other banks, fund managers and super funds.

FINANCING OUR CUSTOMERS'

SUSTAINABILITY AGENDAS

We are focused on identifying opportunities to

support our customers’ low carbon transition

and sustainable business activities across the

following product areas:

Green, Social, Sustainability and

Sustainability-linked Loans

Lending to deploy capital into green, social and

sustainability initiatives, where borrowers are required

to invest in qualifying green and/or social assets or

where loan terms are linked to improved performance

against agreed sustainability targets.

Highlight

In July 2021, ANZ participated in the AUD $2.2 billion

refinance of the Celsus Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH) Public

Private Partnership project financing. The first Sustainability

Loan Facility for the global healthcare sector, the financing

aligns to the project’s social and green credentials, as South

Australia’s largest public hospital and largest accredited

teaching hospital, and its 4 Star Green Star – Healthcare

As-Built rating from the Green Building Council of Australia.

ANZ acted as Mandated Lead Arranger, Intercreditor Agent

and one of two Sustainability (Green and Social) Coordinators.

Green and Sustainable Infrastructure

(Project) Finance

Greenfields project financing to support the

development of long-term sustainable infrastructure,

e.g. renewable energy, light rail.

Highlight

In December 2020, ANZ provided $47.6 million in financing

for Canberra Metro Finance Pty Ltd’s electrified light rail

network in Australia’s first green loan for a public–private

partnership. The Canberra light rail project is fully powered by

the Australian Capital Territory’s (ACT ) 100% renewable energy

grid and is integral to support the ACT’s commitment to

carbon neutrality by 2045. ANZ acted as Mandated Lead

Arranger and Green Loan Coordinator.

Since October 2019 we have funded and facilitated

$21.95 billion across 192 transactions including green,

social, sustainability, sustainability-linked and transition

loans and bonds, renewable energy and affordable housing.

$12.2 billion of transactions are on balance sheet loans and

other credit lines provided to borrowers by ANZ, whilst

$9.8 billion has been facilitated, including through advisory

services; ESG-format bonds; and loans initially underwritten

by ANZ and subsequently sold on to other lenders.

The majority of target transactions provide funding for

sustainability-linked facilities, green buildings, renewable

energy and affordable housing (45%, 23%, 13% and 11%

of funded transactions respectively), and facilitate ESG-

format Bonds issuance (84% of facilitated transactions).

OVERVIEW

FINANCIAL

WELLBEING

ENVIRONMENTAL

SUSTAINABILITY

Our approach to

climate change

Sustainable finance

Reducing our

environmental

footprint

HOUSING

FAIR AND

RESPONSIBLE

BANKING

HUMAN RIGHTS

EMPLOYEE

WELLBEING AND

INCLUSION

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INFORMATION

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Corporate Finance advisory services for renewables
Providing advisory services in relation to the purchase,

sale and raising of capital for renewable energy projects.

Highlight

In May 2021, ANZ acted as sole Financial Advisor for J-POWER,

one of Japan’s leading electrical power generation and

transmission companies, providing detailed valuation and

advisory services for the acquisition of a minority stake in GNX.

The acquisition assisted GNX with financing for its $750 million,

250MW Kidston Pumped Storage Hydro Project located in

Queensland. The Project will be one of Australia’s first pumped

hydro energy projects and is expected to create around 500

jobs in North Queensland. The Project can provide eight hours

of energy storage, enough to power 143,000 homes.

ESG-format bonds

Distribution of capital into green, social and

sustainability initiatives, e.g. green buildings, renewable

energy or where bond terms are linked to improved

performance against agreed sustainability targets.

Highlight

In February 2021, ANZ was the joint bookrunner and sole

sustainability coordinator for Surbana Jurong Private Limited’s

SG$250 million ten-year Sustainability-linked Bond. The bond

ties Surbana Jurong's sustainability targets to its bond

financing terms, whereby the issuer has committed to pay

investors a premium of the redemption amount at maturity

if it does not meet these targets.

Sustainable Supply Chain Finance

Financing that incentivises a company’s supply chain

to improve sustainability performance by offering a

lower cost of capital to suppliers where there are

improvements in their sustainability ratings.

Highlight

In January 2021, we provided US$50m in lending for Nestle’s

Sustainable Supply Chain Finance program. Suppliers for the

Nespresso Coffee line with the Rainforest Alliance Certified

(RAC) rating will receive margin benefit; if the supplier loses

its RAC rating, pricing will increase by the same amount.

ANZ/Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC)

Energy Efficient Asset Finance (EEAF) Program

Financing that incentivises Australian corporate

and retail customers to invest in energy efficient and

renewable energy technologies that will help reduce

their energy costs and carbon emissions.

FY21 closed


152 deals $39.6M volume

Highlight

Since its launch in 2017, this program has helped finance more

than $225 million of investment in over 1,000 clean energy

technology deals for our corporate and agribusiness customers.

Energy efficiency remains the major asset category, with

customers seeing rapid paybacks associated with upgrades

to new and more efficient plant and machinery.

ANZ Environment Loan

Financing that incentivises New Zealand farmers to

implement environmental initiatives on their farm.

This includes advisory services to prepare farm

environment plans, water and energy conservation

projects, or the purchase of farm infrastructure to

improve environment management.

Highlight

In 2021, John and Geraldine Taylor, who have farmed sheep

and cattle for 54 years in Wellsford, took out an environment

loan to finish a riparian planting programme in the Hōteo

Catchment. The replanting is part of a long-term goal to

"do our bit to save important snapper breeding grounds

in Kaipara harbour," says John.

More than 14 years ago, the Taylors began fencing off gullies,

waterways and marginal areas to keep stock out of danger

zones. They quickly noticed the environmental benefits of the

replanting, such as reduced soil erosion and nutrient run off

and increased biodiversity in the gullies. “You have to look for

the positives and not the negatives,” says John when he

responds to naysayers.

“Back then I'd climb into a gully to rescue a lamb and ewe,

look up and wonder how I was going to get them back up,”

said John. “Now it's quick for me to whip around and check

the stock and I get to see a bigger range of species growing

in these gullies.”

“NIWA (National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research)

and DOC (Department of Conservation) have approached us

to come and do some water testing. It will be interesting to

see how our work has improved water quality and stopped

nutrient run off into watercourses.”

Over the years, John has worked with, and gained funding

from, councils, local boards, local business networks, and

crowdfunding to completely fence off and plant marginal land,

making it easier to farm the land and protect the environment.

“ANZ funding gave us certainty. It was easy to

obtain, a low interest rate, and it gave us surety

that we could pay on the day.”

John

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ENVIRONMENTAL

SUSTAINABILITY

Our approach to

climate change

Sustainable finance

Reducing our

environmental

footprint

HOUSING

FAIR AND

RESPONSIBLE

BANKING

HUMAN RIGHTS

EMPLOYEE

WELLBEING AND

INCLUSION

ADDITIONAL

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As a result, we have met the majority
of our 2025 targets ahead of schedule.

Anticipating some level of ‘normalisation’ when our

employees can return to the office, we are undertaking

analysis to understand the potential impacts and how we

might maintain or improve the reductions in water, waste

and office paper. Our aim, post this review, is to set new

targets to commence from 1 July 2022.

We recognise that our people working from home are

creating waste and using electricity, gas and water that would

previously have been consumed in our offices. The impact of

Australian-based staff working from home this year equates to

12,780 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions, which we offset

as a part of our Climate Active carbon neutral certification.

Our business operations

have been carbon neutral

since 2010.

Reducing our

environmental

footprint

The COVID-19 pandemic saw

approximately 95% of our

non-branch staff working from

home, significantly reducing

resource consumption across

our property portfolio and

consequently reducing our

environmental footprint.

ANZ Retreat 839 Collins Street, Docklands

OVERVIEW

FINANCIAL

WELLBEING

ENVIRONMENTAL

SUSTAINABILITY

Our approach to

climate change

Sustainable finance

Reducing our

environmental

footprint

HOUSING

FAIR AND

RESPONSIBLE

BANKING

HUMAN RIGHTS

EMPLOYEE

WELLBEING AND

INCLUSION

ADDITIONAL

INFORMATION

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CO
2

Our performance

1. Business travel emissions include emissions arising from air travel, taxi travel and hotel accommodation.

Due to international and

inter-state border restrictions,

business travel-related

emissions have reduced 91%,

avoiding 20,393 tonnes

of greenhouse gas emissions.

1

In Australia, we were

powered by 38,975 MWh

of renewable energy

from the ANZ Murra Warra

Wind Farm turbines and

255 MWh of renewable

energy through on-site solar

arrays at the ANZ Campus in

Docklands, Melbourne and

our Melbourne data centres.

Water saving valves were

installed in all kitchen and

bathroom taps at our

Three Exchange Square

office in Hong Kong.

80 tonnes of waste

was diverted from

landfill during partial

refurbishment of our

head office in Docklands.

Internal risk or legislative

requirements, together

with pre-existing habits

related to printing out

documents, are key reasons

for continued paper use.

Our global property

footprint decreased due to

consolidation, including the

closure of our 111 Parramatta

Road office and relocation of

employees into the more

energy efficient 242 Pitt Street

building in the Sydney CBD.

This move will avoid

750 tonnes of greenhouse

gas emissions annually.

The consumption of this

renewable energy has

avoided approximately

38,400 tonnes of

greenhouse gas emissions.

Traditional steam cleaning

of carpets and furniture

across our portfolio was

replaced with low moisture

cleaning. This will save over

75,000 litres of water per

annum at our head office

in Docklands alone.

New recycling stations at

major Australian offices

enable staff to easily

recycle batteries, mobile

phones, printer cartridges,

clothing and soft plastics

brought in from home.

GHG Emissions Renewable EnergyWaterWastePaper

Scope 1 and 2 emissions

have decreased by

47%

tracking ahead of the

required reduction to meet

our 2025 and 2030 targets.

In 2021, our operations

were powered by

36%

renewable electricity.

Office water consumption

decreased by

63%

since 2017.

Waste to landfill has

decreased by

65%

since 2017.

Paper consumption has

reduced by


64%

since 2015.

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ENVIRONMENTAL

SUSTAINABILITY

Our approach to

climate change

Sustainable finance

Reducing our

environmental

footprint

HOUSING

FAIR AND

RESPONSIBLE

BANKING

HUMAN RIGHTS

EMPLOYEE

WELLBEING AND

INCLUSION

ADDITIONAL

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Sustainable building design
We have developed a new fit-out methodology for

use in the design of branch refurbishments and

relocations, focused on the following three principles:

Modularity – materials and components used can

be re-used or relocated over and over again

Recyclable/compostable – materials and

components used are recyclable or compostable

when they reach the end of their useful lifecycle

Locally sourced – reduces the carbon footprint of the

base materials or components and provides visibility

on the environmental and social (E&S) credentials of

the products we use. Non-local products will only be

used when rigorous assessment against E&S criteria

has been undertaken.

CASE STUDY

Our Green Ambassador Program supports our people to live more sustainably.

This year we held our inaugural Green Ambassador Summit, a virtual event providing a professional learning and

development experience for our Green Ambassador volunteers. Approximately 600 attendees heard from business

and community leaders on the latest sustainability insights.

Some of the initiatives our Green Ambassadors have worked on this year include:

•Virtual paper bag-making sessions, where hundreds of volunteers from our Bengaluru service centres made

approximately 90,000 paper bags using old newspapers. The bags were distributed to local vendors to promote

recycling and reduce their reliance on plastic.

•Promotion of the #EarthHour campaign, where staff switched off lights and electronic appliances for one hour in

support of the environment. In Manila, 247 staff participated at home, and non-essential lights were turned off

in Service Centres, avoiding approximately 100 kWh of energy.

•A move to digital mailboxes, led by teams in Vietnam and Hong Kong, to reduce reliance on paper and minimise

digital waste. Staff in our Hanoi office reduced their paper consumption by 42% in the first month of the campaign.

As a signatory to the Climate Leaders Coalition, we are playing our part to reduce greenhouse

gas emissions in New Zealand. In addition to reducing our own footprint, we are supporting

our people and our suppliers to reduce their emissions too.

For our people, we provide end-of-trip facilities to encourage employees to cycle or walk/run

to work, support flexible working arrangements and hold environmental sustainability information sessions.

In partnership with Sustainable Coastlines, our staff, customers and other businesses volunteer in annual planting

activities throughout New Zealand. The programme includes education and awareness raising of environmental issues

and helps our staff and communities understand the importance of biodiversity. We also engage staff in beach cleaning

activities in summer.

We are committed to working with our suppliers to reduce their emissions. In 2020, we surveyed our top 100 suppliers

by spend in New Zealand to understand what they are already doing and identify potential areas of improvement to

work with them on. For further details on the outcomes of this engagement, refer to page 50.

CLIMATE LEADERS COALITION

GREEN AMBASSADORS

OVERVIEW

FINANCIAL

WELLBEING

ENVIRONMENTAL

SUSTAINABILITY

Our approach to

climate change

Sustainable finance

Reducing our

environmental

footprint

HOUSING

FAIR AND

RESPONSIBLE

BANKING

HUMAN RIGHTS

EMPLOYEE

WELLBEING AND

INCLUSION

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Improving the availability
and affordability of homes

We are committed to helping improve the availability of

suitable and affordable housing options for all Australians

and New Zealanders.

Our work supports the delivery of housing across

the continuum including:

› increasing the supply of social and affordable housing

› investing in emerging markets such as build to rent,

specialist disability accommodation and land lease housing

› backing new housing models to scale including

build-to-rent-to-own.

Through our community investment initiatives,

we are also working with our partners to help alleviate

homelessness.

We have a role in helping to improve the availability and

affordability of housing, including support for innovative

housing delivery models across the private, public and

not-for-profit sectors, through research and market expertise,

and through our partnerships with community organisations.

HOUSING INSIGHTS

During the year we engaged with industry stakeholders

to ensure we remain directly linked to the housing policy

agenda, offering both public policy and market expertise to

support government, customers and the community with

relevant insights to inform their decision-making.

In particular, our ongoing work with CoreLogic (a provider

of property data and analytics) delivers housing affordability

research and in-depth market analysis for the Australian and

New Zealand housing market. Our research on the continued

impact of COVID-19 on the housing market has shown that

affordability has worsened across all States and Territories this

year, as house prices and rents rise faster than incomes.

Housing affordability deteriorated against all measures in

2021 – value to income, serviceability, years to save a deposit

and rental affordability. In addition, average loan sizes have

increased. Average first home buyer loans reached a record

high of $456,000 in June, with no signs of average loan size

easing. New ‘upgrader’ loans are also far higher this year, at

an average of $671,000 in June.

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Improving the

availability and

affordability

of homes

FAIR AND

RESPONSIBLE

BANKING

HUMAN RIGHTS

EMPLOYEE

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INCLUSION

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Land Lease Communities – helping more
people into affordable housing

Land Lease Communities (“LLC”) are an emerging

growth market in retirement living, offering an

affordable housing option for the over 55’s market.

LLC’s vary from traditional seniors’ living accommodation

in that residents purchase the home and lease the land.

This reduces the upfront capital required to purchase the

home and instead allows residents to make a rental

payment to the LLC operator. These payments are typically

underpinned by government entitlements, including the

pension and Commonwealth rental assistance.

The demand for LLC is increasing, driven by Australia’s

ageing population and housing affordability issues.

Demographers predict that Australia’s population of over

50's will double by 2050, with around half of retirees

expected to receive a government pension on retirement.

Entering a LLC is an affordable retirement option, with

homes typically priced at between 40 to 80% of the median

house price. LLCs also allow for an equity release from the

sale of a family home – as residents do not acquire land,

no stamp duty is payable.

LLCs have the further benefit of offering low maintenance

homes, with community facilities such as swimming pools

and bowling greens that allow for engagement with

other residents.

ANZ is the leading financier to the LLC sector in Australia,

with approximately $1.0 billion in committed facilities.

Through our clients we maintain banking relationships

with approximately 20,000 Land Lease homes, making

up approximately 40% of the LLC sector in Australia.

CASE STUDY

In August 2021, we participated in the financing of

a national LLC operator, Serenitas, with a $125 million

five-year transaction. This financing will assist in Serenitas’s

LLC expansion across the eastern seaboard – it currently

has 18 communities with 2,900 occupied sites and a

further 1,700 sites in its pipeline.

Investment in this sector aligns with our sustainable

solutions and housing targets, by providing affordable

housing to seniors. Our work with LLCs will continue to

increase the supply of purpose built, affordable housing

for the over 55’s market.

BRINGING MORE HOMES TO MARKET

We have a target to fund and facilitate

$10 billion of investment by 2030 to deliver

more affordable, accessible and sustainable

homes to buy and rent. (Australia/

New Zealand)

•Since 2018 we have funded and facilitated

approximately $3.87 billion towards the $10 billion target,

with $1.43 billion of investment in the past 12 months.

•Key initiatives delivered in 2021 include:

–joint arranger of all five bond issuances for the

Commonwealth’s National Housing Finance and

Investment Corporation (NHFIC) over the last three years

totaling approximately $2 billion. The capital raised allows

NHFIC to provide low cost, long-term loans to registered

community housing providers to support the provision

of more social and affordable housing

–lead financier to the Land Lease Community sector,

designed to deliver affordable seniors housing

–lead commercial financier of $226 million in committed

facilities in the Specialist Disability Accommodation sector

–advocating for institutional investment in long-term rental

housing through the backing of a range of ‘build-to-hold’

and ‘build-to-rent’ projects.

OVERVIEW

FINANCIAL

WELLBEING

ENVIRONMENTAL

SUSTAINABILITY

HOUSING

Improving the

availability and

affordability

of homes

FAIR AND

RESPONSIBLE

BANKING

HUMAN RIGHTS

EMPLOYEE

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INCLUSION

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COMMITTED TO AFFORDABLE AND
SUSTAINABLE HOUSING IN NEW ZEALAND

This year we committed to support Community Finance,

a platform that brings together investors with New Zealand

based Community Housing Providers to build affordable

homes. As part of this support, we were the first major bank

in New Zealand to commit to The Aotearoa Pledge to raise

NZ$100 million for the construction of new affordable

housing in 2021, via the issue of community finance bonds.

We continued to support Kāinga Ora (Homes and

Communities) as the joint lending manager on an additional

bond issuance, which contributed NZ$600 million to be used

to help fund government investment in new and upgraded

social housing.

We continue to support minimum housing standards in

New Zealand through our Healthy Homes products:

•The ANZ Healthy Home Loan package, offering discounts

on home loan interest rates and other benefits for energy

efficient homes. Customers can apply for the package if

they are buying, building, renovating, or already own a

home with a 6 Homestar rating or higher.

•Interest-free home loan top ups are available for the

installation of insulation and were expanded to include

heat pumps this year.

•Since October 2020, we have supported 1,065 households

into healthier homes through our Healthy Home Loan

Package (36 households) and our interest-free Insulation

Loans (1,029 households).

We have also maintained our partnership with the

New Zealand Green Building Council to support our Healthy

Home products. This includes support for HomeFit which

is a free online tool to check the health, comfort, energy

efficiency and safety of New Zealand homes. It can be used

by New Zealanders to check how healthy a prospective home

is, or advise on how they can improve the health of their

current home.

PARTNERING WITH THE

HOMELESSNESS SECTOR

We continue to build on our community partnerships to

support organisations working in the homelessness sector

to deliver housing and support those most in need. This

year, around 16% of the total funds distributed by our

workplace giving program, and the ANZ Community

Foundation and Seeds of Renewal grants programs, went

towards projects seeking to alleviate homelessness and

provide housing supports.

ANZ COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

HOUSING GRANTS

This year, the ANZ Community Foundation provided a number

of grants to not-for-profit organisations to support programs

providing appropriate housing for Australians experiencing

vulnerability and at risk of homelessness, including:

•A project run by National Homeless Collective Limited in

Melbourne, to provide support and financial assistance to

women and children fleeing domestic violence. The grant

has been used to implement a two-week rent in advance

scheme to provide essential financial assistance for access

to private market housing.

•The “Same Landlord Different Tenant” initiative run by the

St John’s Crisis Centre to improve access to safe housing

for individuals and families fleeing domestic violence in

the greater Gold Coast community. The grant allows for St

Johns to rent out an apartment on behalf of an individual

or family in need of housing. Once the tenant is financially

back on their feet and can maintain the property, the lease

is transferred into their name.

•The KARI After Care Program, an initiative by the KARI

Foundation in Sydney, to provide support and increase

opportunities and skills amongst young Indigenous

Australians living in Out-of-Home Care. The program allows

young people aged 17 to 25 years to enter into shared

accommodation with a private bedroom equipped with

furniture and all the other home essentials needed to live

independently. While staying in the program, they will be

supported by an After Care worker. Supports include help

with life skills such as cooking, budgeting and cleaning,

and assistance to find opportunities for further education

and employment.

Helping break the cycle

of homelessness

In June, 20 ANZ staff joined other leaders from

business, community and government in the annual

Vinnies CEO Sleepout. Our staff raised $71,400 for

the St Vincent de Paul Society during the campaign,

sleeping rough for a night to raise funds for those

in need and raising awareness of the growing

homelessness crisis.

The sleepout was a virtual event again this year in

Victoria, due to COVID-19 restrictions. Rather than

sleeping out together in the city, participants were in

cars, backyards and other places – more accurately

mirroring the homelessness situation in Australia.

Gerard Florian, Group Executive Technology at ANZ,

participated for the second time. “I learnt a lot about

this crisis in my first sleep out,” he says. “I met a mother

who found herself without suitable shelter for herself

and her young family. I heard stories from men and

women – some with young kids, others grandparents

– all of whom faced the real prospect of being ‘under

the stars’ – but not by choice.”

Also among the participants was ANZ District Manager

Claude Piscioneri, who completed his tenth sleepout

this year for Vinnies and ANZ. This is the 16th

consecutive year ANZ has supported the sleepout.

CASE STUDY

•A project run by Society Melbourne, an organisation

dedicated to tackling youth homelessness in Melbourne.

The project seeks to improve the financial literacy skills of

young people experiencing homelessness. In partnership

with ANZ and the Brotherhood of St Laurence, the six-

month project introduced a financial literacy module to

Society Melbourne's home.plate program. Home.plate

provides paid hospitality training to young people who

are at risk of, or who have experienced, homelessness.

OVERVIEW

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WELLBEING

ENVIRONMENTAL

SUSTAINABILITY

HOUSING

Improving the

availability and

affordability

of homes

FAIR AND

RESPONSIBLE

BANKING

HUMAN RIGHTS

EMPLOYEE

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a focus on frequent, meaningful and consistent
contact with our people to keep information flowing

freely, increasing senior leader presence in Group-wide

calls, town halls, and Yammer (our social network).

Our Internal Audit group has continued to conduct culture

reviews throughout the year, supporting teams to understand

their own culture and their impact on ANZ’s aspirational and

risk culture. The results of these reviews, 19 in 2021, are used to

develop action plans to help tackle identified challenges and

drive a positive shift towards our desired culture. Further detail

is provided on page 29 of the Annual Report, available

at anz.com/annualreport.

We have continued to strengthen and embed the

Accountability and Consequence Framework. Further

detail is provided on page 30 of the Annual Report.

CODE OF CONDUCT

Our Code describes how we work at ANZ. It sets expected

standards of behaviour and guides us in applying our values.

Our Code explicitly requires all employees and contractors

to be ethical and professional, act with integrity, protect

competition and the competitive process, treat everyone

with dignity and respect, manage conflicts of interest, protect

privacy and confidentiality, and also call out unacceptable

behaviour and stand up for what is right. Our Code requires

all employees and contractors to comply with the law as well

as all of our policies and procedures.

Our desired culture is underpinned by our purpose, values

and Code of Conduct (Code), and is focused on delivering

great customer outcomes, making things simpler and

always learning.

We have seen an improvement in our ‘speak up’ culture over

the last few years as a result of targeted and sustained efforts.

We know this is fundamental to our risk culture and for us to

be an innovative and inclusive organisation. We must bring

the right people together, and listen to and challenge each

other constructively, if we want to deliver on our strategy.

81%

80%

of people feel that when they

speak up their ideas, opinions

and concerns are heard

78% in April 2021 | 79% in April 2020

of people feel they can raise issues

and concerns in ANZ without fear of

reprisal or negative consequences

73% in April 2021 | 74% April 2020

Speak up ‘champions’ throughout the bank provide an avenue

for employees to raise concerns. This can range from a quick

chat before using one of the other speak up channels, such

as our whistleblower program, through to end-to-end

confidential support and guidance. We have also maintained

1. A copy of our Code of Conduct and the full list of policies is available at anz.com/corporategovernance.

Improving conduct and culture

We are creating an environment where employees are motivated

and empowered to do the right thing and challenge constructively

when they see something wrong.

The Code is supported by a suite of policies that are reviewed

regularly to ensure they reflect any legislative changes and

remain fit for purpose.

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We expect our banking partners

(such as suppliers, service providers and other relevant third

parties) to adopt and maintain conduct and ethics principles

similar to those outlined in the Code and supporting policies.

All employees and contractors are required to complete

training courses within two months of commencing with

ANZ and then on an annual basis. The courses include training

on ‘Living the Code’, ‘Equal Opportunity Essentials’ (includes

anti-discrimination and sexual harassment), ‘Compliance

Essentials’ (includes Anti-Money Laundering and Operational

Risk Essentials), ‘Security Essentials’ (includes information and

cyber security) and Privacy, Competition Law and Consumer

Protection. The Living the Code course reinforces the

importance of our values, and seeks a declaration of compliance

with the Code. By completing the course, participants are

confirming they understand the Code’s principles and have

complied with them over the last 12 months.

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and culture

Supporting our

customers

Improving customer

experience

Cyber security

Financial crime

Responsible

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In 2021, 99.97% of our employees and contractors completed
the training. Individuals who fail to complete this training or

other mandatory learning requirements within 30 days of

the due date are (in the absence of genuinely exceptional

circumstances) ineligible for any salary increase or incentive

as part of our annual remuneration review.

Our performance management framework includes an

annual assessment against two distinct components: ‘How’

employees have demonstrated our desired behaviours as

well as ‘What’ outcomes they have achieved. Performance

management guides and other materials are updated

regularly and made available to all employees on our intranet.

This guidance includes clearly articulated impacts to

performance and remuneration outcomes in our annual

performance and remuneration review for employees who do

not meet expected standards of performance or behaviour.

In 2021, there were 1,435 employee relations cases involving

alleged breaches of our Code, with 573 resulting in a formal

consequence or the employee leaving ANZ, up from 569 in

2020. Breaches ranged from compliance/procedural breaches

(44%) through to general unacceptable behaviour (31%),

email/systems misuse (11%), attendance issues (5%), fraud/

theft (4%), conflict of interest (3%), and breaches of our Equal

Opportunity, Bullying and Harassment Policy (2%).


Outcomes

following investigations of breaches this year included 114

terminations, 381 warnings and 78 employees otherwise

leaving ANZ.

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WHISTLEBLOWER POLICY

The Whistleblower Policy and Program is a core component

of ANZ’s strong and effective risk management and corporate

governance framework. We apply Australian whistleblower

regulations across our operations. Additional country-specific

regulations imposing higher or contrary regulatory/legal

obligations are captured in Country Schedules to the Policy.

The Whistleblower Program is one of many channels

encouraging and empowering our people to speak up and

raise misconduct concerns, freely and without fear of reprisal.

The Policy and Program provide strong protections for

individuals who disclose wrongdoing and play a pivotal role

in maintaining the integrity of the bank. The information

received through the Whistleblower channel helps us

uncover misconduct that may not otherwise be detected

and to act on issues which do not support our ethical

organisational culture.

157 new Whistleblower

reports were made in 2021

While new report volumes varied by month across

the year, year-on-year new report volumes are static

(157 reports in 2020), demonstrating a continued

willingness of individuals to raise concerns.

Throughout the year, various initiatives designed to enhance

the effectiveness of the program have been undertaken.

These include improving Whistleblower case management

processes via the establishment of a Whistleblower case

review panel, and continuing work to build an internal

Whistleblower community of key stakeholders who share

learnings and further develop subject matter expertise.

In 2021 the Whistleblower Program focused on:

•raising employee awareness about how they can raise

misconduct concerns

•building trust in the Whistleblower channel.

Communication initiatives designed to inspire action and

encourage new behaviours were rolled out. These included

communications from senior leaders to help frame key

messages, drive organisational support and build employees’

confidence to call out misconduct. In addition, our Group

Integrity team delivered 116 awareness sessions to various

business units. An employee survey to test awareness of,

and confidence in, the Whistleblower Program is planned

for the end of the year.

All employees and contingent workers are required to

undertake annual mandatory training on their obligations

and responsibilities under the Whistleblower Policy.

Employees who have a designated role as a Whistleblower

Investigator (over 50 employees across the organisation)

received role specific virtual face-to-face training. The training

reinforces obligations under applicable Whistleblower laws

and guides investigators on how to appropriately handle and

investigate reports. Role specific training for eligible recipients

of Whistleblower reports (including Board and Executive

Committee members) was delivered to ensure all eligible

recipients understand obligations under applicable laws

and how to appropriately handle reports.

WHISTLEBLOWER INVESTIGATION OUTCOMES

In 2021, the Whistleblower Program received reports covering

a broad range of allegations including: financial crime (money

laundering and bribery and corruption); modern slavery; fraud

(internal and external); conflicts of interest; unsafe work

practices; sexual harassment; improper business practices

impacting customers; and bullying.

77% of investigated reports led to recommended actions

(up 11% from 2020), including formal warnings and

termination of employment. This is a strong indication the

Whistleblower Program is operating as an effective channel

to raise misconduct concerns and drive action in response

to staff ‘speaking up’.

In addition to staff disciplinary actions, substantiated and

unsubstantiated matters resulted in recommendations for

other management action including: policy and other

documentary review; coaching and informal counselling;

training; procedural remediation recommendations; and

recommendations to issue communications reinforcing

expected standards of behaviour.

2. Employees are listed in all categories which are relevant, meaning one employee may be listed in multiple categories.

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Supporting our

customers

Improving customer

experience

Cyber security

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Supporting customers experiencing vulnerability
ANZ is committed to supporting customers experiencing vulnerability and ensuring our

products and services are accessible and inclusive to all people. Our commitment aligns to

our strategic focus on improving financial wellbeing and the expectations of our regulators,

customers and the community.

CUSTOMER VULNERABILITY STRATEGY

This year we appointed a Customer Vulnerability Lead in

Australia to develop and oversee initiatives supporting our

customer vulnerability strategy.

The strategy focuses on:

•strengthening frontline capability to identify and

respond to customer vulnerability, including clear referral

pathways for specialist advice and case management

•embedding accessibility and vulnerability into our

product lifecycle and channels

•enhancing the use of our data to identify potential

vulnerability and limit harm (for example, power of

attorney abuse)

•identifying opportunities to engage, and partner with,

community sector organisations to better understand

and respond to issues affecting customers experiencing

vulnerability.

Our strategy will assist us to make decisions about where

we will focus our effort and resources to maximise impact.

See page 14 for an update on progress against our

target of commencing implementation of a new

Customer Vulnerability Framework to underpin

delivery of our strategy, by the end 2021.

REFERRAL PROGRAMS

Customers may be experiencing multiple vulnerabilities – for

example, a customer may be experiencing financial hardship

as a result of financial abuse, unemployment or reduced

income. Accessing support in the form of financial counselling

for a person experiencing vulnerability can be a key step

towards improving financial wellbeing and economic stability.

Economic dependency can also keep a person locked

into, or cause them to return to, an abusive relationship. In

circumstances where a relationship has ended, a person may

be left with debt or may experience ongoing economic abuse.

Independent financial counselling and specialist support can

help a person on the path towards economic independence.

We have processes in place to refer customers experiencing

vulnerability to a number of partners to receive appropriate

assistance including:

CareRing – run by Uniting, this program provides

a centralised, single point of contact connecting customers

to a coordinated range of support services, including housing

support, social workers, drug and alcohol services, home

energy assessments and employment services. We have

referred 420 customers to CareRing this year. Clients of the

CareRing program can also be referred to our MoneyMinded

program to develop their basic budgeting skills.

Through the CareRing service ANZ continues to provide a

specific program for those in need of immediate financial

assistance to escape domestic violence. Since the program

commenced, we have assisted 39 customers to access this

support, providing a combined total of almost $51,000 to

assist them on their journey to recovery.

In 2021 we referred 420 customers

to the CareRing program.

Way Forward Debt Solutions – funded initially by donations

from Australia’s four major banks, Way Forward is a registered

charity providing free debt management services to assist

people in financial difficulty to return to financial stability.

Debt solutions are provided through two key services:

•advocating on the client’s behalf to establish affordable

arrangements with their creditors

•management of debt repayments via one regular payment

by the client to Way Forward, which is subsequently

distributed to creditors.

This year, we referred 60 customer accounts with current

funds under management of over $3.8 million. We support

Way Forward as an alternative to fee-for-service debt

management firms.

Fitted for Work – this year we commenced a pilot to refer

customers to Fitted for Work (FFW ), an independent Australian

based not-for-profit organisation which supports unemployed

female customers to improve their employment prospects.

FFW is focused on providing the practical skills, knowledge and

confidence to become job ready – this could include help with

developing a resume, writing a cover letter and the provision of

appropriate work clothes. Employees within our hardship team

are trained to identify unemployment triggers and refer

customers to FFW. The pilot commenced in the last quarter

of this year with 99 women referred to FFW.

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Supporting our

customers

Improving customer

experience

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ABUSE THROUGH PAYMENT DESCRIPTIONS
We recognise that ‘technology facilitated abuse’ is a growing

problem, particularly in the context of family and domestic

violence, and is an issue of industry and public concern.

This is where digital payment channels are used as alternate

messaging services to send abuse and threats via the

description and reference fields in payment transactions.

We do not tolerate the use of our platforms for perpetrating

abuse and use automated controls to restrict customers

from using specific profanities for outbound transactions.

This year we commenced work on establishing capability to

detect abusive inbound and outbound payment messages

via data analytics.

CASE STUDY

Supporting customers with limited English

In the past we have used multilingual staff to

interpret conversations with customers who have

limited English. However, this approach

sometimes resulted in delays due to the time

taken to identify appropriately skilled staff.

In October 2020 we commenced a pilot in our Australian

Contact Centre with an independent interpreter service.

It resulted in significantly improved customer response

times and access to a broader range of languages via

qualified interpreters.

The pilot was extended to ANZ’s Customer

Protection team in August 2021 in response to feedback

from representatives of victims of scams in a community

with limited English. Our interpreter service has helped to

overcome language barriers our customers were facing

when engaging with ANZ. Work is underway to deploy

the interpreter service more broadly in 2022.

We also offer written formats in languages other than

English, for example:

•our ATMs offer multilingual options, covering eight

languages (Hindi, Arabic, Traditional Chinese, Simplified

Chinese, Korean, Greek, Vietnamese and Italian)

•our new Customer Complaints Guide is available

at anz.com in a range of languages.

We provide customers with a range of

options to help address their circumstances

Access to redraw

and/or offset

Reducing payments

to minimum amount

Change to an interest

only period

Refinancing/consolidating debt

Temporarily reducing or

pausing repayments

Provide information in relation

to budgeting and access to our

financial literacy programs

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4

5

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We listen to customers to understand their situation

and can refer them to external support

National debt helpline

Independent free financial counselling.

CareRing program

Support in tackling issues facing a household,

including family and domestic violence.

Fitted for work

A program providing women with

the skill to become job ready.

Way forward debt solutions

Independent free debt advice and

help working with creditors.

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Since the start of the

pandemic, we have

significantly increased

investment in our

hardship capabilities.

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FAIR AND

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and culture

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Improving customer

experience

Cyber security

Financial crime

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SUPPORTING CUSTOMERS IN
FINANCIAL HARDSHIP

There are times when our customers are unable to meet

their financial commitments. In some cases, the financial

difficulty is temporary and our customers just need time to

get back on track. While in others, the challenge is permanent

and customers may need extra help to review and restructure

their financial arrangements. Whatever the situation, we

work with customers to find a solution that is respectful,

fair and appropriate.

We endeavour to instil a culture of empathy and train our

staff to identify and respond appropriately to customers’

needs, assisting them through a difficult period so they

can get back on track.

In the past year we have received 112,883

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applications for hardship assistance in Australia.

Of these, over 83,400

1

were due to on-going

disruptions of COVID-19, a reduction from 2020

when we received over 137,000 applications for

hardship assistance due to COVID-19 in Australia.

We have seen a much lower level of enquiries from customers

this year compared to 2020. A large proportion of enquiries

have been requests about the type of assistance available,

rather than applications for assistance, with the majority

coming from New South Wales.

Since the start of the pandemic, we have significantly

increased investment in our hardship capabilities. In 2020

we mobilised employees across our branch network and

operational teams to meet demand from customers seeking

hardship assistance. This cross skilling of teams has resulted in

greater flexibility across our workforce, meaning we can better

match capacity to demand as hardship applications fluctuate

in response to lockdowns.

We have also embedded hardship experts within our teams,

responsible for coaching and uplifting the capability of

hardship staff and dealing with escalated and/or complex

customer hardship requests.

Refer to page 15 of our Annual Report, available at

anz.com/annualreport for further detail of support

provided to customers impacted by COVID-19.

NEW ZEALAND

Since the conclusion of COVID-19 relief packages at the end

of March 2021, hardship volumes in New Zealand returned

to pre-COVID-19 levels with requests for assistance triggered

by illness, relationship breakdowns and redundancies.

Despite the announcement of a Level 4 lockdown across

New Zealand in August 2021, volumes for the year have

almost halved from 2020. With 4,333 applications for hardship

assistance in New Zealand, down from 8,088 in 2020.

We partner with MoneyTalks, a free financial mentoring

service offering access to over 200 financial mentors, where

we direct customers to obtain assistance with financial

budgeting advice. Customers receive a call from a trained

professional within 24 hours of a referral from ANZ.

MoneyTalks has financial mentors who are fluent in English,

Mandarin, Māori or Samoan.

SEEKING TO REDUCE PROBLEM GAMBLING

In March 2021, we introduced a ‘gambling block’ for Visa credit

and debit cards (initiated through the ANZ App or via our call

centre), which blocks gambling transactions from being made

in person, over the phone and online. The self-exclusion tool

was designed in consultation with experts and community

organisations and includes a 48-hour switch-off delay.

Over 16,240 blocks have since been enabled by our

customers in-app.

This follows the introduction, in December 2018, of a

restriction that prevents gambling transactions where a

customer’s card has been utilised beyond 85% of the account

credit limit. To date, ANZ is the only major bank to introduce

such a measure. This change was aimed at reducing harm to

potentially vulnerable customers by having credit remain

available for more essential purchases. Since implementation,

11.1% of total gambling transactions attempted have been

declined due to this control.

We also provide gambling support content

at anz.com, and training and resources for our

employees to facilitate customer conversations

about our gambling controls, financial assistance

and referrals to external support services.

We continue to engage with the Australian Banking

Association on this issue and contributed to their submission

to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and

Financial Services inquiry into ‘Regulation of the use of financial

services such as credit cards and digital wallets for online

gambling in Australia’ earlier this year.

1. Due to the upgrade of our hardship platforms in September, hardship assistance application numbers disclosed is only for 11 months being 1 October 2020 to 30 August 2021.

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WELLBEING

ENVIRONMENTAL

SUSTAINABILITY

HOUSING

FAIR AND

RESPONSIBLE

BANKING

Improving conduct

and culture

Supporting our

customers

Improving customer

experience

Cyber security

Financial crime

Responsible

business lending

Supply chain

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PROVIDING SUITABLE PRODUCTS
AND SERVICES

Our Product Suitability team is responsible for developing

and managing a number of ongoing customer contact

programs together with our Product teams. These programs

seek to improve customer outcomes and enhance financial

wellbeing by helping our customers better understand how

to get value from their products.

This year, we continued to deliver our Concession Account

Suitability and Persistent Credit Card Debt programs.

Our Concession Account Suitability program contacts

customers in receipt of eligible Centrelink or Veterans’

Affairs benefits with an offer to move to a low-cost basic bank

account. This year we have contacted 193,133 customers

with more than 6,300 taking up the offer to move to a

basic account.

Our Persistent Credit Card Debt program identifies and

contacts credit card customers who are carrying persistent

debt

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on their card to help them pay their debt faster.

Customers are offered financial education, and the

opportunity to close their card and repay the remaining

debt at a lower interest rate. In September 2021, a simplified

process that allows customers to move to a different card

was introduced for customers who choose not to close their

card but would benefit from a card with a lower interest rate.

This year, we have contacted 7,303 customers under the

program with 1,173 customers taking up the offer.

The Persistent Credit Card Debt program was paused

between March 2020 and February 2021 to focus on

providing support to customers impacted by COVID-19.

The instalment plan offered under the program, where

customers can close their card and pay down the debt at

a reduced interest rate of 7%, is now available as a standard

option for customers experiencing hardship.

MEETING OUR DESIGN AND

DISTRIBUTION OBLIGATIONS

The new Design and Distribution Obligations (DDO) which

came into effect in Australia on 5 October 2021 are intended

to help customers obtain appropriate financial products. The

legislation requires products to be suitably designed for a

given target market and distributed in a way so as to reach

that target market. This reform provided an opportunity for

ANZ to review its products and processes to ensure a

customer-centric approach is taken in designing, marketing

and distributing our products. This aligns with the work the

Product Suitability team have been doing to enable

customers to choose products that meet their needs.

As part of our DDO program we have undertaken an in-depth

review of our products and their target markets. Additional,

ongoing monitoring of customer data is helping us

understand how products are performing for the benefit of

customers. This assists us to identify opportunities where we

can potentially improve customer outcomes and intervene

where appropriate.

We have also introduced some additional tools and process

changes to help customers select products that are likely to

meet their objectives, financial situation and needs.

BUILDING AN ACCESSIBLE

AND INCLUSIVE BANK

Our Approach to Accessibility and

Financial Inclusion outlines the key actions

we have committed to take to build a more

accessible and inclusive bank for our

customers, employees and the broader

community.


We continue to embed inclusive design across all customer

experiences and upskill our teams on accessibility through

workshops, events, training and group coaching. We have

a strong base for digital accessibility with two in-house

accessibility experts, as well as a design and development team

working to adhere to International Accessibility Guidelines.

We recently completed a review of the new ANZ App

prototype with customers who have a disability or multiple

disabilities such as blindness, cognition issues, physical

disabilities, cerebral palsy and hard of hearing. It was

important to understand the diversity and manifestations

of disabilities, and what it would be like for customers as

they interact with our App. Through the study, we discovered

accessibility and usability issues that prompted us to make

design changes to core functions in the App.

Improving customer experience

We are building a better, more accessible and inclusive bank

focused on delivering improved outcomes for our customers.

CUSTOMER REMEDIATION

We are committed to providing fair, consistent and

timely remediation to our customers when we fail to

get it right. Refer to page 24 of our Annual Report,

available at anz.com/annualreport for further details

of our customer remediation in 2021.

1. Persistent debt is defined as cards with an average balance of 80% or more of the credit limit and repayment behaviour of 2–3% of the balance over at least a 12-month period.

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WELLBEING

ENVIRONMENTAL

SUSTAINABILITY

HOUSING

FAIR AND

RESPONSIBLE

BANKING

Improving conduct

and culture

Supporting our

customers

Improving customer

experience

Cyber security

Financial crime

Responsible

business lending

Supply chain

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CASE STUDY
BUILDING DISABILITY CONFIDENCE

Sometimes the fear of saying or doing the wrong thing can be the biggest barrier when engaging with a person with

disability which can mean that some people feel uncomfortable asking the person what support they might need.

Over the last year, approximately 5,000 of our Australian branch staff completed disability confidence training, ensuring

every customer at ANZ feels welcome and included. Branch Managers were provided with a toolkit to lead open and

flexible discussions with their team on inclusive service and communication, while also building awareness of the

accessibility services ANZ offers to customers.

Created in collaboration with Get Skilled Access (GSA), a company comprising expert consultants with real life

disability experience, the training highlights the importance of universal design when it comes to providing an inclusive

customer experience.

“The hardware of universal design in branches includes physical things like automatic doors, tactile features and audio

functionality on Automatic Teller Machines (ATMs), while the software side is our interaction with customers who have

accessibility needs,” says Dylan Alcott, GSA Founder and ANZ brand ambassador. “Building our awareness and capabilities

in disability and accessibility training will support better customer service outcomes by providing seamless, barrier-free

and inclusive outcomes for all people.”

Jaimi

Jaimi, a 23-year-old woman who lives with Down Syndrome, recently moved from

her hometown in Dongara, Western Australia to Geraldton, to participate in the

Stepping Stones program at her local TAFE.

Her parents, Greg and Tammy, envisioned an independent

future for their daughter and they approached ANZ to

explore options around home ownership after

conversations with several other banks were unsuccessful.

Their goal was simple: to assist Jaimi in buying her own

unit to be able to live independently.

After seeking independent legal advice, Greg and Tammy

were able to put in place arrangements to allow them to

support Jaimi in securing a loan for a house and through

the settlement process.

Today Jaimi is an active member of the Geraldton

community and has made many new friends.

“I’m so happy with my new home,” said Jaimi. “I can

watch my TV shows in peace without my brothers

annoying me and can keep things nice and tidy.

It is fun and I like living by myself.”

“Although the process took some time and was

challenging, this is really why we do what we do,” said

Leanne Criddle, Geraldton Branch Manager. “We want

to be inclusive of everyone in the community and

make sure our processes are as accessible as possible.

Helping customers achieve their dreams is one thing,

but being a part of really changing someone’s life is

beyond rewarding.”

SUPPORTING ABORIGINAL AND TORRES

STRAIT ISLANDER CUSTOMERS

We continue to offer assistance to our Aboriginal and Torres

Strait Islander customers through our dedicated telephone

service. This year, we trained an additional 35 bankers to assist

our customers on the phone line. As at 30 September, the

team has answered more than 4,260 calls with an average

wait time of 59 seconds, an improvement of 3 seconds

compared to 2020.

ANZ has been an active participant this year in the ABA

working group reviewing how banks can improve the

accessibility of banking services for people in remote

Indigenous communities. The working group seeks to

build on previous industry initiatives which have included:

•An ABA Indigenous Statement of Commitment

•A scheme to provide fee free ATMs in selected

remote communities

•Flexible identification processes for opening bank

accounts and appointing a financial counsellor.

The industry is also considering how it might support financial

capability of remote Indigenous Australians through the

development of plain English guides which explain everyday

bank products and processes. This work will continue into 2022.

Our financial education program, MoneyBusiness, is designed

to support the financial wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres

Strait Islander peoples, refer to page 18 further details.

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WELLBEING

ENVIRONMENTAL

SUSTAINABILITY

HOUSING

FAIR AND

RESPONSIBLE

BANKING

Improving conduct

and culture

Supporting our

customers

Improving customer

experience

Cyber security

Financial crime

Responsible

business lending

Supply chain

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MEASURING CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE
One of the ways we measure the experience of our

customers is through our strategic Net Promoter Score (NPS).

NPS enables us to gauge whether we are meeting customer

needs and expectations and how we are performing relative

to our peers. It is measured by asking customers how likely

they are to recommend ANZ (on a 0–10 scale) and is

calculated by subtracting the percentage of detractors

(those who give a score of 0–6) from the percentage of

promoters (those who give a 9 or 10).

While our NPS has improved for our retail customers in

New Zealand, it has decreased for our retail and commercial

customers in Australia and our commercial and agricultural

customers in New Zealand. We have failed to improve our

performance relative to our peers. Our Institutional NPS has

increased in both Australia and New Zealand compared to

prior years. We are ranked a close second in Australia and

remain number one in New Zealand.

MANAGING CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS

We are changing the way we manage and

think about customer complaints.

We are improving our complaints handling capabilities and

embedding a culture where complaints are valued as an

opportunity to learn, so that we can improve our products

and services and deliver better customer outcomes.

During the year, complaints awareness training was delivered

to over 16,000 staff supporting Australia Retail and Commercial

customers and over 2,900 staff supporting New Zealand

customers. The training highlighted the importance of

recording and managing complaints effectively; and sought

to ensure a consistent understanding of our approach to

resolving customer complaints with empathy and fairness.

In Australia, we deployed a new complaints recording and

management system to over 11,000 customer facing staff in

Australia Retail and Commercial. The new system provides

a central record of all customer complaints and enables our

staff to record complaints at first point of contact. Previously,

complaints were recorded once escalated to our specialist

complaint resolution team.

We established a Complaint Assist team, providing customer-

facing employees with access to complaints coaching to

support our resolution at the first point of contact.

We have also increased our systemic issues capabilities with

new roles created in each of our product and service areas

to analyse relevant complaint data. Advanced analytical

techniques, including machine learning, are used to help

proactively identify emerging issues from complaints.

A Complaint Governance Forum has been established to

provide oversight of the end-to-end complaint management

program, and complaints data and insights are regularly

reported to senior management and the Board.

Complaints management

We encourage and support our customer-facing staff to

resolve complaints on first contact. In some cases, where

additional support is required, the complaint will be escalated

(by a staff member or a customer) to our specialist complaint

resolution team, who will work with the customer to resolve

the complaint. If a customer is not satisfied with the proposed

resolution of their complaint, they can escalate their complaint

to the external Australian Financial Complaints Authority, or the

Banking Ombudsman Scheme in New Zealand.

Data relating to complaints is available

in our 2021 ESG data pack available at

anz.com/annualreport.

AUSTRALIANEW ZEALAND

Retail: scored -4.3, ranked 4th

1


(down from -1.3, ranked 3rd at end of 2020)

Commercial: scored -19.0, ranked 4th

2


(down from -17.1, ranked 4th at end of 2020)

Institutional: scored 36, ranked 2nd

3

(up from 33, ranked 1st in 2020)

Retail: scored 28.4, ranked 4th

4

(up from 27.3, ranked 4th at end of 2020)

Commercial and agricultural: scored -13.1, ranked 5th

5


(down from -11.1, ranked 5th at end of 2020)

Institutional: scored 33, ranked 1st

6

(up from 28, ranked 1st in 2020)

1. Roy Morgan Single Source, Australian population aged 14+, Main Financial Institution, six-month rolling average to Sep’20 and Sep’21. Ranking based on the four major Australian banks. 2. DBM Atlas (Business). Base: Commercial (<$100 million annual

turnover) Main Financial Institution customers. Six-month average to Sep’20 and Sep’21. Ranking based on the four major Australian banks. 3. Peter Lee Associates, 2020 – 2021 Large Corporate and Institutional Relationship Banking surveys, Australia.

4. Retail Market Monitor, Camorra Research, six-month rolling average to Sep’20 and Sep’21. Ranking based on the five major New Zealand banks. 5. Business Finance Monitor, TNS Kantar Research. Base: Commercial ($3 million – $150 million annual

turnover) and Agricultural (>500K annual turnover) customers. Four-quarter rolling average to Q3’20 and Q3’21. Ranking based on the five major New Zealand commercial/agricultural banks. 6. Peter Lee Associates Large Corporate Relationship Banking

surveys, New Zealand 2020–2021, ranked against the Top 4 competitors.

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Australia
Complaints recorded in Australia Retail and Commercial

increased by 80% from 2020, primarily driven by improvements

in capturing complaints. Despite the increased volume, the top

five complaint categories this year remained similar to 2020:

service quality accounted for 21% of complaints; channel

accessibility 19%; product fees, interest and rewards 13%;

account set up and maintenance 10%; and fraud and

scams 4%.

The percentage of total complaints resolved

within five days of receipt increased to 79%

(66% in 2020); and the percentage of complaints

resolved within 30 days of receipt increased to

94% (91% in 2020).

ANZ Customer Advocate

The volume of reviews completed by the Customer Advocate

decreased by 32% compared to 2020. In line with regulatory

expectations, this reflects a transition away from considering

individual customer complaints to a broader focus on

providing advice and guidance internally to support fair

customer outcomes.

New Zealand

Complaints recorded in New Zealand, increased by 20% from

2020, primarily driven by improved complaint capture and

management as a result of complaints awareness training.

Service issues accounted for 38% of total complaints received;

issues relating to fees 22%; and process/policy 19%. While in

previous years the most common reason for complaints

related to fees, 2021’s top issue was around ID Processes, such

as for overseas based customers unable to be verified via the

Contact Centre (in particular for those stuck overseas due to

COVID-19), or those unable to visit a local Branch with photo

ID. Transactional accounts, credit cards and home loans were

the most complained about products, with concerns centred

on fees, service issues ranging from wait times to incomplete

requests and feedback about ANZ policies/processes.

The percentage of complaints resolved within five

working days has decreased to 90% (from 91% in

2020); and the percentage of complaints resolved

within 21 calendar days of receipt remained at

96% (also 96% in 2020).

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Cyber security, data protection and privacy
CYBER SECURITY

Cyber and information security –

embracing innovation, securely

While new technologies present exciting

opportunities, the pace, scale and

sophistication of cyber-attacks continued to

increase during 2021, in large part due to the

shift to digital banking and remote working

as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

We have a risk-based approach to managing cyber security.

By using threat intelligence and analysing changes in our

operating environment we are able to respond dynamically

to a variety of situations.

Our Chief Information Security Officer is responsible for

establishing and maintaining the bank’s security strategy and

program, ensuring we protect the confidentiality, integrity and

availability of our systems and data, and our customers’ data.

Our security strategy reinforces that protecting the bank

against cyber threats is the responsibility of everyone at

ANZ. The strategy is driven by three objectives: securing our

foundations, embedding security across the organisation, and

embracing innovation to enable better customer experiences

and business growth. Our security policy and standards guide

us with respect to specific security requirements.

Investing in cyber security initiatives has allowed us to

adapt to a rapidly changing environment and maintain an

information security capability that is commensurate with

the size and extent of cyber threats. We are focused on:

•having the necessary foundations to protect our systems

and data (for example, we have implemented more

advanced technologies across all ANZ computers), enabling

us to prevent, detect, respond and recover quickly to limit

damage in the event of an outside attack

•building security into everything we do, with members of

the security team working closely with other information

technology teams

•investing in automation so we can direct our efforts

to proactive, preventative defence

•growing our workforce and investing in the skills of our

people so we can continue to respond effectively to an

increasingly sophisticated threat landscape

•forming strategic partnerships with government, industry

bodies, suppliers and community organisations that enable

us to build capacity and our system’s resilience.

We maintain a 24/7 sophisticated internal

Security Operations Centre, analysing millions

of data events (including unusual or infrequently

seen activities identified by our security teams)

every day to help keep the bank, its staff and

customers, safe online.

Staff education

Our people are a key security control. They provide the first

line of defence – detecting and reporting malicious emails,

suspicious phone calls, anomalous activity on the network,

or poor security behaviours. As well as a range of technical

measures, education is a key part of fostering a security-

centric culture within the bank and, more broadly, across

the community.

Annual mandatory training for all staff, and increased phishing

drills and incident response exercises, ensure we are prepared

for cyber and information security events. We provide training

and materials so staff are able to have more informed

conversations with customers about cyber security.

We track the effectiveness of our staff education programs

and cyber security initiatives through an ANZ specific security

behaviour index.

The security behavioural index is used to help everyone

at ANZ understand, track and improve key areas of cyber

security risk. It monitors several data points, including the

number of phishing click throughs by staff, and number of

data loss protection events (for example, where restricted

information is sent to non-ANZ email accounts) across our

businesses. The data points represent key risk areas, crucial

to protecting the bank.

Customer and community campaigns

Regular customer focused campaigns, such as ‘Safer Internet

Day’, demonstrate our commitment to government and

industry initiatives to improve the community’s

understanding of cyber security. We monitor social media and

use customer feedback to help us determine which issues to

prioritise in our education campaigns and resources.

For our Institutional and small business banking customers,

we have developed threat intelligence newsletters and a

‘Simplifying Cyber for Business’ guide. The guide shares

everyday tips that can help an organisation defend itself

against cyber threats, while still taking advantage of

technological innovations.

Together with other industry partners, we have continued to

sponsor the Australian Computing Academy’s Schools Cyber

Security Challenges, contributing to content and co-

producing cyber security modules for students and teachers

as part of the digital curriculum that is now mandatory within

Australian schools. The content also encourages students to

consider future careers in cyber security.

Security reporting and metrics

Regulators expect banks to provide a ‘highly available’

and reliable service to customers, while ensuring the risks

associated with banking systems are visible and well

understood at all levels of the organisation.

As a result of ongoing

targeted education, the

security behavioural index

has improved by 56%

over the year.

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Protecting our customers’ data privacy
In 2021, an industry-wide breach occurred (not caused by ANZ), relating to a vulnerability in a file

transfer application (FTA) of a US-based provider. This breach impacted many of the FTA provider’s

clients, including a number of Australian private and government organisations.

The vulnerability caused by the breach enabled an

unidentified threat actor to access data contained in

files transferred via the FTA.

We were made aware of the breach, as it impacted some

of our suppliers and their outsourcing arrangements (our

third and fourth parties).

While not an ANZ breach, we immediately

undertook an assessment with the parties involved

and determined that there was no impact to ANZ,

our customers and employees.

We also assisted in our suppliers’ investigations and

added additional internal security measures to further

protect our customers and employees.

CASE STUDY

DATA PROTECTION AND PRIVACY

Understanding what, where, how and why we collect and

use personal information are all critical parts of responsibly

managing personal information and maintaining stakeholder

trust. The privacy landscape continues to change, with an

increasing number of countries including those in which ANZ

operates adopting data privacy and protection regulations.

We are committed to keeping up to date

with our obligations and ensuring we protect

ANZ, customer and employee data.

During the year we refreshed our internal Privacy Policy.

The Policy outlines how we protect personal information

and describes the mechanisms in place to ensure personal

information in our custody or control is handled in a

compliant and ethical manner that safeguards customer

and employee privacy rights. The refreshed policy focuses

on transparency, data minimisation (limiting data collection

to only what is required to fulfil a specific purpose) and

customer privacy rights; and more closely aligns with the

global Data Event Management process. We have made

these updates to our policy in order to meet the changing

requirements of privacy and data protection obligations.

We ran an employee awareness campaign providing

employees with an overview of the refreshed policy and

associated mandatory training. We also introduced a new

support tool – a dedicated privacy helpdesk available to

all employees to assist with queries relating to privacy and

data protection.

Our Data Protection Officer (DPO) and Enterprise Data

Governance (EDG) team have Group-wide oversight of privacy

related risks. Our DPO provides guidance on privacy and data

protection at an enterprise level. The EDG team collaborates

with divisional and country privacy experts and legal counsel

to ensure compliance with applicable laws. The team provides

coaching, education and tools to embed privacy obligations

and awareness across operations and teams.

We are continually improving our enterprise data

breach processes to ensure that our employees

and suppliers are aware of their responsibilities.

These processes inform a centrally driven and

consistent approach to how we respond and

contain actual or potential data breaches. Our Data

Event Management process has proven to be an

efficient and effective mechanism for responding

to reported or suspected data losses.

This year, we reported three data breaches to the Office of

the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) under the

Notifiable Data Breach Scheme. These breaches were the

result of human error and not a malicious or criminal attack.

We notified the three impacted individuals, advising them

of the actions we had taken to resolve the breach and how

to contact us if they had further questions. The root cause of

these breaches was also identified and addressed, using our

Data Event Management Process.

Access to real time metrics, insights, and reporting to inform

allocation of resources and investment is key to ensuring we

manage our cyber risks.

We are evolving our threat intelligence and reporting to

ensure the Board and senior leaders have access to real time

intelligence, enabling greater focus on cyber risks and to

inform prioritisation of business decisions and investment.

Our ability to manage the security of our third parties

(suppliers) and related parties continues to play a significant

role in reducing our security risks, and ensuring we comply

with the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority’s

Information Security Standard, CPS 234.

We have increased the number of third parties subjected to

controls testing through our external supplier assessment

service. Third-party contracts have been reviewed and

updated where appropriate. We have implemented a new

online tool to monitor and govern security across our

suppliers to better understand our supply chain security risks.

We have also improved our compliance processes, including

strengthening governance and moving third-party

assessment and issues management onto an enterprise

security governance, risk and compliance platform. These

measures have helped improve our third-party security

reporting and oversight.

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We continued to see an increase in digital
and online scams this year.

The commercialisation of crime saw a transition away from

COVID-19 specific fake websites, towards bank and other

government agency scams. This resulted in an increase of

phishing and smishing (phishing via text message) attacks,

identity theft and fraud, directed at our customers

and employees.

During 2021 our Scam Assist team investigated over 6,500

individual scams impacting our Australian Retail and

Commercial customers. The expanded use of digital and real

time payments has made it easier for criminals to move funds

quickly and easily through various accounts, and ultimately

offshore, making recall and recovery increasingly difficult.

Despite this, we were successful in recovering approximately

39% of lost funds on behalf of victims.

We maintained a strong investment focus on financial crime

data collection, monitoring and screening, with upgrades

across anti-money laundering/counter-terrorism financing,

sanctions and fraud platforms, improving our ability to

collaborate with external parties to fight financial crime.

Our employees and contractors undertake mandatory annual

training to ensure they understand their role in preventing

financial crime. Additional training is tailored for specific roles,

including senior management and the ANZ Board.

ANTI-BRIBERY AND ANTI-CORRUPTION (ABAC)

We place a premium on business integrity and have zero

tolerance for bribery and corruption in our business dealings.

Our Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption (ABAC) Policy and

Framework sets out the principles and conduct provisions

which apply to ABAC business integrity matters applicable

to ANZ, its employees and third parties. Our commitment to

business integrity is described by way of key ABAC principles

and the practical behavioural outcomes required to

demonstrate adherence to the ABAC policy.

Capacity in our ABAC team has increased in response to

growing regulatory and social expectations to combat bribery

and corruption. We also developed specific due diligence

Financial crime

requirements to support our third-party risk program, to

ensure we maintain procedures to know our third parties and

hold them to our standards of business integrity.

ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING AND

COUNTER-TERRORISM FINANCING (AML/CTF)

Our AML/CTF Program guides our approach to detecting and

deterring money laundering and terrorism financing (ML/TF).

Risk assessments are completed both at an enterprise and

country level to identify, mitigate and manage ML/TF risk

across the bank.

We perform due diligence on our customers and their

activities and complete an enhanced level of due diligence

where the risk is deemed to be high. We seek to identify

unusual or suspicious transactions, activities and/or

behaviours through a combination of transaction monitoring

and other methods of observation, and report suspicious

activity to the appropriate authorities.

SANCTIONS COMPLIANCE

Our sanctions compliance program guides our approach

to meeting our obligations. Sanctions risks are assessed to

identify, mitigate and manage the potential for breaches.

Customer relationships and activities posing a higher

sanctions risk are subject to enhanced due diligence

measures, monitoring and approval.

In response to ongoing tensions between key jurisdictions

and the resultant restrictions imposed on some global

entities, we have enhanced our monitoring of transactions

and strengthened our customer due diligence process. These

processes ensure we fully understand the risks supporting

each specific trade transaction in a compliant manner.

FRAUD

Our Fraud Policy sets the standards for the prevention,

detection, investigation and reporting of fraud. Processes

to support the policy include the ongoing assessment and

management of fraud risk, the use of advanced analytical and

detective systems to monitor and identify suspected fraud,

and the principles and responsibilities for investigating both

internal and external incidents.

Our financial crime policies

are available at anz.com.

CASE STUDY

Detecting and disrupting money

laundering across the AT M network

We have been working closely with AUSTRAC and law

enforcement partners to detect and disrupt money

laundering across the Australian ATM network.

The rising popularity of alternative payment channels

and platforms has seen the use of cash decrease over

the past few years. Nonetheless, suspicious cash

activity remains a significant money laundering risk.

We identified a substantial volume of anomalous

third-party cash deposit activity in Western Australia

(deposits made by persons other than the account

holder or authorised user of the account.)

An algorithm was developed and refined to detect

these unusual activities. Using it, we began internal

monitoring of anomalous third-party cash deposit

activity to detect and report suspected money

laundering across ANZ’s Smart ATM network.

We approached the Fintel Alliance to lead a new

project targeting syndicated third-party ATM activity

in Victoria. Transactional patterns similar to that of a

criminal syndicate in Western Australia were identified

in a group of customers based in Melbourne, including

one individual of interest conducting cash deposits

totalling $1 million per month through major banks’

ATMs. Further engagement with Victoria Police led to

the arrest of several key persons of interest, with law

enforcement investigations ongoing.

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Responsible
business lending

The Policy outlines the social and environmental

considerations to be taken into account by our bankers

when determining business transactions. It incorporates our

approach to human rights, including our ‘zero tolerance’ for

improper land acquisition and involuntary resettlement,

and labour rights issues such as modern slavery.

We review the Policy annually, with oversight from our

Ethics and Responsible Business Committee (ERBC) to ensure it

remains fit-for-purpose. The review takes into account changes

to customer practices, international standards, emerging social

and environmental issues and stakeholder expectations.

This year’s review focused on two key areas:

1. human rights related changes, e.g. ensuring appropriate

reference to our upgraded Human Rights Statement and

new Grievance Mechanism; and

2. implementing our approach to climate change.

Educating employees on our policies and standards and

how they are applied in practice is key to effective

management of the social and environmental risks associated

with our business lending. Our training programs cover the

Policy, sensitive sector requirements and our approach to

human rights. This training is mandatory for new employees

authorised to make credit decisions for business customers.

DUE DILIGENCE

Prior to entering into a relationship with any large business

customer, relationship managers are expected to consider

the company’s management of its material social and

environmental issues. They must also have specific knowledge

of the customer’s history and approach to dealing with any

potential (or historical) impacts.

Under our credit policy we typically review our business

customers annually. This includes the consideration of

relevant issues using our social and environmental risk

screening tool. We expect our customers in all sectors to

implement appropriate stakeholder engagement strategies

and plans and we have included this consideration in the tool.

We continue to apply a strengthened due diligence for

thermal coal extraction and associated transport and power

generation customers. This year we have also applied this due

diligence to cover major oil and gas companies within our

largest 100 emitters (for further information see our separate

Climate-related Financial Disclosures to be released prior

to our Annual General Meeting and made available at

anz.com/annualreport). We also apply an enhanced human

rights due diligence for customers operating in higher-risk

geographies and sectors.

By applying enhanced due diligence, we seek to avoid human

rights infringements or other impacts. If we fail to properly

conduct due diligence we may contribute or become directly

linked to significant impacts.

Where a customer’s practices may not be consistent with our

policies, we work with them to understand the circumstances

and, where necessary, encourage them to identify specific

and time-bound improvement plans. If customers are

unwilling to adapt their practices in an appropriate timeframe,

we may decline further financing or exit the relationship.

We monitor the social and environmental risks of our business

customers through our monthly ‘Reputation Risk Radar’. We

also rely on regular dialogue between relationship managers

and their customers to alert us to issues. Notable incidents

and allegations are referred to our risk management meetings

in which ESG and credit risks are considered.

This year we examined our potential higher-risk ESG country or

sector exposures, in seeking to determine or anticipate where

issues might arise in our lending to large business customers.

Using a third-party ESG database, we identified key ESG sectors

and issues, and used that to ascertain a list of customers who

could be exposed to those issues. Each potential higher-risk

customer was reviewed by country teams.

The review took into account a range of potential issues,

including impacts on cultural heritage, environmental impacts

such as deforestation and land clearing, and governance issues

such as bribery and corruption. Following this review, we found

that our existing systems and refined Institutional strategy has

helped to reduce the risk in the portfolio. Some potential

refinements were identified, and the importance of continuing

to raise awareness amongst our frontline bankers on applying

our policies regarding these issues was highlighted. The

outcomes were discussed with our ERBC and Board Ethics,

Environment, Social and Governance (EESG) Committee.

We are also undertaking a further 'deep dive' review in

relation to cultural heritage management by our Australian

resources customers, which involves engaging with

customers to learn more about their approach. We will

consider whether our policies need to be strengthened

in 2022 following completion of that review.

Energy

Hydropower

Military

equipment

Forestry

and forests

Extractive

industries

Water

We seek to assess and manage the

impacts of our lending decisions

through the application of our Social

and Environmental Risk Policy (the

Policy) and accompanying ‘sensitive

sector’ requirements for:

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CONSIDERATION OF
EMERGING SOCIAL ISSUES

We consider current and emerging ESG issues to determine

whether we should review our policies, principles and lending

approach. The ERBC and Board EESG Committee also consider

a range of emerging social issues which, through our lending

to customers, could result in risks to the business.

This year, we focused our attention on our Human Rights

Statement and Grievance Mechanism and finalising a set of

principles in relation to animal welfare issues, including how

we will engage with our customers to ensure they align with

good practices and community and industry expectations for

how animals should be treated.

ENGAGING WITH STAKEHOLDERS ON ANIMAL WELFARE ISSUES

Following discussions with customers, industry groups,

Animals Australia (AA) and Royal Society for the Prevention

of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) we developed animal

welfare principles (to be published at anz.com) that reflect

our approach and clarify our position. These principles will

bring ANZ in line with industry standards.

While we are not aware of any specific issues within our

business, there have been campaigns for banks to cease

business with companies engaged in intensive animal

farming practices. For example, we received over 2,000

emails in 2020 and 2021 supporting AA’s position, all of

which we responded to explaining our work to consider

the issues and offering discussion with the complainants.

Our agribusiness team in Australia is also working to

improve staff awareness and understanding of animal

welfare industry standards.

The principles were developed in line with ANZ’s approach

to managing lending risk – noting that animal welfare

practices can impact the risk profile of a business.

We believe good animal welfare standards in Australian

agriculture are critical to industry sustainability and are

an important part of ANZ’s ESG commitments.

We value farming customers that treat animals with due

care and respect in relation to the physical and mental state

of an animal’s condition. We believe this reflects Australian

community standards and farmer standards of ‘doing the

right thing’, noting that industry codes and policy across

various subsectors and geographies evolve with continuing

research and expert stakeholder advocacy and feedback.

ANZ’s Animal Welfare Principles are:

1. We recognise that a thriving agribusiness sector relies

on animals as a source of food and fibre.

2. The primary responsibility and duty of care for animal

welfare and treatment lies with the owner or manager

of the animals in question; as does the obligation to

address and resolve complaints about their treatment.

3. We expect our customers to meet, and support where

possible to exceed, the minimum standards for animal

welfare established by legislation and regulation, with

a particular regard to good nutrition, a safe and

enriching environment and sound health both

physically and mentally.

4. We will support customer initiatives that improve both

animal welfare outcomes and business sustainability.

5. We expect our customers to inform ANZ, at their

earliest convenience, of any failings against legislation

or industry standards, or grievances or claims made

against them, regardless of the customer's view of the

legitimacy or accuracy of the grievance or claim.

If any external stakeholder has a concern that our

customers are not adhering to legislation or industry

standards on animal welfare, we will consider their

concerns and respond in writing.

COMPLAINT ABOUT ANZ’S FOSSIL FUEL TARGETS AND DISCLOSURES

This year we have participated in a dialogue with NGOs and three individuals who made a complaint to the

Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) Australian National Contact Point (NCP). The

complaint alleges ANZ’s climate change policy and practices do not adhere to the OECD Guidelines for Multinational

Enterprises (OECD Guidelines). The complaint identifies aspects of ANZ’s disclosure, investments, target-setting and

scenario analysis as not complying with the OECD Guidelines.

After considering the complaint, the NCP’s independent examiner determined divestment from all fossil fuels is not

required by the OECD Guidelines.

The NCP then facilitated a dialogue between ANZ and the parties to the complaint, focused on climate disclosures,

target setting and scenario analysis. The dialogue sought to help the parties determine whether they can come to

an agreement regarding any of these matters, consistent with the OECD Guidelines.

At the time of writing this report, the outcome of the complaint was being finalised.

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FINANCIAL

WELLBEING

ENVIRONMENTAL

SUSTAINABILITY

HOUSING

FAIR AND

RESPONSIBLE

BANKING

Improving conduct

and culture

Supporting our

customers

Improving customer

experience

Cyber security

Financial crime

Responsible

business lending

Supply chain

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EMPLOYEE

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INCLUSION

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EQUATOR PRINCIPLES
The Equator Principles (EP) is a risk management

framework for determining, assessing and managing social

and environmental risks in major projects such as mines,

windfarms and pipelines. The EP provides a minimum

standard for due diligence and monitoring to support

responsible decision-making in five financial products:

Project Finance Advisory Services; Project Finance; Project-

Related Corporate Loans; Bridge Loans; and Project-Related

Refinance and Project-Related Acquisition Finance.

We regard the EP as complementary to our sensitive sector

requirements and our Social and Environmental Risk Policy.

When determining whether a project complies with the EP,

a social and environmental due diligence report prepared

by a third-party expert is typically commissioned. Matters

examined include:

•client capacity and commitment to manage social and

environmental issues

•the scope of the transaction, including the value of the

loan and whether it is specific to a project or for general

corporate purposes

•how an Environmental Impact Assessment (if required) will

be implemented through the company’s Environmental

Management System

•the level of community concern regarding potential

impacts of the project, for example on water or land, and

effectiveness of the company’s stakeholder engagement

in response to any significant community concern.

We will not provide finance to projects where the customer

will not, or is unable to, comply with the EP.

Information on our 2021 project finance advisory

services and transactions is available in our 2021

ESG data pack available at anz.com/annualreport.

For further information, refer

to equator-principles.com.

CASE STUDY

Solar farms

In 2021, ANZ participated in the funding of the development,

construction and operation of two solar farms in NSW.

On initial assessment we determined that the projects would need to be assessed against the Equator Principles.

Both projects were categorised as Category B under the Equator Principles and so, as a part of this process, an

independent consultant was appointed to undertake an Environmental and Social Due Diligence assessment to

review all environmental and social issues that may arise during construction and operation.

No material issues were identified during the due diligence processes. We included covenants in the loan

documentation, seeking to ensure the facility would be constructed and operated in accordance with permits,

local laws, ANZ Standards and environmental and social management plans.

Infrastructure facility

In 2021, ANZ financed the acquisition of an infrastructure facility in Victoria.

Under the Equator Principles 4, an acquisition of this nature required an Equator Principles assessment.

The acquisition was deemed to be low risk from an environmental and social perspective and was categorised

as Category C under the Principles.

While technically not required under the Principles, independent technical due diligence was conducted to ensure

issues were identified and appropriately managed.

The acquisition was approved subject to conditions associated with the ongoing management of environmental

and social issues.

Wind Farm

In 2021, ANZ participated in the funding of the development,

construction and operation of an Australian greenfield wind farm.

Due to the nature of the funding, the project was identified as requiring an Equator Principles assessment in

evaluating the environmental and social risks associated with the development and operation of the project.

The project was categorised as Category B under the Equator Principles. As part of this process, an independent

consultant was appointed to undertake an Environmental and Social Due Diligence report for the benefit of the

banks who would fund the project. The consultant confirmed the Equator Principles categorisation and identified

key environmental and social risks. We also undertook a climate change risk assessment to determine potential

physical and transition climate change risks.

No material issues were identified during the due diligence process. We included covenants in the loan

documentation seeking to ensure the facility is constructed and operated in accordance with permits, local laws,

ANZ Standards, as well as environmental and social management plans.

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HOUSING

FAIR AND

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BANKING

Improving conduct

and culture

Supporting our

customers

Improving customer

experience

Cyber security

Financial crime

Responsible

business lending

Supply chain

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INCLUSION

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Managing ESG risk and
opportunities in our supply chain

We have a fair, sustainable, responsible and ethical approach

to procuring and delivering goods and services.

In 2021, we spent $4.7 billion with suppliers procuring goods

and services across the 32 markets in which we operate. The

majority of our expenditure (91%) is located in Australia and

New Zealand with key areas of spend being in technology,

group services (including travel, property and banking

services) and marketing, people and professional services.

SPEND BY COMMODITY AREA

19%

40%

41%

Group services

(incl. property)

Technology


Marketing,

people and

professional

services

2021

Suppliers, including subcontracted suppliers, are screened as

part of Group Procurement’s ongoing supplier due diligence

using a third-party tool that assesses performance against

28 ESG issues, including human rights. In 2021, we undertook

4,729 checks (up from 3,989) including all of our top 100

suppliers by spend. There were six instances where our

checks identified potential issues. On each occasion we

followed up with the supplier requesting further detail to

determine whether they had adequate measures in place to

resolve the identified issue/s. Our concerns were dealt with

by working with suppliers to understand the issue/s and their

mitigating steps. All issues were resolved to our satisfaction.

Our Supplier Code of Practice (SCOP) outlines our minimum

requirements for suppliers in relation to human rights,

workplace relations, workplace health and safety, ethical

business practices, information management and

confidentiality, accessibility, environmental management

and supplier diversity.

We endeavour to include SCOP clauses in new and renewed

contracts. In 2021, this practice lead to an increased SCOP

contractual inclusion of 83% up from 73% in 2020. Separate

contractual clauses covering Human Rights and Modern

Slavery have also been introduced for all new and renewed

contracts. We intend to review contracts for SCOP inclusion,

as they come up for renewal.

We use our best endeavours to ensure that suppliers conduct

their business in accordance with our expectations. While not

a contractual requirement, we seek an annual attestation of

adherence to the SCOP from major suppliers managed under

our Operational Contract Management Framework (OCMF).

In 2021, 81% of suppliers provided an attestation of

adherence to our SCOP (up from 45% in 2020). We also

seek attestations from a sample of suppliers each year in

countries such as India, China, the Philippines, Vietnam and

some Pacific nations. We continue to encourage suppliers

to attest to the SCOP.

We track gender diversity by seniority levels for ANZ

engagements with our primary consulting and legal service

providers. This provides us with visibility over the gender

balance of teams supporting ANZ, as well as the opportunity

to learn from the good practices of other organisations.

We work with our suppliers to select more sustainable

options such as items that are made from recycled materials

or items that are produced in a carbon neutral way. In 2020,

as a signatory to the Climate Leaders Coalition, we conducted

a survey of our top 100 suppliers by spend in New Zealand to

understand what they are already doing and identify potential

areas of improvement to work with them on. Survey data was

used to increase knowledge within the procurement and

contract management teams, empowering them to continue

to question suppliers and the business when undertaking

sourcing activity. This was achieved through education

sessions and more detailed supplier profiles. Data was also

used to facilitate discussion with suppliers on how they help

us measure and reduce our own emissions.

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RESPONSIBLE

BANKING

Improving conduct

and culture

Supporting our

customers

Improving customer

experience

Cyber security

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CASE STUDY
The multiplier effect:

accessible procurement

In 2019 we joined the Australian Network on Disabilities

Accessible Procurement Taskforce, working with

representatives from 18 organisations to develop tools,

guidance and frameworks around purchasing

accessible goods and services.

This year, the Taskforce released the ICT Tender Tool. The

tool is an evaluation framework that can be shared with

suppliers, to determine the accessibility of information

and communications technology, programs and

services and how easily potential inaccessibility issues

can be resolved. It demonstrates what accessible goods

and services look like and provides a standardised

template for scoring and comparing tenders.

“The Taskforce is a great example of the saying,

‘a problem shared is a problem solved’. I’m really

pleased to see the first tool from the Taskforce in action,

and hope that more will come,” said Matthew Hawkins,

ANZ Procurement Lead and Chair of the Accessible

Procurement Taskforce. “We know that by changing

organisational buying behaviour, we can materially

influence outcomes for our employees, customers

and the community.”

We have embedded the tool into all requests for tender

templates covering technology spend across labour,

software, hosted services (cloud), and infrastructure. We

are now looking for opportunities to expand the tool

into other areas, including contract renewals and

business services.

In addition to this work, the Australian Network Disability

also produces an annual Inclusion and Accessibility

Index. The Index is a benchmarking tool for inclusion of

people with disability. This year it reviewed the practices

of 28 participating organisations across Australia.

ANZ was ranked in the top five performers within the

2020/21 Index and was ranked first in the Suppliers and

Partners section.

WORKING WITH OUR SUPPLIERS

Supplier payments

As a signatory to the Business Council of Australia’s Supplier

Payment Code, we are committed to paying eligible

Australian small business suppliers

1

within a maximum of

30 days of receiving a correct invoice, unless the contract

stipulates a shorter term.

Our aim is to pay as promptly as possible and, on average,

payment is made in around 17 days from receipt of the

invoice (19 days in 2020).

In Australia this year, we processed an average of 31,000

payments to suppliers per month (including purchasing

card transactions), with small business suppliers making

up approximately 5.1% of these transactions.

We are also preparing our first report under the Australian

Government’s Payment Term Reporting Scheme, due

in December.

In New Zealand, we joined a New Zealand Bankers

Association initiative to support New Zealand’s small-to-

medium businesses during COVID-19 by committing to

paying suppliers within two weeks. To date we have

processed approximately 135,000 payments (including

purchasing card transactions), with average payment

made in around 6 days from receipt of the invoice.

Supporting social enterprise

We are a member of Social Traders, an organisation helping

to create jobs for disadvantaged Australians by linking

business and government to social enterprises. This year,

we spent $3.16 million

2

with Social Enterprises (up from

$1.85 million in 2020).

In New Zealand, we are a member of Ākina, a buyer group

through which we can access a wide range of certified social

enterprise suppliers. We have increased our strategic

engagement with these suppliers and have trained staff to

identify further opportunities within their categories. We

spent over NZ$160,000 with Social Enterprises in 2021 (up

from NZ$145,000 in 2020) and have influenced our suppliers

to use Social Enterprises in their supply chain. We have

on-boarded two new Social Enterprises using our suppliers.

1. A small business supplier is defined as one with whom our spend is less than $1 million in a 12-month period. 2. Excluding sponsorship spend. Spend including sponsorships was $6.0 million.

CASE STUDY

Social enterprise – Responsible disposal via a Social

Enterprise partnership with Telstra and PonyUp for Good

Together with Telstra, we have partnered with PonyUp for Good to assist in the disposal of redundant

technology. PonyUp for Good is a social enterprise, providing e-waste sustainability services.

As part of our router upgrade program this year over

2,000 kilograms of outdated Telstra equipment was

collected from ANZ locations across Australia. As a

result of our partnership with PonyUp for Good:

•94% of this equipment by weight was able to

be reused, and the remainder was recycled

•This resulted in diverting up to 95% of the technology

from landfill, ensuring the materials contained in them

will go back into making new products

•Importantly, the re-marketing of this equipment has

generated enough funding for PonyUp for Good to

donate over 13,000 meals to SecondBite, Australia’s

biggest fresh food rescue charity who distribute meals

to more than 1,400 community food programs.

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WELLBEING

ENVIRONMENTAL

SUSTAINABILITY

HOUSING

FAIR AND

RESPONSIBLE

BANKING

Improving conduct

and culture

Supporting our

customers

Improving customer

experience

Cyber security

Financial crime

Responsible

business lending

Supply chain

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CASE STUDY

Paying the Living Wage in New Zealand

ANZ was the second bank in New Zealand to receive the Living Wage Employer

accreditation, by Living Wage Aotearoa New Zealand.

We have spent over $5.5 million with 20 Indigenous businesses in Australia this year – (up from $3.2 million in 2020).

We are a member of both Supply Nation and Kinaway (the Victorian Indigenous Chamber of Commerce).

Following a successful trial during 2020, we worked with Winc (our Office Supplies provider) to implement the

Australian made Nallawilli 100% Recycled FSC Certified paper as the standard copy paper used within our Australian

branch network. Nallawilli are a Supply Nation Certified business and an existing supplier to ANZ.

Due to COVID-19, we were unable to hold our annual NAIDOC Week Indigenous Business marketplace in our

833 Collins Street Melbourne office. Instead, we conducted two ‘virtual marketplaces’ in November 2020 and July 2021

supporting over 30 Indigenous businesses, enabling staff to purchase their goods and services online.

PROCUREMENT WITH INDIGENOUS BUSINESSES IN AUSTRALIA

ANZ New Zealand has for many years paid its direct

employees well above the living wage. In 2021, ANZ

New Zealand made a commitment to pay the Living

Wage to all directly employed staff and over 230 indirectly

employed staff through our supply chain. This includes staff

working in security, cleaning, catering and concierge and

mailroom services.

While most of our service providers were already

paying their staff the Living Wage or above, the ANZ

procurement team worked closely with the remaining

service providers to introduce the Living Wage to all staff.

The commitment has resulted in positive

outcomes for our employees and has resulted in

lower staff turnover for our suppliers.

This quote from one of our indirectly

employed cleaning staff helps demonstrate

its impact:

“Being paid the Living Wage now means

I can buy rugby boots for my son and the

fees for him to play for our local club.”

The Living Wage in New Zealand is currently

NZ$22.75 per hour and is set annually by the Family

Centre Social Policy Research Unit, a Wellington-based

non-government organisation. The minimum wage is

currently NZ$20.00 per hour.

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WELLBEING

ENVIRONMENTAL

SUSTAINABILITY

HOUSING

FAIR AND

RESPONSIBLE

BANKING

Improving conduct

and culture

Supporting our

customers

Improving customer

experience

Cyber security

Financial crime

Responsible

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1. NCP’s are responsible for promoting the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises (an international standard on responsible business conduct) and providing
conciliation services to resolve complaints against multinational enterprises.

Our approach to human rights

This year we have significantly upgraded our Human Rights Statement (Statement)

and developed a new Grievance Mechanism (Mechanism) for people whose human

rights may have been impacted by our large business lending customers.

We committed to these two actions in the 2020 Statement

of the Parties agreement following resolution of a complaint

brought against ANZ by Inclusive Development International

and Equitable Cambodia concerning a loan made to Phnom

Penh Sugar in 2014. Agreement was reached with the

assistance of the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and

Development (OECD) Australian National Contact Point (NCP).

1

Our work has been informed by an external multi-stakeholder

working group including civil society organisations,

academics, business representatives and customers. Their

involvement did not infer endorsement of the outcomes

of this review or other work carried out by ANZ.

OUR HUMAN RIGHTS STATEMENT

The Statement outlines our respect for international

human rights standards and includes:

› no tolerance for retaliation against

individuals or communities

› reference to climate change and

associated human rights impacts

› support for an open civic space and human

rights defenders

› scenarios where domestic laws conflict with

international human rights standards

› our process when a customer or business

relationship’s human rights practices are inconsistent

with our expectations.

International standards we respect include the International

Labour Organisation Declaration on Fundamental Principles

and Rights at Work, the International Bill of Human Rights

and the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human

Rights (UNGPs).

The UNGPs are the global standard for preventing and

addressing the risk of adverse human rights impacts

linked to business activities. They incorporate three pillars,

including governments’ duty to protect human rights and

the responsibility of businesses to respect human rights.

Our Statement is aligned with the UNGP second pillar,

including support and respect for the human rights of our

employees, customers and communities. We expect the same

from everyone who works for or with us, including business

customers, suppliers and partners.

Under the UNGP framework we respect the human rights of

our employees, carry out risk-based due diligence regarding

human rights in our business relationships, and commit

to improving our transparency and reporting. Business

customers are also expected to meet their obligations under

the UNGPs and consent to participate in our grievance

mechanism should we accept a complaint about them.

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Our commitments are embedded in our
policies and other relevant documents available

at anz.com including:

•Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption Policy – outlining

appropriate due diligence on employees, contingent

workers and third parties.

•Approach to Accessibility and Financial Inclusion –

making our products, services, workplace and culture

supportive of people with disability and improving

outcomes for those at risk of financial exclusion.

•Climate Change Statement – responding to the social,

environmental and economic challenges of climate change.

•Diversity and Inclusion Policy – committing to a workplace

that reflects the communities in which we operate and

provides opportunities to under-represented groups.

•Equal Opportunity, Bullying and Harassment Policy

– committing to a workplace free from discrimination,

harassment, bullying and victimisation.

•Modern Slavery Statement – reporting how we identify,

assess and manage modern slavery risks including forced

labour, child labour and human trafficking.

•Reconciliation Action Plan – our commitment to social

and economic participation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait

Islander peoples.

•Social and Environmental Risk Policy and Screening Tool –

social and environmental standards and due diligence

for large business customers of ANZ.

•Supplier Code Of Practice – setting supplier standards

including labour rights, safe workplace and freedom

of association.

•Complaints processes – communication channels

including a Human Rights Grievance Mechanism

for communities.

Implementation of these new commitments will continue

in 2022 through our governance, policies, staff training

and disclosures.

In addition to the key standards there are others we use to identify and manage our human rights

risks across the business, including:

•International Labour Organization declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work

•International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

•International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

•International Finance Corporation performance standards

•Equator Principles

•United Nations Global Compact, including the Women’s Empowerment Principles

•United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

•Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises

•United Nations Standards of Conduct for Business for Tackling Discrimination against LGBTI People.

ANZ’S COMMITMENT TO INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS

GRIEVANCE MECHANISM

The UNGP third pillar refers to the need for victims of

business-related abuses to have access to remedy. We

support access to remedy through our new Grievance

Mechanism and participation in the OECD National

Contact Point NCP remediation processes.

Our Mechanism is available for people and communities

who believe their human rights have been impacted by

ANZ’s Institutional or Corporate lending customers. We

expect the scope and processes associated with the

Mechanism will evolve.

The Mechanism will help promote responsible business

conduct, including by our large business lending customers.

In establishing this Mechanism, we sought to provide

a framework through which:

•efforts can be made to resolve complaints by affected

communities about adverse human rights impacts

associated with ANZ customers

•feedback and recommendations aimed at strengthening

our due diligence processes can be provided.

The Mechanism is designed to be informal and flexible, and

we are committed to handling complaints in a way that builds

confidence in its effectiveness. As this is new we understand

the need to promote its availability, and will use any complaints

submitted as an opportunity for learning and reflection.

This step towards access to remedy for affected people

has been approved by our Ethics and Responsible Business

Committee and endorsed by our Board Ethics, Environment,

Social and Governance Committee.

STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT

To inform the development of our Statement and Mechanism,

we spent 12 months engaging with civil society organisations,

academics, business representatives and customers.

We committed to provide stakeholders with opportunities

for multiple reviews and group discussions for the Statement

and Mechanism with no specific confidentiality requirements.

The length and format of the consultations allowed us to

demonstrate our commitment and intent to the stakeholders

informing on our multi-stakeholder working group.

Engagement will again be sought with external stakeholders in

reviews of the Mechanism in 2023 and the Statement in 2024.

We will also report on complaints submitted to the Mechanism.

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DUE DILIGENCE
Due diligence helps to proactively manage potential

and actual human rights impacts. It should focus on risks

to people, not risks to business, and is an important part

of fulfilling the UNGP second pillar, the responsibility of

businesses to respect human rights.

Our bankers conduct risk-based due diligence prior

to on-boarding new customers. ANZ’s Social and

Environmental risk screening supports ongoing due

diligence for large business customers including an

expectation that they implement appropriate stakeholder

engagement plans. Higher-risk activities are subject to

enhanced human rights due diligence and we seek

to avoid impacting on human rights.

Where a customer’s practices may not be consistent

with our policies, we work with them to understand the

circumstances and, where necessary, encourage them

to identify specific and time-bound improvement plans.

If customers are unwilling to adapt their practices in an

appropriate timeframe, we may decline further financing

or exit the relationship.

SALIENT HUMAN RIGHTS

Our salient human rights risks have been identified

according to where we could potentially cause or

contribute to the most significant negative impacts.

These include:

•safety and security of our people

•labour rights, including modern slavery

•privacy and consumer protection

•corruption and bribery

•environmental protection

•land access and rights.

Though we are unable to avoid all these risks,

we are able to reduce their likelihood and respond

appropriately. Some actions to manage these risks

are discussed throughout this report – identified

using this symbol

MODERN SLAVERY

Modern slavery

2

is estimated to affect over 40 million people

3

across the world.

The combined effort of government, law enforcement, non-government organisations

and business is required to tackle it effectively.

Material risks and key exposures

We consider modern slavery to be higher-risk in our supply

chain and our customer relationships, moderate to low-risk

for investments made by our third-party fund managers and

lower-risk with respect to our employees.

Our modern slavery program is focused on building

awareness and improving policies, processes and due

diligence. Our 2020 Modern Slavery Statement

4

identified

several areas to help us improve our program and we have

taken a number of actions this year, including:

•identifying the top five higher-risk countries and sectors,

and reviewed Institutional customers where the potential

for modern slavery is higher, to better understand how the

risk is being managed

•reviewing our Commercial agriculture portfolio for potential

for modern slavery risk (e.g. horticulture customers using

manual labour)

•using financial crime analysis and algorithms to identify

modern slavery or modern slavery-like practices amongst

suppliers and customers

•developing a Modern Slavery questionnaire to understand

how our cleaning and security suppliers minimise the

risk of forced labour, including their management of

subcontractors

•strengthening our supplier tender process by developing

a detailed set of questions in sectors where there is

potentially a higher likelihood of forced labour

•revising our procurement training to include the impacts

of modern slavery and how to minimise potential risks,

including risks associated with COVID-19 such as forced

labour (with vulnerable people searching for work) and

increased demand for certain products (e.g. personal

protection equipment)

•building five ‘e-learning' modules to develop

employee awareness of modern slavery, including

how to raise concerns

•delivering nine awareness sessions to higher-risk

country leadership teams

•reviewing cases where we may be directly

linked to modern slavery through our supplier

and customer relationships.

Impacts of COVID-19

COVID-19 has increased workers’ vulnerability to modern

slavery practices in some industry sectors including for

example, the shipping sector. Travel restrictions imposed

by governments in response to the pandemic are causing

disruption to docking, crew changes and ship inspections,

leaving seafarers vulnerable to labour exploitation.

We have engaged with key suppliers and Institutional

customers to understand how they are managing this

situation. In particular, we are keen to understand how they

are complying with the International Maritime Organisation

Framework of Protocols for Ensuring Safe Ship Crew Changes and

Travel During the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. To date

we have not identified any issues directly related to our

customers' or suppliers' treatment of their seafarers.

2. Serious exploitation of people through threats, coercion or deception, which undermines or deprives them of their freedom –

Commonwealth Modern Slavery Act 2018, Guidance for Reporting Entities. 3. Global Slavery Index – 2018. 4. https://www.anz.com.au/

content/dam/anzcomau/documents/pdf/aboutus/modern-slavery-statement.pdf

Further detail on our approach to modern slavery

is provided in our 2021 Modern Slavery Statement,

to be released later this year at anz.com/cs.

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Employee engagement,
wellbeing and development

ENGAGEMENT

Our Group-wide employee engagement

survey, My Voice, is one of the primary ways

we gain a sense of how our people are feeling.

This year, we ran engagement surveys more frequently.

We included a number of new questions about workload,

productivity and ‘sense of belonging’. We also included

questions to measure:

•morale – the way people feel about the work they do and

their ability to ‘bounce back’ when things go wrong

•psychological safety – in a psychologically safe team,

people feel accepted, respected and safe to take

interpersonal risks

•employee Net Promoter Score (eNPS) – how likely people

are to recommend their team or business area as a place

to work on a scale of -100 to +100 (a range of 10–30 is

considered ‘good’).

Employee engagement

81%

(2021 APRIL: 80%,

2020: 86%, 2019: 77%)

Psychological safety

77%

(2021 APRIL: 74%)

Morale

81%

(2021 APRIL: 81%)

eNPS

27. 6

(2021 APRIL: 26.2)

84%

of people feel like

they belong at ANZ

(2021 APRIL: 81%)

AUGUST 2021 SURVEY RESULTS

A sense of belonging is emerging as one of the most

critical drivers of employee engagement. This is of particular

importance currently, with very different employee

experiences across our locations as a result of the pandemic.

We will continue to focus on fostering an inclusive

environment for our employees through:

•regular communications from senior leaders, including

'weekly wraps' from some Executive Committee members

to their Divisions

•promoting information and tools to help employees do

their best work and manage their wellbeing, wherever

they are working from

•continuing to offer the Team Health Check, a team-based

wellbeing survey to enable our people to support each

other and provide a starting point for conversations

about wellbeing.

Survey data that was previously provided to leaders only was

released via a dashboard available to all employees for the first

time in 2021. Leaders were encouraged to discuss results with

their teams to identify areas for improvement they could work

on together.

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WELLBEING
As the pandemic continues, we have taken

steps to ensure employees are equipped with

practical resilience strategies to help them

prioritise health and wellbeing.

A series of webinars with external psychologists have given

employees strategies to maintain mental, social and physical

health. Sessions have included information on child and

teenage welfare, access to resources from The Resilience

Project, and webinars on how to cope during periods of

prolonged change. In addition, we have provided targeted

proactive psychological support for teams who have faced

significant challenges throughout the year, including sessions

and webinars with psychologists in various locations.

We continue to provide wellbeing support digitally via our

HealthyMe App which includes webinars, podcasts, articles

and relaxation strategies, all designed to enhance the overall

health of our people. To date, more than 8,000 employees

have downloaded this App and use it frequently. Content is

regularly updated and tailored to focus on specific challenges

as they evolve across the locations in which we operate.

This year, we developed PhysEd, a program to support

employee physical health and wellbeing while working

from home. The program includes a short series of videos

presented by physiotherapists to improve employee

understanding of the common causes of discomfort,

managing emerging symptoms and minimising the

impact of an injury. Since its launch, PhysEd has been

accessed over 1,300 times.

Our wellbeing and safety policy includes a commitment to

providing a safe working environment for all our employees.

This includes when people are injured or ill, or have

accessibility needs, and applies whether they are working

at an ANZ location or at home. Our support for employees

who are experiencing injury or illness also extends to

conditions that are not work-related.

We know that for some people, there may be times

where temporary or permanent workplace adjustments

are necessary due to disability, special requirements, illness

or injury. There are many different types of workplace

adjustments ANZ supports – just as there are many varied

accessibility needs.

Examples of the types of adjustments we put in place:

Psychological adjustments – for employees experiencing

a mental health illness or condition, tailored work role

adjustments are made to enable them to perform their role

in a safe and supportive environment. We seek guidance from

health practitioners in relation to work capacity inclusive of

hours, days, work tasks, treatment needs and any other

flexibility requirements.

Physical adjustments – this includes adjustments to spaces

around workstations and where these are located as well as

other adjustments to make buildings accessible.

Ergonomic adjustments – this might be providing

specific equipment (e.g. chairs or headsets), or environmental

changes (e.g. lighting or temperature changes) to meet

individual needs.

Technology adjustments – these include assistive

technology like screen magnification, reading software,

speech recognition and voice-to-text software.

To further support our employees experiencing injury and

illness, we have introduced an early intervention program

called RecoverWell. This program is designed to enable early

intervention of specialist support through funding of

treatment for Australian employees with work-related injuries

to assist with recovery and a sustainable return to work.

We have designed programs to support employees across the

Pacific who may be experiencing domestic violence. These

have included training, implementation of domestic violence

champions, temporary accommodation in safe houses/hotels,

special leave, emergency advancement of pay and EAP support.

All Pacific countries ran an awareness program on

International Women’s Day and during the 16 Days of

Activism against Gender-Based Violence annual campaign.

Our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) continues to

support all employees and their immediate family members

to meet the challenges of work and personal life. The EAP

provides confidential free counselling and guidance for

managers and employees and critical counselling support

for significant events.

6.5% of our Australian

and 9.4% of our New Zealand

employees used our

EAP in 2021.

From 1 June 2021, ANZ became a self-insured employer

for workers’ compensation in Australia under the Federal

Workers Compensation scheme (Comcare). This allows us to

operate under one piece of legislation, instead of individual

state based self-insurance arrangements. Our workers’

compensation approach is now consistent for all Australia-

based employees with improved outcomes for employees

through increased simplicity and transparency.

Health and safety risks vary across the business, and our

wellbeing and safety plans include risk controls to account for

these differences. We encourage early reporting of incidents

and illness in order to effectively and proactively support the

wellbeing of our employees.

Data relating to our health and safety performance

in 2021 is available in our 2021 ESG data pack

available at anz.com/annualreport.

This year we have seen an increase in lost-time injuries,

with no new identifiable trends. The majority of injuries that

incurred a full day off work continue to be related to slips,

trips and falls.

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1. Measured by the Neuroscience Leadership Institute, August 2021.
LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT

We continue to invest in the capabilities of our people through

the provision of training and development programs. Over 1,275,000 hours

of learning were delivered through our online learning platforms in 2021,

including almost 724,000 hours of compliance training and more than

77,000 hours of self-directed learning.

Our employees have

continued to make good use of

Our Way of Learning (OWL), our

digital social learning platform,

with over 77,000 hours of

self-directed learning completed.

Our people leaders play a critical role in building team

cohesion, fostering collaboration, facilitating learning, driving

innovation and helping teams stay connected to one another.

In 2021, we continued to deliver our Leading Through Change

program, designed to support leaders and help them lead

their teams with confidence through accelerated business

change and the challenges associated with the pandemic.

More than 5,430 people leaders have completed the program.

The reported Behavioural Change Percentage

1

in both the

ability to actively adjust priorities to deliver what matters

(91%) and apply strategies to promote a collaborative

environment (83%), indicates improved leadership capability.

Development of our retail frontline bankers continues to

be a focal point. In 2021, we invested almost $2 million in

a program of work to build and enhance the following key

Retail Banker and Leader capabilities:

Customer experience – uplifting and extending

banker skills to deliver a better customer experience, in

line with our aspiration to improve the financial wellbeing

of our customers

Digital and self-service – developing banker knowledge

and skills to educate and coach our customers on use of

our digital and self-service solutions

Lending – continuing to build lender capability in

a range of technical and soft skills to support more

complex customer interactions

Leadership – improving leadership and coaching capability

in new and aspiring leaders – supporting our aspirational

culture and enabling employees to confidently ‘speak up’.

We created a Customer Self-Service Hub

providing our bankers with access to a range of

self-directed learning equipping them to educate

customers on our digital self-service solutions.

We also implemented a Lending Academy that includes

‘advanced lending’ learning modules for all accredited home

lenders. To date, 1,148 experienced lenders have completed

the Advanced Lending modules.

We are also working to transform the way we manage and

think about customer complaints. This year, we rolled out

complaints awareness training to employees who support

our Australian Retail and Commercial and New Zealand

customers (refer to page 42 for further details).

ANZ New Zealand is committed to building workforce

capability in line with its commitment to the Aotearoa

New Zealand Skills Pledge. Over 72,000 hours of learning were

delivered this year, a significant increase from 35,000 hours in

2020. While our focus has remained on reskilling our people

to move into in-demand areas, we have increased focus on

the development of leadership capabilities. We will continue

to invest in our employees’ learning and development and,

over the coming year, will launch a series of learning initiatives

aimed at the development of strategic capabilities, such as

data analytics and insights and adaptability, to help ‘future

proof ’ our workforce.

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ACHIEVING GENDER BALANCE
IN OUR BUSINESS

We continue to seek an increase in the representation of

Women in Leadership

1

(WIL) – the key to closing our gender

pay gap. In 2021, WIL increased to 35.3%, exceeding our target

of 34.4%.

Of particular note, our Institutional and Finance divisions,

two areas of the bank with traditionally low representation

of Women in Leadership, made good progress, up 2.9% and

3.9% respectively. Further, Group-wide representation of

women at the Senior Manager, Executive, and Senior

Executive levels increased by 2.1%, 1.0% and 4.6% respectively.

Our progress against our women in leadership target is

monitored monthly by the CEO and the Group Performance

and Execution Committee and is a measure in the Group

Scorecard.

Following the departure of Alexis George and Michelle Jablko,

representation of women in our Group Executive Committee

decreased to 36.4% (from 50%). We now have four women

on our 11-person Group Executive Committee: our Group

Executive Digital and Australia Transformation; CEO

New Zealand; Group Executive Talent and Culture and

Service Centres; and Group Executive Data and Automation.

Significantly, two of the key ‘line’ roles with profit and loss

accountability are held by women. This is important as, in

addition to CFO, these are the types of roles from which

the majority of CEO appointments are drawn.

2


We are building foundations for long-term sustainable

improvement in gender diversity and have introduced

initiatives, such as:

•the ‘Women in Leadership Program’ which provides aspiring

female employees in ANZ’s Finance Division an opportunity

to engage with senior leaders across the division to build

and grow their personal network and brand through

mentorship and sponsorship and to participate in focused

development initiatives

•the ‘Women in Risk Leadership Program’ which provides

emerging and established women leaders in our Risk

Function with access to strategies to overcome career

blocks, develop a strategic mindset for greater influence

and support leadership development

•the ‘Change Up Program’ to equip female employees

with the necessary skills to advance into leadership

roles across our Institutional and Australia Retail and

Commercial divisions

•the creation of a global Community of Practice group to

share knowledge and divisional experiences across the

roles accountable for increasing the representation of

women in leadership roles.

We also have a number of initiatives focused on encouraging

women back into the workforce such as the Return to Work

program in our Technology division. This program, which has

recently welcomed its second cohort, seeks to remove barriers

faced by highly skilled individuals, particularly women, when

trying to return to the workforce after a career break. Return to

Work (86% female representation in 2021), and our graduate

programs in Australia (61% female representation) and

New Zealand (56% female representation), are helping us

attract, develop and grow our pipeline of female talent for

the future.

ANZ is signatory to: the 40:40 Vision initiative which seeks

to achieve gender balance of senior leadership at ASX200

companies by 2030; and the Diversity Council Australia

#IStandForRespect campaign, a commitment to stand against

gendered harassment and violence in all its forms and to take

steps to address sexual and sex-based harassment and make

the workplace safe for everyone.

Workplace diversity and inclusion

This year we finalised our new Diversity and Inclusion strategy. It aligns with

our purpose and business strategy, and supports the diversity and inclusion

aspirations of our customers, suppliers and community.

1. 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). 2. This was reinforced in the

ASX200 Census from Chief Executive Women. 3. Values are as at 30 September 2021. On 4 August 2021, ANZ announced that Christine O’Reilly will join the Board, effective 1 November 2021.

Three of our eight

Board members are women

(37.5% female representation).

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This year, in partnership with Chief Executive Women (CEW ), we launched the CEW and ANZ Sustainability Scholarship.

The scholarship recognises the increasing importance of environmental sustainability and gives experienced female

sustainability practitioners, across the fields of environmental sustainability, corporate sustainability and sustainable

finance, the opportunity to develop their leadership skills and capabilities. Candidates can nominate the course they

wish to attend to accelerate their career in sustainability and the scholarship will cover full tuition fees up to $25,000.

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Further detail on our gender diversity targets

is available in our Corporate Governance

Statement at anz.com/corporategovernance.

A FOCUS ON GENDER PAY EQUALITY
We continue to calculate, measure and report on our gender

pay gap, using a two-pronged approach that incorporates the

following methodologies to help us better understand and

explain the underlying reasons for our gender pay gap:

1. the ‘category average’ methodology, which calculates

average salary gaps between women and men by category,

and can uncover issues such as women’s access to senior

and high-paying roles in an organisation; and

2. the ‘like-for-like’ methodology, which compares the

pay of women and men in the same or similar roles,

and can highlight bias in pay decisions.

We have maintained minimal like-for-like gap (within +/- 3%)

across each category, and improved the gap in average

salaries for most categories.

Our focus on developing female talent has resulted in greater

promotion of women, compared to men, over the past year.

When determining the appropriate level of pay, it is common

to position a newly promoted employee lower in the salary

range compared to employees with more experience in

similar roles. As an employee gains experience their salary

typically increases. The higher number of female promotions,

coupled with constrained remuneration budgets during

the past year, has contributed to the slight widening of the

like-for-like gender pay gap.

While we achieved a positive increase in the representation of

Women in Leadership, the number of women in senior roles is

still significantly lower than men. Women also continue to be

disproportionately represented in lower paying roles within

each category. This is most prevalent in the Senior Executives

and Executives categories, where female representation is

lowest. This results in our most significant category average

gap for Senior Executives (92.3%). Although this gap has

improved by 0.9% this year, we are committed to improving

female representation in these senior roles.

Within our Managers category, men continue to be

disproportionately represented in higher level manager roles.

This results in a category average gap of 93.3%.

We know from our regular gender pay equity analysis that

the key to closing our gender pay gap is resolving our

under-representation of women in senior and higher paying

roles in each category. We will continue working towards

closing the gap through various Talent and Culture initiatives

such as our ‘Women in Leadership’ and ‘Change Up’ programs,

described on page 59.

CREATING AN INCLUSIVE CULTURE

A key focus of our new Diversity and Inclusion strategy is

creating an inclusive culture and strengthening our employee

networks. We want our employee networks – which include

Abilities, Mental Health and Wellbeing, Cultural Diversity and

Inclusion, ForWARD Gender Equity, Faith and Pride – to feel

their voices are listened to and they are recognised for the

role they play in building a strong sense of community and

belonging. As the COVID-19 pandemic has evolved, our

networks have helped ensure we are taking an inclusive

approach to supporting our people.

We continued to celebrate important dates on the diversity

and inclusion calendar, albeit virtually this year. For example,

we celebrated International Women’s Day with a panel event,

focusing on Women in Leadership and achieving an equal

future. We also ran a virtual customer marketplace, providing

our Australian employees with the opportunity to support

female-owned businesses, that are also ANZ customers. In

celebration of International Non-Binary People’s Day, our

ForWARD (Gender Equity) and Pride (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,

Transgender, Intersex and Queer (LGBTIQ+)) employee

networks, co-hosted our first International Non-Binary

People's Day panel discussion. The aim of the discussion

was to increase the awareness and inclusion of non-binary

identities through the sharing of lived experiences and

personal stories.

84% of our employees say they feel like they belong at ANZ.

While we are pleased with this, we know there is more we

can do to foster an inclusive culture. Actions taken this year

included updating our Corporate Wardrobe Policy to be more

inclusive of non-binary and gender diverse employees, and

removing all binary gender references. We also refreshed our

email signatures and internal brand illustrations to better

reflect the diversity of our workforce. In Australia, we

encourage our employees to include traditional place names

in their email signatures and an Acknowledgement of

Country at the start of meetings and presentations.

Increase in Female vs Male ratioDecrease in Female vs Male ratio

PAY GAP (AUSTRALIA)

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Category

Av. salary –

by category

YoY

change

Like-for-

like roles

YoY

change

Senior Executives 92.3% 0.9%97.5% -3.3%

Executives96.5% 0.2%97.1% -0.4%

Senior Managers96.2% -0.2%97.8% -0.5%

Managers93.3%0.5%98.2% -0.2%

Non-managers96.0% 1.3%102.0% 0.0%

4. Australia-only data. Effective date 29 June 2021. ‘Senior Executives’ are Group 1, ‘Executives’ are Group 2, ‘Senior Managers’ are Group 3, ‘Managers’ are Group 4, and

‘Non-managers’ are Groups 5 and 6 . Excludes Executive Committee, casuals, fixed-term employees, and trainees/interns.

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PARTICIPATION OF UNDER-REPRESENTED
GROUPS IN OUR WORKFORCE

Promoting the participation of under-

represented groups in our workforce

contributes to our goal of creating a diverse

and inclusive workforce. We are also focused

on the engagement, retention, career

progression and development opportunities

for people across all of our diverse groups.

We have made several key appointments in Australia and

New Zealand this year to support our diversity and inclusion

objectives. These include establishing a dedicated Group

Diversity and Inclusion team and creating a new role in

New Zealand, Te Kaitohu Rautaki Māori (Head of Te Ao

Māori Strategy).

We are developing capability across our recruitment channels

to create inclusive and accessible recruitment processes,

hosting workshops on cultural awareness and delivering

Disability Confident Recruitment training with the Australian

Network on Disability.

This year, we have also developed programs and approaches to cater to mid-career and

mature aged workers – see page 33 of the Annual Report for further detail.

We continue to run a range of programs designed

to encourage greater diversity and inclusion in our

workforce, including:

Indigenous school-based and

full-time traineeships

89

participants

in 2021

Spectrum, employment

opportunities for

people with autism

7

participants

in 2021

5

TupuToa, summer internships for

Māori and Pasifika students

5

participants

in 2021

Return to Work, employment

opportunities for individuals,

particularly women, returning

to work after a career break

35

participants

in 2021

Given the Chance, six to

twelve-month work placements for

refugees and asylum seekers

47

participants

in 2021

Summer internships and

graduate programs

165

participants

in 2021

CASE STUDY

Strengthening our

Te Ao Māori strategy

This year we welcomed Karleen Everitt

as Te Kaitohu Rautaki Māori (Head of Te Ao

Māori Strategy), a newly-created role to lead

the direction of ANZ’s Te Ao Māori strategy.

Karleen, who affiliates with Te Iwi Mōrehu, Te Aupōuri,

and Ngāpuhi Nui Tonu, will work closely with our

leadership teams in New Zealand and Māori and

Pasifika Affinity Group (an employee network).

“Karleen will play a vital role providing leadership on

how ANZ can play a stronger role in building economic

participation for Māori and increasing the cultural

capabilities of ANZ as it relates to tikanga Māori,”

said ANZ New Zealand CEO, Antonia Watson.

“I’m humbled to join ANZ as the first person in this role,”

says Karlene. “It is a great responsibility as this is about

setting a very clear strategy that will create an

opportunity for intergenerational financial wellbeing

for Māori, Hapu and Iwi in partnership with ANZ.”

“The Māori economy is a growing economy and we have

seen some amazing achievements by our leaders in the

ahuwhenua (primary industry) space, iwi and hapu

(tribes and clans) development space and also for our

whanau (family) over the years. Especially in the last 20

years where Māori business really has taken a giant leap

forward in trading both nationally and internationally."

"Māori in business have a long term view that spans

generations and it is anticipated that the Te Ao Māori

Strategy will bring us closer, both as a business but also

as a nation. I am keen to shift the dial on how we at

ANZ will welcome the deep knowledge of matauranga

Māori, tikanga, reo and kawa (Māori education, culture,

language and protocol) in our own practice and culture

as the largest bank in Aotearoa New Zealand.”

5. Participants commenced the program prior to 2021.

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CASE STUDY
Luisa* and her husband Miguel* arrived in

Melbourne from Bogota, Colombia in 2017.

They had enjoyed a good life in Colombia, Luisa working

as a senior corporate lawyer and Miguel as a business

administrator in a bank. Unfortunately, they were forced to

flee friends and family after a criminal cartel that had tried

to pressure Miguel to work for them began making

repeated death threats.

Arriving in Melbourne as asylum seekers, Luisa and Miguel

had to start again – in a city where they knew no one and,

in Luisa's case, didn’t speak the language.

The first few years were tough as Luisa struggled with the

language barrier. At night she studied hard and learnt

English, and during the day she worked in a range of jobs,

including as a cleaner and babysitter. Despite applying for

corporate jobs she kept missing out and was losing

confidence in her abilities.

A chance encounter at a friend’s BBQ over summer in 2021

changed everything. Luisa met an ANZ employee who told

her about the Given the Chance program. The next day

Luisa spoke to BSL about the program, and in May she

commenced a placement with ANZ’s legal team, working

as a paralegal. Recently, Luisa's placement ended after she

accepted an offer to join the team on a two-year contract.

According to Luisa she feels like the

“luckiest migrant in the world.”

“The Given the Chance program has allowed

me to reconnect with one of the things that

I have loved the most in my life, which is the

law. Every day I wake up so happy to be

working in this incredible organisation,

with such an amazing team.”

Luisa

Reflecting on the program and the bank's long-standing

commitment to it, Ken Adams, Group General Counsel,

said, “The ability to help a migrant, to provide support

as they transition to become active members of our

community, is both a great opportunity to help someone

else, a positive contribution to our community and helps

to build a diverse team at ANZ. The feedback from the

team has been uniformly positive – they love seeing us

make a tangible impact on the community. It's completely

aligned with our purpose at ANZ.”

GIVEN THE CHANCE

Since 2007 we have worked with the

Brotherhood of St Laurence (BSL) to support

refugees and asylum seekers into six to

twelve-month work placements through

the Given the Chance program.

The program provides job seekers with invaluable local

experience to help them gain entry into the Australian

workforce. Given the Chance participants are highly engaged,

skilled and motivated, and make a positive contribution to

their team, the bank and their community.

To date, we have welcomed 300 participants to ANZ,

with approximately 65% going on to permanent

employment. This year we hired 47 participants, the

highest ever number of recruits to the program.

*not real names

“I no longer feel alone and isolated.

The humanity, connection and

levity of the workplace give

everyone a sense of big hopes and

dreams. It was this permanent role

that made the chance of seeing my

wife and son again a reality.”

Ramin Rastin | Sales Practices Analyst,

Australia Retail and Commercial, and former

Given the Chance participant.

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SUPPORTING INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS

Our Reconciliation Action Plan

Our vision for reconciliation is an Australia that is unified around a shared history that

celebrates and honours the unique contributions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

peoples. We acknowledge the special role of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples

within the community, particularly as custodians of the lands across Australia.

We are committed to:

•improving our understanding of Aboriginal and Torres

Strait Islander cultures so that we create culturally safe and

supportive spaces for staff and customers

•showing respect by acknowledging Traditional Owners and

celebrating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures

•combating racism inside and outside ANZ through

education and advocacy.

Ngarga Wangaddja means ‘mob talking’ in the language of the

Nurungga people and is the name chosen for the employee

reference group formed to represent the voices of Aboriginal

and Torres Strait Islander employees at ANZ.

Conceived and created by employees, Ngarga Wangaddja

consults on matters that apply exclusively to Aboriginal and

Torres Strait Islander employees, including:

•issues or decisions that impact on identity

or experience

•role scope

•cultural safety and concepts of wellbeing

•a person’s existence as an Aboriginal.

After two years of reflection, development and consultation,

we recently commenced our 2021–2024 Stretch Reconciliation

Action Plan (RAP).

Improve our understanding of Indigenous

cultures to create culturally safe spaces,

show respect and combat racism

Build the capacity of Indigenous

businesses and organisations to enable

economic participation

Provide employment and career

progression to enable economic

participation

Improve the financial wellbeing of

individuals to develop financial resilience

In line with our purpose, we are focused on

four key areas to support Aboriginal and Torres

Strait Islander peoples and communities to thrive:

Credit: Marcus Lee

A key priority has been to strengthen governance over

our RAP commitments.

We have established a RAP Steering Committee comprising

senior leaders responsible for prioritising, resourcing and

delivering against our RAP. A RAP Working Group, with

representatives from accountable areas of the business,

reports into this committee.

Progress against our commitments will be reported half-yearly

to the Ethics and Responsible Business Committee and

annually to the Board Ethics, Environment, Social and

Governance Committee.

We will report publicly on our progress against our

commitments annually.

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INDIGENOUS EMPLOYMENT
We provide employment opportunities to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples

through Indigenous traineeships, both school-based and full-time in our Australian Branch

Network, as well as direct hiring across other areas of our Australian business.

In 2021, we employed 128 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people (89 trainees and

39 direct hires) across our branches and/business centres, corporate offices and customer

contact centres.

For information on our support for Indigenous businesses see page 52.

For information on MoneyBusiness, our financial education program

tailored to Indigenous Australians, see page 18.

CASE STUDY

RAP GOVERNANCE FRAMEWORK

Indigenous traineeship

Once a participant in our traineeship program, Kaylee Hipwell has come full circle and now assists

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates in finding meaningful employment opportunities at ANZ.

Reconciliation

Network

Support internal

reconciliation initiatives

RAP

Working Group

Delivery and reporting

RAP

Steering Committee

Decision-making and

accountability

Board Ethics,

Environment, Social and

Governance Committee

Oversight

Ethics and Responsible

Business Committee

Monitoring

Ngarga Wangaddja

Advice and perspective

Kaylee was 15 when she accepted a school-based

traineeship in our Macarthur Square branch in Sydney,

New South Wales. After finishing high school, she was

subsequently offered a full-time traineeship. Since then,

Kaylee has worked as a part-time Service Consultant, a

Personal Banker and a Senior Personal Banker. During her

time as a Senior Personal Banker, ANZ helped Kaylee

complete a course in Frontline Management, providing

her with the confidence to lead a team successfully and

relieve as a Branch Manager from time to time.

“I then tried my hand at a Home and Investment Lending

Associate role. Whilst I was enjoying this role in helping

customers achieve their dream of owning a home, I came

across the opportunity to apply for my current role as an

Employee Journey Expert in the Talent and Culture team,”

said Kaylee. “My role focuses on diversity and inclusion in

assisting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates

to gain employment opportunities.”

“I am still finding my feet as I am very new to

the role and it’s a completely different world to

what I have been used to over the past 12 years,

but I am loving every minute of it. Everywhere

that I have worked and everything that I have

learnt has brought me to the place I am right

now. It shows that if you work hard and stay

focused the opportunities at ANZ are endless.”

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WELLBEING

ENVIRONMENTAL

SUSTAINABILITY

HOUSING

FAIR AND

RESPONSIBLE

BANKING

HUMAN RIGHTS

EMPLOYEE

WELLBEING AND

INCLUSION

Employee

engagement,

wellbeing and

development

Diversity and inclusion

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This year we ranked in the top five Access and Inclusion
Index performers by the Australian Network on

Disability. The Access and Inclusion Index is Australia’s

foremost benchmarking tool for inclusion of people

with disability.

Participating in the Index is an important way for ANZ

to check our progress against the commitments in our

Accessibility Plan and show leadership and support for

best practice in disability inclusion.

ANZ was commended for its “many strong examples

of industry-leading accessibility measures across the

corporate sector in Australia and New Zealand.” This

includes our PACE mentoring program, Stepping Into

internships and our involvement in the Accessible

Procurement Taskforce.

MEASURING OUR PROGRESS

INCLUSIVE WORKPLACE

We gather insights on the diversity of our workforce through

our annual engagement survey, My Voice. This year we made

changes to the question on disability to make the purpose for

collecting this information clearer. Consequently, the number

of people identifying as having a disability increased to 4.3%

in 2021 from 3% in 2020.

We joined the IncludeAbility Forum, a national project led by

Australia’s Disability Discrimination Commissioner which aims

to increase access to meaningful employment opportunities

for people with disability. We are also working closely with our

partner, the Australian Network on Disability, to roll out a

Disability Confident e-learning suite for our managers and

people leaders.

We are committed to ensuring our recruitment and selection

processes are barrier free and accessible. Our website provides

information on how potential candidates with accessibility

needs can apply for roles and connect with our Talent and

Culture team on adjustments they may need. We continue

to ask our internal and external candidates about their

accessibility requirements, and provide ongoing professional

development to recruiters to help develop their disability

recruiting confidence.

We are also building an accessibility framework to strengthen

career pathways for blind and low-vision employees working

in our Contact Centres. The framework seeks to ensure that

accessibility testing, software integration, leader education

and environmental assessments are considered to ensure

each individual can comfortably transition to new roles.

ABILITIES NETWORK

Our Abilities Network is made up of employees keen to make

a positive difference for people with disability, including fellow

employees, our customers and in the wider community.

This year, in response to feedback received from the Australian

Network on Disability’s Accessibility and Inclusion Index, we

established a User Experience subgroup of the Abilities

Network. The subgroup provides a forum for people with

lived experience of disability at ANZ to provide collaborative,

innovative and fit-for-purpose solutions to initiatives, processes

and tools to help support accessibility and inclusion for our

people and customers.

Our Abilities Network is also the key driver for our disability

mentoring program, PACE, run together with the Australian

Network on Disability. PACE connects jobseekers with

disability to professional mentors for a 16-week supported

mentoring program. All mentors are required to undertake

disability confidence training before the program starts. In

2021, 81 pairs participated in the program. We also expanded

the reach of the program, with pilots conducted in the

Northern Territory and Tasmania.

This year we recruited 80 people

with disability across the Group into

a variety of roles, including through

our Graduate Program.

4.7% of our Graduate Program

participants identified as a person

with disability.

"Being part of ANZ’s Abilities

Network program gives me a

chance to share and comment

on what ANZ can do to support

people with disabilities.”

Kat Ramos | Engineer, ANZ Security

Advisory and Engineering

OVERVIEW

FINANCIAL

WELLBEING

ENVIRONMENTAL

SUSTAINABILITY

HOUSING

FAIR AND

RESPONSIBLE

BANKING

HUMAN RIGHTS

EMPLOYEE

WELLBEING AND

INCLUSION

Employee

engagement,

wellbeing and

development

Diversity and inclusion

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UN Principles for Responsible Banking Self-assessment
Reporting and

Self-Assessment requirements

High-level summary of bank’s response

(limited assurance required for responses to highlighted items)

Reference(s)/Link(s) to

bank’s full response/relevant

information

PRINCIPLE 1: ALIGNMENT

We will align our business strategy to be consistent with and contribute to individuals’ needs and society’s goals, as expressed in the

Sustainable Development Goals, the Paris Climate Agreement and relevant national and regional frameworks.

1.1 Describe (high-level) your bank's business

model, including the main customer segments

served, types of products and services

provided, the main sectors and types of

activities, and where relevant the technologies

financed across the main geographies in which

your bank has operations or provides products

and services.

ANZ is among the top four banks in Australia, the largest banking group in New Zealand and Pacific,

and among the top 50 banks in the world by market capitalisation.

Our history dates back over 185 years, and we operate in 32 markets globally with representation

in Australia, New Zealand, Asia, Pacific, the Middle East, Europe, and America.

We provide a range of banking and financial products and services to around 8.7 million Retail,

Commercial and Institutional customers, and we employ around 40,000 people worldwide.

Our strategy is to improve the financial wellbeing and sustainability of our customers.

We will do this by providing excellent services, tools and insights that engage and retain customers

and positively change their behaviour.

In particular, we want to help customers:

•Save for, buy and own a sustainable, liveable and affordable home

•Start or buy and sustainably grow their business

•Move capital and goods around the region and sustainably grow their business

About ANZ

Our Purpose and Strategy

2021 Annual Report

pages 10–11

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UN SDG alignment

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information

1.2 Describe how your bank has aligned and/or

is planning to align its strategy to be consistent

with, and contribute to, society's goals as

expressed in the Sustainable Development

Goals (SDGs), the Paris Climate Agreement, and

relevant national and regional frameworks.

We support the Paris Agreement’s goal of transitioning to net zero emissions by 2050 and our

Climate Change Statement outlines our approach and commitments that seek to support this goal.

We are currently updating our Statement and Climate-related Financial Disclosures. These will be

released prior to our Annual General Meeting and made available on anz.com/annualreport.

In October 2021, ANZ joined the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative’s (UNEP FI) Net Zero

Banking Alliance – signalling a stronger commitment to align our lending portfolio with the goal of

achieving net zero emissions by 2050.

In 2020, we published our first statement responding to the Australian Modern Slavery Act’s

mandatory criteria, describing how we identify and act on key modern slavery risks in our operations

and supply chain. Our second statement will be released in December 2021.

This year we have significantly upgraded our Human Rights Statement (Statement), which outlines

our respect for international human rights standards. Our Statement includes: no tolerance for

retaliation against individuals or communities; reference to climate change and associated human

rights impacts; support for open civic space and human rights defenders; scenarios where domestic

laws conflict with international human rights standards; and our process when a customer or

business relationship’s human rights practices are inconsistent with our expectations.

We also developed a new Grievance Mechanism (Mechanism) for people whose human rights may

have been impacted by our large business lending customers. In establishing the Mechanism, we

sought to provide a framework through which: efforts can be made to resolve complaints by affected

communities about adverse human rights impacts associated with ANZ customers; and feedback

and recommendations aimed at strengthening our due diligence processes can be provided. It is

available at anz.com.

Our ESG Approach

Our ESG focus areas

Climate Change Statement

Our Purpose and Strategy

2021 Annual Report

pages 37–39

2021 ESG Supplement

pages 24–25 and 53–55

2021 Climate-related Financial

Disclosures, to be released prior

to our Annual General Meeting

and made available on

anz.com/annualreport

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ENVIRONMENTAL

SUSTAINABILITY

HOUSING

FAIR AND

RESPONSIBLE

BANKING

HUMAN RIGHTS

EMPLOYEE

WELLBEING AND

INCLUSION

ADDITIONAL

INFORMATION

UN Principles for

Responsible Banking

Self-assessment

UN SDG alignment

with ESG targets

Explanatory notes

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High-level summary of bank’s response

(limited assurance required for responses to highlighted items)

Reference(s)/Link(s) to

bank’s full response/relevant

information

PRINCIPLE 2: IMPACT AND TARGET SETTING

We will continuously increase our positive impacts while reducing the negative impacts on, and managing the risks to, people and environment

resulting from our activities, products and services. To this end, we will set and publish targets where we can have the most significant impacts.

2.1 Impact Analysis:

Show that your bank has identified the areas

in which it has its most significant (potential)

positive and negative impact through an impact

analysis that fulfils the following elements:

a. Scope: The bank’s core business areas,

products/services across the main geographies

that the bank operates in have been as

described under 1.1. have been considered

in the scope of the analysis.

b. Scale of Exposure: In identifying its areas

of most significant impact the bank has

considered where its core business/its major

activities lie in terms of industries, technologies

and geographies.

c. Context and Relevance: Your bank has taken

into account the most relevant challenges and

priorities related to sustainable development in

the countries/regions in which it operates.

d. Scale and intensity/salience of impact: In

identifying its areas of most significant impact,

the bank has considered the scale and intensity/

salience of the (potential) social, economic and

environmental impacts resulting from the bank’s

activities and provision of products and services.

(your bank should have engaged with relevant

stakeholders to help inform your analysis under

elements c) and d)).

Show that building on this analysis, the bank has

•Identified and disclosed its areas of

most significant (potential) positive and

negative impact

•Identified strategic business opportunities in

relation to the increase of positive impacts/

reduction of negative impacts

Scope:

In conducting our Impact Analysis work this year, we have identified our most significant impact

areas using aspects of the UNEP FI Principles for Responsible Banking - Impact Identification Tool.

In analysing our impact, we considered our Retail, Commercial and Institutional businesses across our

main markets of operation, Australia and New Zealand. We considered all material sectors financed

across each business.

Through our analysis we identified our most significant (potential) positive impact areas as:

•Inclusive, healthy economies

•Housing

Through our analysis we identified our most significant (potential) negative impact areas as:

•Climate change

•Resource efficiency/security

•Inclusive, healthy economies

We also conducted our annual materiality assessment, engaging with key external and internal

stakeholders to ensure our targets and commitments reflect the most significant ESG risks and

opportunities facing our business and the communities in which we operate.

Scale of exposure:

We will seek to expand our assessment to cover our 32 markets of operation and will look to

refine our portfolio-level and sectoral analysis.

Context and relevance:

Our 2021 materiality assessment incorporated in-depth interviews, focus groups and validation

sessions with a number of external and internal stakeholders. We considered stakeholder

expectations and perspectives on material ESG issues such as: fair and ethical conduct, climate

change, cyber security and data privacy, financial wellbeing, human rights, biodiversity and

customer experience.

We consider the scale and intensity/salience of our impacts through our engagement with

governments, NGOs, industry associations, shareholders, customers and employees.

Our materiality assessment

Our ESG focus areas

Our stakeholder engagement

policy

2021 Annual Report

pages 9 and 14

2021 ESG Supplement

pages 6–10

Please provide your bank’s conclusion/statement if it has fulfilled the requirements regarding Impact Analysis.

We have identified our most significant (potential) impact areas for our Retail, Commercial and Institutional businesses across our main markets of operation,

Australia and New Zealand in line with the Principle’s requirements. In 2022 we will look to expand our analysis to include other geographies in which we operate.

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WELLBEING

ENVIRONMENTAL

SUSTAINABILITY

HOUSING

FAIR AND

RESPONSIBLE

BANKING

HUMAN RIGHTS

EMPLOYEE

WELLBEING AND

INCLUSION

ADDITIONAL

INFORMATION

UN Principles for

Responsible Banking

Self-assessment

UN SDG alignment

with ESG targets

Explanatory notes

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High-level summary of bank’s response

(limited assurance required for responses to highlighted items)

Reference(s)/Link(s) to

bank’s full response/relevant

information

2.2 Target Setting

Show that the bank has set and published

a minimum of two Specific, Measurable

(can be qualitative or quantitative), Achievable,

Relevant and Time-bound (SMART ) targets,

which address at least two of the identified

“areas of most significant impact”, resulting from

the bank’s activities and provision of products

and services.

Show that these targets are linked to and drive

alignment with and greater contribution to

appropriate Sustainable Development Goals,

the goals of the Paris Agreement, and other

relevant international, national or regional

frameworks. The bank should have identified

a baseline (assessed against a particular year)

and have set targets against this baseline.

Show that the bank has analysed and

acknowledged significant (potential) negative

impacts of the set targets on other dimensions

of the SDG/climate change/society’s goals and

that it has set out relevant actions to mitigate

those as far as feasible to maximize the net

positive impact of the set targets.

ANZ sets public targets annually which reflect our purpose, our ESG focus areas (financial wellbeing,

environmental sustainability, housing; and fair and responsible banking) and respond to our most

material ESG issues.

When setting our suite of ESG targets, we consider potential impacts, both positive and

negative, (informed by the impact analysis work described under requirement 2.1) and our

materiality assessment.

Our progress against our public ESG targets is reviewed by the executive Ethics and Responsible

Business Committee (ERBC) quarterly and twice a year by the Board Ethics, Environment, Social and

Governance Committee (EESG).

Last year, we released two new S.M.A.R.T ESG targets in the areas of environmental sustainability

and financial wellbeing, which are still current, with end dates of 2025 and 2023 respectively.

We considered these two targets to be the areas of most significant impact, as they align with

a number of Sustainable Development Goals and also with ANZ’s ESG focus areas:

TARGET 1

Environmental sustainability: “To fund and facilitate at least $50 billion by 2025 towards sustainable

solutions for our customers, including initiatives that help improve environmental sustainability,

support disaster resilience, increase access to affordable housing and promote financial wellbeing”

– which was updated to include a commitment to allocate $1 billion of the $50 billion towards

supporting customers and communities’ disaster recovery and resilience

Specific: to fund and facilitate $50 billion in sustainable solutions

Measureable: target amount $50 billion

Achievable: we are on track to achieve this target

Relevant: it aligns with our ESG focus area of environmental sustainability, as well as financial

wellbeing and housing

Time bound: by 2025

Note: this year we aligned the target to four additional SDGs – 1 No Poverty, 5 Gender Equality;

8 Decent Work and Economic Growth, and 10 Reduced Inequalities. The inclusion of these SDGs

ensures better alignment with emerging sustainable finance product categories and captures

transactions that fund/facilitate activities relating to social outcomes, that go beyond

environmental sustainability.

Accordingly, the target aligns to the following SDGs: 1 No Poverty, 5 Gender Equality, 6 Clean Water

and Sanitation, 7 Affordable and Clean Energy, 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth, 9 Industry,

Innovation and Infrastructure, 10 Reduced Inequalities, 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities,

12 Responsible Consumption and Production, and 13 Climate Action.

2021 ESG Supplement

pages 11–14

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WELLBEING

ENVIRONMENTAL

SUSTAINABILITY

HOUSING

FAIR AND

RESPONSIBLE

BANKING

HUMAN RIGHTS

EMPLOYEE

WELLBEING AND

INCLUSION

ADDITIONAL

INFORMATION

UN Principles for

Responsible Banking

Self-assessment

UN SDG alignment

with ESG targets

Explanatory notes

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Reference(s)/Link(s) to

bank’s full response/relevant

information

2.2 Target Setting (continued)

TARGET 2

Financial wellbeing: “To establish seven new partnerships to expand the reach and improve impact

of MoneyMinded for vulnerable people, by end 2023” – which has a focus on positive impacts for

people experiencing vulnerability

Specific: to establish seven new partnerships to expand the reach and improve impact of

MoneyMinded for vulnerable people

Measureable: target set to achieve seven partnerships

Achievable: we are on track to achieve this target

Relevant: it aligns with our ESG focus area of financial wellbeing

Time bound: by 2023

For our full suite of 2022 ESG targets – which support 12 of the 17 United Nations Sustainable

Development Goals – and which are approved by the Board EESG Committee, please see

pages 11–14 of this document.

Please provide your bank’s conclusion/statement if it has fulfilled the requirements regarding Target Setting.

We expanded our suite of ESG targets last year, with the addition of two new S.M.A.R.T targets in the areas of environmental sustainability and financial wellbeing.

These targets are still current and are in line with this Principle’s requirements.

2.3 Plans for Target Implementation

and Monitoring

Show that your bank has defined actions

and milestones to meet the set targets.

Show that your bank has put in place the

means to measure and monitor progress

against the set targets. Definitions of key

performance indicators, any changes in these

definitions, and any rebasing of baselines

should be transparent.

Progress against our ESG targets is monitored and reported quarterly to the ERBC, and

twice-yearly to the Board EESG Committee.

Each target has a ‘Subject Matter Expert’ responsible for reporting against the target and this is

overseen by the relevant Executive.

Updates on our targets are provided twice a year at our Results briefing; in our annual reporting

disclosures; at our annual ESG investor market briefing; published on anz.com; and on ANZ’s

bluenotes and news sites.

2021 ESG Supplement

pages 11–14

ESG Reporting on

our Shareholder Centre

Please provide your bank’s conclusion/statement if it has fulfilled the requirements regarding Plans for Target Implementation and Monitoring.

Through the disclosed accountabilities our Board and Executive Committees have for monitoring and reporting on our ESG targets, we fulfil the requirements under this principle.

OVERVIEW

FINANCIAL

WELLBEING

ENVIRONMENTAL

SUSTAINABILITY

HOUSING

FAIR AND

RESPONSIBLE

BANKING

HUMAN RIGHTS

EMPLOYEE

WELLBEING AND

INCLUSION

ADDITIONAL

INFORMATION

UN Principles for

Responsible Banking

Self-assessment

UN SDG alignment

with ESG targets

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(limited assurance required for responses to highlighted items)

Reference(s)/Link(s) to

bank’s full response/relevant

information

2.4 Progress on Implementing Targets

For each target separately:

Show that your bank has implemented the

actions it had previously defined to meet

the set target.

Or explain why actions could not be

implemented/needed to be changed and

how your bank is adapting its plan to meet

its set target.

Report on your bank’s progress over the

last 12 months (up to 18 months in your first

reporting after becoming a signatory) towards

achieving each of the set targets and the

impact your progress resulted in. (where

feasible and appropriate, banks should include

quantitative disclosures)

We publicly report our progress against our ESG targets half-yearly.

For example, we are on track to meet our sustainable solutions target to fund and facilitate at least

$50 billion by 2025. Since October 2019, we have funded and facilitated $21.95 billion towards the

target, of which $12.18 billion is funded and $9.77 billion is facilitated.

Additionally, our financial wellbeing target to establish seven new partnerships is on track, with three

new partnerships formed: one with Powerpac, an approved provider of the Australian Government’s

Pacific Labour Scheme; a MoU with the Reserve Bank of Fiji; the ‘Fruition Horticulture Bay of Plenty’

(FHBoP), a registered Education Provider that provides independent advice and services to clients in

the horticultural industry in New Zealand.

2021 ESG Supplement

pages 11–14

Please provide your bank’s conclusion/statement if it has fulfilled the requirements regarding Progress on Implementing Targets.

We have fulfilled the requirements under this principle through our existing processes to evaluate and report on our progress against our ESG targets.

PRINCIPLE 3: CLIENTS AND CUSTOMERS

We will work responsibly with our clients and our customers to encourage sustainable practices and enable

economic activities that create shared prosperity for current and future generations.

3.1 Provide an overview of the policies and

practices your bank has in place and/or is

planning to put in place to promote

responsible relationships with its customers.

This should include high-level information on

any programmes and actions implemented

(and/or planned), their scale and, where

possible, the results thereof.

We consider relationships with our customers essential to our success and ability to create

long-term value. How we engage with our customers is embedded in our group-wide policies,

processes and operations.

We work to maintain high standards of conduct and continue to improve our culture, governance

and accountability mechanisms to help improve customer outcomes and restore community trust.

Specifically, our purpose and our ESG focus areas are key to how we seek to engage and

support customers.

Underpinning our key ESG focus areas is a commitment to ‘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.

Within the area of fair and responsible banking we have set targets to:

•Develop and commence implementation of a new Vulnerable Customer Framework to improve

the support we provide to customers experiencing vulnerability, by end 2021 (Australia).

ANZ Financial Wellbeing Hub

Financial Wellbeing

Fair and responsible banking

2021 Annual Report

pages 8, 15–25 and 34–39

2021 ESG Supplement

pages 12–14, 24–28, 37–43,

47–49 and 53–55

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FINANCIAL

WELLBEING

ENVIRONMENTAL

SUSTAINABILITY

HOUSING

FAIR AND

RESPONSIBLE

BANKING

HUMAN RIGHTS

EMPLOYEE

WELLBEING AND

INCLUSION

ADDITIONAL

INFORMATION

UN Principles for

Responsible Banking

Self-assessment

UN SDG alignment

with ESG targets

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bank’s full response/relevant

information

3.1 (continued) •Design and commence implementation of a Human Rights Grievance Mechanism, using the UN

Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, by end 2021.

•Achieve the 17 actions in our Reconciliation Action Plan, by end 2024 (Australia).

To better support customers experiencing vulnerability, we have introduced a gambling block for Visa

credit and debit cards – blocking gambling transactions from being made in person, on the phone or

online. The self-exclusion tool was designed in consultation with experts and community organisations

and includes a 48-hour switch-off delay. Over 16,240 blocks have since been enabled by our customers

in-app since March 2021.

Lastly, this year we significantly upgraded our Human Rights Statement and developed a new

Grievance Mechanism for people whose human rights may have been impacted by our large

business lending customers (meeting our target mentioned above).

3.2 Describe how your bank has worked with

and/or is planning to work with its clients and

customers to encourage sustainable practices

and enable sustainable economic activities.

This should include information on actions

planned/implemented, products and services

developed, and, where possible, the impacts

achieved.

ANZ’s Climate Change Statement outlines our commitment to support a net zero transition

and help our customers and industry to do this. As previously mentioned, we will be releasing an

updated statement prior to our Annual General Meeting.

One of the key ways we are seeking to support the transition is through our sustainable

finance products and service. In 2021 we saw record growth in this business, participating in

81 transactions, in comparison to 39 transactions in 2020. Of the 81 sustainable finance deals we

participated in, $5.7 billion was attributed to ANZ via our distribution capability, and $4.8 billion

via our lending capacity.

Another important focus for ANZ is supporting households, business and financial practices that

improve environmental sustainability.

Environmental Sustainability

Climate Change Statement

2021 Annual Report

pages 19–21 and 38–39

2021 ESG Supplement

pages 24–28

2021 Climate-related Financial

Disclosures, to be released prior

to our Annual General Meeting

and made available on

anz.com/annualreport

PRINCIPLE 4: STAKEHOLDERS

We will proactively and responsibly consult, engage and partner with relevant stakeholders to achieve society’s goals.

4.1 Describe which stakeholders (or groups/

types of stakeholders) your bank has consulted,

engaged, collaborated or partnered with for

the purpose of implementing these Principles

and improving your bank’s impacts. This should

include a high-level overview of how your bank

has identified relevant stakeholders and what

issues were addressed/results achieved.

Stakeholder engagement is embedded in our policies, processes and operations.

Through our annual materiality assessment, we engage and consult with a range of internal and

external stakeholders, including institutional investors, asset managers, ESG advisers, NGOs, consumer

advocates and financial counsellors. The purpose of these discussions is to seek their views to help

inform our identification of ESG risks and opportunities.

In addition, we take a collaborative and proactive approach to engaging with a broad range

of other stakeholders throughout the year to create long-term value and deliver on our business

strategy. These stakeholders include government, regulators, customers, shareholders, NGOs and

industry associations.

As noted above, this year we upgraded our Human Rights Statement and developed a new

Grievance Mechanism. Our approach was informed by an external multi-stakeholder working group.

We spent 12 months engaging with civil society organisations, academics, business representatives

and customers to inform the Statement and Mechanism, and engagement will again be sought with

external stakeholders in reviews of the Mechanism in 2023 and the Statement in 2024.

2021 ESG Supplement

pages 9–10 and 53–55

Our Materiality Assessment

Stakeholder engagement

Our approach to Human Rights

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WELLBEING

ENVIRONMENTAL

SUSTAINABILITY

HOUSING

FAIR AND

RESPONSIBLE

BANKING

HUMAN RIGHTS

EMPLOYEE

WELLBEING AND

INCLUSION

ADDITIONAL

INFORMATION

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Responsible Banking

Self-assessment

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with ESG targets

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information

PRINCIPLE 5: GOVERNANCE AND CULTURE

We will implement our commitment to these Principles through effective governance and a culture of responsible banking.

5.1 Describe the relevant governance

structures, policies and procedures your bank

has in place/is planning to put in place to

manage significant positive and negative

(potential) impacts and support effective

implementation of the Principles.

Our governance framework provides the structure for effective and responsible decision-making

within the organisation, ensuring we meet our ESG objectives.

In addition, our risk management framework and policies, internal audit function and other

established systems and procedures help us effectively mitigate ESG risks.

Specifically, our Board EESG Committee, led by ANZ’s Chairman, is responsible for oversight, review

and/or approval of matters relating to our ESG focus areas, including performance against targets.

Our Board EESG Committee endorsed ANZ becoming a signatory to the Principles for Responsible

Banking. We report on our progress to align with the Principles to this Committee at least once a year

and also to our executive ERBC, together with our quarterly ESG target updates.

2021 Corporate Governance

Statement

2021 Annual Report

page 40–50

5.2 Describe the initiatives and measures

your bank has implemented or is planning to

implement to foster a culture of responsible

banking among its employees. This should

include a high-level overview of capacity

building, inclusion in remuneration structures

and performance management and leadership

communication, amongst others.

We are developing the culture, capabilities and behaviours we need to live our purpose, values and

deliver on our strategy.

This is underpinned by our employee Code of Conduct which sets expected standards of behaviours

and guides employees in applying the Bank’s values.

The Code of Conduct is supported by a suite of policies that are reviewed regularly to ensure they

reflect any legislative changes and remain fit for purpose.

Page 11 of our Annual Report outlines ANZ’s strategy and the recent work we have undertaken to build

a better ANZ. Key to this work is a clear linkage between purpose and strategy, and we have a suite of

people, customer and reputation metrics in our Group Scorecard, with internal and external targets.

Our culture and conduct

Our employee engagement

2021 ESG Supplement

pages 35–36 and 44–46

2021 Annual Report

pages 11 and 29–33

5.3 Governance Structure for

Implementation of the Principles

Show that your bank has a governance

structure in place for the implementation

of the PRB, including:

a. target-setting and actions to achieve

targets set

b. remedial action in the event of targets or

milestones not being achieved or unexpected

negative impacts being detected.

The ERBC, chaired by the CEO, sets our ESG targets and monitors performance against

them quarterly.

The Committee comprises senior executives from business divisions and Group functions and

is a leadership and decision-making body, holding the bank accountable for its ESG work.

It governs ‘who we bank’ and ‘how we bank’, seeking to align our lending decisions and products,

services and processes with our purpose.

Governance and Risk

Management

Reporting and Performance

2021 ESG Supplement

page 5

Please provide your bank’s conclusion/ statement if it has fulfilled the requirements regarding Governance Structure for Implementation of the Principles.

We have fulfilled the requirements under this principle through our existing governance structures, specifically our executive ERBC and Board EESG Committee.

Both of these Committees are updated on the implementation of our ESG targets and alignment to the Principles.

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Reporting and
Self-Assessment requirements

High-level summary of bank’s response

(limited assurance required for responses to highlighted items)

Reference(s)/Link(s) to

bank’s full response/relevant

information

PRINCIPLE 6: TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY

We will periodically review our individual and collective implementation of these Principles and be transparent about

and accountable for our positive and negative impacts and our contribution to society’s goals.

6.1 Progress on Implementing the Principles

for Responsible Banking

Show that your bank has progressed on

implementing the six Principles over the last

12 months (up to 18 months in your first

reporting after becoming a signatory) in

addition to the setting and implementation

of targets in minimum two areas (see 2.1–2.4).

Show that your bank has considered existing

and emerging international/regional good

practices relevant for the implementation of

the six Principles for Responsible Banking.

Based on this, it has defined priorities and

ambitions to align with good practice.

Show that your bank has implemented/is

working on implementing changes in existing

practices to reflect and be in line with existing

and emerging international/regional good

practices and has made progress on its

implementation of these Principles.

Full details of progress against our ESG focus areas and targets can be found throughout this report.

In addition, here is a summary of work we have done in the last 12 months:

Alignment

•Our full range of ESG targets, against our ESG focus areas, now support 12 of the

17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

•Joined the UNEP FI Net-Zero Banking Alliance.

Impact and Target Setting

•Used the UNEPFI’s Impact Analysis Tool to help inform our impact analysis; conducted our

annual materiality assessment that also informed our analysis and target setting

Clients and Customers

•Three targets against our focus area of fair and responsible banking

•Significantly upgraded our Human Rights Statement and developed a new Grievance Mechanism

Stakeholders

•12-month engagement process with an external multi-stakeholder working group to inform

the development of our upgraded Human Rights Statement and new Grievance Mechanism

Governance and Culture

•Part of our 'Bank we are building' approach is a clearer alignment between purpose and

strategy, reflected in our Group Scorecard that contains metrics relating to people, customer

and reputation

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2021 Annual Report

pages 8, 15–25 and 29–39

Please provide your bank’s conclusion/statement if it has fulfilled the requirements regarding Progress on Implementing the Principles for Responsible Banking.

This is our second year of reporting against the Principles for Responsible Banking. We consider we have fulfilled the majority of the requirements of the Principles and

will continue to build on our commitment in the coming year.

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In 2021, progress against our public ESG targets contributed to the following

United Nations Sustainable Development Goal targets.

FINANCIAL WELLBEING

Improving the financial wellbeing of our people, customers and communities by

helping them make the most of their money throughout their lives.

TargetsRelevant United Nations Sustainable Development Goal target1

Support 250,000 customers to build a savings habit,

by end 2021. (Australia/New Zealand)

10.2 – Promote universal social, economic and political inclusion

Publish Adult Financial Wellbeing Research to inform

our product design and financial literacy program delivery,

by end 2022.

17.16 – Enhance the global partnership for sustainable development

Establish seven new partnerships to expand the reach and

improve impact of MoneyMinded for people experiencing

vulnerability, by end 2023.

1.4 – Equal rights to ownership, basic services, technology and economic resources

8.3 – Promote policies to support job creation and growing enterprises

10.2 – Promote universal social, economic and political inclusion

17.16 – Enhance the global partnership for sustainable development

1. We have used the abbreviated titles for each target – refer to https://sdgs.un.org/goals for full targets.

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ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
Supporting household, business and financial practices that improve environmental sustainability.

TargetsRelevant United Nations Sustainable Development Goal target1

Fund and facilitate at least AU$50 billion by 2025 towards

sustainable solutions for our customers, including initiatives

that help improve environmental sustainability, support

disaster resilience, increase access to affordable housing and

promote financial wellbeing.

1.4 – Equal rights to ownership, basic services, technology and economic resources

1.5 – Build resilience to environmental, economic and social disasters

5.1 – End discrimination against women and girls

5.5 – Ensure full participation in leadership and decision-making

6.1 – Safe and affordable drinking water

6.2 – End open defecation and provide access to sanitation and hygiene

6.3 – Improve water quality, wastewater treatment and safe reuse

6.4 – Increase water-use efficiency and ensure freshwater supplies

6.5 – Implement integrated water resources management

6.6 – Protect and restore water-related ecosystems

7.1 – Universal access to modern energy

7.2 – Increase global percentage of renewable energy

7.3 – Double the improvement in energy efficiency

8.5 – Full employment and decent work with equal pay

9.1 – Develop sustainable, resilient and inclusive infrastructures

9.4 – Upgrade all industries and infrastructures for sustainability

9.A – Facilitate sustainable infrastructure development for developing countries

10.2 – Promote universal social, economic and political inclusion

1. We have used the abbreviated titles for each target – refer to https://sdgs.un.org/goals for full targets.

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ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
Supporting household, business and financial practices that improve environmental sustainability.

TargetsRelevant United Nations Sustainable Development Goal target1

Fund and facilitate at least AU$50 billion by 2025 towards

sustainable solutions for our customers, including initiatives

that help improve environmental sustainability, support

disaster resilience, increase access to affordable housing

and promote financial wellbeing. (continued)

11.1 – Safe and affordable housing

11.2 – Affordable and sustainable transport systems

11.3 – Inclusive and sustainable urbanisation

11.6 – Reduce the environmental impact of cities

12.2 – Sustainable management and use of natural resources

12.5 – Substantially reduce waste generation

12.8 – Promote universal understanding of sustainable lifestyles

13.1 – Strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-related disasters

13.3 – Build knowledge and capacity to meet climate change

Encourage and support 100 of our largest emitting business

customers to establish, and where appropriate, strengthen

existing low carbon transition plans, by 2021.

13.1 – Strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-related disasters

Develop an enhanced climate risk management framework

that strengthens our governance and is responsive to climate

change, by end 2022.

13.1 – Strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-related disasters

13.3 – Build knowledge and capacity to meet climate change

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)

•increasing renewable energy use to 100% by 2025

•reducing potable water consumption by 25% by 2025

(against a 2017 baseline)

•reducing waste to landfill by 30% by 2025

(against a 2017 baseline)

•reducing paper consumption (office and customer

paper use only) by 60% by 2025 (against 2015 baseline).

6.4 – Increase water-use efficiency and ensure freshwater supplies

7.3 – Double the improvement in energy efficiency

12.5 – Substantially reduce waste generation

13.3 – Build knowledge and capacity to meet climate change

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HOUSING
Improving the availability of suitable and affordable housing options for all Australians and New Zealanders.

TargetsRelevant United Nations Sustainable Development Goal target1

Fund and facilitate AU$10 billion of investment by 2030 to

deliver more affordable, accessible and sustainable homes to

buy and rent. (Australia /New Zealand)

9.1 – Develop sustainable, resilient and inclusive infrastructures

10.2 – Promote universal social, economic and political inclusion

11.1 – Safe and affordable housing

Support more customers into healthier homes with our

Healthy Home Loan Package and Interest-free Insulation

Loans – through a 2% increase of funds under management

and a 4% increase in customer numbers

by 2025. (New Zealand)

9.4 – Upgrade all industries and infrastructures for sustainability

11.1 – Safe and affordable housing

1. We have used the abbreviated titles for each target – refer to https://sdgs.un.org/goals for full targets.

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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.

TargetsRelevant United Nations Sustainable Development Goal target1

Develop and commence implementation of a new Customer

Vulnerability Framework to improve the support we provide to

customers experiencing vulnerability, by end 2021. (Australia)

1.4 – Equal rights to ownership, basic services, technology and economic resources

Design and commence implementation of a human rights

grievance mechanism, using the UN Guiding Principles on

Business and Human Rights, by end 2021.

8.7 – End modern slavery, trafficking and child labour

8.8 – Protect labour rights and promote safe working environments

Achieve the 17 actions in our Reconciliation Action Plan,

by end 2024. (Australia)

1.4 – Equal rights to ownership, basic services, technology and economic resources

8.3 – Promote policies to support job creation and growing enterprises

8.5 – Full employment and decent work with equal pay

10.2 – Promote universal social, economic and political inclusion

17.16 – Enhance the global partnership for sustainable development

1. We have used the abbreviated titles for each target – refer to https://sdgs.un.org/goals for full targets.

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Explanatory notes
Target to fund and facilitate $50 billion in sustainable

solutions by 2025 (the $50 billion target).

‘Sustainable solutions’ are defined as the products and

services provided to our customers across the markets in

which we operate, to the extent they are related to the

defined activities below.

The $50 billion target is reported as at 30 September 2021 and

is a six-year Group-wide target, from 2020 to 2025 inclusive.

It includes all eligible financing either funded or facilitated

by ANZ through its products and services, including, but not

limited to, loans, guarantees and bonds, markets products

and advisory services. It also includes all labelled sustainable

finance products including green/social/sustainability (GSS)

bonds, green loans, sustainability-linked loans (SLLs) and

labelled transition bonds/loans.

Our approach to our $50 billion target:

•draws on the Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) criteria (available

on climatebonds.net/standard) and the expertise of our

internal specialist teams to guide which activities qualify

for inclusion. The CBI criteria is designed to be consistent

with the latest climate science including research from the

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and

International Energy Agency (IEA) and is intended for broad

guidance only;

•aligns to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

(SDGs), specifically SDG 1 No Poverty, 5 Gender Equality,

6 Clean Water and Sanitation, 7 Affordable and Clean Energy,

8 Decent Work and Economic Growth, 9 Industry, Innovation

and Infrastructure, 10 Reduced Inequalities, 11 Sustainable

Cities and Communities, 12 Responsible Consumption and

Production, and 13 Climate Action;

•takes into account the nature of a customer’s business such

that, where only part of a customer’s operations or activities

meet the criteria, we will determine what proportion of

general purposes financing provided to that customer is

included. (General purposes financing is financing provided

for application to a customer’s general expenditure

requirements and not specifically identified projects for

example, capital or operational expenditure); and

•includes conducting an annual review of activities and

methodologies used to guide activities that qualify for the

$50 billion target. This may result in the inclusion of new

activities and any material changes will be transparently

disclosed. Changes in methodology will not be applied

retrospectively.

In 2021 we aligned the target to four additional United

Nations SDGs – 1 No Poverty, 5 Gender Equality; 8 Decent

Work and Economic Growth, and 10 Reduced Inequalities.

The inclusion of these SDGs ensures better alignment with

emerging product categories, and captures transactions that

fund/facilitate activities relating to social outcomes, that go

beyond environmental sustainability.

The $50 billion target activities specifically include, but

are not limited to:

•low-emissions transport, transport infrastructure;

•green buildings – demonstrating 5-star National Australian

Built Environment Rating System (‘NABERS’) equivalent

and 4-star NABERS rating for retrofits with minimum

2-star upgrade;

•re-forestation, sustainable forestry and agricultural practices;

•renewable energy, battery storage;

•pollution reduction and waste management;

•emerging smart technologies and industrial processes

that support resource efficiency;

•climate change adaptation measures;

•water recycling, procurement, treatment and efficiency;

•labelled sustainable finance transactions that link financial

outcomes to borrowers material ESG performance

•social and affordable housing – construction of, or

investment in, housing supply that supports positive

market change; and

•financial wellbeing transactions that advance the financial

wellbeing for our people, customers and communities.

This includes activities and transactions that support the

improvement of financial access and financial fitness within

the community.

The target includes products and services (including

refinancing) that have been provided since 1 October 2019

above a threshold of $1 million.

Target to fund and facilitate $10 billion in affordable,

secure and sustainable housing by 2030 across

Australia and New Zealand.

‘Affordable, secure and sustainable housing’ is defined as the

products and services provided to our customers in Australia

to the extent they are related to the defined activities below.

The $10 billion target is reported as at 30 September 2021 and

is a ten-year Australia and New Zealand target, from 2020 to

2030. It includes all financing either funded or facilitated by

ANZ through its products and services, including, but not

limited to, loans, guarantees and bonds, markets products and

advisory services. It also includes certain labelled sustainable

finance products such as social/sustainability bonds and

sustainability-linked loans (SLLs).

Our approach to our $10 billion target:

•aligns to United Nations Sustainable Development

Goals (SDGs), specifically SDG 9 Industry, Innovation and

Infrastructure and 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities; and

•commits to conducting an annual review of activities and

methodologies used to guide activities that qualify for the

$10 billion target. This may result in the inclusion of new

activities and any material changes will be transparently

disclosed. The inclusion of new activities will not be

applied retrospectively.

The $10 billion target activities specifically include the

construction of, or investment in, Australian housing

supply that supports positive market change, including

the following aims:

•supporting social housing for vulnerable communities;

•expanding the availability of affordable housing for

rental or purchase;

•increasing the availability of accessible housing that provides

better design to support disability and aged persons;

•delivering security of tenure for rental and/or including

the opportunity to purchase; and

•improving housing sustainability via design and features

above minimum standards.

The target includes products and services that have been

provided since 1 October 2020 above a threshold of

$1 million. This target contributes to the $50 billion target.

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Based on the evidence we obtained from
the procedures performed, we are not

aware of any material misstatements in

the ANZ 2021 ESG Supplement, which

has been prepared by ANZ in accordance

with ANZ’s Basis of Reporting and the

Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) for the

year ended 30 September 2021.

CONCLUSION

WHAT DID KPMG’S WORK INVOLVE –

SCOPE OF WORK

Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ)

engaged KPMG to perform a limited assurance engagement

in relation to the ANZ 2021 Environment, Social and

Governance (ESG) Supplement. KPMG’s scope of work

comprised limited assurance over all material text and data

claims in the ANZ 2021 ESG Supplement.

The ANZ 2021 ESG Supplement covers ANZ’s global

operations for the year ended 30 September 2021 unless

otherwise indicated. The ANZ 2021 ESG Supplement is

available at anz.com/annualreport.

WHAT WAS THE REPORTING CRITERIA USED?

The ANZ 2021 ESG Supplement was prepared in accordance

with the GRI Standards published by the Global Reporting

Initiative (GRI) and Management’s Basis of Reporting,

a summary of which is included in the Explanatory

Notes section.

WHAT WAS THE BASIS FOR

KPMG’S CONCLUSION?

We conducted our work in accordance with International

Standard on Assurance Engagements ISAE 3000 (Standard).

In accordance with the Standard we have:

•used our professional judgement to plan and perform the

engagement to obtain limited assurance that we are not

aware of any material misstatements in the ANZ 2021 ESG

Supplement, whether due to fraud or error;

•considered relevant internal controls when designing our

assurance procedures, however we do not express

a conclusion on their effectiveness; and

•ensured that the engagement team possess the appropriate

knowledge, skills and professional competencies.

WHAT DID KPMG DO TO SUPPORT THE

SCOPE OF WORK – OUR PROCEDURES

Our limited assurance conclusion is based on the evidence

obtained from performing the following procedures:

•enquiries of relevant management to understand ANZ’s

process for determining material ESG issues;

•interviews with relevant management concerning ANZ's

ESG framework and policies for material ESG issues, and

the implementation of these across the business;

•interviews with relevant staff responsible for developing

the content (text and data) within the ANZ 2021 ESG

Supplement to understand the approach for management,

monitoring, collation and reporting of such information

and the accuracy, completeness and existence of reported

text and data within the ANZ 2021 ESG Supplement;

•comparing text and data (on a sample basis) presented to

underlying sources. This included considering whether all

material matters had been included or excluded;

•an assessment of information reported was in accordance

with the GRI Standards Comprehensive level of disclosures;

and

•reviewing other ANZ reporting including the Annual Report

and Annual Review in its entirety to ensure it is consistent

with our knowledge obtained through our assurance

engagement.

Independent Limited Assurance Report to the Directors

of Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited

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WHAT IS LIMITED ASSURANCE AND
MATERIAL MISSTATEMENT

A limited assurance engagement is restricted primarily

to enquiries and analytical procedures. The procedures

performed in a limited assurance engagement vary in nature

and timing from, and are less in extent than for, a reasonable

assurance engagement. Consequently, the level of assurance

obtained in a limited assurance engagement is substantially

lower than the assurance that would have been obtained had

a reasonable assurance engagement been performed. The

Standard requires our report to be worded around what we

have not found, rather than what we have found.

Misstatements, including omissions, are considered

material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could

reasonably be expected to influence relevant decisions

of the Directors of ANZ.

USE OF THIS ASSURANCE REPORT

This report has been prepared for the Directors of ANZ

for the purpose of providing an assurance conclusion on

the ANZ 2021 ESG Supplement and may not be suitable

for another purpose. We disclaim any assumption of

responsibility for any reliance on this report, to any person

other than the Directors of ANZ, or for any other purpose

than that for which it was prepared.

ANZ responsibility

ANZ is responsible for:

•determining that the criteria is appropriate to meet

their needs;

•preparing and presenting the ANZ 2021 ESG Supplement

and other ESG related information in accordance with the

criteria; and

•establishing internal controls that enable the preparation

and presentation of the ANZ 2021 ESG Supplement that is

free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud

or error.


KPMG is responsible for:

Our responsibility is to perform a limited assurance

engagement in relation to the ANZ 2021 ESG Supplement for

the year ended 30 September 2021, and to issue an assurance

report that includes our conclusion.

KPMG Independence and Quality Control

We have complied with our independence and other relevant

ethical requirements of the Code of Ethics for Professional

Accountants issued by the Australian Professional and Ethical

Standards Board and complied with the applicable

requirements of Australian Standard on Quality Control 1 to

maintain a comprehensive system of quality control. We have

also complied with ANZ’s Stakeholder Engagement Model for

Relationship with External Auditor (available at anz.com).

KPMG

Melbourne,

27 October 2021

Adrian King | Partner

Melbourne,

27 October 2021

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