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3 November 2022


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ANZ 2022 ESG Supplement


Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ) today released its 2022 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

WE’RE CONTINUING TO
SHAPE A WORLD WHERE PEOPLE

AND COMMUNITIES THRIVE

ANZ 2022


ESG SUPPLEMENT

Approved for distribution by ANZ’s Continuous Disclosure Committee, 2 November 2022

Front cover: (L-R) Kristy Abbott – Talent and Culture; Suraj Pariema – Property; Arthur Lalios – Australia Commercial;
Louise Taylor – Australia Commercial at ANZ Centre, Melbourne. Inside cover: ANZ Centre, Melbourne.

Contents

Overview 2

Our 2022 reporting suite 2

2022 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

Environmental sustainability 16

Our approach to climate change 16

Sustainable finance 22

Reducing our environmental footprint 25

Financial wellbeing 28

Improving financial wellbeing 28

Community investment 37

Housing 41

Improving the availability and

affordability of homes 41

Fair and responsible banking 45

Improving conduct and culture 45

Supporting customers in need

of extra care 47

Improving customer experience 52

Collaborating securely to

drive innovation 53

Financial crime 55

Responsible business lending 57

Managing ESG risks in our supply chain 60

Our approach to human rights 62

Employee wellbeing, and inclusion 64

Employee engagement, wellbeing,

learning and development 64

Workplace diversity and inclusion 69

UN Reporting Framework 75

UN SDG alignment with ESG targets 75

UN Principles for Responsible

Banking Self-assessment 81

Explanatory notes 95

KPMG Assurance opinion 96

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ANZ 2022 ESG Supplement

About this Environment, Social and
Governance (ESG) Supplement

This report provides stakeholders with

more detailed information on Australia and

New Zealand Banking Group

1

Limited’s 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 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 2022 ESG data pack available

at anz.com/annualreport.

This report has been prepared in accordance

with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) 2016

Standards: Comprehensive option. A complete

GRI Index is available in our 2022 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 96–97.

KPMG has also provided limited assurance over

ESG content within our Annual Report and

Annual Review.

2

See pages 242–243 in the

Annual Report for a copy of KPMG’s opinion.

This report covers all ANZ operations over

which, unless otherwise stated, we have

control for the financial year commencing


on 1 October 2021 and ending 30 September

2022. 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


2022 Annual Report available at anz.com/

annualreport. In preparing pages 1–62

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 2022 Corporate Governance Statement

discloses how we have complied with


the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX)

Corporate Governance Council’s


‘Corporate Governance Principles and

Recommendations – 4th edition’ and is

available at anz.com/corporategovernance.

Our 2022 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.

Our 2022

reporting

suite

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 2022 Annual Review comprises pages 1–62, 242–243 and 251–252 of the 2022 Annual Report and a Remuneration Overview.

2022 Annual Report

anz.com/

annualreport

2022 ESG Supplement

anz.com/

annualreport

2022 Climate-related

Financial Disclosures

anz.com/

annualreport

2022 Corporate

Governance Statement

anz.com/

corporategovernance

2022 ESG Data Pack

anz.com/

annualreport

2022 Voluntary Tax

Transparency Report

anz.com/

annualreport

You can trace our actions on

human rights throughout

this report using this symbol

Image: ANZ Centre, Melbourne.

DISCLAIMER & IMPORTANT NOTICE:

The material in the ESG Supplement contains

general background information about the

Bank’s activities current as at 26 October 2022. It is

information given in summary form and does not

purport to be complete. It is not intended to be and

should not be relied upon as advice to investors or

potential investors and does not take into account the

investment objectives, financial situation or needs of

any particular investor. These should be considered,

with or without professional advice when deciding

if an investment is appropriate. The ESG Supplement

may contain forward-looking statements or opinions

including statements regarding our intent, belief or

current expectations with respect to ANZ’s business

operations, market conditions, results of operations

and financial condition, capital adequacy, specific

provisions and risk management practices. When

used in the ESG Supplement, the words ‘forecast’,

‘estimate’, ‘project’, ‘intend’, ‘anticipate’, ‘believe’,

‘e x p e c t ’, ‘may ’, ‘p ro b ab ili t y ’, ‘r isk ’, ‘w ill ’, ‘s e ek ’, ‘wo ul d ’,

‘could’, ‘should’ and similar expressions, as they relate

to ANZ and its management, are intended to identify

forward-looking statements or opinions. Those

statements: are usually predictive in character; or may

be affected by inaccurate assumptions or unknown

risks and uncertainties; or may differ materially from

results ultimately achieved. As such, these statements

should not be relied upon when making investment

decisions. These statements only speak as at the date

of publication and no representation is made as to

their correctness on or after this date. Forward-looking

statements constitute ‘forward-looking statements’

for the purposes of the United States Private Securities

Litigation Reform Act of 1995. ANZ does not undertake

any obligation to publicly release the result of any

revisions to these forward-looking statements to

reflect events or circumstances after the date here of

to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

ANZ 2022

ESG Supplement

2

Overview

Our reporting suite

2022 ESG

performance snapshot

About our business

ESG governance

and risk management

What matters most

Stakeholder

engagement

Our ESG targets

Environmental

sustainability

Financial

wellbeing

Housing

Fair and

responsible

banking

Employee wellbeing

and inclusion

UN reporting

framework

Assurance

opinion

1. On average, across Australia and New Zealand. 2. In Australia and New Zealand. 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).

4. Via our Good Energy Home loan top up. 5. In Australia. 6. 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)).

2022

ESG performance

snapshot

$40.04B

funded and facilitated

in sustainable solutions

since 2019

51%

reduction in Scope 1 and 2

greenhouse gas emissions

against a 2015 baseline

Supported nearly

1.5M

customers to save regularly

1

More than

58,000

participants in our financial

education programs

3

Over

$4.4B

funded and facilitated to deliver

more affordable, accessible and

sustainable homes to buy and

rent since 2018

2

Supported more than

1,300

customers to reduce the

environmental impact of their

home in New Zealand

4

More than

5,000

employees trained to identify

and support customers in

need of extra care

5

Spent

$12.7M

with 32 Indigenous

businesses in Australia

84%

employee engagement

35.9%

of women in leadership

6

Environmental

sustainability

Financial

wellbeing


Housing

Fair and

responsible banking

Employee wellbeing

and inclusion

ANZ 2022

ESG Supplement

3

Overview

Our reporting suite

2022 ESG

performance snapshot

About our business

ESG governance

and risk management

What matters most

Stakeholder

engagement

Our ESG targets

Environmental

sustainability

Financial

wellbeing

Housing

Fair and

responsible

banking

Employee wellbeing

and inclusion

UN reporting

framework

Assurance

opinion

About our business
We provide banking and financial

products and services to around 8.5

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 customers across Australia through our

branch network, ATMs, digital and mobile

banking applications including ANZ Plus.

Commercial – serves commercial and private

banking customers across Australia through

our business centres, digital and mobile

banking applications.

Institutional – serves institutional and

business customers across Transaction

Banking, Loans and Specialised Finance

and Markets.

New Zealand – serves retail and commercial

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 139 years.

Corporate Centre – functions of the business

servicing the organisation including Risk,

Finance, Communications and Public Affairs,

Internal Audit, and Talent and Culture.

Our purpose and strategy

Our purpose is to shape a world where

people and communities thrive.

It explains ‘why’ we exist and drives everything

we do at ANZ, including the choices we

make each day about those we serve and

how we operate.

We bring our purpose to life through our

strategy; to improve the financial wellbeing

and sustainability of customers through

excellent services, tools and insights that

engage and retain them, and help positively

change their behaviour.

Through our purpose we have elevated areas

facing significant societal challenges aligned

with our strategy and our reach which include

commitments to:

•Improving the financial wellbeing of our

people, customers and communities by

helping them make the most of their

money throughout their lives;

•Supporting household, business

and financial practices that improve

environmental sustainability; and

•Improving the availability of suitable and

affordable housing options for all Australians

and New Zealanders.

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, as

well as addressing issues identified through

our annual materiality assessment.

Integrating ESG and purpose into our

strategy has created an opportunity for us

to better serve our customers and generate

long-term shareholder value.

Our values

Our values shape how we deliver our

purpose-led strategy. They 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.

Integrity

Collaboration

Accountability

Respect

Excellence

Our values are

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 supported 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 81–94.

ANZ 2022

ESG Supplement

4

Overview

Our reporting suite

2022 ESG

performance snapshot

About our business

ESG governance

and risk management

What matters most

Stakeholder

engagement

Our ESG targets

Environmental

sustainability

Financial

wellbeing

Housing

Fair and

responsible

banking

Employee wellbeing

and inclusion

UN reporting

framework

Assurance

opinion

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. A delegations of authority

framework clearly outlines those matters

delegated to our Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

and other members of senior management.

In addition, a number of formally established

management committees deal with particular

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 informed by the

work of Evelyn Halls – our Customer Fairness

Officer – who reports directly to our Chief

Executive Officer (CEO). This is a crucial role

that was first established in 2016 to help us

more consistently deliver fair and responsible

banking to our retail and small business

customers in Australia.

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 36–40 of our 2022 Annual

Report available at anz.com/annualreport.

For further detail on our governance

framework see our 2022 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,

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 at least

quarterly and more frequently if deemed

necessary. Meetings typically open 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 some

of the key matters considered by the

Board and its Committees during the

year is outlined in our 2022 Annual

Report on page 30 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

participates as an observer every

second meeting.

The Committee is a leadership

and decision-making body to

advance ANZ’s purpose and 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 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 this year at the EESG Committee and ERBC included:

‘how we bank’ – our ESG focus areas, customers requiring extra care, scams and accessibility,

our new Reconciliation Action Plan and First Nations Voice to parliament, and

‘who we bank’ – through industry sector reviews, human rights policy and modern slavery,

climate change policy, biodiversity and sensitive wholesale transactions.

ANZ 2022

ESG Supplement

5

Overview

Our reporting suite

2022 ESG

performance snapshot

About our business

ESG governance

and risk management

What matters most

Stakeholder

engagement

Our ESG targets

Environmental

sustainability

Financial

wellbeing

Housing

Fair and

responsible

banking

Employee wellbeing

and inclusion

UN reporting

framework

Assurance

opinion

Image: ANZ Centre, Melbourne.
Through our annual materiality assessment, we engage with

internal and external stakeholders to inform our identification of,

and responses to, 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.

We use the results to inform our strategy,

ESG targets, group remuneration scorecard

and external reporting.

External views were sought through

interviews with institutional investors,

consumer and environmental NGOs, and

our community partners on a broad range

of ESG issues.

This year, our materiality assessment again

highlights the importance of continuing to

act on climate change. Greenwashing was

identified as an emerging topic. A number of

stakeholders also identified biodiversity as

increasingly important.

The importance of information security

has increased, commensurate to the scale and

sophistication of scams targeting individuals.

This is part of a broader theme of payments

system safety. Innovation and technology

is recognised as foundational to providing

customers with a digitally connected

experience, while also ensuring the

responsible use of emerging technologies.

Customer experience is determined by

the products we offer customers and the

value they deliver, and ensuring we have

empathetic and helpful processes for when

things go wrong, such as managing

complaints and for customers in financial

difficulty. This is particularly important given

the emerging impact of macroeconomic

conditions on the cost of living and housing

affordability.

As staff return to workplaces, employee

capability and wellbeing, including mental

health, was viewed as essential to maintain

an engaged and resilient workforce.

These insights were presented to our

executive Ethics and Responsible Business

Committee and Board Ethics, Environment,

Social and Governance Committee and

helped inform the development of our

public ESG targets and group scorecard.

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

pages6–8of our 2021 ESG Supplement

available at anz.com/annualreport):

•our Key Material Risks (refer to pages

36–40 of our 2022 Annual Report available

at anz.com/annualreport)

•our strategy, values and Code of

Conduct (refer to pages 12–13 of our

2022 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 2022 Global Risks Report

•the United Nations Sustainable

Development Goals (SDGs).

For clarity, ‘cyber security and data privacy’

was renamed ‘information security’ to better

capture the increasing threat of scams

targeting individuals. Information security

is intended to also cover data privacy.

What matters most

to our stakeholders

ANZ 2022

ESG Supplement

6

Overview

Our reporting suite

2022 ESG

performance snapshot

About our business

ESG governance

and risk management

What matters most

Stakeholder

engagement

Our ESG targets

Environmental

sustainability

Financial

wellbeing

Housing

Fair and

responsible

banking

Employee wellbeing

and inclusion

UN reporting

framework

Assurance

opinion

Our top 5 material issues, ranked by stakeholders
Description of issueLocation of disclosureRelevant 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.

2022 Annual Review, pages 16–17 and 38

available at anz.com/annualreport

2022 ESG Supplement, pages 16–27

2022 Climate-related Financial Disclosures

available at anz.com/annualreport prior

to our Annual General Meeting

Information securityPolicies and processes in place to protect our systems, data

and customers against scams and cyber attacks. Includes customer

access to personal data.

2022 Annual Review, pages 15 and 37–38

available at anz.com/annualreport

2022 ESG Supplement, pages 53–56

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.

2022 Annual Review, pages 18–25

available at anz.com/annualreport

2022 ESG Supplement, pages 30 and 32

Customer experienceDelivering value and improved customer experience through

appropriate financial products and services for all customers,

small business and personal.

2022 Annual Review, pages 18–25

available at anz.com/annualreport

2022 ESG Supplement, pages 32 and 47–52

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.

2022 Annual Review, page 15

available at anz.com/annualreport

2022 ESG Supplement, pages 64–74

Other strategic priorities

Description of issueLocation of disclosureRelevant UN SDGs

Financial wellbeingPromoting and enabling access to safe and affordable products and

services, particularly for lower-income consumers and customers in

need of extra care. Work with cross-sector partners to help customers,

employees and the broader community meet current financial

commitments and needs, and improve their financial resilience.

2022 Annual Review, pages 14–15 and

18–19 available at anz.com/annualreport

2022 ESG Supplement,

pages 28–36 and 47–50

HousingAvailability of suitable and affordable housing options for

all Australians and New Zealanders.

2022 Annual Review, pages 14–15, 18–19 and

24–25 available at anz.com/annualreport

2022 ESG Supplement, pages 41–44

ANZ 2022

ESG Supplement

7

Overview

Our reporting suite

2022 ESG

performance snapshot

About our business

ESG governance

and risk management

What matters most

Stakeholder

engagement

Our ESG targets

Environmental

sustainability

Financial

wellbeing

Housing

Fair and

responsible

banking

Employee wellbeing

and inclusion

UN reporting

framework

Assurance

opinion

Other strategic priorities continued
Description of issueLocation of disclosureRelevant UN SDGs

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.

2022 Annual Review, pages 36–39

available at anz.com/annualreport

2022 ESG Supplement,

pages 45–52 and 57–59

Other issues (not ranked)

Anti-money laundering

and terrorism financing

Compliance with international sanctions, anti-money

laundering and terrorism financing requirements.

2022 Annual Review, page 37

available at anz.com/annualreport

2022 ESG Supplement, pages 55–56

Banking regulationRegulation of the banking sector, including policy and compliance

requirements relating to consumer protection, risk management and

capital adequacy.

2022 Annual Review, pages 36–42

available at anz.com/annualreport

2022 ESG Supplement, page 52

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.

2022 Annual Review, pages 11, 16-17 and

38 available at anz.com/annualreport

2022 ESG Supplement, page 21

2022 Climate-related Financial Disclosures

available at anz.com/annualreport prior

to our Annual General Meeting

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.

2022 Annual Review, pages 26–35

available at anz.com/annualreport

2022 ESG Supplement, page 5

2022 Corporate Governance

Statement available at

anz.com/corporategovernance

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.

2022 ESG Supplement, pages 62–63

Investing in the

community

Supporting the communities in which we operate through workplace

giving and volunteering; and recovery from natural disasters.

2022 ESG Supplement, pages 37–40

ANZ 2022

ESG Supplement

8

Overview

Our reporting suite

2022 ESG

performance snapshot

About our business

ESG governance

and risk management

What matters most

Stakeholder

engagement

Our ESG targets

Environmental

sustainability

Financial

wellbeing

Housing

Fair and

responsible

banking

Employee wellbeing

and inclusion

UN reporting

framework

Assurance

opinion

Stakeholder
engagement

Customers

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,

and individual in-depth interviews

•‘Voice of Customer’ platform capturing

feedback on customers’ experience with ANZ

•Conversations with our Complaints

Resolution Centre, Extra Care Hub and

related functions

•Social media

Key issues raised

•Increasing interest rates and how it

impacts cost of living pressures

•Conduct and culture

•Products, fees and charges

•Customer service

•ANZ’s digital propositions and the

ANZ Plus app launch

•Agreement to acquire Suncorp Bank

•Information security, scams and data privacy

•Societal challenges (e.g. housing affordability

and natural disasters)

How we responded

Our response to the issues raised by

customers can be found on pages 9–10

of this document and pages 18–25 of the

2022 Annual Report available at

anz.com/annualreport.

Employees

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

•Future-proofing the workforce

•Flexible working arrangements and return

to the office

•Business strategy and priorities

•Professional growth and development

•‘Speak up’ culture

•Our purpose and ESG focus areas

•Indigenous Voice to Parliament

•Diversity and inclusion

•Proposed Non-Operating Holding

Company structure

• Remuneration and reward; performance

management

How we responded

Our response to the issues raised by

employees can be found on pages 45–46

and 64–74 of this document

Government and regulators

How we engaged with them

•Meetings with political stakeholders,

public officials and regulators

•Submissions to Parliamentary committee

inquiries and government and regulatory

consultations

Key issues raised

AUSTRALIA

•Initiatives concerning financial crime,

including scam prevention, and cyber

security

•ANZ’s commercial activities, including the

announced agreement to acquire Suncorp

Bank and the creation of a Non-Operating

Holding Company structure

•Reform to the Privacy Act 1988

•Measures ANZ has in place to engage with,

and provide support to, Aboriginal and Torres

Strait Islander customers

•Regional banking challenges (e.g. how

banks are transitioning services and delivery

models and the impacts on accessibility)

•The Australian Law Reform Commission’s

review of financial services laws

•Regulation of digital crypto asset service

providers including brokers, dealers,

exchanges and markets

•Climate disclosure

•The policy agenda resulting from the

Royal Commission into Misconduct in the

Banking, Superannuation and Financial

Services Industry, including the proposed

compensation scheme of last resort

•The review into the quality of financial advice

NEW ZEALAND

•Regulatory issues including responsible

consumer lending, merchant service fees,

the future of money, deposit compensation,

conduct of financial institutions and

prudential supervision

•Public policy development on issues

including accessibility of banking services,

climate-related financial disclosures,

retirement savings, housing and macro-

prudential tools, modern slavery, digital

identity and the consumer data right

•Economic analysis and outlook provided

by ANZ Research

How we responded

We seek to listen to and engage

constructively with government, regulators

and policy makers, including participation

in government consultations and

parliamentary inquiries.

An overview of the work underway in

response to issues raised is outlined on pages

16–21, 48 and 53–56 of this document and

pages 10–11, 18–25 and 30 of the Annual

Report available at

anz.com/annualreport.

One of the ways we help create long-term value and deliver on our business strategy is through a collaborative

and proactive approach to building and maintaining relationships with stakeholders.

With the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic lingering in some markets, a focus on rising rate environments

and cost of living pressures dominated 2022. To demonstrate trustworthiness and build on existing confidence,

we have communicated openly, embedding stakeholder engagement in our policies, processes and operations.

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

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Overview

Our reporting suite

2022 ESG

performance snapshot

About our business

ESG governance

and risk management

What matters most

Stakeholder

engagement

Our ESG targets

Environmental

sustainability

Financial

wellbeing

Housing

Fair and

responsible

banking

Employee wellbeing

and inclusion

UN reporting

framework

Assurance

opinion

Shareholders
How we engaged with them

•Interim and full-year results briefings,

and quarterly updates

•ESG investor briefings, strategy and

other market updates

•Annual General Meeting

•Disclosure documents, including results

announcements, investor presentations,

external reporting suite and ASX lodgements

Key issues raised

•Approach to managing the bank and

supporting stakeholders through a

challenging economic environment

•Opportunities and challenges associated

with current and future operating conditions

•ANZ’s strategic focus, business priorities and

competitive advantage

•Financial performance, including

the contribution from our divisions

•Supporting our large emitting customers

build their climate change response

•Focus on cost management, productivity,

investment spend and priorities

•Capital and balance sheet management,

portfolio credit quality, liquidity and

funding positions

•Proposed Non-Operating Holding

Company structure

•Dividends

•ESG approach, commitments and progress

How we responded

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 addition to the engagements above, we held

two climate-focused investor roundtables and

our fifth annual ESG investor briefing.

Non-Government Organisations (NGOs)

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

•Cost of living pressures

•Customer and community support due to

geopolitical unrest, floods and other natural

disasters in Australia, New Zealand and

affected locations such as Tonga

•Family violence and support for customers

and communities, including financial

wellbeing initiatives for women and children;

and children's rights

•Indigenous social and economic

development

•Unemployment and social and economic

participation

•Emerging humanitarian issues for refugees

and support of new arrivals in Australia to

avoid adverse labour practices, including

modern slavery

•Financial wellbeing in the community

including digital literacy and inclusion

•Homelessness in Australia

•Customers requiring extra care, hardship

programs and consumer protection

•Conduct and culture

•Remediation and compensation schemes

•Regulatory reform in financial services

•Climate change policies, carbon risk

management and biodiversity

•Human rights grievance mechanisms

•Impact of COVID-19 including capacity

of community sector organisations to

continue providing effective services

How we responded

Our response to the issues raised by NGOs

can be found on pages 28–36, 40, 43, 47–50,

62–63 and 74 of this document and pages

10–11, 18–25 and 30 of the 2022 Annual Report

available at anz.com/annualreport. Our 2022

Climate-related Financial Disclosures will be

released prior to our Annual General Meeting

and made available at anz.com/annualreport.

Industry associations

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.

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

•engage with consumer representatives

to discuss issues affecting customers

•participate in the ABA Climate Risk and

Modern Slavery Working Group which aims

to develop an industry position on the

practical response to climate change and

modern slavery

Key issues raised

•Review of the Banking Code of Practice

•Information security, scams and data privacy

•Climate change policy and approach to

climate risks and opportunities, climate-

related financial disclosures

•Modern slavery

How we responded

We seek to contribute constructively to

public policy formation and understand the

perspectives of our community’s elected

representatives, policymakers and regulators.

We contribute to policy on business,

economic, social and environmental issues

affecting our customers and shareholders.

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. More

information can be found on page 40 of

this document.

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Overview

Our reporting suite

2022 ESG

performance snapshot

About our business

ESG governance

and risk management

What matters most

Stakeholder

engagement

Our ESG targets

Environmental

sustainability

Financial

wellbeing

Housing

Fair and

responsible

banking

Employee wellbeing

and inclusion

UN reporting

framework

Assurance

opinion

ESG Targets for 2022
The following targets will be introduced in 2023,

to extend work underway in our focus areas.

Housing

TargetsRelevant UN SDGs

Support more customers into healthier homes through discounted lending of NZ$300m funds under

management and 12,000 households by end 2025. (New Zealand).

2

Financial wellbeing

TargetsRelevant UN SDGs

Have 30% or more of ANZ Plus Save customers set a savings goal by end 2023.

Environmental sustainability

3

TargetsRelevant UN SDGs

Reduce the direct impact of our business activities on the environment by:

•Reducing Scope 1 and 2 emissions 85% by 2025 and 90% by 2030 (against 2015 baseline);

•Increasing renewable electricity to 100% by 2025;

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•Reducing water consumption by 40% by 2025 (against 2017 baseline);

•Reducing waste to landfill by 40% by 2025 (against 2017 baseline); and

•Reducing paper consumption (both office and customer paper use) by 70% by 2025

(against 2015 baseline).

The above refined targets increase our environmental sustainability footprint ambitions and performance in line

with our purpose, while balancing the expected ‘normalisation’ of consumption associated with staff returning

to workplaces. The modelling of the new targets took into account future remote working arrangements,

proposed efficiency projects, planned portfolio consolidation and an increase in renewable electricity usage.

Refer to page 25 for further details.

Improve the management of climate change risks through the following activities by end 2023:

•preparing a set of risk standards based on regulatory obligations, to be applied across all countries

and territories where ANZ operates;

•extending our Climate Change Risk Assessment methodology beyond our Project Finance business

starting with Institutional customers in higher emitting sectors such as resources and energy; and

•developing a data strategy to inform our approach to sourcing and integrating climate data into sectoral

transition pathways, scenario analysis, stress testing and analytics. This will include learning from the

New Zealand climate risk program.

1. Unless otherwise noted, targets are Group-wide and

cover the financial year 1 October 2021 – 30 September

2022.

2. The target consists of drawdown funds under

management, is cumulative and includes the following

products that have been provided since 1 October 2020:

Healthy Home Loan Package Interest-free Insulation Loans

(n.b. product rolled off July 2022) and Good Energy Home

Loan.

3. Environmental reporting year is 1 July to 30 June,

in line with the Australian regulatory reporting year.

4. Set in 2019, no change from 2021 target.

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.

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.

Our ESG targets

2022 ESG targets performance

1

Refined target set

37%

26%

Achieved

37%

Partially achieved

or in progress

NEW AND REFINED

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Our reporting suite

2022 ESG

performance snapshot

About our business

ESG governance

and risk management

What matters most

Stakeholder

engagement

Our ESG targets

Environmental

sustainability

Financial

wellbeing

Housing

Fair and

responsible

banking

Employee wellbeing

and inclusion

UN reporting

framework

Assurance

opinion

Financial wellbeing
GO TO SECTION

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 1.3 million customers to save regularly,

by end 2022. (Australia and New Zealand)

Since October 2021, we have supported nearly 1.5 million customers to save regularly,

including through:

•Delivery of Your Money Report into ANZ App and Internet Banking (Australia);

•Saver Plus, ANZ’s matched savings program delivered in conjunction with

community partners (Australia); and

•Delivery of a savings campaign that encouraged active savings habits of regular

deposits into customers savings accounts (New Zealand).

Publish Adult Financial Wellbeing Research to

inform our product design and financial literacy

program delivery, by end 2022.

•The triennial Adult Financial Wellbeing Survey and related communications

were published in December 2021.

•We continue to share survey insights with key internal stakeholders (e.g. Financial

Wellbeing Leads Group and Accessibility Steering Committee) and external

stakeholders (e.g. industry associations and community sector).

Establish seven new partnerships to expand the

reach and improve the impact of MoneyMinded for

disadvantaged communities, by end 2023.

•Since October 2020 we have established six new MoneyMinded Partners:

Fruition Horticulture Bay of Plenty (NZ), Regent Training Centre (NZ), the Reserve

Bank of Fiji (Fiji), Powerpac (Australia/Pacific), Dili Institute of Technology (Timor-

Leste) and USP Pacific-European Union Marine Partnership Programme (Fiji).

•We continue to explore new partnership options in Australia, New Zealand, and

across Asia and the Pacific.

2022 ESG targets performance summary

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Our reporting suite

2022 ESG

performance snapshot

About our business

ESG governance

and risk management

What matters most

Stakeholder

engagement

Our ESG targets

Environmental

sustainability

Financial

wellbeing

Housing

Fair and

responsible

banking

Employee wellbeing

and inclusion

UN reporting

framework

Assurance

opinion

Environmental sustainability
GO TO SECTION

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 $40.04 billion towards the

target, of which $25.79 billion is funded and $14.24 billion is facilitated.

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.

•61 customers now have 'well developed' or ‘advanced’ plans versus 42 in

September 2021.

•Our engagement with our largest emitting customers on biodiversity has been

positive. We are seeing increased customer awareness of biodiversity and an

increasing willingness to improve holistic management approaches, such as putting

in place governance and strengthening how they measure their impacts on nature.

•Currently customers are less progressed in setting targets and disclosure around

biodiversity compared with developing low carbon transition plans. However,

we expect progress to continue in line with developments in the Taskforce on

Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD).

Develop an enhanced climate risk management

framework that strengthens our governance and

is responsive to climate change, by end 2022.

•We have continued to improve our management of climate risks within our risk

management framework through workstreams focused on regulatory monitoring,

policy and processes, risk appetite, data and analytics through:

–Reviewing and assessing current and emerging regulatory requirements across the

jurisdictions in which we operate;

–Refining our Risk Appetite Statements for Institutional and including climate risk in

lending criteria documents in the Australia Retail, Commercial and New Zealand

portfolios; and

–Participating in the Australia Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) Climate

Vulnerability Assessment, which assessed the potential impact of physical and

transition risks to parts of our Australian mortgages and business lending portfolios.

While progress has been made against this target, climate risk management is an

emerging component of risk. Throughout 2022 we have identified further steps that

we can undertake to improve the management of climate risk. Refer to page 18 for

our refined climate risk management 2023 target.

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Overview

Our reporting suite

2022 ESG

performance snapshot

About our business

ESG governance

and risk management

What matters most

Stakeholder

engagement

Our ESG targets

Environmental

sustainability

Financial

wellbeing

Housing

Fair and

responsible

banking

Employee wellbeing

and inclusion

UN reporting

framework

Assurance

opinion

5. Environmental reporting year is 1 July to 30 June, in line with the Australian regulatory reporting year. 6. Self-generated renewable electricity, direct procurement from offsite grid connected generators e.g. Power Purchase Agreement (PPA)
and default delivered renewable electricity from the grid, supported by credible attributes in accordance with RE100 technical guidelines.

7. 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).

Environmental sustainability continued

GO TO SECTION

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

TargetsPerformanceStatusRelevant UN SDGs

Reduce the direct impact of our business activities

on the environment

5

by:

•reducing Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 24% by

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

•Scope 1 and 2 emissions have decreased by 51% since 2015.

•increasing renewable energy use to 100%

by 2025

6

•39% of energy consumption associated with our operations is from

existing renewable energy projects.

•reducing potable water consumption by 25%

by 2025 (against a 2017 baseline

7

)

•Water consumption has decreased by 61% since 2017.

•reducing waste to landfill by 30% by 2025

(against a 2017 baseline)

•Waste to landfill has decreased by 75% since 2017.

•reducing paper consumption (office and

customer paper use only) by 60% by 2025

(against 2015 baseline).

•Paper consumption has decreased 69% since 2015.

The COVID-19 pandemic has unquestionably changed the way we do business, making it necessary to refine our 2025 and 2030 environmental

sustainability footprint targets to align with more flexible working arrangements for employees, refer to page 11 for our refined targets and

page 25 for more information.

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Overview

Our reporting suite

2022 ESG

performance snapshot

About our business

ESG governance

and risk management

What matters most

Stakeholder

engagement

Our ESG targets

Environmental

sustainability

Financial

wellbeing

Housing

Fair and

responsible

banking

Employee wellbeing

and inclusion

UN reporting

framework

Assurance

opinion

Fair and responsible banking
GO TO SECTION

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

Implement ANZ’s new Customer Extra Care

Framework, including enhanced training of 5,000

employees to build their capabilities with respect

to identifying, supporting and referring impacted

customers, by end 2022 (Australia).

•Enhanced training has been provided to more than 5,000 Australian employees

through a combination of leader-led meetings and workshops to identify and

support customers in need of extra care. Topics included family violence, elder

financial abuse, interpreter services, gambling harm, supporting customers with

disability and those experiencing bereavement.

Implement ANZ’s new human rights grievance

mechanism, and publicly report on complaints

received under the mechanism, by end 2022.

•The grievance mechanism materials were made available on anz.com in

November 2021. No complaints have been received to date.

•Internal process documentation will be continually reviewed and refined.

Achieve the 17 actions in our Reconciliation

Action Plan, by end 2024.

10

(Australia)

•We made good progress against the 17 actions in our Reconciliation Action Plan,

meeting 99% of commitments that fell due within 2022.

8. Off a 2021 baseline. 9. Off a 2021 baseline. 10. This target was altered reflect the language included in the Reconciliation Action Plan, following feedback from Reconciliation Australia.

Housing

GO TO SECTION

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 2018, we have funded and facilitated over $4.4 billion to

support the delivery of more affordable, accessible and sustainable homes

to buy and rent.

Support more customers into healthier homes with

our Healthy Home Loan Package and Interest-free

Insulation Loans – through a 2%

8

increase of funds

under management and a 4%

9

increase in customer

numbers by 2025. (New Zealand)

•Since October 2020, we have supported 1,446 households into healthier homes

through our Healthy Home Loan Package (55 households) and our Interest-free

Insulation Loans (1,391 households).

•Our initial target was set using a methodology that is now outdated. A refined target

has therefore been set (see page 11), which reflects our expanded product suite

including our new Good Energy Home Loan.

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Overview

Our reporting suite

2022 ESG

performance snapshot

About our business

ESG governance

and risk management

What matters most

Stakeholder

engagement

Our ESG targets

Environmental

sustainability

Financial

wellbeing

Housing

Fair and

responsible

banking

Employee wellbeing

and inclusion

UN reporting

framework

Assurance

opinion

We want to be the leading Australia- and New Zealand-
based bank in supporting customers' transition to net zero

emissions by 2050.

Our environmental sustainability strategy

identifies priority sectors, technologies and

financing opportunities to help achieve our

ambition. Our climate change commitment

provides the framework for our strategy and

our commitment to enable the transition by

working to align our lending portfolio to net

zero emissions by 2050. We joined the

Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA) in 2021,

reflecting that commitment.

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.

To achieve our environmental sustainability

strategy we are:

•directing our finance into key priority

areas, refer to page 17

•aligning our lending decisions to the Paris

Agreement goals and have disclosed

metrics and targets for our power

generation portfolio and large-scale

commercial buildings

•progressively developing metrics and

targets for key sectors, in line with our

NZBA commitment, which is aimed at

ensuring the majority of our portfolio

emissions are covered by end 2024

•funding and facilitating $50 billion of

sustainable solutions by 2025, to support

customers in their efforts to achieve

improved environmental outcomes,

including the reduction of their

greenhouse gas emissions. This year,

140 transactions worth $18.09 billion

have been completed, bringing our

progress towards our $50 billion target

to $40.04 billion since October 2019.

Refer to page22 for further details

•equipping our employees with a deeper

understanding of climate risks and

opportunities, focusing on our Institutional

bankers in key priority sectors such as

resources, energy and agribusiness

•reducing emissions from our operations,

including a target to increase renewable

energy use to 100% by 2025

1

and setting

updated targets for our environmental

footprint; refer to page25 for further

details

•implementing strategic partnerships,

for example with climate advisory and

investment firm, Pollination

•actively participating in recognised

industry associations to help shape policy

development and settings to enable the

development of taxonomy and standards

•engaging constructively with stakeholders

on our approach through ESG market

briefings, investor roundtables, civil society

engagement and other avenues

Our approach

to climate change

1. Self-generated renewable electricity, direct procurement from offsite grid connected generators e.g. Power Purchase

Agreement (PPA) and default delivered renewable electricity from the grid, supported by credible attributes in accordance

with RE100 technical guidelines.

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Overview

Environmental

sustainability

Our approach to

climate change

Sustainable finance

Reducing our

environmental

footprint

Financial

wellbeing

Housing

Fair and

responsible

banking

Employee wellbeing

and inclusion

UN reporting

framework

Assurance

opinion

Supporting our customers to transition to net zero
Key priority areas and sectors we’ll pursue:

Supporting sustainability

in resource extraction¹,

basic materials² and

new technologies³

Banking the

electrification of

the transportation

value chain

Increasing our

support for

companies

in transitioning

energy from high

to low carbon

Enabling the

transition towards

lower emissions

buildings⁴

Assisting

sustainable food,

beverage and

commodities

practices and

supply chains

Offering solutions to,

and partnering with,

sustainability-focused

financial institutions⁵

Examples of how we are directing our

finance into key priority areas and sectors

of opportunity this year include:

We have participated in a new $1.45 billion

Green Loan for the Intellihub Group to fund

the rollout of smart meters across Australia

and New Zealand. And we financed the

first-ever EV battery manufacturing plant in

South-East Asia for HLI Green Power, a joint

venture bringing together the Hyundai

Mobis, Hyundai Motor Company, Kia

Coporation and LG Energy Solutions in Korea,

demonstrating the value of our regional

network, which is the broadest and deepest

of the Australian banks.

We have also piloted the trading of tokenised

carbon credits, using ANZ’s Australian-dollar

stablecoin. The transaction was successfully

executed with long-term customer, Victor

Smorgon Group. Finally, we have

a memorandum of understanding to

develop a carbon farming and biodiversity

project that combines native reforestation

and biomass harvesting. This project has

potential to support our customers by

contributing to supply and distribution

capabilities for high-quality carbon credits.

The project is expected to provide

opportunities for rural landowners

in the Wheatbelt community in Western

Australia, developed together with major

corporate customers INPEX and Qantas. The

diverse nature of these examples show the

breadth and growth in our environmental

sustainability capabilities across our portfolio.

Our 2022 Climate-related Financial

Disclosures will be released prior to our

Annual General Meeting (AGM). This will be

our sixth report using the Task Force on

Climate-related Financial Disclosures,

(TCFD) recommendations and will be

available at anz.com/annualreport

1. Supporting sustainable resource extraction in areas such as iron ore, lithium, nickel, cobalt, rare earths, copper and bauxite. 2. Supporting basic materials production including green steel and

low-carbon aluminium production.

3. Supporting new technology projects focused on upstream hydrogen and carbon capture use and storage. 4. Initial focus on financing high-efficiency residential

buildings and retrofits.

5. Supplying green investment options for environmental sustainability-focused funds/insurers and partnering with financial institutions to deliver alternative capital.

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Environmental

sustainability

Our approach to

climate change

Sustainable finance

Reducing our

environmental

footprint

Financial

wellbeing

Housing

Fair and

responsible

banking

Employee wellbeing

and inclusion

UN reporting

framework

Assurance

opinion

Climate risk management
framework

We are making progress to improve

our management of climate risks to

strengthen our governance and respond

to climate change.

Our Climate Advisory Forum, chaired by

Mark Whelan, Group Executive Institutional,

includes our Chief Risk Officer and other

executives. The forum supports execution

of our climate policy, disclosures and

related matters including sustainability

opportunities across the Group.

We continue to improve our management

of climate risks through Risk workstreams

focused on regulatory monitoring, policy

governance, risk appetite, data and analytics.

This year we have been focused on:

•reviewing and assessing current and

emerging requlatory requirements across

the jurisdictions in which we operate;

•refining our Risk Appetite Statements for

Institutional and including climate risk in

lending criteria documents in the Australia

Retail, Commercial and New Zealand

portfolios;

•participating in the Australia Prudential

Regulation Authority (APRA) Climate

Vulnerability Assessment;

•implementing an additional screening

process for energy transactions, which

includes escalation requirements for

material transactions;

•adding a new climate risk topic within

our Wholesale Judgemental Credit

Requirements, which defines climate risks

to help bankers consider these risks as part

of customer credit assessments;

•digitising our Social and Environmental

Risk Screening tool used to assess

Institutional and Corporate customers,

refer to page 57for further details;

•piloting a Climate Change Risk Assessment

(CCRA) for all Project Finance credit

assessments (new transactions and

Annual Reviews). The CCRA aims to

identify and evaluate climate risks,

including Physical and Transition.

Outcomes of the assessment are included

in and inform the credit decisions; and

•engaging with industry bodies and

consultants to better understand data

that could be used to assess physical

risks across our portfolio.

APRA’s Climate Vulnerability Assessment

Earlier this year we participated

in APRA’s Climate Vulnerability

Assessment (CVA), which assessed

the potential impact of physical

and transition risks to parts of

our Australian mortgages and

business lending portfolios.

The three key objectives of the CVA were:

•to assess potential financial exposure

to climate risk;

•to understand how banks may adjust

business models and implement

management actions in response

to different scenarios; and

•to foster improvement in climate

risk management capabilities.

APRA’s CVA comprised two stress tests,

a counterparty assessment and data

quality assessment.

APRA intends to disclose the outcomes

of the CVA in late 2022.

We also participated in the Australian

Prudential Regulation Authority's (APRA)

Prudential Practice Guide CPG 229 Climate

Change Financial Risks self-assessment

survey, along with 63 other APRA-regulated

entities in March. The voluntary survey was

designed to provide insights into the

alignment of climate risk practices by

APRA-regulated institutions with the

expectations set out in CPG 229.

The findings recently published show that an

area for improvement for entities is metrics

and targets, with forward looking exposure

to physical and transition risk disclosures

being limited. However, APRA recognised

that climate risk is an emerging discipline

compared with other traditional risk areas

and assessing and managing climate risk is

complex and resource-intensive.

Sophisticated risk analysis will require

strategic effort and investment.

We will use the findings of the survey to

consider any potential enhancements to

our approach in applying CPG 229.

Our next steps outlined in our new

ESG target are that by 2023, we will:

prepare a set of risk standards based

on regulatory obligations, to be

applied across all countries and

territories where ANZ operates;

extend our Climate Change Risk

Assessment methodology beyond

our Project Finance business; starting

with Institutional customers in higher

emitting sectors such as resources

and energy; and

develop a data strategy to inform our

approach to sourcing and integrating

climate data into sectoral transition

pathways, scenario analysis, stress

testing and analytics. This will include

learning from the New Zealand

climate risk program.

We continue to measure the carbon intensity

of higher emitting industry exposures within

our portfolio and are intending to develop

a strategy to enhance our ESG data and

analytical capabilities further. 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.

Our 2022 Climate-related Financial

Disclosures will include further disclosures

and will be released prior to our Annual

General Meeting with further details

available at anz.com/annualreport

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Overview

Environmental

sustainability

Our approach to

climate change

Sustainable finance

Reducing our

environmental

footprint

Financial

wellbeing

Housing

Fair and

responsible

banking

Employee wellbeing

and inclusion

UN reporting

framework

Assurance

opinion

Customer engagement
We committed to engage with

100 of our largest emitting business

customers, to encourage them to

strengthen their low carbon transition

plans and enhance their efforts to

protect biodiversity, by end 2024.

Last year, transition plans for 100 of our

largest emitting business customers were

grouped into levels of maturity – advanced,

well developed, underdeveloped/starting

out, and no public plans. Low-carbon

transition plans are typically re-assessed

annually, with engagement occurring

throughout the year. As part of this

engagement we expect more customers

to further improve their plans to a ‘well

developed’, or ‘advanced’ stage.

Customers continue to value our engagement

on this topic, and our perspectives. Several

customers outside of the 100 have sought to

engage with us, seeking clarity on our

expectations, or requesting suggestions to

improve their approach.

For those customers starting out, we

provide support in the form of insights

into enhanced customer practices we

have observed through our engagements.

Where customers are further advanced,

we encourage them to find ways to

strengthen their approach and provide

options for how we could potentially assist,

including setting ‘stretch’ targets linked to

improved financing terms in the form of

sustainability linked lending.

Within each industry our customers have

different starting points. Since the initial

maturity assessment in 2021, many

customers have improved their governance,

strategies and targets or disclosures, leading

to an improved level of transition planning.

This is a positive step change over a 12-month

period, as our customers continue to build

their capacity to transition. For example, while

many customers already had targets in place,

we have observed a ‘strengthening’ in

approach with a rise in the intention to

develop ‘Paris aligned’ or ‘science-based’

targets and in those intending to report

under the TCFD framework.

Discussions are typically led by our

relationship managers and can include

discussions with the Institutional Group

Executive, Chief Risk Officer and senior

executives from our customers. Where a

customer remains in the ‘no public plan’

category, or in situations where there is

a continued misalignment in approach,

we will consider the most appropriate

actions on a customer-by-customer basis.

Over the course of our engagement with

our customers, there have been instances

where we declined finance or reduced limits

to customers with less developed plans or a

misalignment in approach. These decisions

were made in line with our Climate Change

Commitment and Social and Environmental

Risk Policy.

Overall our engagement with our largest

emitting customers has progressed well this

year – we’ve completed discussions with 99

customers on their progress in enhancing

their low carbon transition plans and efforts

to protect biodiversity. 61% of customers

now have well developed or advanced plans

versus 42% in September 2021. This keeps us

on track to meet our public target for more

customers to achieve this level of maturity

in their plans by end 2024.

100 of our largest emitting business customers – by transition plan category

40

30

20

10

0

Sep 2021

Sep 2022

BACD

38

27

36

27

22

11

23

15

Since September 2021 we have upgraded

our assessment of 29 customers:

7 from B to A

13 from C to B

5 from D to C

1 from C to A

3 from D to B

Customer transition plan categories

A – Advanced B – Well developed C – Underdeveloped/starting out D – No public plans

1. We replaced six customers in 2022 due to exits or significantly reduced exposures, or due to mergers and

acquisition activities. Replacements on this list are typically from a similar sector, located in the same country or

region, a similar level of exposure and emissions and at a similar stage of their transition planning.

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Overview

Environmental

sustainability

Our approach to

climate change

Sustainable finance

Reducing our

environmental

footprint

Financial

wellbeing

Housing

Fair and

responsible

banking

Employee wellbeing

and inclusion

UN reporting

framework

Assurance

opinion

Examples of characteristics of customers within categories:
Our 2022 Climate-related Financial Disclosures report which will provide further

detail on our customer engagement program during 2022 and will be available at

anz.com/annualreport prior to our Annual General Meeting.

Energy company –

Category A

Governance

Targets

Disclosures

CUSTOMER

•Acknowledges climate risk is a

material risk and opportunity; has

well developed plans and actions

(by reference to their governance,

targets, disclosures, and committed

to net zero emissions by 2050)

•Climate resilience is a key pillar

of its sustainability strategy

•Public goal of net zero emissions

by 2050 across its portfolios

•Strong governance in place to

manage climate risk

•TCFD-aligned reporting

Diversified industrial company –

Category B

Governance

Targets

Disclosures

CUSTOMER

•At a well developed stage with well

developed plans and actions

•Public climate change commitment;

climate issues are considered by

Sustainability Management Committee

that report to their Board

•2030 emissions reductions targets

in place

•A long-term vision of striving for

net zero by 2050

•Reports using the TCFD guidelines,

scope to improve

Large commodities company –

Category C

Governance

Targets

Disclosures

CUSTOMER

•At an underdeveloped/starting out

stage: acknowledgement, but with

limited plans and/or actions

•Sustainability and climate risk discussed

with Board Risk Committee at regular

intervals; Chairman and CEO oversee

their climate approach

•Has targets to reduce ‘emissions

intensity’ across some of its operations

•Moving towards TCFD-aligned

reporting; has a ‘TCFD index’ in its

reporting

2

Large retailer –

Category D

Governance

Targets

Disclosures

CUSTOMER

•No public plans evident; however, is

establishing an Executive Sustainability

Committee which will provide greater

oversight

•Developing sustainability projects at

a business and franchisee level

•Has engaged an external consultant to

help develop a sustainability framework

•Acknowledges the need to develop a

transition plan, though unclear at this

stage whether it will be made public

•Have not reported against TCFD

In place/met In progress

2. Others in category C may be reporting against TCFD, with uplift required in key areas such as governance, metrics and targets.

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Environmental

sustainability

Our approach to

climate change

Sustainable finance

Reducing our

environmental

footprint

Financial

wellbeing

Housing

Fair and

responsible

banking

Employee wellbeing

and inclusion

UN reporting

framework

Assurance

opinion

Biodiversity
We acknowledge the need to protect,

restore and mitigate biodiversity loss

including as a result of species extinction or

decline, ecosystem degradation and nature

loss. We seek to understand the impacts –

positive and negative – our large business

customers can have on biodiversity. We

recognise the contribution we can make by

working with our customers to understand

risks and opportunities posed by their

operations and to manage their impacts. We

are committed to working with customers

that support social and environmental

sustainability in their approach.

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 impacts on biodiversity.

Our Land Acquisition Statement

acknowledges we will not knowingly

support customer activities that significantly

impact on culturally or environmentally

sensitive areas, including: World Heritage

Areas, wetlands on the Ramsar list,

designated national parks and conservation

areas, activities that threaten species listed in

CITES, the IUCN Red List or relevant national

legislation, activities that result in the

broad-scale conversion of intact native

forests and High Conservation Value Areas,

or activities which are in breach of agreed

international treaties and agreements.

This year we broadened our

engagement with 100 of our largest

emitting business customers to include

a focus on biodiversity, encouraging and

supporting them to identify and manage

their potential impacts and dependencies

on biodiversity – so far, we’ve engaged

with 99 customers with this in mind. We

encourage them to establish or strengthen

their approach to biodiversity through

effective Board governance, policies and

strategies, and disclosures using

recognised indicators or metrics.

Our engagement with our largest emitting

business customers on biodiversity has been

positive. We are seeing increased customer

awareness of biodiversity and an increasing

willingness to improve holistic management

approaches, for example putting in place

governance and strengthening how they

measure their impacts on nature.

We look to understand the impacts of a

customer on biodiversity, and the impacts

that biodiversity-loss may have on the

customer. Currently customers are less

progressed in setting targets and disclosure

around biodiversity compared with their

progress in developing low carbon transition

plans, though we expect progress to

continue in line with developments in

the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial

Disclosures (TNFD).

Customer engagement to date indicates a

group of leaders – some with ‘no net loss’

and others with ‘positive impact’

commitments. For example one customer

in our largest emitting customer group is

identifying and understanding the material

biodiversity issues at their operations,

including deforestation management, and

is conducting an audit of wildlife sightings

to ensure more robust measurement.

We are considering how we might

apply what we learn from our customer

engagement to identify and engage with

other large business customers likely to

have significant impacts on biodiversity.

We welcome the

establishment of the

TNFD and have joined the

TNFD Forum to support

their work. We recognise

their important role in

driving widespread and

improved disclosures of

biodiversity impacts.

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Overview

Environmental

sustainability

Our approach to

climate change

Sustainable finance

Reducing our

environmental

footprint

Financial

wellbeing

Housing

Fair and

responsible

banking

Employee wellbeing

and inclusion

UN reporting

framework

Assurance

opinion

1. Of the 127 sustainable finance deals we participated in, $4.4 billion was attributed to ANZ via our distribution
capability, and $13 billion via on balance sheet loans and other credit lines.


$155B


$71 billion (38 deals) from

Diversied Industries


$22 billion

(15 deals) from Food,

Beverages and Agriculture

$24 billion (25 deals) from

Financial Institutions Group


$10 billion (22 deals)

from Property and Health

$28 billion (27 deals) from

Resources, Energy and

Infrastructure

During 2022

We participated in 127 sustainable

finance deals with a total deal

size of $155 billion

1

, compared

to 81 deals with a total deal size

of $119 billion in 2021:

$112B

(64deals) from

International

$33B

(41deals) from

Australia

$10B

(22 deals) from

New Zealand

Sustainable finance

Customer demand for sustainable finance products and

services continued to grow this year, in both transaction

volume and financing format. Sustainability-linked loan

volumes increased significantly, while green, social,

sustainability and sustainability-linked bond issuance

volumes were impacted due to prevailing challenges in

capital markets globally. Following the expansion of our

sustainable solutions product suite, we provided the bank’s

inaugural green and sustainability-linked guarantees, and

sustainability-linked derivatives for customers.

Partnerships & initiatives

We play a role in sharing research

and insights, enabling cross-industry

collaboration and supporting

development and implementation of

sustainable finance industry standards.

Australian Sustainable Finance Institute

ANZ is a founding member of the Australian

Sustainable Finance Institute (ASFI), which

developed a roadmap to re-align Australia’s

financial system to enable the transition to

a more resilient and sustainable economy.

The roadmap sets out 37 recommendations

tackling a broad suite of challenges including

climate change, biodiversity loss and

economic inequality.

In 2022, the Institute made ongoing

progress towards implementing priority

recommendations. This includes establishing

the Taxonomy Technical Advisory Group and

the Taxonomy Steering Committee to begin

development of the Australian Sustainable

Finance Taxonomy. The Institute also

supports and contributes to a well-informed

Australian voice in the development and

implementation of the Taskforce for

Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD).

ASFI members have participated in several

workshops organised by the Australian

Government designed to educate and raise

awareness on development of the TNFD.

Toitū Tahua Centre for

Sustainable Finance

ANZ New Zealand is a founding member

of the Toitū Tahua Centre for Sustainable

Finance (CSF), established in July 2021 as a

charitable trust 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.

In 2022, the CSF began implementing the

Aotearoa Circle Roadmap for Sustainable

Finance, focusing on three key areas: changing

mindsets, transforming the finance system

and financing the transformation. It aims to

support the stakeholder engagement process

that underpins CSF. For example, one of the

most recent gatherings was the Toitu Tahua

Inclusion Summit, held in July 2022, attended

by Māori/Iwi organisations, corporates,

community organisations and government/

regulators to collectively consider new models

for increasing accessibility of services to

communities and formulate ideas for action.

Orange Bond Initiative

In 2022, ANZ joined the Orange Bond

Initiative™ as a Steering Committee member

alongside U.S. International Development

Finance Corporation, Australian Department

of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the United

Nations Capital Development Fund, Water.org,

Shearman & Sterling and Nuveen. This

industry initiative, facilitated by Impact

Investment Exchange, aims to mobilise

capital towards gender-lens investing

through Orange Bonds. Orange Bonds relate

to a sub-segment of social bonds related to

gender (orange is the colour of SDG 5 –

Gender Equality). The Initiative’s mission is to

empower around 100 million women and

girls worldwide by unlocking US$10 billion

by 2030 to place women at the forefront of

capital markets to achieve the UN’s 17 SDGs

and build a more inclusive, climate-resilient

future. The Steering Committee will be

focusing on designing gender bond criteria

and creating an enabling ecosystem.

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Environmental

sustainability

Our approach to

climate change

Sustainable finance

Reducing our

environmental

footprint

Financial

wellbeing

Housing

Fair and

responsible

banking

Employee wellbeing

and inclusion

UN reporting

framework

Assurance

opinion

1. Includes Wind/Solar/Battery/Transmission Infrastructure/Energy Transition/Energy Efficiency. 2. Low carbon transportation
projects such as light rail, electric vehicle manufacturing.

3. Corporate loans for businesses in environmental/carbon project

development which facilitate the transition to net zero or create nature positive outcomes.

4. Networks, management and

communication tools which facilitate the transition to net zero, e.g. power management, broadband.

5. 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.

6. Includes credit lines to global development banks and agencies providing support to

emerging economies, and social component of Sustainability Loans.

7. Green, Social, Sustainable, Sustainability-Linked and

Transition Bonds and other ESG-related bonds within the sustainable finance market.

8. Loans initially underwritten by ANZ and

subsequently sold on to other lenders, e.g. other banks, fund managers and super funds.

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, increase access to affordable

housing and promote financial wellbeing.

Supporting our customers and industries to transition

We are focused on identifying opportunities to support our customers’ path

to net zero emissions and enhance their resilience to a changing climate.

Examples of products we provide include:

Since October 2019 we have funded

and facilitated $40.04 billion across 332

transactions. This includes green, social,

sustainability, sustainability-linked and

transition loans and bonds, energy and

affordable housing. $25.8 billion of

transactions are on balance sheet loans and

other credit lines provided to borrowers by

ANZ, while $14.2 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, energy and affordable

housing (55%, 21%, 11% and 6% of funded

transactions respectively), and facilitate

ESG-format bond issuance (89% of

facilitated transactions).


$2.7 billion

Energy


$5.3 billion

Green Building

$0.2 billion

Waste


$0.3 billion

Water

$0.8 billion

Transport


$14.2 billion

Sustainability-

linked Facilities

$1.5 billion

Aordable Housing


$0.03 billion

Environmental

Markets

3


$0.3 billion

Information &

Communication

Technology

4


$0.5 billion

Other Social

$25.8B

Funded

Environmental

37%

ENVIRONMENTAL

Social

8%

Sustainability-

linked

55%


SOCIAL

SUSTAINABILITY-

LINKED


$1.1 billion

Green Buildings/Renewable Loan

Distribution


$0.5 billion

Advisory


$12.6 billion

ESG-format Bonds

Facilitated

$14.2B

8%

89%

3%

$1.1 billion

Green Buildings/Renewable Loan

Distribution


$0.5 billion

Advisory


$12.6 billion

ESG-format Bonds

Facilitated

$14.2B

8%

89%

3%

Green, Social and Sustainability Loans

Lending to deploy capital into green, social

and sustainability initiatives, where borrowers

are required to use the proceeds of a loan to

invest in qualifying green and/or social assets.

HIGHLIGHT

In November 2021, ANZ participated in

a new $1.45 billion Green Loan for the

Intellihub Group to fund the rollout of smart

meters across Australia and New Zealand.

Smart electricity meters facilitate reduced

energy use and increased energy efficiency to

support businesses and households to better

manage their energy use. The uptake of

renewable and distributed energy is also

critical to achieving a decarbonised electricity

network. This Green Loan is the first to receive

Electrical Grids and Storage Certification

under the Climate Bonds Standard. ANZ

acted as Joint Arranger and Sole Green

Loan Coordinator.

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sustainability

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climate change

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environmental

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Financial

wellbeing

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responsible

banking

Employee wellbeing

and inclusion

UN reporting

framework

Assurance

opinion

Sustainability-Linked Loans
Lending which incentivises the borrower’s

achievement of ambitious, predetermined

sustainability performance targets.

HIGHLIGHT

In August 2022, ANZ participated in the

US$1.35 billion refinance of Brambles’ bank

facilities, representing the borrower’s

inaugural Sustainability-Linked revolving

credit facility. In 2020, Brambles announced its

2025 Vision and Sustainability Targets: Planet

Positive, Business Positive and Communities

Positive, which were used to form the targets

in the Sustainability-Linked revolving credit

facility. ANZ acted as Joint Sustainability

Coordinator, Joint Documentation

Coordinator, Bookrunner and Mandate

Lead Arranger.

Green and Sustainable Infrastructure

(Project) Finance

Project financing to support the development

of long-term sustainable infrastructure, e.g.

renewable energy, schools and transport.

HIGHLIGHT

In June 2022, ANZ participated in the $250

million refinancing of the TESA Education

consortium’s South Australian Schools Public

Private Partnership Project to establish best

practice school infrastructure across South

Australia and contribute to the state’s

economic growth. Two new birth-to-year

12 schools are being delivered in outer

metropolitan areas to accommodate 1,675

students, including 100 special school

students and a 75-place children’s centre, plus

more than 200 teaching and support staff.

The consortium compromises of Tetris Capital,

Sarah Constructions, ISS Services Australia and

DIF Capital Partners with financing structured

as a Sustainability Loan. The school project

met the requirements of both an eligible

green and eligible social project and ANZ

acted as the Sole Sustainability Coordinator.

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 predetermined sustainability

performance targets.

HIGHLIGHT

In April 2022, Australian broadband

infrastructure provider NBN Co successfully

issued its first green bond with an $800

million five-year issue, the largest green bond

by an Australian corporate at the time and the

first green bond in the information,

communication and technology sector.

Proceeds from the bond will be used to

finance new or existing projects aligned to the

International Capital Market Association’s

Green Bond Principles around energy

efficiency and renewable energy.

Underpinning the offering was NBN Co’s

Sustainability Bond Framework and Towards-

Zero Carbon Ambition including a three-year

roadmap to reduce energy consumption,

purchasing 100 per cent renewable energy

from December 2025, using electric or hybrid

vehicles by 2030 and setting a Science-Based

Target. ANZ acted as Joint Lead Manager and

Joint Sustainability Coordinator.

Sustainability-Linked Derivatives

Derivatives which include a pricing

component tied to the sustainability targets

of an underlying sustainability-linked bond

or loan. This includes swaps, forwards, cross

currency swaps, interest rate and foreign

exchange options executed alongside

sustainability-linked bonds or sustainability-

linked loans.

HIGHLIGHT

In February/March 2022, Auckland Council

refinanced a NZ$200 million facility into a

Sustainability-Linked Loan, accompanied

by a Sustainability-Linked Derivative. The

sustainability performance targets used for

both instruments included increasing the

number of low emissions buses in Auckland

Transport’s bus fleet, reducing the Council’s

greenhouse gas emissions and supporting

Māori- and Pasifika-owned businesses and

social enterprises in Auckland – by

strengthening the Council’s social

procurement model. ANZ acted as the

Sole Sustainability Coordinator.

ANZ/Clean Energy Finance Corporation

(CEFC) Energy Efficient Asset Finance

(EEAF) Program

Financing to incentivise Australian commercial

and agribusiness customers to invest in

energy efficient and renewable energy

technologies to reduce energy costs and

carbon emissions.

2022: closed 15 deals, $16.8M volume

HIGHLIGHT

In August 2022, ANZ extended its $200 million

funding program with the Clean Energy

Finance Corporation (CEFC) to help ANZ

business customers transition to net zero

emissions. Under the partnership, ANZ and

the CEFC will each contribute 0.25 per cent

toward a 0.5 per cent discount to eligible

customers for loans up to $5 million to invest

in eligible energy efficient related assets and

projects. Since its launch in 2017, this program

has helped finance more than $242 million of

investment in over 1,017 clean energy

technology deals for our commercial and

agribusiness customers.

Sustainable initiatives in

New Zealand

In New Zealand we also offer products

to support our business and retail

customers’ low carbon transition:

•Good Energy Home Loan top up:

available for retail customers to upgrade

homes with solar panels, heating and

insulation, double glazing, ventilation

systems and rainwater tanks. It can

also be used for electric and hybrid

vehicles, and electric vehicle chargers.

Refer to page 43 for further details on

the number of customers taking up the

product since its launch in July 2022.

•Healthy Home Loan Package: offers

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.

Refer to page 43 for further details

on the number of customers taking

up the product.

•Business Green Loan: available

for business customers to finance

(or refinance) renewable energy

initiatives, green buildings, native

planting, sustainable land and water

use to make a positive environmental

impact. Launched in late August 2022,

businesses are able to borrow up to

NZ$3 million at a special floating rate

of 3.85% per annum – a 1.5 percentage

point discount on the Business Term

Loan floating base rate.

The loan is currently the only advertised

green loan product in the market

available to business customers and

linked to the Loan Market Association's

Green Loan Principles.

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Environmental

sustainability

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climate change

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environmental

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Financial

wellbeing

Housing

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responsible

banking

Employee wellbeing

and inclusion

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framework

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opinion

1. Self-generated renewable electricity, direct
procurement from offsite grid connected generators

e.g. Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) and default

delivered renewable electricity from the grid,

supported by credible attributes in accordance

with RE100 technical guidelines.

Reducing our

environmental footprint

Emissions reductions continued in 2022 due to property

consolidation and ongoing flexible working arrangements for

our non-branch staff. Our aspiration is to limit consumption

to less than pre-pandemic levels on a per-capita basis as staff

gradually return to the office.

Beyond our centralised operational footprint,

we also looked to reduce emissions by

engaging our people to reduce their

personal emissions while working flexibly.

A personal carbon footprint calculator was

developed in partnership with external

provider, Trace, and has been used by

almost 500 staff at ANZ.

The below outlines our new ambitious targets

CO

2

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Reducing Scope 1 and 2

(market-based) emissions 85%

by 2025 and 90% by 2030

(against a 2015 baseline).

Renewable Energy

Increasing renewable electricity

use to 100% by 2025.

1

Water

Reducing potable water

consumption by 40% by 2025

(against a 2017 baseline).

Waste

Reducing waste to landfill by 40%

by 2025 (against a 2017 baseline).

Paper

Reducing paper consumption

(office and customer paper use only)

by 70% by 2025 (against a 2015 baseline).

2025 and 2030 new environmental

footprint targets

The COVID-19 pandemic has unquestionably

changed the way ANZ does business,

making it necessary to reset our 2025 and

2030 environmental sustainability footprint

targets to align with more flexible working

arrangements for employees. This reset

complements the previously approved

100% Renewable Energy Target and our

commitment to maintain carbon neutrality.

The new targets increase our environmental

sustainability ambitions and performance in

line with our purpose, while balancing the

expected ‘normalisation’ of consumption

associated with staff returning to workplaces.

The modelling of the new targets took into

account future remote working

arrangements, proposed efficiency projects,

planned portfolio consolidation and an

increase in renewable electricity usage.

Image: ANZ London office.

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Environmental

sustainability

Our approach to

climate change

Sustainable finance

Reducing our

environmental

footprint

Financial

wellbeing

Housing

Fair and

responsible

banking

Employee wellbeing

and inclusion

UN reporting

framework

Assurance

opinion

CO
2

GHG Emissions Renewable EnergyWaterWastePaper

Our global emissions footprint

decreased due to:

Temporary closure of some

commercial sites impacted by

COVID-19 staff restrictions.

Ongoing consolidation of

both retail and commercial

properties, including the exit of

55 Collins Street, Melbourne.

Energy efficiency projects

including:

• Building management

system and lighting upgrade at

833 Collins Street, Melbourne.

•Data centre server optimisation

project.

40,000 MWh of renewable energy

was supplied to Australian

operations through the ANZ

Murra Warra wind farm and 670

MWh of rooftop solar at the ANZ

Campus in Docklands, Melbourne.

Efforts to source renewable

electricity for global operations

continued with the renewal of

a solar leasing agreement in Fiji

and the signing of a new power

purchasing agreement in India to

come into effect in July 2025.

Although good progress has

been made against the overall

target, this year water usage has

slightly increased due to an

increase in staff returning to

workplaces.

On-going maintenance programs

enable us to improve detection

and rectification of leaks in a

timely manner.

This year we partnered with

SUEZ and a decade’s worth

of used uniforms were collected

and processed into engineered

fuel – an alternative to coal for

SUEZ’s cement kilns, resulting in

20 tonnes of used garments

avoiding landfill.

A commingled recycling pilot at

20 Queensland retail branches

created opportunities for new

recycling streams in larger

business centres.

Over 30 ANZ staff from across

the bank collaborated to explore

how different business units

can reduce office and customer

paper use with two projects

prioritised, namely:

•Digitisation of customer

requested prints across

New Zealand’s retail branch

network – expected to save a

considerable amount of paper.

•A reduction of daily branch

reporting across the Australian

branch network – saving

approximately 1.4 million

sheets of paper from being

printed.

Scope 1 and 2 emissions

have decreased by

51%

against a 2015 baseline,

tracking ahead of the required

reduction to meet our 2025

and 2030 targets.

In 2022,

39%

of our electricity

consumption came from

renewable sources.

Our global water

consumption decreased by

61%

tracking ahead of

the target.

Waste to landfill generated

by global operations has

reduced by

75%

since 2017, tracking ahead

of the target.

Paper consumption

has reduced by

69%

since 2015, tracking ahead

of the target.

Performance against targets

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1. Environmental reporting year is 1 July to 30 June, in line with the Australian regulatory reporting year. Refer to page 25 for new 2025 and 2030 targets.

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Environmental

sustainability

Our approach to

climate change

Sustainable finance

Reducing our

environmental

footprint

Financial

wellbeing

Housing

Fair and

responsible

banking

Employee wellbeing

and inclusion

UN reporting

framework

Assurance

opinion

Sustainable building design
We continue to improve our office

and retail branches through energy

efficiency, water saving and waste

initiatives.

London office refurbishment

Sustainability was at the centre of the

relocation of ANZ’s London office and

part of every decision made. A new

workplace was created based around

three pillars of sustainable design to

deliver great value to building users

and the community:

01. Environment

An energy efficient workplace, minimising

embodied and operational carbon, waste

and water to help ANZ deliver on

Environmental Sustainability targets.

02. Health & wellbeing

Support for ANZ employees by creating

a healthy workplace where physical and

mental health is valued and enhanced,

as well as building a strong connection

with the wider community.

03. Inclusivity

Creation of an environment which

is inclusive and accessible for ANZ

employees and visitors alike.

Breathe branch design

Breathe Architecture Studio worked with

ANZ Retail to produce a new branch

design; built using low carbon footprint,

sustainable materials and finishes, with

almost every material or component able

to be re-used, recycled or composted. The

new design aims to use as many materials

and supplies from local sources. In

partnership with Anixter and 2by2, ANZ’s

Technology team has also developed a

new solution to allow branch technology

infrastructure to be disassembled,

relocated, and reused as part of embracing

and building our circular economy. Stores

and Pop-up outlets for ANZ Plus banking

products are also making use of the same

sustainable design principles.

ANZ’s commitment to environmental

sustainability initiatives via our “ANZ

Breathe” retail branch designs was

recognised by the Allan and Beth

Coldicutt Award for Sustainable

Architecture in the 2022 Victorian

Architecture Awards.

Australian operations

continue to be certified

as carbon-neutral under

the Climate Active

certification.

Sustainable staff initiatives

Green Ambassador Summit

Our Green Ambassador program,

launched in 2018, empowers our

people to live sustainably through

education and by providing

pathways to act.

This year, we held our second Green

Ambassador Summit, a professional

learning and development opportunity for

employees to build sustainable capabilities,

mindsets and culture. Over the month

of August, more than 1,500 participants

attended virtual panel discussions,

workshops and in-person tours, and heard

from business and community leaders on

the latest sustainability insights.

Additional Green Ambassador initiatives

from this year include:

•Australian Green Ambassadors entered

into a one-year partnership with the

Australian Microplastic Assessment Project

and Earthwatch to deliver eight volunteer

experiences for 400 employees across

the country. ANZ employees were invited

to become a ‘scientist for the day’ and

contribute to the authentic data collection

of microplastics along Australian coastlines,

while also helping to rid beaches of plastic

waste. More than 2,800 pieces of waste

have been diverted from polluting our

waterways and oceans to-date.

•Employees were invited to participate in

World Environment Day by spending time

in nature regenerating the environment.

•Green Ambassadors in Vietnam invited

employees and their families from our

Ha Noi and Ho Chi Minh City offices to an

event at which 260 trees were planted.

Sustainable initiatives in

New Zealand

This year, we released a series of insight

papers and webinars in partnership with

climate advisory firm Toitū Envirocare to

help small and medium sized businesses

understand their emissions, set reduction

targets and identify initiatives to achieve

them. We are also growing the knowledge

and expertise of our staff. Our education

series ‘Carbon 101’ provided over 500

business bankers with insights into why

sustainability and carbon emissions

management are an important part

of every business’ strategy.

In partnership with Sustainable Coastlines,

staff volunteered in annual planting activities

across New Zealand. The program includes

education and awareness raising of

environmental issues and helps staff and

communities understand the importance

of biodiversity.

ANZ New Zealand is also a participating

provider in the Government Investment in

Decarbonising Industry Private Finance Pilot

to help businesses seek funding for approved

projects to accelerate the decarbonisation of

industrial process heat. We have also been a

signatory of the Climate Leaders Coalition

(CLC) since 2019 including the new 2022

Statement of Ambition which reflects

signatories’ desire to be climate leaders

as science and policy evolves.

Image: ANZ Breathe branch.

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Environmental

sustainability

Our approach to

climate change

Sustainable finance

Reducing our

environmental

footprint

Financial

wellbeing

Housing

Fair and

responsible

banking

Employee wellbeing

and inclusion

UN reporting

framework

Assurance

opinion

Improving
financial

wellbeing

Financial wellbeing is the extent to which someone

is able to meet all their current commitments and needs

comfortably and has the financial resilience to maintain

this in the future.

ANZ recognises the importance of financial

wellbeing across the whole population in

sustaining a healthy and inclusive economy.

Beyond providing core banking services, we

play a key role in leading research into what

is influencing financial wellbeing in Australia

and New Zealand. Insights from our research

are shared publicly so they can be used by

government, community and corporate

sectors to inform their work, and we use

these insights to inform our products and

services, as well as our financial education

programs, Saver Plus and MoneyMinded.

These programs involve close collaboration

with partners from the community and

government sectors.

2021 Financial Wellbeing Survey

ANZ has been exploring the financial literacy,

capability, attitudes and behaviours of

Australian adults for 20 years. The 2021

Financial Wellbeing Survey is the seventh

iteration of the series in Australia since the

first national survey in 2002. More than 5,000

individuals across Australia and New Zealand

participated in the 2021 survey which built

on the established Kempson et al.

conceptual model of financial wellbeing

used in our 2017 survey, with updated

analysis to improve the understanding of

what is influencing the financial wellbeing

of Australians and New Zealanders.

External steering committees in Australia

and New Zealand comprising key opinion

leaders, academics and consumer advocates

supported us in interrogating and

developing the model of financial wellbeing

to better understand the influence of

socio-economic factors, financial behaviours

and psychological elements like future focus,

frugality and confidence.

While socio-economic factors had the largest

impact on financial wellbeing, financial

behaviours such as saving, spending and

investing continue to have a major impact

on financial wellbeing, and play an important

role in building the financial resilience

needed to lessen the impact of socio-

economic disruptions.

Survey reports can be found at

anz.com.au/about-us/esg/financial-

wellbeing/

¢

$

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and inclusion

UN reporting

framework

Assurance

opinion

Respondents in Australia and New Zealand
are divided into four segments

Challenging economic environment

The 2021 Financial Wellbeing Survey research

was conducted in May and June 2021 during

a period of the pandemic where optimism

was relatively high, cases of COVID-19 in the

community were low and restrictions were

minimal. A year on, ANZ has been able to

track the financial wellbeing of Australians

during changing economic conditions with

the ANZ Roy Morgan Financial Wellbeing

Indicator. The latest release compared May

2022 results with December 2021. The

update points to a downturn in financial

wellbeing in Australia.

This led to an increase in the size of the

struggling segment and the decline in

financial wellbeing was more evident in

households with an income of less than

$100,000 per year (down 1.8%). This group

also experienced declining ability to ‘meet

everyday commitments’. Young families,

renters, people not working full-time and

lower income households with a recent

mortgage (in the last 2 years) also

experienced greater downward pressure

on their financial wellbeing.

While all groups had falls in whether they

were ‘feeling comfortable’, young families

and lower income households with a recent

mortgage also experienced a decline in their

‘resilience’ (savings balances), and renters and

people not working full-time had reduced

ability to ‘meet everyday commitments’.

With interest rates on an upward trajectory,

the impact of falling real wages and costs

for both discretionary and non-discretionary

items growing, we expect financial wellbeing

may deteriorate further in the later part of

this year and into 2023. Refer to page 49 for

how we are assisting customers who may be

experiencing financial hardship.

Socio-economic factors and life events

are key to financial wellbeing

In both Australia and New Zealand, the

total impact of socio-economic factors

and life events on financial wellbeing was

substantially higher than our previous

analysis was able to demonstrate. Socio-

economic factors accounted for more than

half (54.5% and 54.8% respectively) of a

person’s overall financial wellbeing. Health

– both physical and mental – was the largest

socio-economic factor affecting financial

wellbeing in both Australia and New

Zealand. Other factors such as earning

potential, unemployment, life journey,

financial stability, ability to access social

support, gender, having dependents and

supporting extended family (in New

Zealand) were the most significant socio-

economic influences on financial wellbeing.

No worries – (score of >80–100) Strongly

future-oriented, goal-oriented, optimistic

and frugal, contributing positively to

financial wellbeing. High levels of

confidence in managing money and

substantial amounts in savings,

investments and superannuation.

More likely to report ‘excellent’ or ‘very

good’ mental and physical health.

Doing OK – (>50–80) Describing their

current financial situation as ‘fair’ or ‘good’

and are reasonably confident about their

financial situation over the next 12

months. They are more likely to budget

or plan and to have their savings put

aside automatically.

Getting by – (>30–50) Generally

describing their financial situation

as ‘bad’, less confident in their money

management skills and their ability to

control their financial future. They are less

likely to be frugal than other segments.

Struggling – (0–30) 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. They are less optimistic or

future-oriented and have ‘poor’ mental

and physical health. Most feel anxious

about their future financial situation, do

not have any superannuation and do not

think owning a home is a realistic goal

for them.

People with high financial wellbeing

(no worries) were more likely to save

regularly, even if by only a small amount

(89% AUS; 87% NZ) than people who

were struggling (39% AUS; 29% NZ).

Almost one-fifth of Australians and

New Zealanders said they sometimes,

often or always need to borrow money

or go into debt to pay for food or

expenses because they ran short of

money. This rose to 70% of people who

were struggling in Australia and 55%

of people struggling in New Zealand.

Psychological factors also had a strong

influence on financial wellbeing.

Financial confidence and a sense of

control over our financial lives play a

significant part in improving financial

wellbeing through influencing whether

we save, spend or invest. Behaviour traits

influence financial wellbeing in different

ways; optimism affects our financial

confidence while future orientation,

impulsivity and frugality affect our

spending or saving mindset.

While overall most were doing OK,

more than one-quarter (28%) of

Australians and New Zealanders were

either struggling or just getting by,

leaving them more vulnerable to

financial shocks and the rising

cost of living.

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framework

Assurance

opinion

HIGHLIGHT
Exploring digital capability of

older Australians

ANZ worked with the University of South

Australia to explore how older Australians,

including those who are hard of hearing

or can’t see well, experience the digital

environment when conducting their

day-to-day banking activities, through a series

of telephone interviews and focus groups.

The research showed most interviewees

were comfortable using the internet

including online navigation and browsing.

Although aware of online fraud and spam,

interviewees were less sure about viruses,

phishing, cyber security and hacking.

Most interviewees did their banking online,

mainly using a laptop or tablet device (mobile

phone banking was less likely to be used).

Interviewees found online banking sites easy

to use and expressed a high level of trust in

online banking practices. Some used their

local bank branch to deposit money, resolve

problems and seek information. Where

interviewees did exclusively use their local

branch for banking, this was mainly because

of security concerns and unfamiliarity with

computers and the internet.

Accessibility to digital banking remains a

critical ongoing issue for older Australians

and must be taken into consideration with

all digital banking products and services.

We are currently reviewing our approach to

accessibility including developing ways to

continually improve our digital channels to

ensure they are accessible and inclusive for

all customers, regardless of ability or age,

to support independent, dignified and

convenient banking. The findings from this

research will contribute to our approach.

Refer to page 48 for further detail.

Mobile banking in the pacific

ANZ’s ‘banking the unbanked’ program is

a rural banking business model operating in

Fiji in partnership with the United Nations

Development Program. It delivers basic,

affordable, and reliable banking services to

remote and disadvantaged communities –

helping them to develop and prosper.

This year, we partnered with Vodaphone

to offer customers in Fiji access to money

transfer service M-PAiSA. This partnership

will help close the financial inclusion gap in

Fiji by enabling payments to regions with no

banking services or infrastructure. Customers

can transfer money to an M-PAiSA wallet even

if the recipient does not have a bank account.

Transactions clear within 15 minutes from

internet banking and the ANZ Pacific app with

no fees charged. Previously customers had to

physically line up at an M-PAiSA outlet to top

up their account. Since launching, more than

326,000 transactions have been made by

customers to M-PAiSA.

“Despite significant progress in Fiji, a large

portion of the market remains ‘unbanked’.

For customers who want to transfer funds

to family and friends in rural and outer

island areas in particular, having more

flexibility within a secure mobile banking

app that gives them access to their money,

no matter where they are, is part of our

commitment to make banking easier and

more convenient.”

Renuka Kumar

ANZ Fiji Head of Retail

There are now more than 54,000 active ANZ

Pacific App customers across seven countries

– Fiji, Samoa, Vanuatu, Cook Islands, Tonga,

Solomon Islands and Kiribati.

The research can be found at anz.com.au/

about-us/esg/financial-wellbeing/

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Improving financial

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banking

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and inclusion

UN reporting

framework

Assurance

opinion

Financial wellbeing score by
dependent status (out of 100)

Financial wellbeing across life stages

(score out of 100)

How saving and spending

behaviours impact financial

wellbeing

Struggling

57%

52%

No worries

8%

14%

Doing OK

21%

24%

Getting by

45%

44%

Overall mental and physical

health is fair or poor

Mental healthPhysical health

Financial wellbeing categories

in New Zealand

Financial wellbeing categories

in Australia


47%

Doing ok

25%

No worries


20%

Getting by

8%

Struggling


43%

Doing ok

29%

No worries


17%

Getting by

11%

Struggling

New Zealand

Australia

OVERALL

Australia average

64

OVERALL

New Zealand average

63

59

Young adults

58

Young families

64

Older families

77

Retirees

Owning a home influence

on financial wellbeing

(score out of 100)

78

Own mortgage-free

46

Mental health

fair/poor

66

Own with mortgage

49

Renting

Health influence on financial

wellbeing (score out of 100)

54

Long-term

health condition

or disability

51

Physical health

fair/poor

45

Illness in the

last 12 months

Financial wellbeing of people with

less than $1,000 in consumer debt

Financial wellbeing of people with

less than $1,000 in savings as a buffer

70

out of 100

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out of 100

63

Couple with

children

71

Couple with

no children

46

Single parents

63

Living alone

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Supporting our customers to
build their financial wellbeing

Research highlights the important

influence savings behaviour has on overall

financial wellbeing. Since October 2021,

ANZ has supported nearly 1.5 million

customers (on average) across Australia

and New Zealand to save regularly,

contributing to our target to support

1.3 million customers to do so. In Australia,

we launched the Your Money Report,

via the ANZ App and Internet Banking,

providing personalised insights into

customer spending by category and

merchant. A ‘Spenemies’ (spend enemies)

marketing campaign was launched

alongside the report to encourage

customers to identify the spending habits

getting in the way of saving. ANZ’s Saver

Plus program also supported more than

3,400 thousand new participants to save

regularly using a Progress Saver account. In

New Zealand, ANZ encouraged customers

to set savings goals with NZ$1,000 prizes

offered to 25 winners as an incentive for

regular deposits to savings accounts.

ANZ’s commitment to financial wellbeing

is long-standing – we are striving to

support our customers to make the most

of their money and to improve their

financial wellbeing into the future.

Driving financial wellbeing

outcomes with ANZ Plus

The launch of the first ANZ Plus

digital banking proposition is the

beginning of a multi-year plan to

release improved products and

services to our customers, built on

modern systems and processes

for our people.

Financial wellbeing is at the heart of

the bank we’re building to create better

financial outcomes and resilience for our

customers. This is particularly important

as our customers navigate an economic

environment with rising interest rates

and cost of living difficulties.

The ANZ Plus digital product provides

the tools, support and insights people

need to improve their financial wellbeing.

Equipping customers with the ability to

set up multiple savings goals, and better

track their spending data means they will

be empowered to spot trends and make

better financial decisions. Future expenses

such as bills and subscriptions can also be

predicted and planned for with ANZ Plus.

The initial ANZ Plus transact and save

account product is now available to

download in the Apple App Store and

Google Play. Since the customer launch,

we have continued to deliver new

features with a focus on expanding

the payment options available for ANZ

Plus customers.

We now have more than 50,000 ANZ Plus

customers, increasing by thousands each

week and on track to reach 100,000

customers faster than any other new

bank in Australia.

At the heart of ANZ Plus are nine

financial wellbeing principles which aim

to impart knowledge, provide clarity and

empower customers to make better

financial decisions:

Spend less than you earn

$

Put money aside for a rainy day

Save regularly towards your goals

$

Protect what you can’t afford to lose

Borrow within your means

¢

$

Pay your most expensive debt first

Build towards your retirement

Invest in things that grow

$

Give back to family, friends and

the community when you can

As well as the ability to contact an ANZ Plus

Coach via the app, we are piloting two ANZ

Plus concept stores in Richmond, Victoria

and Potts Point, New South Wales.

We have also designed pop-up stores which

can be easily set up in high-traffic areas such

as university orientation weeks and shopping

centres. These stores provide customers

with an opportunity to meet with ANZ Plus

Coaches to have conversations about

their needs or attend a financial wellbeing

seminar which focuses on helping customers

improve spending habits with tips and

tricks to help them save more. Our ANZ

Plus Coaches are pivotal to the in-store

experience and to supporting our customers.

Additionally, we are working hard on a new

data-driven home loan experience, utilising

the same modern, flexible, technology

foundations we have built to support our

initial save and transact product.

Getting a better perspective

of your money

Launched via the ANZ App and Internet

Banking in October 2021, ANZ’s Your Money

Report provides personalised insights to give

customers more visibility about where their

money is going and supporting them to find

opportunities to save.

The report shows a monthly and 12-month

view of money in versus money out, by

category and merchant. The report also

links to ANZ’s Financial Wellbeing Program

to connect customers with tools and ideas

which could help them change their money

habits for the better.

Since going live, 2.1 million customers have

received notifications encouraging them to

view their report and there have been over

789,000 unique views to date.

HIGHLIGHT

Image: ANZ Plus Journey Expert Chloe Yap and

Coach Pranay Chathley.

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Characteristics of MoneyMinded participants
1

1. Characteristics are from the 2022 MoneyMinded survey responses and do not include MoneyBusiness survey responses.

AUSTRALIA

NEW ZEALAND AND

ASIA PACIFIC REGION

Female76.0%51.1%

Male24.0%48.9%

Sole parents36.2%16.9%

Unemployed24.0%19.0%

Aboriginal or Torres

Strait Islander heritage

11.0%n/a

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. In addition,

this year MoneyMinded was delivered in

12 markets across Asia and the Pacific

region by community organisations and

ANZ employees.

An estimated 843,600 people have

participated in MoneyMinded, including

MoneyBusiness, since 2002.

Since 2002, the MoneyMinded program has

been successful in supporting and engaging

people in the community to build money

management skills at their own pace. 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.

During the last 12 months, the refreshed

MoneyMinded program continues to be

delivered to community sector professionals

in Australia by our partners Berry Street,

the Brotherhood of St Laurence and The

Smith Family. Participants who completed

MoneyMinded prior to March 2021 can

update their accreditation by completing

a short digital training module. Upon

completion, they obtain access to the

MoneyMinded hub, an online platform

which contains a financial education content

library and an interactive tool for creating

customised session plans for clients.

“Just to let you know that I received

the email regarding the new look

MoneyMinded and re-accreditation, and

I love it. It looks really versatile and user

friendly, I can’t wait for my next group.”

MoneyMinded coach

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 equipped to customise the

program content and delivery mode based

on the audience needs, and who are best

placed to deliver the program within

vulnerable and disadvantaged communities.

In addition to long-standing partnerships

in Australia, New Zealand and across Asia

and the Pacific, we continue to work

towards a target of establishing seven new

partnerships by the end of 2023 to expand

the reach and impact of MoneyMinded

within these communities.

This year we established three new

MoneyMinded partnerships:

Regent Training Centre, New Zealand

– providing financial education to

support young people to gain choice

and control over their future.

The University of the South Pacific

component of the Pacific – European

Union Marine Partnership (PEUMP)

programme, Fiji (followed by Solomon

Islands, Timor-Leste and Vanuatu) –

supporting coastal communities to

better manage their earnings from

ocean, marine and coastal resources.

Dili Institute of Technology,

Timor-Leste – supporting students to

build their financial skills, knowledge

and confidence.

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Case study
MoneyMinded in Fiji

Since 2010, MoneyMinded has

been delivered across the Asia Pacific

region, including in Fiji where

seasonal workers who travel abroad

complete the workshops as part

of their pre-training program.

Participating in MoneyMinded helps

seasonal workers like Manueli maximise

their income and savings when they

return home.

Growing up, Manueli was raised by a

single father, who was a pastor. The family

struggled and moved from church to

church, never having a place of their own

to call home. In 2016, Cyclone Winston

destroyed the church house they were

living in.

That same year, Manueli was part of

a group from his village chosen to

participate in a Recognised Seasonal

Worker (RSE) program in Hawkes Bay,

New Zealand. RSE programs play a crucial

role in filling gaps in New Zealand’s

workforce while delivering economic

benefits and skills to the Pacific. Manueli

took part in MoneyMinded workshops as

part of his pre-departure briefings.

The financial education helped him

establish clear goals for the money

that he would earn while working in

New Zealand.

MoneyMinded was the first time Manueli

had ever been taught about budgeting,

saving and money skills. In particular, he

credits the vision board and module on

assertiveness as key to helping him

achieve his goals.

“I was scared I might lose my family, or

my family might lose the respect of

everyone in the village if I said no when

someone asked me for money,” Manueli

explains. “But I practiced little by little and

I got through.”

Manueli has since completed four

seasons of RSE work in Hawkes Bay,

meeting other MoneyMinded participants

from Samoa and Tonga. The group

motivates each other to stay focused on

achieving their goals. Manueli’s wife Milika

has also taken part in MoneyMinded

because they know with careful

budgeting, planning and the practical

life skills MoneyMinded offers, your life

can change.

MoneyBusiness –

Australia

MoneyBusiness was developed

by ANZ in partnership with the

Australian Government in 2005

following research which showed

financial exclusion was a significant

challenge for Aboriginal and Torres

Strait Islander people, particularly

those living in remote communities.

In 2022, ANZ completed an extensive

review of MoneyBusiness to make it easier

for community professionals to access,

use and tailor financial education for their

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

clients living in remote communities.

In September 2022, community sector

professionals attended MoneyBusiness

coach training Alice Springs, Northern

Territory. The group were introduced to

the new and updated resources which

includes new topics and a range of visual

resources. Upon completion, attendees

were given access to the new online

resources hub.

“[I like] the webpage resources that

allow us to form custom workshops.”

Training attendee

MoneyBusiness is delivered throughout

Western Australia, the Northern Territory,

South Australia and far north Queensland.

Since 2005, over 85,700 participants have

been reached through the program.

$

Image: Participants attending a MoneyBusiness program.

Case study

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Case study
MoneyMinded for family violence:

education for prevention and recovery

In 2016, ANZ introduced an extension of

MoneyMinded designed specifically for

people in the community experiencing

family violence. Over the past 18 months,

ANZ has worked with longstanding

community partner Berry Street to make

enhancements to the MoneyMinded for

family violence program.

It’s not always easy to recognise

victim survivors of abuse but they are

people we have contact with every

day in our families, workplaces and

neighbourhoods. In many cases, a person

may not immediately realise they’re

experiencing family violence as obvious

signs extend beyond physical and

emotional abuse.

One form of family violence is financial

abuse. Perpetrators of financial abuse

control their victim’s finances by taking

over access to the funds and by means of

creating debt in the victim survivor’s

name. The behaviour limits the victim

survivor’s capacity to meet basic needs,

their freedom of choice and impacts their

actions now and into the future. Berry

Street has been training family violence

specialists in the enhanced program.

“The range of information and flexibility

of the program caters to the uniqueness

of experience of clients, addressing

what is needed when it’s needed.”

MoneyMinded trainer

The program now includes a new

range of visual resources, prompt cards,

animations and interactive handouts,

supporting community professionals to

talk about financial abuse with their

clients in accessible ways.

“Being able to sit with victim survivors

and go through the budgeting tools

provided in MoneyMinded empowers

people to take control of their financial

situation and move forward with

confidence,” says a family violence

practitioner.

MoneyMinded in New Zealand –

Solomon Group

Solomon Group were the first

organisation to partner with

ANZ in New Zealand to deliver

MoneyMinded. As a Māori Private

Training Establishment (PTE) they

work with rangatahi (youth), young

mums and dads, all the way up to

70-year-old students who enrol in

their programs. Services include

youth support, vocational training

and employment support.

Stella has delivered MoneyMinded at

Solomon Group since January 2015,

delivering up to 11 workshops each year.

Regardless of each individual’s personal

circumstance, she finds MoneyMinded

has great impact on tairua (learners).

“Solomon Group loves to deliver

MoneyMinded as we have a joint vision

to see the hapori (community) prosper,”

she says. “Whether a student comes in

struggling to manage their money or

thinking they are managing well but

want to learn more, the course has great

impact not only on the individual but also

on their whānau (family) and hapori

(community) which is amazing to see.”

The prioritisation activity where learners

think about what is important, not

important or very important to them

was highlighted as a real stand-out in

the MoneyMinded workshops.

“There are always surprised faces, no

matter what the learner’s situation. For

some it brings to mind their priorities

when going shopping with their

whānau. For others it may make them

think more carefully when considering

purchasing a big-ticket item.”

MoneyMinded trainer

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MoneyMinded

in Australia

STARTTS (Service for the Treatment

and Rehabilitation of Torture and

Trauma Survivors) is a specialist,

not-for-profit organisation that

assists refugees rebuilding their

lives in Australia.

Qais, a facilitator at STARTTS, originally

completed the MoneyMinded training

in 2017 and recently renewed his

accreditation in the refreshed

MoneyMinded program. Qais’ clients

include new arrivals from the Arabic

community. Through a series of

education workshops, Qais uses

MoneyMinded content and resources

when delivering the ‘Money’

workshop. Through these sessions,

Qais has seen how important it is to

help refugees build essential skills for

managing their money.

Through the use of MoneyMinded,

Qais’ clients have learnt to track their

spending, reduce their energy usage

and switch mobile providers to

manage the rising costs of living.

Meet Gabrielle

Gabrielle, a single mum of two who

works part-time, joined Saver Plus to

learn how to save and support her

young family. She now organises her

income into ‘buckets’ and uses each

one for a specific purpose to manage

bills, savings and spending money.

“I never really budgeted, I was just looking

at what was coming up in the moment,”

she explains. “Since the program, I make

sure bills come first then savings, then

the rest.”

Gabrielle’s parents worked hard but never

taught her how to save, and she is now in

the least stable financial situation of her

life. Gabrielle participated in Saver Plus

virtually, giving her the flexibility to join

from home and save in child-care costs.

Saver Plus

Saver Plus is a matched savings and financial

education program developed by ANZ and

the Brotherhood of St Laurence in 2003.

Funded by ANZ and the Australian

Government, Saver Plus is delivered in

partnership with Berry Street, Brotherhood of

St Laurence and The Smith Family. The Saver

Plus program supports lower income earners

to build a savings habit, access financial

education support and receive matched

savings of up to $500 from ANZ to support

their own or their children’s education.

Saver Plus participants open an ANZ savings

account, set a savings goal and make

deposits regularly over 10 months while

attending MoneyMinded financial education

sessions. Research has shown many

participants go on to establish a lasting

savings habit to achieve their financial

goals and improve their financial wellbeing.

More than 53,000 Australians have

participated in Saver Plus, saving more

than $27 million and receiving more than

$21.9 million in matched savings from ANZ

for education costs. More than 90% of

participants in the program are women

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,

half of all participants are single parents

and 80% are not working full-time.

1. Refer to "Saver Plus: pathways to wellbeing" report (2018).

“I’m learning at my lowest point so the

program really helped me in my ability to

trust myself and have faith in the future,”

she says. “From such a short amount of

time in your day, the growth, financial

power and knowledge you receive in

exchange is so valuable.”

After completing the Saver Plus program,

Gabrielle plans to use her matched

savings to pay for her children’s school

uniforms. Her aspiration is for her kids

to have financial freedom.

“If something happens to me, I want

them to be set up for the future.”

Image: Gabrielle and her children.

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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 partners to ensure we are providing support

in a respectful, fair, and appropriate way, especially as people

experience increased cost-of-living pressures and continue

adjusting to living with COVID-19.

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 2022, our community investment was

$136.4 million. In addition, we facilitated more

than $22.2 million in donations to community

organisations through our employees,

customers, shareholders, other partners and

the general public, including through our

digital giving platform Shout for Good.

Employees $1,535,291

Customer donations (including

through internet banking) $990,997

Shareholders (including dividend

charity donation program and forgone

dividends) $450,429

Other partners $6,405,452

General public (including Shout for

Good) $12,827,266

Approximately $6.5 million of our community

investment total (around 26% of our cash,

time and in-kind contributions) contributed to

programs and initiatives that support women

and girls. We recognise women’s social and

economic empowerment is critical to

achieving gender equality.

TOTAL

$136,410,657

Contribution by type

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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’

– ANZ donates two dollars for every dollar

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

employee in a tax year). This year, ANZ and

employee workplace giving contributions

provided more than 130,000 meals to

community partner Foodbank Australia to

help people facing food insecurity, cost of

living pressures, ongoing impacts of

COVID-19 and natural disaster events.

ANZ also double matches donations made

by employees in New Zealand and Fiji

through payroll to their respective staff

foundations (charitable trusts that provide

small grants). Together with our employees,

we donated $3,041,679 to charitable

organisations in Australia, New Zealand

and Fiji in 2022.

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 Sri Lanka and Ukraine,

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

Cash

$22,488,464

Time

$2,597,390

In kind

$46,904

Management costs

$4,606,382

Forgone revenue

$106,671,517

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Case study
The Nappy Collective

Driven by increases to the cost

of living and broader social

disadvantages, many Australian

families have had to sacrifice a clean

nappy for other essential items

leading to ‘nappy stress’.

Established in 2013, The Nappy Collective

has redistributed millions of collected

nappies towards community partners

assisting families in need through

women’s crisis shelters, respite services

and community organisations supporting

disadvantaged families such as asylum

seekers and refugees. The Nappy

Collective received a $15,000 ANZ

Community Foundation grant to

redistribute 500,000 nappies to families in

need through their half-yearly collections.

ANZ Bendigo Branch Manager and

father of three Louis Meyer knows

firsthand how expensive essential items

for babies such as nappies and formula

can be. Recognising the financial pressures

some families faced, the Bendigo branch

became a ‘pop-up’ collection point for

nappies in April this year.

Approximately 2,000 nappies were

collected and distributed to local families

in need. Following the successful pilot at

the Bendigo branch, a national campaign

as part of The Nappy Collective’s ‘July

Collective Campaign’ saw 25 ANZ

branches participating as nappy

collection points – some the only

collection point in regional areas.

A total of 224,231 nappies were

donated from the community during

this campaign. ANZ’s involvement in the

campaign allowed The Nappy Collective

to raise awareness for this social issue,

encouraging new supporters to get

involved through donations and

volunteering activities.

“Every unused nappy can go to a baby

who really needs it... For us, a nappy is

not just a nappy – it’s the ability for a

family in crisis to buy something else

critical or to give their child a healthy,

clean and stable start to their day.”

Sandra Jacobs

Chair and Founder of

The Nappy Collective

$360,500

in grants through

the ANZ Community

Foundation

NZ$1.1M

in grants through

the ANZ New Zealand

Staff Foundation

FJ$93,705

donated through

the ANZ Fiji Staff

Foundation

$250,000

in ANZ Seeds

of Renewal

community grants

Over 150

grants in Fiji

valued at >FJ$1million (since 2006)

Over 1,390

grants in New Zealand

valued at >NZ$8.6 million (since 2000)

Over 925

grants in Australia

valued at >$6.3 million (since 1988)

$1.73 million in community grants

provided this year, impacting

approximately 239,500 people

and their communities:

Since their establishment, our

staff foundations have provided

Community grants

Staff foundations

The ANZ Community Foundation offers

grants of up to $30,000. In 2022, the

Foundation provided 17 grants to

organisations totalling $360,500.

New Zealand’s Staff Foundation provides

grants of up to NZ$25,000 to local charities.

This year, the Foundation distributed 93

grants to organisations totalling more than

NZ$1.1 million including the Pukorokoro

Miranda Naturalists’ Trust which received

a grant of NZ$15,950 to engage people on

the significance of the bar-tailed godwits

bird and their largest and most important

habitat at Pukorokoro. The grant will help

fund a shore guide at the Miranda Shorebird

Centre to educate visitors on how to protect

key sites from habitat threats and the impact

on biodiversity.

The ANZ Fiji Staff Foundation supports local

charities working in remote communities,

including those providing funding to

support, education and environmental

projects. This year FJ$93,705 was donated

to fund six different community projects.

For more information on all of our

Community Grant programs, please see

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

community-grants

Image: Nappy collection at our Bendigo branch.

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Foster skills through volunteering

This year, ANZ’s Process Engineering

and Governance team shared their

specialised skills to assist Berry Street.

Volunteers were involved in a

strategic project to address the

decrease in foster care households

across the country.

ANZ volunteers provided more than

170 hours of skilled expertise over several

months by collaborating with Berry Street

to review their end-to-end foster care

recruitment process using Lean Six Sigma

methodology. They surveyed staff,

conducted root cause analysis, led a series

of half-day workshops and identified

process improvements. Participants

defined more than 120 ideas, prioritised

nine solutions and recommended four

key initiatives to improve the digitisation

of foster care recruitment and onboarding

process. The four initiatives were

presented to the Berry Street leadership

team and were well received.

In July this year, Berry Street launched

their Home-Based Care strategy with

a key focus aimed at improving foster

carer recruitment. The work ANZ

volunteers undertook to review and

improve business processes, and the

recommendations provided directly

informed some of the uplift Berry Street

has implemented and will continue to

be a key input as their recruitment

strategy progresses.

“It’s been an amazing experience

and their insights will directly inform

positive changes as part of our

transformation work to grow our

foster care program.”

Jenny McNaughton

Deputy CEO and Executive Director

of Services at Berry Street

ANZ Seeds of

Renewal grant 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 22 projects.

Founded in 1979, Yarredi Services

provides access to a range of services

including specialist counselling, a

therapeutic children’s wellbeing program,

crisis accommodation and have also

developed a ‘Women’s Wellbeing and

Safety Centre’ in Port Lincoln, South

Australia. Yarredi received a $5,184 grant

to create a safe environment for women

and children affected by domestic

violence.

The grant supported the purchase of

laptops and office equipment to address

the need for women to access secure and

stable technology as they took steps to

grow their financial independence and

empowerment. The laptops will also

support domestic and family violence

clients for study, remote learning, looking

for work or housing, while at the same

time providing them with education

around online safety and security.

Technology can be used to abuse or

track individuals, according to Yarredi

Executive Officer Sharyn Potts.

“It’s important our clients have

access to computers and technology

in an environment that's supportive

and informative.”

Sharyn Potts

Executive Officer at Yarredi Services

Since 2003, the ANZ Seeds of Renewal

program has provided more than $5.5

million to over 900 community projects

across Australia. Further information

on the projects funded is available at

frrr.org.au/funding/people/anz-seeds-

of-renewal.

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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.

During 2022, we activated financial relief

packages for customers in Australia affected

by storm damage across Victoria, bushfires in

Western Australia, and floods throughout

New South Wales and Queensland. We also

implemented our New Zealand customer

assistance package for those affected by

floods in Gisborne in November, and

businesses affected by floods in the

Nelson-Tasman region in August.

In January, Tonga’s Hunga Tonga-Hunga

Ha'apai volcano erupted leading to a

tsunami and significant damage to buildings

and homes. ANZ made a $50,000 donation

to the Red Cross to support the recovery and

long-term rebuilding of Tonga.

To help the flow of funds to Pacific

communities impacted by COVID-19, ANZ

has indefinitely waived transfer fees on

foreign currency international transfers from

Australia and New Zealand via ANZ Internet

Banking (AU and NZ) and ANZ goMoney (NZ)

to the Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia (AU

Only), Kiribati, New Caledonia, Papua New

Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor Leste,

Tonga and Vanuatu.

As a result of the conflict in Ukraine and

economic crisis in Sri Lanka this year,

ANZ also waived the IMT fees to support

customers to send funds to family and

friends in these regions.

For more information please see

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

Contribution to public policy

We seek to contribute constructively to

public policy formation and understand the

perspectives of our community’s elected

representatives, policymakers and regulators.

We contribute to policy on business,

economic, social and environmental issues

affecting our customers and shareholders.

We are also a member of a number of

industry associations that contribute to

public policy debate and formation.

In 2022, our key membership

payments included:

Australian Banking Association

$3,261,145

Business Council of Australia

$99,000

New Zealand Bankers’ Association

NZ$619,601

Business New Zealand NZ$46,460

Payment to the New Zealand Bankers’

Association includes our annual fee as well

as expenditure related to the trial of regional

banking hubs, contribution to an industry

partnership with a nationwide financial

capability charity, the establishment of an

industry whistle blower scheme run by the

Banking Ombudsman and industry initiatives

in response to regulatory issues.

We understand our stakeholders are

interested in the position we take on issues

such as banking accessibility, scams and

climate change, and our membership of

industry associations that develop policies

and undertake advocacy on these issues.

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.

Managing our tax affairs

We are committed to the highest standards

of tax governance and compliance with the

tax laws and obligations in the jurisdictions

in which we operate. We pay tax consistent

with our business presence and operations.

We apply the Australian Board of Taxation’s

Voluntary Tax Transparency Code and

provide the recommended disclosures.

Refer to our Voluntary Tax Transparency

Report available at anz.com/annualreport

Volunteering

Our Volunteer Leave Policy applies to

permanent, regular and fixed-term

employees, providing at least one day

of paid volunteer leave each year.

Our corporate volunteer program started

in 2001 with an initial goal to provide

50,000 volunteer hours each year to local

communities. More than two decades later,

ANZ and employees celebrated the longevity

of the program during Australia’s National

Volunteering Week in May. We are proud to

have contributed more than 1.4 million

volunteering hours since the program began,

supporting many local communities in our

various operating markets.

ANZ New Zealand received Volunteering

Auckland's 2021 Leaders of Volunteer

Engagement (LoVE) Corporate Champion

award, recognising our dedication and

commitment to promote volunteering.

This year, our people volunteered 52,443.5

hours to community organisations. This

represents more than 6,555 working days

and $2.6 million in value to the community.

13.8% of employees volunteered this year,

compared to 15.5% in 2021.

Shout for Good

In 2022, ANZ’s digital giving platform Shout

for Good, which supports charities in Australia

with free and innovative digital fundraising

solutions, facilitated approximately

$12.4 million in donations for more than

325 charities. In April, Shout launched a

dedicated auction platform to complement

their existing product suite. This new

functionality provides charities the ability to

host silent or live auctions with a one stop

fundraising solution. Further information on

Shout is available at shoutforgood.com.

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Image: Assemble Kensington resident Sophie.
We seek to play a role in helping to improve the availability

and affordability of housing. We provide 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.

We are committed to helping improve

the availability of suitable and affordable

housing options for all Australians and

New Zealanders by:

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

from pilot to scale including

build-to-rent-to-own.

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 in Australia and

New Zealand. Since 2018 we have funded

and facilitated over $4.4 billion towards the

$10 billion target, with over $350 million of

investment in the past 12 months.

Key initiatives delivered in 2022 include:

•ANZ continues to be the sole domestic

bank to support all of National Housing

Finance and Investment Corporation’s

bond issuances (totalling nearly

$2 billion) into the market. We welcome

the Australian Government’s ongoing

commitment to government guaranteed-

backed bonds as the beginning of the

journey for social and affordable housing

to be recognised as an asset class.

•Our partnerships with government agency

Kāinga Ora in New Zealand (Homes and

Communities) continued with ANZ acting

as joint lending manager on a wellbeing

bond issuance by subsidiary Housing

New Zealand. The bond contributed

NZ$800 million this year to help fund

sustainably constructed affordable,

sustainable homes.

•ANZ continues supporting emerging

asset classes:

–Leading commercial financer for Land

Lease Communities, an emerging growth

market in retirement living, offering an

affordable housing option for the over

55’s market with over $1.3 billion of

funding in place.

–Backing build-to-rent to support a

growing pipeline of secure, sustainable

rental housing with an additional focus

on project pipelines offering affordable

housing and/or partnerships with

community housing providers.

Improving the

availability and

affordability of homes

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Left image: (L-R) Assemble Managing Director Kris Daff, Kensington resident Sophie and Chief Operating Officer Emma Telfer.
Right image: (L-R) ANZ Head of Housing Strategy Caryn Kakas, Assemble Managing Director Kris Daff and Assemble Chief Operating Officer Emma Telfer.

Case study

An alternative, supported path

to home ownership

rooftop gardens and lending libraries to

foster social interaction and enrich daily

living. In addition, a financial coaching

program is offered to provide residents

with tools and support to save for a

home deposit.

Assemble is building secure social and

affordable rental apartments in suburbs

where this type of housing is needed most.

The current pipeline of build-to-rent projects

in Victoria is valued in excess of $3 billion.

We have worked with Assemble since

2018 to refine their model, providing

advice on funding options, valuation

methodology and risk management.

Our Retail business assisted Assemble to

understand consumer purchasing profiles,

retail mortgage lending parameters and

appropriate strategies to support

potential purchasers to save for their

deposit prior to the end of the lease.

Residents moved into 64 households

in the ANZ-financed pilot project in

Kensington, Victoria in August this

year with an additional 400 Assemble

Future dwellings to be delivered in

the next two years.

Assemble’s design and delivery model

also focuses on providing high quality

and sustainable homes. They positively

impact residents’ sense of wellbeing by

providing communal spaces, workshops,

Housing affordability is a challenge

faced by many people in Australia

and New Zealand, particularly

younger people and those on

lower incomes.

Assemble is an end-to-end ‘build-to-rent’

(BTR) development, investment and

community manager. The organisation’s

ambition is to challenge Australia’s

housing affordability crisis by creating

new ideas on how to generate a fairer

system. Assemble’s housing pipelines

focuses on revenue resilience rather

than market rent out-performance.

The business, which launched in 2018

with Assemble Futures Model (build-to-

rent-to-own), has had ongoing support

from ANZ through its design and

development stages. Assemble Futures

is a direct response to the crisis of home

ownership in Australian capital cities, by

addressing security of rental tenure and

the challenge of saving for a deposit. The

innovative model provides an alternate,

supportive pathway to home ownership.

Residents are enabled to rent securely

for five years, with the option to buy their

home at the end of the lease period, at

an agreed price.

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Ongoing improvements for
affordable and sustainable

housing in New Zealand

In 2022, ANZ continued to support

New Zealanders looking to combat rising

energy and fuel costs and improve the

environmental sustainability of their homes,

encouraging better housing standards for

both owner occupiers and renters through:

•Our Healthy Home Loan Package offers

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.

•The Good Energy Home Loan top up

product was launched providing a low-

interest home loan rate for customers

wanting to increase the energy efficiency

of their home. It allows customers to

borrow up to NZ$80,000 at a 3-year

fixed rate of 1% per annum to upgrade

homes with solar panels, heating and

insulation, double glazing, ventilation

systems and rainwater tanks. It can also

be used for electric and hybrid vehicles,

and EV chargers. Since July 2022, ANZ has

supported more than 1,300 customers to

reduce the environmental impact of their

home, representing NZ$60 million funds

under management.

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•Our ongoing partnership with the

New Zealand Green Building Council

includes support for HomeFit – a free

online tool to check the health, comfort,

energy efficiency and safety of new

homes, or advise on how New Zealanders

can improve the health of their

current home.

“Whatever the motivation; saving money

on your utility bills, future proofing your

home, collecting rainwater to last you

through summer, being more energy

efficient or reducing carbon emissions, this

loan removes some of the cost barrier for

people wanting to make a change.”

Ben Kelleher

ANZ New Zealand Managing Director

for Personal Banking

Pay off your loan faster

The 2021 Financial Wellbeing survey showed

owning a home had a positive influence on

overall financial wellbeing. In New Zealand,

there has been a focus on helping customers

understand how small changes could help

them to pay off their home loan faster. This

includes resources on our website about

getting your loan structure right, increasing

repayments, extra ways to reduce interest

and changing your repayments. Customers

also have the option to meet with an ANZ

Home Loan Coach to get help or attend a

webinar on how to pay off a home loan

faster. In 2022, we further expanded this

proposition to allow customers to increase

their regular payments by up to NZ$250 per

week without incurring fees.

1. The Good Energy Home Loan product replaced the interest-free Insulation Loans product which rolled off in July 2022. Data as at 28 Sept 2022. This product requires customers to have an ANZ Home Loan to qualify.

Supporting customers through a changing economy

ANZ continues to play an industry

leading role in supporting the

development of housing policy.

We maintain ongoing engagement

with industry stakeholders from

across the sector, offering both public

policy and market expertise to

support government, the community

and our customers.

Our ongoing partnership with

CoreLogic (a leading provider of

property data and analytics) delivers

housing affordability research and

in-depth market analysis

for the Australian housing market. In 2022,

CoreLogic research showed the rising

interest rate environment in Australia may

add pressure to some households – both

from a mortgage serviceability perspective

and rental affordability.

During the pandemic, our default response

was to keep repayments at the same level to

help Australian customers get ahead on their

mortgage, meaning we did not automatically

reduce minimum repayments as interest rates

decreased. This assisted customers to build

repayment buffers ahead of rising interest

rates in Australia. In addition, a material

proportion of customers continue to

maintain payments significantly more than

the minimum required. In September 2022,

around one in six customers were making

scheduled repayments on their home loans at

25% or more above the minimum repayment

required. Notwithstanding the rising interest

rate environment, only about 0.6% of home

loans are more than three months behind on

repayments, lower than pre-COVID levels.

We are also monitoring the housing market

closely in New Zealand as rising interest rates

and ongoing lower migration rates present

risks to demand. The drop in house prices

from record highs is set to continue

for some time but strong household

income growth and a tight labour

market should contribute to the

eventual floor. Ongoing risks remain

in terms of both uncertainties around

the impact of rising mortgage rates

on housing and how typical seasonal

patterns in the housing market will

play out over the coming year.

For information on our approach

to hardship refer to page 49.

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availability and

affordability

of homes

Fair and

responsible

banking

Employee wellbeing

and inclusion

UN reporting

framework

Assurance

opinion


Partnering with the homelessness sector

We continue to support community partner organisations working in the

homelessness sector to deliver housing and support to those most in need.

This year, around 17% of the total funds distributed by our community grants

programs went towards projects seeking to alleviate homelessness and

provide housing support in Australia, New Zealand and Fiji.

Case study

Shining a light for young

people in need

This year, ANZ supported non-profit

organisation the Lighthouse

Foundation which integrates trauma-

informed practice, attachment theory

and contemporary psychoanalytic

theory to create a holistic therapeutic

treatment environment for young

people impacted by neglect, abuse

and homelessness.

The ANZ Community Foundation

provided a grant of $30,000 to

Lighthouse Foundation for ongoing

therapeutic support as well as $50,000 to

the Property Industry Foundation to help

pay for the build of a new home for four

disadvantaged young people and two

live-in carers from the Lighthouse

Foundation in Clayton, Victoria. The build

was led by ANZ customer Frasers Property

Australia and ANZ staff from the Property

Finance team volunteered their time to

help put together furniture for the

bedrooms and living areas in this home.

The four young people in Clayton House

are part of the Lighthouse Foundation’s

parent and baby cohort, which typically

includes young mothers at significant risk

of homelessness.

ANZ Enterprise Finance staff also

volunteered their time and expertise at

multiple events run by the Lighthouse

Foundation to assist with donation

management and support for the

events team.

ANZ Community Foundation

housing grants

This year, the ANZ Community Foundation

provided a number of grants to not-for-profit

organisations providing appropriate housing

for Australians experiencing vulnerability and

at risk of homelessness, including:

•Taldumande Youth Services –

Providing up to 28 days of emergency

accommodation for young people who

have newly entered, or who are at-risk

of entering, the juvenile criminal justice

system. The partnership helps young

people meet bail conditions and an

prepare for their court date, rather than

being held in juvenile detention.

•Lighthouse Foundation – Providing

trauma-informed, therapeutic support

to some of Australia’s most vulnerable

young people impacted by complex

trauma, neglect abuse, mental health

issues and homelessness. Lighthouse

provides a home and critical psychological

support to help young people move

towards a brighter future.

•Wentworth Link Housing – Piloting and

delivering the Ready2Work program to

25 Link Housing social housing residents.

This program addresses barriers to

employment experienced by social

housing residents. The program provides

training to improve work readiness as

well as budgeting and financial literacy

education to further boost employability.

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wellbeing

Housing

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availability and

affordability

of homes

Fair and

responsible

banking

Employee wellbeing

and inclusion

UN reporting

framework

Assurance

opinion

Image: ANZ Centre, Melbourne.
Improving

conduct and

culture


Code of conduct

Our Code 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.

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.

1

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),

‘Financial Crime Essentials’ (including

Anti-Money Laundering), ‘Operational Risk’,

‘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.

This year, 99.9% 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 fixed

remuneration increase or variable

remuneration as part of our annual

performance and remuneration review.

Our performance management framework

includes an annual assessment for two

distinct components: ‘How’ employees have

demonstrated our behaviours and ‘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.

This year, there were 1,133 employee

relations cases involving alleged breaches

of our Code, with 518 resulting in a formal

consequence or the employee leaving ANZ

(down from 573 in 2021). Breaches ranged

from compliance/procedural breaches (23%)

through to general unacceptable behaviour

(36%), email/systems misuse (17%),

attendance issues (14%), fraud/theft (4%),

conflict of interest (2%), and breaches of our

Equal Opportunity, Bullying and Harassment

Policy (3%). Outcomes following

investigations of breaches this year included

95 terminations, 322 warnings and 101

employees otherwise leaving ANZ.

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

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experience

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to drive innovation

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business lending

Supply chain

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and inclusion

UN reporting

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Assurance

opinion

Image: ANZ Centre, Melbourne.
Whistleblower Policy

The Whistleblower Policy and Program is a

key component of ANZ’s strong and effective

conduct risk management and corporate

governance framework. We apply Australian

whistleblower regulations across the markets

we operate in. Additional jurisdiction-specific

regulations imposing higher or contrary

regulatory/legal obligations are captured in

ANZ 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

misconduct and play a pivotal role in

maintaining the integrity of the bank.

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 purpose and values.

This year the program focused on

improving the governance framework, risk

management and control framework, and

improving the timely management of

whistleblower matters.

Raising employee awareness and building

trust in the Whistleblower Program also

continued to be a focus. Initiatives

to educate, shape behaviours and inspire

action included training sessions and

communication initiatives to build

awareness, confidence and trust in the

program and process. A bank-wide

employee survey tested awareness and

perceptions of confidence and trust in the

Whistleblower Program. Positive results

indicated high levels of awareness and

confidence in the program and process to

provide protection and to appropriately

handle whistleblower reports. Survey data

insights enabled opportunities to build

ongoing awareness and trust in the program

and process. In addition, our Group Integrity

team delivered 195 awareness sessions to

various business units (116 in 2021).

All employees and contingent workers are

required to undertake annual mandatory

training on their obligations and

responsibilities under the Whistleblower

Policy. As part of a broader refresh of

non-financial risk training content, updates

to the Whistleblower Essentials module are

being designed. Role-specific training for

whistleblower investigators and eligible

recipients of whistleblower reports

(including Board and Executive Committee

members) was delivered to ensure all

whistleblower investigators and eligible

recipients understand obligations under

applicable laws and how to appropriately

handle and investigate reports.

Whistleblower investigation

outcomes

In 2022, the Whistleblower Program received

reports covering a broad range of allegations

including: potential financial crime (money

laundering and bribery and corruption);

Code of Conduct and other Policy breaches,

fraud (internal and external); conflicts of

interest; unsafe work practices; sexual

harassment; privacy and confidentiality

breaches, improper business practices

impacting customers; and bullying.

While new report volumes decreased

marginally year-on-year (down 10% from

2021), the number of reports in 2022 (142)

demonstrates a continued willingness of

individuals to raise misconduct concerns.

Of investigated reports, 76% led to

recommended actions (77% in 2021),

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.

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Financial

wellbeing

Housing

Fair and

responsible

banking

Improving conduct

and culture

Supporting our

customers

Improving customer

experience

Collaborating securely

to drive innovation

Financial crime

Responsible

business lending

Supply chain

Our approach to

human rights

Employee wellbeing

and inclusion

UN reporting

framework

Assurance

opinion

Supporting
customers

in need of

extra care

ANZ is committed to

supporting customers in

financial hardship or in

need of extra care, 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.

We continue to make progress implementing

our strategy for customers in need of extra

care in Australia and are focused on delivering

better customer outcomes by strengthening

frontline capability and proactive external

engagement, as well as improving product

design and data use to improve accessibility

and limit harm. Key areas of progress include:

•Enhanced training has been provided to

more than 5,000 Australian employees

through a combination of leader-led

meetings and workshops to identify and

support customers in need of extra care.

Topics include family violence, elder

financial abuse, interpreter services,

gambling harm, supporting customers

with disability and those experiencing

bereavement.

•We have launched an Extra Care Hub, a

small specialist team to strengthen ANZ’s

practical support for customers, with an

initial focus on supporting customers

impacted by family violence including

making changes to banking arrangements

and assisting customers to rebuild

financial independence.

•We implemented an Inclusive Design

Assessment in our product lifecycle,

providing guidance to product

managers in the design, change and

decommissioning of products ensuring

they are as accessible and inclusive

as possible.

Abusive payment messages

Financial institutions are increasingly finding

payment text fields on banking platforms are

being used to stalk, harass or threaten others,

including people impacted by family violence.

Perpetrators may use this method to avoid

detection and police scrutiny.

ANZ is committed to identifying, investigating,

and reporting abusive behaviour and

supporting impacted customers. This year

we strengthened our approach in a number

of ways. Working with Australian Transaction

Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC),

industry partners, the Australian Banking

Association (ABA) and law enforcement, we

have leveraged shared intelligence to develop

a new way to identify instances of abuse.

We deployed a complex algorithm to help

identify indicators of potential abuse and/or

criminal harassment in payment messages.

Once identified, these threats are investigated

by a specialist team to determine the

appropriate next steps.

Our work has identified a number of

high-risk cases, some involving an imminent

threat to life and/or what appears to be

ongoing abuse. In those high-risk cases

concerns are escalated to relevant authorities

to take appropriate action and where

appropriate also to a specialist team for

customer outreach and support.

We have also taken steps to strengthen

governance of our profanity list in digital

channels which acts as preventative block

against profane words in payment messages,

including establishing daily reporting to

measure the frequency of blocked outbound

payments. We have also reviewed our terms

and conditions to ensure action can be taken

against customers where necessary.

For more information about our extension of

the MoneyMinded program to assist people

experiencing family violence see page 35.

Case study

Taking action on technology facilitated

abuse in our payment platforms

Our Financial Crime team identified a

customer had sent over 300 small

payments with concerning messages

attached to a recipient banking with

another financial institution. The case was

referred by Financial Crime to a specialist

team for review. The team contacted the

ANZ customer to reaffirm the ANZ

App was designed to facilitate banking

transactions and was not to be used as a

messaging service. Following this phone

call, the customer ceased sending

messages to the recipient.

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sustainability

Financial

wellbeing

Housing

Fair and

responsible

banking

Improving conduct

and culture

Supporting our

customers

Improving customer

experience

Collaborating securely

to drive innovation

Financial crime

Responsible

business lending

Supply chain

Our approach to

human rights

Employee wellbeing

and inclusion

UN reporting

framework

Assurance

opinion

Supporting diverse language and
communication needs

The 2021 Australia Census highlighted

the community is more culturally and

linguistically diverse (CALD) than ever. To

better support CALD customers, we have

piloted an at-call interpreter service, delivered

with a leading independent provider that staff

can contact to assist customers with limited

English. Overall customer experience and

response times have improved, with a broad

range of languages and a high quality of

interpretation provided.

This year, use of the interpreter service

was extended to support more than 1,500

customers in almost 50 languages. The

interpreter service is now being made

available across all Australia Retail Division

teams for service enquiries by the end of

2022, making it easier for customers to

communicate over the phone or in-person

in the language of their choice.

We also offer written formats in languages

other than English:

•ATMs offer multilingual options covering

eight languages (Hindi, Arabic, Traditional

Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Greek,

Vietnamese and Italian).

•This year we published our new Customer

Complaints Guide in a range of languages

including Easy Read and Auslan format

supporting customers whose first

language is not English, people with

cognitive impairment or low language

literacy, and customers who are deaf or

hard of hearing. We have seen strong

customer use of these accessible formats,

representing more than 20% of downloads

since publication.


Providing an inclusive

banking experience

ANZ worked with the University of South

Australia to explore how older Australians

experience the digital environment when

conducting their day-today banking

activities, through a series of telephone

interviews and focus groups. Accessibility

to digital banking remains a critical ongoing

issue for older Australians. According to the

research, older Australians are embracing

online banking in line with other age groups,

but they may experience challenges due

to age related impairments such as hearing

or vision loss.

We are currently partnering with the

Australian Network on Disability on the

refresh of our Accessibility Plan, a public

set of commitments to continue to drive

a more accessible and inclusive bank for our

customers, employees and the community.

The research will help inform our new

commitments to ensure we continue to

embed inclusive design thinking in all

aspects of product and service design.

For detailed information about how

we are driving diversity and inclusion

among our staff at ANZ see the Workplace

Diversity and Inclusion section at page 69.


Supporting Aboriginal and

Torres Strait Islander customers

ANZ recognises that Aboriginal and

Torres Strait Islander customers,

particularly those living in remote

communities, may experience barriers

with doing their banking.

We continue to support these customers by:

•Providing ongoing training to build

cultural capability and awareness for staff

working on our dedicated Support Line

for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

customers and in branches supporting

remote communities.

•Making it easier to contact our dedicated

Support Line for Aboriginal and Torres

Strait Islander customers through search

engine optimisation on our website and

by implementing a new Interactive Voice

Recording to create greater clarity for

customers who contact ANZ outside

of our operating hours.

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Financial

wellbeing

Housing

Fair and

responsible

banking

Improving conduct

and culture

Supporting our

customers

Improving customer

experience

Collaborating securely

to drive innovation

Financial crime

Responsible

business lending

Supply chain

Our approach to

human rights

Employee wellbeing

and inclusion

UN reporting

framework

Assurance

opinion

Referral programs
Customers may need extra care for a range of reasons – for example, a

customer may be experiencing financial hardship as a result of loss from

natural disasters, family breakup or illness including permanent injury.

Accessing financial counselling can be a key step towards improving

financial wellbeing and regaining economic stability.

services. We referred 409 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. This year, we have

assisted 14 customers to access this support,

providing a combined total of almost $19,000

to assist them on their journey to recovery.

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 need of extra

care to return to financial stability through

two key services:

•advocating on a client’s behalf to

establish affordable arrangements

with their creditors

Supporting customers in financial hardship

There are times when our customers are unable to meet their financial commitments. In some cases, financial

difficulty is temporary, and our customers simply 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.

Data plays an important role in the early

identification of customers that may fall into

hardship. By using data analytics to look at

savings, credit and offset accounts we can

understand customers’ financial behaviour

and potential future outcomes.

When we do identify potential hardship,

we contact customers to offer a full review of

their financial position to see what additional

assistance may be suitable. 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.

We provide customers with a range of

options to help address their circumstances:

1

Change to an interest only period

2

Loan restructuring

3

Temporarily reducing or pausing

repayments

4

Provide information and access to

our financial literacy programs

5

Referrals to financial counselling

via the National Debt and/or small

business helpline

6

We may reduce the amount of debt

owing and, in sensitive circumstances,

consider debt forgiveness on a

case-by-case basis

•management of debt repayments via

one regular payment by a client to

Way Forward, which is subsequently

distributed to creditors

This year, we referred 88 customer

accounts with current funds under

management of over $4.9 million. We

support Way Forward as an alternative to

fee-for-service debt management firms.

Fitted for Work – Fitted for Work

(FFW ) is an independent Australian

based not-for-profit organisation which

supports unemployed women customers,

or those who identify as a woman, to

improve their employment prospects by

providing the practical skills, knowledge

and confidence to become job ready

– including developing a resume, writing a

cover letter and provisioning appropriate

work clothes. Employees within our

hardship team are trained to identify

unemployment triggers and refer

customers to FFW. Our program referred

305 customers to FFW this year. Since

inception, approximately 30% of referred

customers who have completed the FFW

program have found employment.

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 in need of extra care to

community 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

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sustainability

Financial

wellbeing

Housing

Fair and

responsible

banking

Improving conduct

and culture

Supporting our

customers

Improving customer

experience

Collaborating securely

to drive innovation

Financial crime

Responsible

business lending

Supply chain

Our approach to

human rights

Employee wellbeing

and inclusion

UN reporting

framework

Assurance

opinion

Limiting harm from problem gambling
This year, ANZ arranged for all hardship

staff to attend “Three Sides of the Coin”

gambling awareness training. This

organisation is funded by the Victorian

Responsible Gambling Foundation and uses

storytelling, both in-person and online, to

ignite conversation, challenge stigma and

build empathy to frame gambling as a public

health concern. The awareness training aims

to uplift the capability and understanding

of staff when dealing with customers with

a gambling problem, acknowledging this

is a complex mental health concern.

Over 33,600 ‘gambling blocks’ were enabled

by customers using our self-exclusion tool for

Visa credit and debit cards (initiated through

the ANZ App or via our call centre) this year.

Designed in consultation with experts and

community organisations, the tool blocks

gambling transactions from being made

in-person, over the phone and online and

includes a 48-hour switch-off delay.

We also offer a control to prevent gambling

transactions where a customer’s card has

been utilised beyond 85% of the account

credit limit to reduce harm to customers

potentially in need of extra care by having

credit remain available for more essential

purchases. Since implementation, 10.6%

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 collaborate

with the Australian Banking Association on

this issue.

HIGHLIGHT

Australia

We use data to analyse events such as

interest rate changes, increases in living

expenses and cashflow to determine

whether these could impact a customer’s

financial position.

Despite interest rates continuing to rise

this year, our data is showing low levels of

financial stress, as suggested by our indicators.

For example, the percentage of customers

behind on loan repayments has continued

to decrease with about0.6% of home loans

more than three months behind, lower than

pre-COVID levels. This data is helping us

understand who is in a positive financial

position to meet future repayments and who

could experience financial stress in the next

12 months with forecast rate increases.

This year, we received 36,326 applications

for hardship assistance in Australia. Of these,

only 6,366 were due to ongoing disruptions

relating to COVID-19, a reduction from the

previous two years reflecting the changing

nature of the pandemic.

We invested significantly in building and

upskilling our financial hardship team during

the pandemic, to support customers through

the tough times. Our team is well positioned

to help those who may need assistance as

we enter a period of economic uncertainty

and we are ready to support customers

through periods of financial hardship.

We are using real-time transaction data to

adopt a proactive approach to identifying

and contacting customers before they

experience financial distress to discuss

how we can help them.

Hardship experts remain embedded within

our teams, responsible for coaching and

uplifting the capability of hardship staff

and dealing with escalated and/or complex

customer hardship requests. This year, our

state-based hardship hubs are piloting

face-to-face appointments with customers

who may find it difficult to complete an

application on the phone, including

customers in need of extra care, or who

are elderly or may have a disability.

New Zealand

Hardship volumes in New Zealand remain

at pre COVID-19 levels, with consistent

themes of illness, relationship break downs

and job loss/reduced hours.

Application numbers have decreased this

year, with 3,338 received this year compared

to 4,333 for last year.

Due to the current economic environment

with increased costs of living and interest rates

rising, we’re currently piloting a proactive

calling program to check-in with customers

we have identified as potentially struggling

to see if there is a way we can help.

We continue to work with MoneyTalks,

a free financial mentoring service offering

access to over 200 financial mentors across

New Zealand, 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 several languages.

Image: ANZ Pitt Street, Sydney branch.

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Environmental

sustainability

Financial

wellbeing

Housing

Fair and

responsible

banking

Improving conduct

and culture

Supporting our

customers

Improving customer

experience

Collaborating securely

to drive innovation

Financial crime

Responsible

business lending

Supply chain

Our approach to

human rights

Employee wellbeing

and inclusion

UN reporting

framework

Assurance

opinion

Learning from customer complaints
We have been changing the

way we manage and think about

customer complaints by improving

our capabilities, and embedding a

culture where complaints are valued

as an opportunity to learn and deliver

better customer outcomes. We strive

to deliver excellent products and

services to our customers, but if we

get things wrong we want to know,

and seek to resolve complaints with

empathy and fairness.

Australia

In 2021 we deployed a new complaint

recording and management system to over

11,000 customer-facing staff in Australia Retail

and Commercial, providing a central record of

all customer complaints and enabling staff to

record and resolve complaints at first point of

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).

Our capability to identify and analyse

complaint data for systemic issues has

increased via use of advanced analytical

techniques, including machine learning, to

help proactively identify emerging issues

from complaints.

The Australian Securities and Investment

Commission’s (ASIC) Regulatory Guide RG271

for Internal Dispute Resolution took effect in

October 2021 and outlines the maximum

timeframes for providing a response that

financial institutions must maintain for

internal complaints. ANZ meets these

obligations by having our complaint

management system set up with appropriate

timeframe controls, prioritisation towards

urgent and severe complaint types, and

active oversight through our risk and

governance forums.

A Complaint Governance Forum provides

oversight of the end-to-end complaints

management ecosystem and promotes

reduction of key complaint drivers.

Complaints data and insights are regularly

reported to senior management and

the Board.

The Customer Advocate Lead provides

advice and guidance internally as a voice

for our customers to support fair customer

outcomes and experiences. Thematic reviews

have led to additional awareness-raising for

staff of the complexities regarding Mistaken

Internet Payments and Powers of Attorney.

Complaints recorded in Australia Retail and

Commercial increased, driven by changes to

ASIC’s Regulatory Guide RG271 and the

introduction of a new complaint recording

and management system. The top five

complaint categories this year remained

similar to 2021. Channel accessibility

accounted for 26% of complaint issues;

service quality 22%; product fees, interest

and rewards 12%; account set up and

maintenance 11%; and transaction and

payments 4%.

The percentage of all complaints resolved

within 30 days of receipt increased to 98%

(94% in 2021).

New Zealand

Complaints recorded in New Zealand

decreased by 15% from 2021. Service issues

accounted for 44% of total complaints

received, with queues and wait times being

the top issue in 2022. This reflected COVID-19

impacts on staffing levels and higher than

expected customer demand for some

services. Credit cards, transactional accounts

and home loans were the products with the

most complaints. Common concerns

included account fees, wait times or delays

and requests actioned incorrectly.

The percentage of complaints resolved

within five working days has improved to 91%

(from 90% in 2021); and the percentage of

complaints resolved within 30 calendar days

of receipt remained at 97% (97% in 2021).

In New Zealand we have made it easier for

customers to understand our complaint

process by introducing complaint guides in

multiple languages, adding a complaints

section to our goMoney banking app and

more clearly promoting the Banking

Ombudsman Scheme’s services. We are

currently building a modern complaint

capture and management system similar to

Australia with implementation expected in

2023. The new system will make it easier for

our staff to capture and resolve problems

and will produce richer data outputs leading

to more targeted improvements of our

products, services and processes.

Data relating to complaints is available

in our 2022 ESG data pack available at

anz.com/annualreport

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Overview

Environmental

sustainability

Financial

wellbeing

Housing

Fair and

responsible

banking

Improving conduct

and culture

Supporting our

customers

Improving customer

experience

Collaborating securely

to drive innovation

Financial crime

Responsible

business lending

Supply chain

Our approach to

human rights

Employee wellbeing

and inclusion

UN reporting

framework

Assurance

opinion

Improving 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).

Meeting our Design and

Distribution Obligations

The Design and Distribution Obligations

(DDO) came into effect in Australia in

October 2021. Intended to help customers

obtain appropriate financial products, the

legislation requires products to be designed

for a given target market and distributed

to reach customers in that target market,

ensuring products are continuing to meet

the needs of our customers.

As part of our DDO program, we have

undertaken an in-depth review of our products

and processes to ensure a customer-centric

approach to designing, marketing and

distributing our products. Additionally, ongoing

monitoring of customer data is helping us

understand how products are performing in

the hands of our customers, identifying

opportunities to 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, needs and financial situation.

1. Roy Morgan Single Source, Australian population aged 14+, Main Financial Institution, six-month rolling average to Sep’21 and Sep'22. 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’21 and Sep'22. Ranking based on the four major

Australian banks.

3. Peter Lee Associates, 2021–2022 Large Corporate and Institutional Relationship Banking surveys, Australia. Ranking based on the four major Australian banks. 4. Retail

Market Monitor, Camorra Research, six-month rolling average to Sep’21 and Sep'22.

5. Business Finance Monitor, Kantar Research. Base: Commercial ($3 million – $150 million annual turnover)

and Agricultural (>500K annual turnover) customers. Four-quarter rolling average to Q3’21 and Q2'22.

6. Peter Lee Associates, Large Corporate Relationship Banking Survey, New Zealand 2022.

AUSTRALIA

Retail: scored -3.3, ranked 4th

1


(up from -4.3, ranked 4th at end of 2021)

Commercial: scored -24.6, ranked 4th

2


(down from -19.0, ranked 4th at end of 2021)

Institutional: scored 40, ranked 2nd

3

(up from 36, ranked 2nd in 2021)

NEW ZEALAND

Retail: scored 13.7, ranked 4th

4

(down from 28.4, ranked 4th at end of 2021)

Commercial and Agricultural:

scored -15, ranked 5th

5


(down from -13.1, ranked 5th at end of 2021)

Institutional: scored 30, ranked 1st

6

(down from 33, ranked 1st in 2021)

Risk Governance

Oversight Committee

Our Risk Governance Oversight

Committee (formerly the Royal

Commission and Self-Assessment

Oversight Group) monitors

progress with our Risk Governance

Self-Assessment (RGSA) Plan.

The Committee is chaired by our

Chief Risk Officer and provides

regular progress updates to the

Executive Committee and the

Board. We have made significant

progress across the five focus

areas in our RGSA Plan: Culture;

Governance and Accountability;

Management of Operational Risk;

Remediation; and Simplification.

While each Division manages its

operational risks we did not make

the progress we had hoped with

regard to building and embedding

a new Group wide non-financial

risk framework and the existing

capital overlay remains in place.

Improvements in this area will be

a key focus for the Board and senior

management over the next 12

months. It is important to us that

all of these actions deliver better

outcomes for our customers, our

shareholders and the community,

and the changes we have made

will endure.

Providing suitable

products and services

Our Product Suitability customer

contact 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 program,

contacting 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 contacted 97,389 customers, with

more than 1,900 taking up the offer

to move to a basic account.

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Overview

Environmental

sustainability

Financial

wellbeing

Housing

Fair and

responsible

banking

Improving conduct

and culture

Supporting our

customers

Improving customer

experience

Collaborating securely

to drive innovation

Financial crime

Responsible

business lending

Supply chain

Our approach to

human rights

Employee wellbeing

and inclusion

UN reporting

framework

Assurance

opinion

NET PROMOTER SCORE

Collaborating securely to drive innovation
Our approach to cyber defence ensures multiple layers of security controls are in place to protect and

defend the bank. This includes a 24/7 security operations centre that analyses millions of data events

each day to help keep the bank, staff and customers safe. With the sophistication of cyber threats

increasing, protective processes, systems and software prevent unauthorised access to ANZ’s systems

and information, while education programs help staff and customers stay secure online.

We maintain strong relationships and strategic

partnerships with government, industry,

community groups and law enforcement

agencies locally and internationally to

promote cyber security resilience across

jurisdictions.

The importance of resilience and shared

accountability for security and collaboration

have never been more important as we face

new opportunities and evolving threats.

ANZ’s Security Strategy

Our Security Strategy, approved by the Board

each year, outlines measurable objectives

and priorities to secure ANZ’s systems, embed

security across the organisation, and embrace

innovation to enable better customer

experiences and business growth.

The strategy enables us to adapt to the rapidly

evolving threat and regulatory environment,

and strengthens our ability to be resilient

against increasing threats and recover from

security incidents through enhanced

technology, data, automation, and threat

intelligence. By providing security platforms

to enable staff, customers and partners to

connect securely anywhere, at any time, we

continue to make it safer and easier to do

business with ANZ.

Protecting the bank against cyber threats

is the responsibility of everyone at ANZ.

Governance processes, including regular

reporting to the Board, and education at

all levels of the organisation is essential to

fostering a security-centric culture within

the bank and, more broadly, within the

communities we operate in.

Information Security roles

and responsibilities

ANZ’s Security Strategy promotes the

importance of shared ownership for

information security across the organisation

by maintaining a strong security culture with

roles and responsibilities clearly defined and

understood.

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

policy and standards guide us with respect

to specific security requirements.

Our security culture, capability and behaviours

are reinforced through a comprehensive

education program to ensure staff understand

their responsibilities. Annual mandatory cyber

training is also provided for all staff including

targeted security training for developers and

engineers. Over the past 12 months, the

education program has extended to include

a network of cyber security ‘ambassadors’ from

across the bank to reinforce the importance

of positive security behaviours.

ANZ continues to evolve its comprehensive

phishing resilience and capability program,

including regular simulated exercises or drills

for all staff to help them learn how to detect

suspicious emails aiming to phish for

information. This is complemented by

ongoing review and exercising of ANZ’s

capability to respond to cyber security events.

Third parties managing sensitive ANZ

information are also expected to meet

requirements to ensure the protection of

information and management systems.

We have a mature security testing program

for all third parties managing information

and comply with the Australian Prudential

Regulation Authority’s (APRA) Information

Security Standard, CPS 234.

The effectiveness of the bank’s education

programs is monitored by ANZ’s security

behavioural index which enables us to better

understand, track and improve key areas of

cyber security risk. For example, by

monitoring the number of staff who click

on links in phishing email drills and number

of data loss protection alerts (ie. where an

attempt is made to send sensitive data to

non-ANZ email accounts) across our

businesses. The data points represent

opportunities to educate our staff which

is crucial to protecting the bank. The index

has maintained a strong position in 2022.

ANZ understands the value of sharing this

knowledge with the community as part of a

broader security ecosystem. Our relationships

with customers, community partners, industry

peers, regulators and government not only

help ensure the bank’s information and

systems are secure but contribute to building

cyber security awareness and knowledge

across the wider community.

A strong security position enables ANZ build

a better bank to adapt, evolve and flourish

over the long term. The bank recognises the

importance of embedding security in

everything we do, ensuring security culture

is set at the top, practised by everyone, and

embedded in systems and processes.

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Overview

Environmental

sustainability

Financial

wellbeing

Housing

Fair and

responsible

banking

Improving conduct

and culture

Supporting our

customers

Improving customer

experience

Collaborating securely

to drive innovation

Financial crime

Responsible

business lending

Supply chain

Our approach to

human rights

Employee wellbeing

and inclusion

UN reporting

framework

Assurance

opinion


Data protection and privacy

Understanding how and why we collect

and use data is critical to responsibly

managing personal information and

maintaining stakeholder trust across

the markets we operate in.

Our Chief Risk Officer for Data and

Technology (Data Protection Officer)

provides group-wide guidance on managing

privacy risk. At ANZ, understanding data

impacts is at the forefront of our operations

and we create systems which manage data

safety and privacy risks, by design, from the

ground up. Over the past year, there has

been increasing focus by law makers and

regulators on the need to have adequate

preventative and detective controls to

mitigate privacy and personal data

protection risk. We are continually

monitoring and responding to changes

to data protection and privacy regulations

in response to this evolving landscape.

Major changes include the European

Data Protection Board (EDPB) and United

Kingdom Information Commission Office’s

(UK ICO) recent adoption of new European

Union Standard Contractual Clauses (EU

SCCs) and UK International Data Transfer

Agreement (UK IDTA) to further strengthen

the data protection of individuals’ personal

information who reside in the EU and UK.

The EU SCCs and UK IDTA mean additional

protection of EU and UK personal data that

is transferred outside of the EU/European

Economic Area (EEA). The required control

measures are being implemented by ANZ.

Another change that ANZ has responded to

is the Thailand Personal Data Protection Act

(PDPA), which came into effect on 1 June 2022.

To meet regulatory obligations, ANZ has

implemented privacy assessments on the

personal data of customers and staff residing

in Thailand, published privacy notices, and

introduced a Thailand PDPA training course

for staff.

Our data event management processes

at ANZ focus on ensuring potential data

breaches are rapidly responded to,

mitigating risk of harm to the individual.

We ensure a root cause analysis is completed

to drive operational improvements and

prevent a reoccurrence of the same issue.

Since the rollout of the enterprise-wide data

event management processes in 2019, we

have achieved a significant increase in data

protection and privacy awareness among

ANZ staff enabling us to effectively manage

potential data breaches. Campaigns such

as ANZ Privacy Week, targeted training,

workshops and videos have contributed

to the continuous improvement and

automation of business processes. In

addition, Privacy training is a mandatory

training model required to be completed by

all staff and contractors on an annual basis.

Through these actions ANZ continues to

uphold its commitment to protect personal

data within ANZ and with our service

providers, signalling our zero tolerance

towards non-compliance of data protection

and privacy obligations.

This year, ANZ reported zero data breaches

to the Office of the Australian Information

Commissioner (OAIC) under the Notifiable

Data Breach Scheme (three in 2021).

Our privacy policy is available at

anz.com.au/privacy/centre/policy/.

Case study

Sharing our expertise

and insights

ANZ has a sophisticated 24/7 security

operations centre that enables us to

detect, respond to and recover from

security incidents. Our cyber security

experts monitor for cyber threats external

to our environment and identify suspicious

activity within our environment. They

collaborate with an external network

of cyber security professionals locally

and internationally to share expertise,

knowledge and experience, and work

together to understand and anticipate

emerging threats and changes to the

landscape. These partnerships enable

development of shared solutions and

responses to protect the community

at an international, national, local and

individual level.

The Australian Cyber Security Centre

(ACSC) distils information gained through

such collaborations, producing a range of

public resources, issues updates and alerts

relating to cyber security events. ANZ

refers to and promotes these resources

as part of our ongoing education and

resilience program with staff, customers

and the broader community. The

information is easy to access, understand

and apply. This ensures an ongoing

cycle of updated and readily available

information for customers and the

community to keep abreast of rapidly

changing threat and regulatory

environments and how to best

protect themselves.

Image: ANZ Pitt Street, Sydney.

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Environmental

sustainability

Financial

wellbeing

Housing

Fair and

responsible

banking

Improving conduct

and culture

Supporting our

customers

Improving customer

experience

Collaborating securely

to drive innovation

Financial crime

Responsible

business lending

Supply chain

Our approach to

human rights

Employee wellbeing

and inclusion

UN reporting

framework

Assurance

opinion

Financial crime
The increase in digital and online scams continued this year, with the commercialisation of crime

transitioning away from COVID-19 specific fake websites toward 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. The rate in which we

have identified and taken down websites pretending to be ANZ has increased 178% this year.

We maintained a strong focus on financial

crime data collection, monitoring and

screening with ongoing 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 Board.

Scams

With most consumers moving to a primarily

online financial services environment they

are potentially more accessible to scammers.

Our teams are dedicated to anticipating the

changing scam environment, scanning the

dark web for phishing or fake websites, or

tracing the most recent text bot.

We have invested in technologies to

detect fraud and scams, including

behavioural biometrics which helps us

determine if we are interacting with our

customer or a scammer.

The behavioural biometrics solution analyses

a customer’s digital interaction behaviours to

look for anomalies which may suggest that

the session is being orchestrated by a third

party and not the customer. This information

will only be used to help protect against fraud

and scams and not for any other purpose.

This is a key enhancement in our detection

tools as we continue to adapt to an ever-

changing fraud and scam environment.

This year our Scam Assist team investigated

over 5,556 individual scams impacting

Australian Retail and Commercial customers.

The expanded use of digital and real-time

payments makes it potentially easier for

criminals to move funds quickly and easily

through various accounts and ultimately

offshore, making recall and recovery

increasingly difficult. We were successful in

recovering approximately 24% of lost funds

on behalf of victims.

We endeavour to improve customers

awareness of scams by delivering targeted

messages regarding protection from fraud

and scams by building a training and

education framework to continually upskill

our frontline staff on matters relating to

protecting customers.

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.

Case study

National Disability Insurance

Scheme (NDIS) Fraud

We continue to work closely with

the Australian Transaction Reports

and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC)

and law enforcement partners to

support vulnerable members of the

community. This year, we supported

a joint-agency investigation into

a $10 million National Disability

Insurance Scheme (NDIS) fraud

syndicate located in Western Sydney.

The investigation identified a

sophisticated network of entities

allegedly defrauding NDIS government

benefits. Facilitated through setting up

a series of corporate entities with false

director details subsequently registered

with the National Disability Insurance

Agency (NDIA) as providers of disability

services, the NDIS funding received was

used to purchase luxury items and assets

instead of going to people in need.

ANZ assisted the investigation through

identification of funds flows, analysis

and intelligence relating to the control

and operation of the bank accounts.

The investigation resulted in the arrest

of six people and the seizure of assets

worth over $2 million.

Leveraging lessons learned from

the investigations and intelligence,

ANZ developed an industry-leading

algorithm targeting red flags to detect

suspected instances of NDIS fraud.

Feedback received from the National

Disability Insurance Agency, AUSTRAC

and the Australian Federal Police

confirmed the algorithm’s value and

associated reporting in identifying

new criminal targets.

“The detailed and timely suspicious

matter reporting by ANZ was pivotal in

confirming suspected connections.”

Fintel Alliance

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Environmental

sustainability

Financial

wellbeing

Housing

Fair and

responsible

banking

Improving conduct

and culture

Supporting our

customers

Improving customer

experience

Collaborating securely

to drive innovation

Financial crime

Responsible

business lending

Supply chain

Our approach to

human rights

Employee wellbeing

and inclusion

UN reporting

framework

Assurance

opinion

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 through key ABAC principles and

the practical behavioural outcomes required

to demonstrate adherence to this policy.

The policy is further supported by operating

standards and enablement tools to help

demonstrate compliance.

ABAC training is mandatory for all employees,

and regular risk assessments are undertaken

to identify and manage bribery and

corruption risks. Capacity in the ABAC team

continues to increase in response to growing

regulatory and social expectations to combat

bribery and corruption. We continue to uplift

the third-party due diligence program to

ensure we hold our third parties to our

business integrity standards.

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 at both an

enterprise and country level to identify,

manage and mitigate ML/TF risk across

the organisation.

We perform risk-based due diligence on

customers and their activities. We also

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, reporting

suspicious activity to appropriate authorities.

Sanctions compliance

Our sanctions compliance program guides

our Group-wide approach to meeting our

sanctions obligations. Sanctions risks are

assessed to identify, manage and mitigate the

potential for breaches. Customer relationships

and activities that pose a higher sanctions risk

are subject to enhanced due diligence

measures, monitoring and approval.

In response to ongoing geopolitical

tensions in 2022, restrictions were imposed

on a significantly higher number of global

entities, banks and individuals with an

unprecedented increase in the complexity of

sanctions obligations. We have enhanced our

monitoring of transactions and strengthened

our customer due diligence process to

ensure we can support transactions within

our risk appetite and in a compliant manner.

Details of ANZ’s Financial Crime

policies including sanctions, anti-money

laundering and counter-terrorism financing,

anti-bribery and anti-corruption, and fraud

are available on anz.com

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sustainability

Financial

wellbeing

Housing

Fair and

responsible

banking

Improving conduct

and culture

Supporting our

customers

Improving customer

experience

Collaborating securely

to drive innovation

Financial crime

Responsible

business lending

Supply chain

Our approach to

human rights

Employee wellbeing

and inclusion

UN reporting

framework

Assurance

opinion

Responsible
business lending

We consider current and emerging ESG issues to

determine whether we should review our policies,

principles and lending approach.

Emerging social and environmental issues which, through our lending to

customers, could result in risks to the business are also considered by our

management Ethics and Responsible Business Committee (ERBC) and

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

(see page 5for further details).

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:

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 as well as labour

rights issues such as modern slavery.

We review the Policy at least every three

years, with oversight from our 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.

In 2022 we have focused on enhancing

our approach to screening customers in line

with the Policy, primarily by incorporating

our Social and Environmental Risk screening

tool into our Online Customer Profile. This

work will be completed within the first

quarter of next year, enabling us to better

collect and analyse data through our

customer screening.

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

customer'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 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. We also apply 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.

Energy

Forestry and forests

Hydroelectric power

Extractive industries

Military equipment

Water

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wellbeing

Housing

Fair and

responsible

banking

Improving conduct

and culture

Supporting our

customers

Improving customer

experience

Collaborating securely

to drive innovation

Financial crime

Responsible

business lending

Supply chain

Our approach to

human rights

Employee wellbeing

and inclusion

UN reporting

framework

Assurance

opinion

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’ tool. 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.

In 2022 we continued to engage with

Australian resources customers to learn

more about their approach to cultural

heritage management, following the

review we undertook in 2021. Through our

engagement we have noted a heightened

awareness of the importance of protecting

cultural heritage.

Complaint about ANZ’s fossil fuel

targets and disclosures

During 2021 we participated in a dialogue

with an NGO and three individuals who made

a complaint to the Organisation for Economic

Co-Operation and Development (OECD)

Australian National Contact Point (AusNCP)

1

.

The complaint concerned aspects of ANZ’s

climate change policy and practices in

relation to fossil fuels, greenhouse gas

emissions, and climate change. The complaint

alleged that aspects of ANZ’s disclosure,

investments, target-setting and scenario

analysis breached the OECD Guidelines for

Multinational Enterprises (OECD Guidelines).

The NCP 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. The parties did not reach

agreement, leaving the NCP’s Independent

Examiner to determine ANZ’s consistency

with the OECD Guidelines.

After considering the complaint, the

Examiner determined ANZ’s actions were

consistent with the OECD Guidelines.

The Final Statement is publicly available.

1. AusNCP is 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.

Implementing our animal welfare principles

In 2021 we developed animal welfare principles (available at

anz.com.au/about-us/esg/policies-practices) that reflect our approach,

bringing ANZ in line with Australian agribusiness finance industry

standards. The principles were developed in line with our overall

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 our

ESG commitments.

We value and support our farming

customers that treat animals with

due care and respect. We believe

this reflects Australian community

standards and farmer standards of

‘doing the right thing’, noting that

industry codes and policies across

various subsectors and geographies

evolve with continuing research

and expert stakeholder advocacy

and feedback.

Our agribusiness team in Australia

developed an online training module

aimed at increasing staff awareness

of our animal welfare principles and

informing them of the appropriate

channels within our business to seek

clarification and support. The training

and a short assessment will be added

in 2023 to the agribusiness banker

induction program and as

recommended training for all

regional business bankers. It will

also be available to all ANZ staff.

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sustainability

Financial

wellbeing

Housing

Fair and

responsible

banking

Improving conduct

and culture

Supporting our

customers

Improving customer

experience

Collaborating securely

to drive innovation

Financial crime

Responsible

business lending

Supply chain

Our approach to

human rights

Employee wellbeing

and inclusion

UN reporting

framework

Assurance

opinion

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

We will not provide finance to projects where

the customer will not, or is unable to, comply

with the EP.

Information on our 2022 project finance

advisory services and transactions is available

in our 2022 ESG data pack available at

anz.com/annualreport.

Case study

Electronics manufacturing in Vietnam

ANZ has a long-standing project financing arrangement for the construction and ongoing operation of an electronics

manufacturing plant in Vietnam. The original facility was built in compliance with the Equator Principles.

In 2021, ANZ was invited to finance the expansion of the plant to accommodate increase demand and growth in production.

In assessing the expansion proposal, we deemed an additional Equator Principles Assessment necessary. The expansion was assessed

as category C under the Equator Principles with minimal or no adverse environmental and social risks and/or impacts reported.

As an Equator Principles project, the existing consultant was engaged to undertake an independent assessment and confirmed

the “C” categorisation.

The transaction was approved subject to the customer meeting local social and environmental approvals and potential future

environmental and social impacts be appropriately managed.

Solar farms in Australia

In 2021, ANZ provided project financing for three solar farms in New South Wales.

The initial Equator Principles assessment collectively categorised these projects as a “B”, with potentially limited adverse

environmental and social risks and/or impacts that are few in number, generally site-specific, largely reversible and readily

addressed through mitigation measures.

The banking group commissioned an independent expert to review the environmental and social risks associated with

the solar farms. The report confirmed the “B” categorisation, with immaterial environmental and social issues identified.

The projects were financed on the basis they would continue to meet local environmental and social laws and permits,

and any new issues would be actively managed to ensure minimal impact.

Infrastructure Project in South East Asia

In 2022, ANZ was invited to participate in the project financing of a large infrastructure project in the South East Asia.

The project was assessed against the Equator Principles and categorised as an “A”, meaning it was assessed as having high

environmental and social risks. As a category A project, comprehensive due diligence was undertaken including use of expert

consultants to prepare an independent Environmental and Social Due Diligence (ESDD) report for use by the syndicate banks.

The ESDD identified several site specific environmental and social issues, including potential loss of critical biodiversity and impact

on local communities.

High-level mitigation strategies that lacked detail were outlined by the customer. Consequently, the consultant was unable to

recommend Action Plans prior to the customer requiring financial close. ANZ was not comfortable with the potential risks and

mitigation strategies and declined to participate in the financing.

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sustainability

Financial

wellbeing

Housing

Fair and

responsible

banking

Improving conduct

and culture

Supporting our

customers

Improving customer

experience

Collaborating securely

to drive innovation

Financial crime

Responsible

business lending

Supply chain

Our approach to

human rights

Employee wellbeing

and inclusion

UN reporting

framework

Assurance

opinion

Managing ESG risks in our supply chain
We have a fair, sustainable, responsible and ethical

approach to procuring and delivering goods and services.

In 2022, ANZ spent $5 billion with suppliers

procuring goods and services across our

32 operating markets. The majority (91%)

was spent in Australia and New Zealand on

the following commodity areas.

Suppliers, including subcontracted suppliers,

are screened as part of Group Procurement’s

ongoing supplier due diligence using a

third-party tool to assess performance

against 28 ESG issues, including human

rights. In 2022, we undertook 5,691 checks

(up from 4,729) which included our top 100

suppliers, by spend. These checks identified

potential issues in 6 instances. We followed

all instances with the supplier requesting

further detail to determine whether they had

adequate measures in place to resolve the

identified issue/s. We worked with these

suppliers to understand the issue/s and

mitigating steps, and 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 2022, this led

to an increased SCOP contractual inclusion

of 86% up from 83% in 2021. Separate

contractual clauses covering human rights

and modern slavery were introduced in 2021

for all new and renewed contracts. Contracts

are reviewed for SCOP inclusion as they

come up for renewal.

We endeavour to ensure 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 2022, 81% of suppliers provided an

attestation of adherence to our SCOP

(81% in 2021). We also seek attestations from

a sample of suppliers each year in countries

such as India, China, the Philippines, Vietnam

and some Pacific nations. This year we also

sought attestations from suppliers in Papua

New Guinea. We continue to encourage

suppliers to attest to the SCOP.

Working with our suppliers

Supplier payments

As a signatory to the Business Council

of Australia’s Supplier Payment Code, we

are committed to paying Australian small

business suppliers within a maximum of

30 days of receiving a correct invoice,

unless the contract stipulates a shorter term.

However, our aim is to pay as promptly

as possible upon approval of the invoice

and, on average, payment is made

within approximately 19 days of receipt

of the invoice.

1

In the latest Australian

Government’s Payment Term Reporting

Scheme (June) we reported payment to

92% of all small business supplier invoices

within 30 days.

We are also moving towards paying

all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

businesses upon approval of invoice

regardless of invoice size.

In New Zealand, we continued to

support the New Zealand Bankers

Association initiative to assist small-to-

medium businesses during COVID-19 by

committing to paying suppliers within 10

business days. To date, we have processed

approximately 80% of payments (excluding

purchasing card transactions) within the

10 business days target, with average

payment made within approximately

9 days of receipt of a valid invoice.

Supporting social enterprise

We are a member of Social Traders, an

organisation helping create jobs for

disadvantaged Australians by linking business

and government to social enterprises. This

year, we spent $7.9 million

2

with social

enterprises (up from $6.0 million in 2021).

In New Zealand, we are a member of Ākina,

a buyer group to access a wide range of

certified social enterprise suppliers. We spent

over NZ$211,900 with social enterprises in

2022 (up from NZ$160,000 in 2021) and

influence our suppliers to also use social

enterprises in their supply chain.

Procurement with Indigenous

businesses in Australia

We spent $12.7 million with

32 Indigenous businesses in Australia

this year – (up from $5.5 million in 2021).

We are a member of both Supply Nation

and Kinaway (the Victorian Indigenous

Chamber of Commerce).

1. In 2022, new calculation methodology implemented in accordance with Australian Government's Payment Times Reporting Scheme for small businesses. 2. Includes sponsorship spend.

Spend by commodity area

42%

Technology

38%

Group services

(incl. property)


20%

Marketing,

people and

professional

services

2022

$12.7M

2022

$5.5M

2021

$3.2M

2020

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Collaborating securely

to drive innovation

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business lending

Supply chain

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human rights

Employee wellbeing

and inclusion

UN reporting

framework

Assurance

opinion

Case study
Case study

Sit now

As part of the planning and

implementation of ANZ’s Breathe branch

design (see page27 for more details),

designers and other teams such as

occupational health and safety experts

worked in close collaboration with Winya

to develop a bespoke range of chairs,

tables and workstations, manufactured

almost entirely in Australia using local

materials and components.

Winya (which means “sit now” in

Wiradjuri dialect) are a Supply Nation

and Kinaway certified Indigenous

business with a highly differentiated

business model, designed to assist

corporates and government meet

Indigenous commitments.

Winya places and financially supports

the employment and training of

Indigenous trainees and staff within

furniture manufacturers across Australia.

Sourcing our office furniture from Winya

assists them to meet their Indigenous

employment and training goals. Winya

recently achieved the United Nations

Global Compact award for Sustainable

Development Goals for the Economic

Empowerment of Indigenous Peoples,

the first Australian business to achieve

this award.

This year we implemented a new agreement with Winc to target an

increase in the proportion of spend on sustainable products (Earthsaver™)

and Indigenous brands to 80% and 45% respectively by 2025. We also

introduced First Nations and Earthsaver™ filters on our online ordering

portal to assist our staff locate and buy these products.

Image: Winya furniture in an ANZ Breathe branch.

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Financial

wellbeing

Housing

Fair and

responsible

banking

Improving conduct

and culture

Supporting our

customers

Improving customer

experience

Collaborating securely

to drive innovation

Financial crime

Responsible

business lending

Supply chain

Our approach to

human rights

Employee wellbeing

and inclusion

UN reporting

framework

Assurance

opinion

Improving
our approach

to human

rights

Our Human Rights Statement

(Statement) outlines our

approach to respecting human

rights and our Grievance Mechanism

(Mechanism) supports people and

communities who believe their

human rights have been impacted

by ANZ’s Institutional or Corporate

lending customers.

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’s human

rights practices are inconsistent with

our expectations

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 Commitment –

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.

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.

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 Grievance Mechanism

and participation in the Organisation for

Economic Co-Operation and Development

(OECD) Australian National Contact Point

(AusNCP) remediation processes.

Image: ANZ Centre, Melbourne.

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sustainability

Financial

wellbeing

Housing

Fair and

responsible

banking

Improving conduct

and culture

Supporting our

customers

Improving customer

experience

Collaborating securely

to drive innovation

Financial crime

Responsible

business lending

Supply chain

Our approach to

human rights

Employee wellbeing

and inclusion

UN reporting

framework

Assurance

opinion

ANZ Grievance Mechanism
Our Mechanism encourages 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; and

•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.

At the date of this report we had not

received any complaints to the Mechanism.

This year, we have further embedded

our Statement and Mechanism in our

governance processes, policies, staff training

and disclosures. 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.

The Statement and details of the

Grievance Mechanism are available

at anz.com

ANZ’s commitment to

International Standards

In addition to the key standards outlined

above there are others we use to identify

and manage our human rights risks across

the business, including:

•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.

Modern slavery

Modern slavery

1

is estimated to affect

50 million people

2

worldwide, with one in

four victims being children.

3

An effective

response to modern slavery requires

the combined effort of government,

law enforcement, non-government

organisations (NGOs) and business.

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

4

, 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 2021

Modern Slavery Statement

5

identified several

areas to help us improve our program and

we have taken a number of actions this

year, including:

•engaging with Institutional customers

in our top five higher-risk countries and

sectors, where the potential for modern

slavery is higher, to better understand

how the risk is being managed

•using financial crime analysis and

algorithms to identify modern slavery

or modern slavery-like practices among

suppliers and customers

•applying our strengthened supplier tender

process in sectors where there is potentially

a higher likelihood of forced labour

•raising awareness among our employees

by encouraging them to complete five

training modules on modern slavery,

including how to raise concerns

•conducting modern slavery awareness

sessions for leadership and frontline teams

in our international countries

•reviewing cases where we may be directly

linked to modern slavery through our

supplier and customer relationships

We comply with both the Australian

Commonwealth Modern Slavery Act 2018 and

the United Kingdom’s Modern Slavery Act

2015. Further detail on our approach to

modern slavery is provided in our 2022

Modern Slavery Statement, to be released

later this year at anz.com/cs.

1. 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.

2. Global Estimates of Modern Slavery:

Forced Labour and Forced Marriage (2022).

3. Global Estimates

of Modern Slavery: Forced Labour and Forced Marriage

(2022).

4. External fund managers are used for private bank

customers in Australia. ANZ New Zealand Investments (a

subsidiary of our New Zealand business), use external and

internal fund managers.

5. anz.com.au/about-us/esg/fair-

responsible-banking/human-rights/

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.

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Financial

wellbeing

Housing

Fair and

responsible

banking

Improving conduct

and culture

Supporting our

customers

Improving customer

experience

Collaborating securely

to drive innovation

Financial crime

Responsible

business lending

Supply chain

Our approach to

human rights

Employee wellbeing

and inclusion

UN reporting

framework

Assurance

opinion

Employee
engagement,

wellbeing, learning

and development

Our purpose drives what we do at ANZ and our strategy has

evolved in response to our current operating environment.

Culture and behaviours helping

create the bank we’re building

ANZ’s strong and inclusive culture, built

over decades, has supported our people to

maintain a clear alignment to our strategy

and purpose while the majority of our

workforce continued to work flexibly as the

impacts of the pandemic lingered in some

geographies. Our culture supported team

connectivity and contributed towards

a high level of engagement despite a period

of significant change.

To enable our purpose and strategy, and

the Bank we’re Building, we have evolved

our culture and supporting behaviours

by introducing a new framework in

February 2022.

Drawing on the expertise of the

NeuroLeadership Institute, we tasked

a group of senior leaders with defining

the top three behaviours for our people,

prioritising those that would best:

enable our strategy and purpose

with a focus on digital and growth;

enable high performance in a

fast-evolving, hybrid world; and

support our risk culture.

Our new behaviour framework builds on and

respects our past while orienting us towards

the future and creating a common anchor

for everyone at ANZ.

Our new behaviours are:

Create opportunities by

bringing in the best ideas from

inside and outside ANZ to create

long-term value for our customers

and the bank;

Deliver what matters by

executing well on the things

that matter most; and

Succeed together by engaging

the right people, listening to and

challenging each other.

Our ICARE values have been retained as an

important foundation of our culture and,

along with the ANZ Code of Conduct, define

the non-negotiable requirements to meet

ANZ’s performance standards.

Since launch, we have embedded our

behaviours in key processes including

performance assessment, recruitment,

leadership development and our new

recognition framework. We have also created

a range of resources for people leaders to

build aligned, vibrant team cultures, allowing

them to contextualise our behaviours for

their circumstances, particularly in a hybrid

working environment.

Strategy and culture

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Measuring our culture
We measure culture by reviewing,

understanding and actioning the themes

identified through the following key metrics:

•Annual risk culture assessments

governed by our Operational Risk

Executive Committee and Board

Risk Committee

•Culture reviews conducted by

Internal Audit

•Data collected through our My Voice

survey and our new 360° behaviour

assessment tool (recently piloted for

launch in 2023) which will provide new

behaviour-framed feedback and insights

for people leaders (see page66 for details).

Annual risk culture assessments

We have continued to make considerable

progress towards promoting the importance,

understanding and awareness of our risk

culture using both quantitative and qualitative

data which considers risk outcomes. Risk

Culture assessments consider business and

risk management information which provides

insights on risk management outcomes and

how risk is being considered in our decision

making and performance reviews.

This year our people participated in two risk

culture surveys – one led by the Australian

Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) and

an internal ANZ risk culture survey. The APRA

risk culture survey and our own Risk Culture

assessments identified similar strengths and

focus areas, including appropriate reward,

recognition and consequences for risk

management outcomes. Detailed thematic

and demographic analysis of risk culture

assessment outcomes has been leveraged to

drive actions to strengthen risk culture across

the bank. This includes developing targeted

training initiatives for senior management to

reinforce our target risk culture.

Results of these assessments are overseen

by the Board and used by Executives, Senior

Leaders and People Leaders to develop

Risk Culture Action Plans. To support leaders

and employees in taking action, a Risk

Culture Toolkit has been developed to raise

awareness and support actions to embed

ANZ’s target risk culture. This includes ethical

scenarios that support embedding our target

risk culture behaviours, risk culture self-

assessment templates for use by managers,

and training materials to support leaders to

cascade and raise awareness of risk culture in

a way that is meaningful to their people.

Culture reviews

This year, Internal Audit completed eight

culture reviews focused on identifying

themes, underlying factors, root causes and

actions to drive sustainable change toward

the bank’s cultural framework – our

behaviours, underpinned by the ICARE

values and Code of Conduct. Each review

requires the business area to develop an

action plan which is monitored, evidenced

and reassessed where appropriate to

understand cultural shift over time.

The reviews highlighted an enterprise-wide

focus on further strengthening our culture,

with senior leadership sponsorship and

initiatives such as the new behaviours,

enabled by employees committed to doing

the right thing to achieve our purpose and

strategy. The Internal Audit culture reviews

are designed to support:

•the Board and management by providing

independent cultural insight

•the Board in meeting regulatory

requirements, e.g. Banking Executive

Accountability Regime and APRA

Prudential Standard CPS 220 Risk

Management.

Wellbeing and engagement

Employee wellbeing and engagement supports the future proofing of our

workforce and demonstrates the way we value our people, connected to

our purpose. Our proactive approach to wellbeing and engagement is an

important driver of talent attraction and retention at ANZ.

Supporting our employees’

wellbeing

Wellbeing continues to be an area of focus,

particularly in the context of the pandemic

and a volatile external environment. Wellbeing

programs such as our HealthyMe digital app

showed strong and consistent engagement

with more than 10,000 employees having

access to the app this year, a 10% increase on

last year. More than 80 webinars covering

mental and physical health were held during

the year for employees and people leaders.

In New Zealand, we implemented Mental

Health First Aid (New Zealand accreditation)

training for over 200 people leaders to

support employees experiencing mental

health issues. This program will be

implemented in Australia in 2023. We are

also refreshing our mandatory online

Mental Health course for all employees

and people leaders.

Our wellbeing and safety policy includes

a commitment to providing a safe working

environment for all 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. This commitment is supported by a

bank-wide health and safety management

system which encompasses local health

and safety risks, legislation and standards.

In Australia, through our RecoverWell early

intervention program, we have assisted 66

employees to return to work. In addition to

this, ANZ provides assistance to employees

to achieve better health and recovery

outcomes regardless of whether the

potential injury or illness is work-related

or not. In Australia, 256 employees have

received assistance for non-work related

illness or injury. We also continue to promote

and embed our Employee Assistance

Program (EAP) and work has commenced to

review our current psychosocial risk controls,

with this assessment to continue in 2023.

5.5% of our Australian and 9.5%

of our New Zealand employees used

our EAP in 2022

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. This year we have seen a decrease

in lost-time injuries, with the most common

causes of injuries that incurred a full day off

work related to slips, trips and falls, manual

handling and psychological injury.

Data relating to our health and safety

performance in 2022 is available in

our 2022 ESG data pack available at

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Transitioning back to the office
In 2022, we commenced our journey of

returning our people back to the office, with

the majority working in a blended mode.

The amount of time our people spend in the

workplace is determined at a team level with

blended roles guided to spend roughly half of

their time working from their ANZ workplace.

This gives teams the flexibility to experiment

and consider the events, ceremonies and

activities that work best in the workplace.

ANZ has successfully operated a distributed

workforce for many years, however the scale

and range of choices now associated with

flexible work requires more intentional

planning and management.

More than 410 employees attended a digital

‘Change Fit’ program, launched to help

employees manage their wellbeing during

this transition with training to ensure our

people are familiar with the steps being

taken to provide a COVID Safe workplace.

We also supported our people to manage

the effects of COVID-19 infection and receive

COVID-19 vaccinations. Special paid leave

continued to be available to employees who

required time away from work this year due

to COVID-19 impacts, including recovery

from infection, isolation requirements and

caring responsibilities.

We continue to provide psychological and

ergonomic support to our workforce in all

operating markets who have worked from

home for the majority of the year. This

included all leaders and employees

completing mandatory mental health

awareness learning. This has been further

supported by webinars delivered by external

psychologists. Despite a small number of

injuries occurring in the home-based work

environment, no adverse impact to overall

injury, illness or claim numbers was noted.

Speak Up culture

As part of a continued focus

on improving conduct, we are

creating an environment where

employees are motivated and

empowered to do the right thing

and challenge constructively

when they see something that

they believe is wrong.

We have seen an improvement in

our ‘speak up’ culture over the last

few years following targeted and

sustained efforts. We know this is

fundamental to our risk culture and

for us to be an innovative and

inclusive organisation.

August 2022 Survey results

Employee

engagement

84%

March 2022:

84%

Wellbeing

84%

March 2022:

80%

Inclusion

84%

March 2022:

81%

Experience

matches

expectations

90%

March 2022:

89%

Engagement

Employee engagement and experience

are key outcome metrics for our culture.

Our Group-wide engagement survey,

My Voice, continues to be one of the

primary ways we hear from our people and

understand their experience of working at

ANZ. This information allows us to tailor

solutions and interventions to ensure our

people feel recognized, stay engaged and

continue to feel a sense of belonging and

connection to the Bank.

This year, we evolved our My Voice survey

with a new, evidence-based question set

and expanded employee experience metrics,

such as specific wellbeing and inclusion

indices, a measure of peoples’ experience of

ANZ, vs their expectations as well as intent to

stay. In both March and August, a sense of

belonging emerged as one of the most

critical drivers of employee engagement.

Results from our August survey show cultural

indicators have improved and remained

strong in a largely post-COVID environment

with engagement at 84% (new index).

Most people feel their experience is meeting

or exceeding their expectations (90%).

We performed well against measures of

wellbeing (82%) and inclusion (83%) both

increasing by two percentage points since

their introduction in March. For detailed

information about how we are driving

diversity and inclusion at ANZ see page69.

Diversity measures for the ANZ workforce

can be found in the ESG data pack available

at anz.com/annualreport

Overall Speak Up Index – 83%:

86%

of people feel that in their team, it feels

safe to ask questions, make mistakes,

highlight problems and take social

risks (85% 2022 March)

83%

of people feel that when they speak

up their ideas, opinions and concerns

are heard (82% 2022 March)

80%

of people feel they can raise issues

and concerns in ANZ without fear of

reprisal or negative consequences

(79% 2022 March)

Additionally, we have continued

to strengthen and evolve our

Accountability and Consequence

Framework.

A new Speak Up index was

introduced in the August survey,

made up of three existing questions.

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Future proofing the workforce
Future proofing our workforce has been a key focus this

year with activities and initiatives underway to attract, retain

and build the right capability to enable our digital strategy

and transformation.

Attracting and retaining

employees in a competitive

employment market

High attrition rates are impacting all

employment sectors globally. This universal

trend is being driven by various external

factors, particularly the impact of COVID-19

which has shifted peoples’ expectations of

work, while closed borders exacerbate skill

shortages. Although ANZ’s attrition rate

1

of

13.9%did not exceed the previous historic

high of 15%

2

, we have increased our focus

on retention to mitigate the impact on

the workforce.

Enhanced data capture and analysis were

key to understanding attrition watchpoints

in certain segments, geographies, and

divisions, highlighting for example

challenges in our Engineering and Data

capabilities. Investigation into the root

causes informed a range of interventions to

enhance the employee experience in terms

of providing better career pathways,

enabling internal mobility, enhancing

leadership capability and amending

policies to reduce bureaucracy.

Since March 2022, the My Voice survey

has also measured our people’s intention to

stay at ANZ. In August, 13% indicated that

they had an intention to stay for less than

12 months which is in line with our latest

attrition rates. This new metric was introduced

to get a clear understanding and prediction of

retention so we can act more quickly when

retention risks are identified.

We are also investing in new technology

such as PeopleHub to automate the ability

to hear from employees at key points of the

employee lifecycle. Our immediate priorities

are to develop and deploy improved

onboarding and exit surveying. With plans

to launch in 2023, these improvements will

complement our retention data and provide

better, more timely data on why people join,

their early experience as ANZ, as well as why

they leave.

1. Voluntary turnover of employees. 2. Rolling 12-month rate in May 2017.

Strategic workforce planning

ANZ’s approach to future proofing our

workforce is underpinned by new capabilities

developed over the last three years to better

link our understanding of external driving

forces with business strategy and with our

workforce strategy development. This has

been achieved through investment in our

people, systems and processes.

In practical terms, this has included hiring

strategic workforce planning experts and

data scientists to make better sense of our

current workforce and build data models to

improve anticipation of future trends and

initiatives. Our workforce strategy and

planning processes help answer questions

such as: what sort of capabilities will our

workforce need at different stages of our

strategy execution? How will roles evolve?

How many people will we need? What

locations will they work in? How much

will the workforce cost? How is the labour

market behaving in key geographies? How

will our workforce composition reflect the

customers we serve?

Forming answers to these questions allows

us to construct plans with the right emphasis

on building from within, knowing what

capabilities in what quantities to bring in from

the outside, over the next three to five years.

Our focus includes investing in future

capabilities such as engineering, Cloud, data,

digital, customer coaching and environmental

sustainability. Importantly we remain

committed to the enduring fundamentals

of banking, including customer relationships,

credit risk, non-financial risk and delivery.

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Focusing on key strategic capability areas
Engineering, Cloud, data and security

Our focus on engineering gained

momentum in 2022 with the development

of career pathways designed to attract and

retain engineering talent, with a focus on

engineers as they rotate into critical roles in

Cloud and security. In addition to hiring 904

people into data and engineering roles, we

undertook the following initiatives:

•This year we launched our TTM+

campaigns, an evolution of our Tech

Talent Marketplace (TTM) which has been

in place in Tech for more than two years.

TTM+ builds internal talent pipelines to

increase the employability of our people

while helping meet the needs of our

future workforce. Programs run for six

months, upskilling employees in critical

capability areas such as security, Cloud

and data.

•Data Engineers have been given access

to learning support to improve their

confidence and capability in using

Cloud-based platforms.

•We delivered two Tech Learning Expos,

designed to engage and uplift capability

across our Technology domain. Over

5,000 people participated in these

learning events.

Environmental sustainability

This year we launched our Mindset 2030

Program to build the knowledge and skills

of our employees, and to better understand

our own and our customers’ environmental

sustainability risks and opportunities.

Mindset 2030 includes a dedicated

employee portal with information about

our environmental sustainability strategy,

research and publications, and how we are

financing customers to shift to low carbon

business models and operations that put

them on a path to net zero emissions. To

date, 935 people have accessed the Mindset

2030 learning program with a total of 1,955

modules completed. The portal has also

been well-accessed with 999 unique portal

visitors and a total of 2,775 portal log-ins.

Aotearoa New Zealand Skills Pledge

ANZ New Zealand is committed to

building workforce capability in line with its

commitment to the Aotearoa New Zealand

Skills Pledge, and this year we have achieved

the target of doubling our hours by 2025

(120,000). Over 121,000 hours of learning

were delivered this year, a significant increase

from 72,000 hours in 2021. Our focus

remained on skills required for the future

including digital, curiosity, adaptability, and

developing our leadership capabilities. While

we have achieved the Pledge target, we’ll

continue to invest in our employees’ learning

and development so they remain prepared

for the future.

Developing our leaders

and their teams

This year we continued to invest

in the capability development of

our people. Over 1.14 million hours

of learning were delivered through

our digital learning platforms

including almost 572,900 hours

of compliance training and more

than 407,000 hours of self-directed

learning. A further 52,000 hours

were dedicated to continuing

professional development.

Leadership capability development

continues to be a focus, ensuring

people leaders are equipped to help

teams be job-ready and future-fit,

highly motivated, engaged and able

to deliver on the bank’s strategy.

In May 2022 we launched our

new Executive Leadership Series

for senior leaders (Group 1 and 2) to

develop strategic leadership skills

and deepen their understanding of

the bank’s strategy. The program

supports senior leaders to

understand emerging trends and

threats, better equipping them to

respond to the dynamic external

environment and opportunities for

ANZ. Content curated by industry-

leading internal and external experts

takes a blended learning approach,

combining live webinars, self-paced

learning and local application.

In India, leadership development

efforts focused on supporting

female leaders build self-confidence

and resilience and equipping

emerging people leaders with the

necessary skillset to lead effectively

in volatile, uncertain, complex and

ambiguous environments. We also

relaunched the Notable Women

program, which focuses on increasing

professional visibility and positioning

female leaders as experts in their fields.

See page 70 for more information about

this initiative.

We continue to offer leadership

development programs in other areas

of our business. In Australia, we offer the

Retail Leadership Learning Pathway, a

blended learning pathway designed to

accelerate new-to-role leaders to build

a more well-rounded business and

brand to strengthen the business

leadership pipeline.

Our new Lead@ANZ development

program (currently in pilot) is targeting

people leaders at all levels across all

divisions and is designed to equip

people leaders with exceptional skills

and confidence. The full program will

be launched in early 2023 and is

underpinned by:

•a deep understanding of the unique

challenges our leaders face

•a focus on our purpose, strategy and

culture behaviours and how leaders

can bring these to life for their teams

•building inclusive leadership skills,

which will help them to lead better

in a hybrid world and focus on the

wellbeing and engagement of

their teams

•a focus on building the specific

leadership capabilities to enable

our leaders to create opportunities,

deliver what matters and succeed

together.

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ANZ believes our diverse workforce and
inclusive culture will improve the quality of

decision-making and drive innovation, making

us a better bank for our customers. We are

making good progress against our five diversity

and inclusion strategic priorities:

Workplace diversity and inclusion

Family inclusive workplace

certification

In February this year, ANZ was certified as

a Family Inclusive Workplace in Australia by

Family Friendly Workplaces, a joint initiative

from Parents at Work and UNICEF Australia.

We are committed to improving family-

inclusive policies, practices and cultures to

support employees to meet their work,

family and wellbeing needs. This will

promote productivity, engagement and

wellbeing, and will enhance our ability to

attract and retain talent.

The certification process involved a review

of ANZ’s policies and practices and stories

from our people about their experience of

our family inclusive culture. Obtaining

certification has helped ANZ benchmark

our family inclusive policies and practices

against the National Work + Family

Standards. Subsequently, we have developed

a two-year action plan to improve family

inclusive policies, practices and culture

including to obtain regular feedback from

employees about their parental leave

experience and better supporting carers.

Case study

Kim

In 2018, manager Kim and her husband

decided to begin in-vitro fertilisation (IVF)

treatment to start a family. Kim received

full support from her people leader.

During this time, an opportunity for a

more senior role arose. Although Kim was

trying to start a family, her people leader

encouraged her application and she was

successful. Kim fell pregnant a few weeks

into her new role and said she felt

“incredibly supported by ANZ” through

Gender affirmation leave

This year, we introduced Gender

Affirmation Leave for employees in Australia,

New Zealand, India, the Philippines and the

Pacific with up to six weeks’ paid leave and up

to a total of 12 months’ unpaid leave, allowing

employees to preserve their sick leave for

times when they are actually unwell.

There are many ways an individual may

affirm their gender, including:

•social affirmation: adopting the dress

and style of presentation that better aligns

with their gender identity and expression,

changing their pronouns and/or name

•medical affirmation: surgery, hormone

therapy or both, to attend medical

appointments, rest and recover from

medical procedures

•legal affirmation: legally changing their

name and/or gender marker on personal

identification documents like their

passport, birth certificate, driver’s

license or bank card

Our new Gender Affirmation Leave Policy

supports people to bring their whole selves

to work.

Create an inclusive culture and improve the experience of

our employees who represent all dimensions of diversity

Build the confidence and capability of people leaders to

lead diverse and inclusive teams

Improve the diversity of our leadership population

Strengthen and empower our employee networks

Improve accountability and governance

her IVF treatment, being able to use

parental leave, and returned to work after

nine months with no impact on her

career progression.

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A focus on gender pay equality
We continue to calculate, measure, monitor

and report on our gender pay gap using

a two-pronged approach incorporating

the following methodologies to better

understand and explain the underlying

reasons for our gender pay gap:

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

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.

number of male appointments to more

senior and higher-paying Manager roles.

We recognise this is a critical issue and

something we are actively considering.

While the category average gap at the

Senior Executive level has improved to

94.9%, we remain focused on improving

female representation at the Senior

Executive and Executive levels.

We actively monitor and review our

like-for-like gender pay gap, including

taking positive action to adjust where

necessary, particularly as part of our

annual performance and remuneration

review process.

Achieving gender balance

in our business

For complex reasons, including a competitive

labour market, we achieved a marginal

increase in the representation of Women in

Leadership to 35.9% (up 0.6 ppt from 35.3%

as at September 2021). Women in revenue-

generating leadership roles

2

increased,

however, by 2.4 ppt to 30.2%. Group-wide

representation of women at the Senior

Manager, Executive and Senior Executive

levels increased by 0.1 ppt, 1.4 ppt and

3.9 ppt respectively.

Our progress is monitored regularly

by the CEO and the Group Execution and

Performance Committee. Sustained progress

in improving representation of women in

leadership requires a multi-faceted approach.

We continue to focus on growing female

talent by providing employees with the

critical skills and experiences required to

move into senior roles, delivering several

women in leadership training programs

throughout the year. We relaunched the

Notable Women program, which focuses

on increasing professional visibility and

positioning female leaders as experts in their

fields with more than 50 of our top female

Senior Executive and Executives from across

Australia and New Zealand participating.

Women holding Key Management Personnel

(KMP

3

) positions has increased from 33.3% to

37.5%, however, remains below our target of

at least 40% women. Importantly, however,

two of our three key KMP ‘line’ roles with

profit and loss accountability – Group

Executive Australia Retail, and Group

Executive and CEO New Zealand – are

held by women.

Three of our nine Board

members are women

(33.3% female representation).

ANZ is signatory to the 40:40 Vision

initiative which seeks to achieve gender

balance of senior leadership at ASX200

companies by 2030.

1. Australia-only data. Effective date 1 July 2022. ‘Senior Executives’ is Group 1, ‘Executives’ is Group 2, ‘Senior Managers’ is Group 3, ‘Managers’ is Group 4, and ‘Non-managers’ are Groups 5 and 6 , Excludes Executive Committee,

casuals, fixed-term employees, and trainees/interns.

2. Key Management Personnel roles with profit and loss accountability. 3. ANZ Directors (whether executive directors or otherwise), and those personnel with a key responsibility

for the strategic direction and management of the Group who have Banking Executive Accountability Regime (BEAR) accountability and who report to the CEO.

The key to closing the gender pay gap

continues to be increasing the

representation of women in senior and

higher-paying roles. We have several

initiatives underway to increase the

representation of women in leadership and

build the pipeline. These include the Notable

Women and Return to Work programs.

Return to Work was developed in Group

Technology to help people (often women)

return to the workforce after a career break

and will run again next year with the

possibility of extending the program

to other areas of our business.

This year we have narrowed the gap in both

average salaries and like-for-like for most

categories. The like-for-like gap is now within

+/- 2% across each category, with the largest

improvements at the Senior Executive and

Executive levels.

The category average gap for Managers

has widened to 93.0% and is now our most

significant pay gap. This is due to a higher

Increase in Female vs Male ratioDecrease in Female vs Male ratio

Pay gap (Australia)

1

Category

Av. salary –

by category

YoY

change

Like-for-

like roles

YoY

change

Senior Executives 94.9%

2.6%98.8%1.3%

Executives97.7%

1.2%99.4%2.3%

Senior Managers96.8%

0.6%98.4%0.6%

Managers93.0%

-0.3%98.2%0.0%

Non-managers97.2%

1.2%101.3%-0.7%

Further detail on our gender diversity

targets is available in our Corporate

Governance Statement at anz.com/

corporategovernance. Our Diversity and

Inclusion Policy is available at anz.com/

corporategovernance

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Case study
PACE mentoring program

Since 2013, ANZ has been a principal

partner for the Australian Network

on Disability's 'Positive Action

towards Career Engagement' (PACE)

Mentoring program.

The program matches jobseekers

and students with disability with

experienced professionals who help their

mentee identify and reach their career

development goals and build their

confidence in a workplace environment.

The program also provides ANZ staff

with a valuable opportunity to broaden

their understanding of disability and

provide one-to-one coaching to increase

employability for up to 100 people

with disability annually.

Earlier this year, Marley Howell secured

a permanent job with ANZ as a Banking

Consultant after being mentored by

Greg Waddell an Associate Director in

ANZ’s Transaction Banking team.

Marley participated in the program

during his final semester of study at

Murdoch University and was looking to

collaborate with a mentor who could

help him secure a graduate role. Greg

and Marley met each fortnight at ANZ’s

Perth office to work through practical

tips focused on how to deliver articulate

messaging in a resume and job

interview. As a PACE mentor, Greg has

now successfully secured full-time

roles for four University Graduates.

“I’m grateful to have the opportunity to

contribute to our bank’s great purpose

by participating in this rewarding

program,” says Greg. “In addition to

helping great people secure their first

full-time role I’ve broadened my

professional network, learned how

to be more inclusive and developed

wonderful friendships like [the one I

have with] Marley.”

Employee networks:

creating an inclusive culture

Our employee networks – which include

Abilities, Mental Health and Wellbeing,

Cultural Diversity and Inclusion, ForWARD

Gender Equity, Faith, and Pride – are well

supported and recognised for the critical

role they play in our inclusive culture.

We continue to celebrate important dates on

the diversity and inclusion calendar including

International Day of People with Disability,

International Women’s Day, A Taste of

Harmony, Pride Month, International

Non-Binary People’s Day, NAIDOC Week

and more.

Strengthing our Tākiri Ā Rangi

strategy

ANZ’s Te Kaitohu Rautaki Māori (Head

of Te Ao Māori Strategy) Karleen Everitt

was welcomed to the bank in 2021 and

this year oversaw the launch of ANZ’s

Tākiri-Ā-Rangi strategy framework. Having

a Te Ao Māori Strategy in place is critical

to future organisational performance.

Tākiri-Ā-Rangi is guided by several aims

including a commitment to developing

strong relationships with Māori, hapū

and iwi across the country, improving

the financial wellbeing and sustainability

of those customers and enhancing our

own understanding of Te Ao Māori as

our company grows.

The launch of the strategy during

Matariki (Māori New Year) marked an

important step in development for

the bank, setting out a work plan and

framework to be implemented over

the next 18 years.

ANZ New Zealand has begun Te Reo

Māori (Māori language) courses for

staff, aiming to help them increase

their proficiency and confidence in

understanding and using Te Reo.

Cultural competency courses are also

being developed and processes are

being reviewed to recruit, retain and

advance more Māori staff. These

shorter-term goals, based on an

expected 2024 completion date, will

be followed by numerous initiatives

over coming decades.

Kia hanga i te ao, e ora ai, e tupu

ai te tangata me te kainga

(To shape a world where people and

communities thrive)

Image: ANZ Te Kaitohu Rautaki Māori Karleen Everitt at the Tākiri-Ā-Rangi strategy launch.

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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 engagement,

retention, career progression and development opportunities

for people across all our diverse groups.

Participation of under-represented groups in our workforce

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 and direct hires

76

participants in 2022

TupuToa, summer internships for

Māori and Pasifika students

6

participants in 2022

Given the Chance, six to twelve-month

work placements for refugees and

asylum seekers

55

participants in 2022

Spectrum, employment opportunities

for autistic people

3

participants in 2022

Return to Work

89%

of participants retained

from 2021 cohort

Summer internships and

graduate programs

231

participants in 2022

Victorian Government Digital Jobs Program

(Strategic Partnership)

12 out of 30 placements

gained permanent roles

Strengthening diversity

and inclusion focus within

recruitment process

We have continued to develop

recruitment capabilities to create

inclusive and accessible processes

for women, people with disability,

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

people, Māori and Pasifika people,

people from different cultural and

religious backgrounds, and people

from the LGBTIQ+ community.

We are committed to ensuring our

recruitment and selection processes are

barrier-free and accessible. We provide

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 all candidates (both internal

and external) about their accessibility

requirements and provide ongoing

professional development to recruiters to

help develop their disability-confidence.

Virtual Workplace

Preparation Program

Launched on Global Accessibility Awareness

Day, we introduced a virtual intern

experience to encourage people with

disabilities to see themselves represented

in a professional work environment like

ANZ and apply for roles. We received 954

enrolments with 131 participants completing

the program in 2022.

Summer internships and graduate

program participants in 2022

Graduates

Female 69

Male 53

Interns

Female 35

Male 34

Graduates

Female 12

Male 12

Interns

Female 10

Male 6

AUSTRALIANEW ZEALAND

84%

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AUS 122

NZ 24

AUS 69

NZ 16

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Go Girl, Go for IT

In August 2022, ANZ hosted over

1,700 female students at Go Girl, Go

for IT – a fun, free, one day technology

conference for girls in years 5–12 across

Australia. ANZ has supported the

program for several years and is a

diamond sponsor. The event focuses on

inspiring students with role model

speakers, showcasing future technologies

and challenging preconceptions of what

a career in technology might look like.

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To keep pace with customer

demand and build home loan

application assessment capacity,

we recruited, onboarded and

trained additional employees.

Changes in our assessment processes

separated administrative tasks from

credit decisions which broadened the

potential recruitment pool to include

skilled professionals who may not have

worked in banking before.

Resource Optimisation Manager

Daniel O’Keeffe shared that recruiting

through the Given the Chance program

effectively showcased the talent,

education and experience of candidates

directly relevant for operational roles.

“Until now, these credentials may not

have been recognised by employers

such as customer relationship managers

in their home countries or mathematics

and linguistic teachers at universities,”

Daniel explained “These candidates bring

a breadth of customer servicing, life

experience and learning skills into

our teams.”

Given the Chance

Since 2007 we have worked with the

Brotherhood of St Laurence to assist refugees

and asylum seekers with opportunities to

enter the Australian workforce through the

Given the Chance program.

The program supports job seekers into six-

to 12-month work placement opportunities,

providing them with invaluable work

experience to enter the local workforce. We

have accommodated over 350 participants

across the bank in Victoria, New South Wales

and Tasmania since the program commenced.

Given the Chance participants are highly

engaged, skilled and motivated, and they

make a positive contribution to their team,

the bank and their community.

This year saw the highest number of recruits

in the program’s history, with 55 participants

hired and 14 of those gaining permanent

employment.

A Chance For All

In 2022 we strengthened our partnership

with Brotherhood of St Laurence by piloting

a new employment program A Chance for

All to offer six- to 12-month placement

opportunities for individuals with a disability.

Launched in late May, eight participants have

been placed across retail, customer service

operations and digital roles. The pilot will be

reviewed towards the end of 2022 with an

aim to add it to core offerings, advocating

for and providing job opportunities for

individuals with disabilities.

TupuToa Partnership

We hosted six Māori & Pasifika interns through our partnership with

TupuToa (an increase from five in 2021 including three who were sourced

through the TupuToa partnership). Of these, two were successful in

securing positions on our graduate program.

“It’s important for our economy and

our community that we inspire young

women to consider careers in STEM.

This aligns to ANZ’s purpose while

building a pipeline of future talent

for our Technology division.”

Carina Parisella

ANZ Head of Technology Workforce

Image: ANZ Head of Technology Workforce Carina Parisella (left) at the Go Girl, Go for IT conference.

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Supporting Indigenous Australians
This year we launched our 2021–2024

Stretch Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP),

ANZ's fifth RAP, focused on four key areas:

Improve the financial wellbeing of

individuals to develop financial

resilience

Provide employment and career

progression opportunities to enable

economic participation

Support the growth of Indigenous

businesses and organisations to enable

economic participation

Improve our understanding of

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

cultures to create culturally safe and

supportive spaces, show respect and

combat racism

Our RAP governance structure has been

strengthened and formalised to support our

ability to deliver on our objectives. We have

also embedded a voice representing

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

employees and an external point of view in

our RAP Steering Committee and Working

Group to challenge and guide our thinking.

We have made good progress against

the 17 actions in our RAP, delivering 99%

commitments that fell due this year.

•We launched a refreshed MoneyBusiness

program – updating content, resources

and training approach based on feedback

received from facilitators and participants

(refer to page34 for further information)

•1.98% of external hires identified as

Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander against

our target of 2% by 2024

•We spent $12.7 million with 32 Aboriginal

and Torres Strait Islander businesses this

year, exceeding our commitments of

$6 million by 2024 and 15 Aboriginal and

Torres Strait Islander businesses in 2022

(refer page 60for more information)

•Nearly 600 Australia-based employees

have taken part in BlackCard face-to-face

cultural capability training, exceeding our

target of 300 employees by 2024

•We partially met our commitment to

provide at least six MoneyBusiness

facilitator training sessions to community

workers and financial counsellors working

in remote communities each year. A pause

in training due to the MoneyBusiness

refresh and COVID impacting supply

chains and materials production

meant that five sessions were provided

throughout the year with the sixth, initially

scheduled for September, postponed due

to low participant numbers.

“On behalf of the employees

of ANZ, I accept the generous

invitation of the Uluru

Statement from the Heart to

walk together for a better future.

We support the establishment

of a First Nations Voice to

parliament enshrined in the

Constitution and a Makarrata

Commission to supervise a

process of agreement-making

and truth telling. This is a fair,

practical and unifying reform.”

Shayne Elliott

March 2022

Further detail on our progress against

RAP commitments is provided in our 2022

RAP Progress Report to be released later

this year at anz.com/reconciliation


From the Heart

Our CEO Shayne Elliott accepted on

behalf of ANZ’s employees, the invitation

of the Uluru Statement from the Heart

to walk together for a better future in

March this year.

By accepting the invitation, ANZ supports

the establishment of a First Nations Voice

to parliament enshrined in the Constitution

and a Makarrata Commission to supervise

a process of agreement-making between

governments and First Nations, and

truth telling.

A First Nations Voice to parliament is a body

enshrined in the Constitution that would

enable Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

people to provide advice to the Parliament

on policies and projects that impact their

lives. It would give the Australian

Government the opportunity to make

policies with Aboriginal and Torres Strait

Islander people, rather than for Aboriginal

and Torres Strait Islander people.

We have partnered with the From the

Heart campaign to develop educational

opportunities for our staff and customers to

learn about the Uluru Statement, its history

and objectives.

“The power of ANZs support is twofold: by directly contributing to the campaign

ANZ are supporting a grassroots movement for a successful referendum on the Voice; and

just as important is the organisation’s ability to engage its people and customers on this

nationally significant issue. The strength of our campaign comes from the involvement of

Australians from all walks of life and ANZ is playing a major role in making this happen.”

Dean Parkin

Director of From the Heart

Image: Design by Marcus Lee at ANZ Knox branch.

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UN SDG alignment with ESG 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 target

1

Support 1.3 million customers to save

regularly, by end 2022. (Australia and

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 disadvantaged

communities, 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

In 2022, progress against our public ESG targets contributed to the following

United Nations Sustainable Development Goal targets.

1. We have used the abbreviated titles for each target – refer to 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 target

2

Fund and facilitate at least AU$50 billion

by end 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

8.2 – Achieve higher levels of economic productivity through diversification, technological upgrading and innovation

8.3 – Promote development-oriented policies that support productive activities, decent job creation, entrepreneurship,

creativity and innovation, and encourage the formalization and growth of micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises

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

9.5 – Enhance scientific research, upgrade the technological capabilities of industrial sectors in all countries

9.A – Facilitate sustainable infrastructure development for developing countries

2. We have used the abbreviated titles for each target – refer to sdgs.un.org/goals for full targets.

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wellbeing

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with ESG targets

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responsible banking

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

TargetsRelevant United Nations Sustainable Development Goal target

2

Continued10.2 – Promote universal social, economic and political inclusion

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

12.4 – Achieve the environmentally sound management of chemicals and all wastes throughout their lifecycle, and

significantly reduce their release to air, water and soil

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

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.

12.6 – Encourage companies, especially large and transnational companies, to adopt sustainable practices and to integrate

sustainability information into their reporting cycle

13.1 – Strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-related disasters

15.3 – End desertification and restore degraded land

15.5 – Protect biodiversity and natural habitats

2. We have used the abbreviated titles for each target – refer to sdgs.un.org/goals for full targets.

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wellbeing

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responsible banking

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

TargetsRelevant United Nations Sustainable Development Goal target

2

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

2. We have used the abbreviated titles for each target – refer to sdgs.un.org/goals for full targets.

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wellbeing

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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 target

3

Fund and facilitate AU$10 billion of

investment by end 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 25% increase of funds under management

and a 46% increase in customer numbers by

2025. (New Zealand)

9.4 – Upgrade all industries and infrastructures for sustainability

11.1 – Safe and affordable housing

3. We have used the abbreviated titles for each target – refer to sdgs.un.org/goals for full targets.

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wellbeing

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with ESG targets

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responsible banking

self-assessment

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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 target

4

Implement ANZ’s new Customer Extra Care

Framework, including enhanced training of

5,000 employees to build their capabilities

with respect to identifying, supporting and

referring customers who are in need of extra

care, by end 2022. (Australia)

1.4 – Equal rights to ownership, basic services, technology and economic resources

Implement ANZ’s new human rights

grievance mechanism, and publicly report

on complaints received under the

mechanism, by end 2022.

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

4. We have used the abbreviated titles for each target – refer to sdgs.un.org/goals for full targets.

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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 the 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 8.5 million Retail,

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

About ANZ

Our Purpose and Strategy

2022 Annual Report

pages 12–13

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.

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 help 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.

We are focused on integrating our purpose and ESG approach into our business strategy.

Our ESG approach focuses on three key areas:

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

Our ESG focus areas

Climate Change Commitment

Our Purpose and Strategy

2022 Annual Report

pages 12–25

2022 ESG Supplement

pages 16–21 and 62–63

Climate-related Financial Disclosures,

to be released prior to our Annual General

Meeting and made available on

anz.com/annualreport

Respecting Human Rights

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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

1.2 ContinuedFundamental 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, as well as addressing issues

identified through our annual materiality assessment.

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

Our Climate Change Commitment, updated in November 2021, summarises our climate

change approach and respective targets, including our response across four key areas:

1. Supporting our customers and industries to transition

2. Aligning our lending decisions to the Paris Agreement goals

3. Reducing emissions from our operations

4. Engaging constructively and transparently with stakeholders

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

Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA) – signalling our commitment to align our lending portfolio

with the goal of achieving net zero emissions by 2050.

We are committed to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with our ESG targets

supporting 12 of the 17 SDGs. Refer to pages 11–15 for detail on our performance against our

ESG Targets.

Our Human Rights Statement (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 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

Our Grievance Mechanism (Mechanism) supports people and communities who believe

their human rights have been impacted by ANZ’s Institutional or Corporate 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.

In 2022, we will publish our third Modern Slavery Statement in line with the Modern Slavery

Act 2018.

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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)).

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 area.

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:

Our main markets of operation are Australia and New Zealand, where we provide Retail,

Commercial and Institutional products. 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.

Information on our lending profile and exposures can be found in our Full Year Results Investor

Discussion Pack available at anz.com/shareholder/centre/reporting/results-announcement/

and our ESG data pack available at anz.com/annualreport. In addition, within our Climate-

related Financial Disclosures report, which will be released prior to our Annual General Meeting.

Our materiality assessment

Our ESG focus areas

Our stakeholder engagement policy

2022 Annual Report

pages 14–17 and 36–42

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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

2.1 Continued

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

Context and relevance:

ANZ’s purpose focuses on three key areas:

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

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, as well as addressing issues

identified through our annual materiality assessment.

Our 2022 materiality assessment incorporated views from external and internal stakeholders,

including institutional investors, consumer and environment NGOs and our community

partners. The top five material issues ranked by stakeholders were:

•Climate change

•Information security

•Innovation and technology

•Customer experience

•Employee capability and wellbeing

We also considered our Key Material Risks, our strategy, values and Code of Conduct,

media analysis, recent regulatory developments, peer review, industry trends such as the

Sustainability Accounting Standards Board Materiality Map and sustainability frameworks

such as the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Scale and intensity/salience of impact:

We consider the scale and intensity/salience of our impacts through our engagement with

governments, NGOs, industry associations, shareholders, customers and employees.

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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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). We publicly report our progress

against these targets twice yearly in Results briefings, in our annual reporting suite

(including our ESG Supplement, ESG Data Pack, Climate-related Financial Disclosures report)

and our ESG Investor Briefings.

Following our impact analysis, we consider the below impact areas to be the areas of most

significant impact for ANZ, as they align with a number of Sustainable Development Goals and

also with ANZ’s ESG focus areas which we have S.M.A.R.T targets for:

Impact area 1 – Environmental sustainability

We have set a number of environmental sustainability targets to help reduce our potential

negative and positive impact on climate change.

Target 1 – Sustainable Finance:

“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”.

Specific: to fund and facilitate $50 billion in sustainable solutions

Measurable: 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

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Full Year Results Investor

Discussion Pack

Overview

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Financial

wellbeing

Housing

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responsible

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and inclusion

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framework

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with ESG targets

UN principles for

responsible banking

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2.2 Continued

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.

Target 2 – Targets for power generation and commercial real estate:

ANZ was the first Australian bank to sign up to the Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA) and we

are committed to aligning our lending portfolio with the goal of net zero emissions by 2050.

In 2021, we set the below sector targets for power generation and commercial real estate.

We will progressively expand our coverage of key sectors up to 2024, in line with our NZBA

commitment and the evolution of globally recognised standards and methodologies.

Power Generation

We are committed to supporting the clean electrification of the world’s energy supply, setting

a target to reduce the emissions intensity of our power generation portfolio by 50% on 2020

levels by 2030.

Commercial real estate

In 2021, we set the target to reduce the emissions intensity of our Australian large-scale

commercial real estate portfolio by 60% on 2019 levels by 2030.

Specific: to reduce emissions intensity

Measurable: target to reduce emissions intensity of our power generation portfolio by 50%

on 2020 levels by 2030 and reduce the emissions intensity of our Australian large-scale

commercial real estate portfolio by 60% on 2019 levels by 2030

Achievable: we are on track to achieve these targets

Relevant: it aligns with our ESG focus area of environmental sustainability

Time bound: by 2030

Our performance against the above power generation and commercial real estate targets is

reported in our Full Year Results Investor Discussion Pack. Further detail will be made available

in our 2022 Climate-related Financial Disclosures report which will provide further detail on our

customer engagement program during 2022 and will be available at anz.com/annualreport

prior to our Annual General Meeting.

These targets align with SDG 13 Climate Action.

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2.2 Continued

Impact area 2 – Inclusive, healthy economies

Inclusive, healthy economies was identified as an area ANZ has the potential to have both

a positive and negative impact on. Financial wellbeing is an ESG focus area for us, with

a number of targets being set in this area.

ANZ recognises the importance of financial wellbeing across the whole population in

sustaining a healthy and inclusive economy. Beyond providing core banking services, we

play a key role in leading research into what is influencing financial wellbeing in Australia

and New Zealand. Insights from our research are shared publicly so they can be used by

government, community and corporate sectors to inform their work, and we use these

insights to inform our products and services, as well as our financial education programs,

Saver Plus and MoneyMinded. These programs involve close collaboration with partners

from the community and government sectors.

Refer to pages 28–36for detail on how we are contributing towards financial wellbeing.

Target 1 – MoneyMinded partnerships:

“To establish seven new partnerships to expand the reach and improve impact of

MoneyMinded for disadvantaged communities, by end 2023” – which has a focus on

positive impacts for disadvantaged communities.

Specific: to establish seven new partnerships to expand the reach and improve

impact of MoneyMinded for disadvantaged communities

Measurable: 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

This target aligns with the following SDGs: 1 No Poverty, 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth,

10 Reduce Inequalities and 17 Partnerships for the Goals.

Target 2 – Supporting customers to save regularly

“Support 1.3 million customers to save regularly, by end 2022. (Australia and New Zealand)”

This target aligns with SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities.

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

pages11–15 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 this year, with the addition of two new S.M.A.R.T targets in the areas of environmental sustainability and one in the area

of financial wellbeing. These targets are still current and are in line with this Principle’s requirements.

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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 suite(including our Annual Report, ESG Supplement and Climate-related

Financial Disclosures report (which will be released prior to our Annual General Meeting,

available at anz.com/annualreport)) and at our annual ESG investor briefings. These updates

are published on anz.com; and on ANZ’s bluenotes and news sites.

2022 ESG Supplement

pages 11–15

2022 Annual Report

2022 Climate-related Financial Disclosure

report which will be released prior to our

Annual General Meeting will be available

at anz.com/annualreport.

ESG Reporting

ANZ bluenotes

ANZ News

ESG Presentations

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.

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 twice-yearly, at our Results

briefings and through our annual reporting disclosures.

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 $40.04 billion

towards the target.

We are on track to meet our sector targets for power generation and commercial real estate.

Our performance against the power generation and commercial real estate targets is reported

in our Full Year Results Investor Discussion Pack.

Our financial wellbeing target to establish seven new partnerships is on track, with six

new partnerships formed since October 2020.

Our financial wellbeing target to support customers to save regularly has been

achieved in 2022.

Details on progress of our other ESG targets are included in our 2022 ESG Supplement.

2022 ESG Supplement

pages 11–15

2022 Climate-related Financial Disclosure

report which will be released prior to our

Annual General Meeting will be available

at anz.com/annualreport.

ESG Reporting on our Shareholder Centre

Full Year Results Investor Discussion Pack

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 processes to evaluate and report on our progress against our ESG targets.

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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. This is underpinned by our employee Code of Conduct which sets

expected standards of behaviours and guides employees in applying the Bank’s values.

We work to maintain high standards of conduct and continue to improve our culture,

governance and accountability mechanisms to help improve customer outcomes.

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:

•Implement ANZ’s new Customer Extra Care Framework, including enhanced training

of 5,000 employees to build their capabilities with respect to identifying, supporting

and referring impacted customers, by end 2022. (Australia)

•Implement ANZ’s new human rights grievance mechanism, and publicly report on

complaints received under the mechanism, by end 2022.

•Achieve the 17 actions in our Reconciliation Action Plan, by end 2024. (Australia)

Refer to progress of our ESG targets at pages 11–15. The detailed progress against the

17 actions in our annual Reconciliation Action Plan, will be published in December 2022.

To better support customers in need of extra care, we have a gambling block tool 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 33,600 blocks were

enabled by customers this year. We also provide gambling support content on anz.com and

provide training and resources for our employees to facilitate customer conversations about

our gambling controls, financial assistance and referrals to external support services.

Our Human Rights Statement (Statement) outlines our approach to respecting human rights

and our Grievance Mechanism (Mechanism) supports people and communities who believe

their human rights have been impacted by ANZ’s Institutional or Corporate lending customers.

At the date of this report, we had not received any complaints to the Mechanism.

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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 Commitment, updated in November 2021, outlines our commitment to

support a net zero transition and help our customers and industry to do this. Our Commitment

is centred on four key areas:

1. Supporting our customers and industries to transition

2. Aligning our lending decisions to the Paris Agreement goals

3. Reducing emissions from our operations

4. Engaging constructively and transparently with stakeholders

One of our ESG targets is to 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. Key to this are our sustainable finance products and service. In 2022 we

continued to see growth in this business, participating in 140 transactions, in comparison to

81 transactions in 2021. Since October 2019, we have funded and facilitated $40.04 billion

towards the target.

Another ESG target is to 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.

Further details around implementation and progress on this target will be in the Climate-

related Financial Disclosures report, to be released prior to our Annual General Meeting and

made available at anz.com/annualreport.

Another important focus for ANZ is supporting household, business and financial practices

that improve environmental sustainability.

ANZ continues to support New Zealanders to improve the environmental sustainability of

their homes by offering:

•Healthy Home Loan Package – which offers 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.

•Good Energy Home Loan – a top up product that was launched this year, providing

a low-interest home loan rate for customers wanting to increase the energy efficiency of

their home. It allows customers to borrow up to NZ$80,000 at a 3-year fixed rate of 1%

per annum to upgrade homes with solar panels, heating and insulation, double glazing,

ventilation systems and rainwater tanks. It can also be used for electric and hybrid vehicles,

and EV chargers.

Environmental Sustainability

Climate Change Commitment

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pages 16–17

2022 ESG Supplement

pages 16–24

2022 Climate-related Financial Disclosure

report which will be released prior to our

Annual General Meeting will be available

at anz.com/annualreport.

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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 materiality assessment, we engage and consult with internal and external

stakeholders to inform our identification of ESG risks and opportunities. External views were

sought from institutional investors, consumer and environment NGOs, and our community

partners. The results of these interviews inform our strategy, ESG targets, Group Performance

Framework and external reporting.

This year’s materiality assessment identified the top 5 material issues ranked by

stakeholders as:

1. Climate change

2. Information Security

3. Innovation and technology

4. Customer experience

5. Employee capability and wellbeing

These issues complement our purpose which focuses on three key areas of:

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

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, as well as addressing issues

identified through our materiality assessment.

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. Refer to pages 9–10 for further details.

Our Human Rights Statement and Grievance Mechanism was informed by an external

multi-stakeholder working group, including civil society organisations, academics, business

representatives and customers in 2021. Engagement will again be sought with external

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

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Our Materiality Assessment

Stakeholder engagement

Our approach to Human Rights

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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.

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. The Committee meets four times a year.

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.

In addition, our risk management framework and policies, internal audit function and other

established systems and procedures help us effectively mitigate ESG risks.

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2022 Annual Report

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Reporting and Performance

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. 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.

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. Code of Conduct training is

mandatory for all ANZ employees and contractors.

Pages 12–13of our Annual Report outlines ANZ’s strategy and the work we are undertaking

to build a better bank. Key to this work is a clear linkage between purpose and strategy. We

have a suite of people, customer and reputation metrics in our Group Performance Framework,

with internal and external targets. Refer to our Remuneration Report within our Annual Report.

Our culture and conduct

Employee wellbeing and engagement

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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.

Our public ESG targets are approved and reviewed twice a year by the Board Ethics,

Environment, Social and Governance Committee (EESG) and are reviewed by the executive

Ethics and Responsible Business Committee (ERBC).

The ERBC 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. 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.

As mentioned above, the Board EESG Committee meets four times a year, and is responsible

for the oversight, review and/or approval of matters relating to our ESG focus areas, including

performance against targets.

We publicly report our progress against these targets twice yearly in Results briefings, in our

annual reporting suite (ESG Supplement, ESG Data Pack, Climate-related Financial Disclosures

report) and our ESG Investor Briefings.

Management incentives for delivering our strategy and purpose are in place at the most

senior levels of the organisation including our Group Executive Committee and senior leaders.

Our Group Performance Framework incorporates whether we have strengthened our position

as a leading Sustainability bank in the region, and our performance against the S&P corporate

sustainability assessment. Refer to the Remuneration Review from page 62 of the Annual Report.

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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.

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).

In 2019, ANZ became a founding signatory to the UN Principles for Responsible Banking.

We publish our alignment with the Principles for Responsible Banking annually, and full details

of progress against our ESG focus areas and targets can be found throughout this report.

Below is a summary of work we have completed in the last 12 months:

Alignment

•Our full range of ESG targets, against our ESG focus areas, support 12 of the

17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

•ANZ was the first Australian bank to sign up to the Net–Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA)

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6.1 Continued

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.

We report against the UN Global Compact Communication on Progress, Equator Principles,

Taskforce of Climate-related Financial Disclosures, as well as a stand-alone Modern Slavery

Report. We also joined the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures Forum to

support their work.

Impact and Target Setting

•Used the UNEPFI’s Impact Analysis Tool to help inform our impact analysis; conducted

our materiality assessment that also informed our analysis and target setting

•In November 2021, we set the sector targets for power generation and commercial real

estate. We will progressively expand our coverage of key sectors up to 2024, in line with our

NZBA commitment and the evolution of globally recognised standards and methodologies

Clients and Customers

•Three targets against our focus area of fair and responsible banking

•Released our new Reconciliation Action Plan

Stakeholders

•One of the ways we help create long-term value and deliver on our business strategy is

through a collaborative and proactive approach to building and maintaining relationships

with stakeholders. Pages 9–10 outlines in detail our stakeholder engagement during the

year including our regular program of CEO and Senior Executive meetings with civil

society leaders

Governance and Culture

•Part of our Bank we're Building approach is a clearer alignment between purpose and

strategy, reflected in our Group Performance Framework that contains metrics relating to

people, customer and reputation including whether we have strengthened our position

as a leading sustainability bank in the region, and our performance against the S&P

corporate sustainability assessment. Refer to the Remuneration Review from page 62

of the Annual Report.

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 third 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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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 2022 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 labelled

sustainable finance products including green/

social/sustainability/sustainability-linked

(GSSS) bonds, green/social/sustainability

loans, sustainability-linked loans (SLLs),

sustainability-linked derviatives, green/

sustainability-linked trade products, 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.

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;

–Corporate loans for businesses

in environmental/carbon project

development which facilitate the

transition to net zero or create nature

positive outcomes;

–Networks, management and

communication tools which facilitate

the transition to net zero

•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 2022 and is a twelve-year

Australia and New Zealand target, from 2018

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 and New Zealand 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

2018 above a threshold of $1 million. This

target contributes to the $50 billion target

from 1 October 2019.

Overview

Environmental

sustainability

Financial

wellbeing

Housing

Fair and

responsible

banking

Employee wellbeing

and inclusion

UN reporting

framework

UN SDG alignment

with ESG targets

UN principles for

responsible banking

self-assessment

Explanatory notes

Assurance

opinion

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Independent
Limited

Assurance

Report to the

Directors of

Australia and

New Zealand

Banking Group

Limited

Conclusion

Based on the evidence we obtained from the procedures

performed, we are not aware of any material misstatements

in the ESG Reporting, which has been prepared by ANZ

in accordance with the GRI Standards and ANZ’s basis of

reporting for the year ended 30 September 2022.

Information subject

to assurance

Australia and New Zealand Banking

Group Limited (ANZ) engaged KPMG

to perform a limited assurance

engagement in relation to the ANZ

2022 ESG Supplement and 2022 ESG

Supplement Data Pack (“ESG Reporting”).

KPMG’s scope of work comprises limited

assurance over all material text and data

claims presented in pages 1 to 80 of the

ANZ 2022 ESG Supplement, and all

material 2022 data points presented in

the 2022 ESG Supplement Data Pack.

The ANZ 2022 ESG Supplement is

attached to this assurance report, and

the 2022 ESG Supplement Data Pack is

available at anz.com/annualreport.

The ESG Reporting covers ANZ’s global

operations for year ended 30 September

2022 unless otherwise indicated.

Criteria

The ESG Reporting is prepared in

accordance with the GRI Standards

published by the Global Reporting

Initiative (GRI), version dated 2016 and

management’s basis of reporting, a

summary of which is included in the

Explanatory Notes section in the ANZ

2022 ESG Supplement.

Basis of our 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 ESG Reporting,

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.

Summary of procedures performed

Our limited assurance conclusion is based

on the evidence obtained from performing

the following procedures:

•Enquiries with management to understand

ANZ’s process for determining material ESG

issues; and implementation of these across

the business;

•Interviews with relevant staff responsible

for developing the content (text and data)

within the ESG Reporting 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 ESG Reporting;

•Comparing text and data (on a sample

basis) presented to underlying sources. This

included considering whether all material

matters had been included or excluded;

•Identifying and testing assumptions

supporting the calculations;

•Undertaking analytical review procedures

to support the reasonableness of the data;

•Assessment of whether information

reported was in accordance with the

GRI Standards Comprehensive level of

disclosures; and

•Reviewing other ANZ reporting including

the Annual Report, Annual Review, UN

Principles for Responsible Banking Self-

Assessment, explanatory notes of the ANZ

2022 ESG Supplement and GRI Navigator

in its entirety to ensure it is consistent with

our knowledge obtained through our

assurance engagement.

ANZ 2022

ESG Supplement

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Financial

wellbeing

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Fair and

responsible

banking

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and inclusion

UN reporting

framework

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opinion

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How the Standard Defines
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 Banking Group Limited

for the purpose of providing an assurance

conclusion on the ESG Reporting 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’s responsibility

•determining that the criteria is

appropriate to meet their needs;

•preparing and presenting the ESG

Reporting and other ESG related

information in accordance with the

criteria; and

•establishing internal controls that enable

the preparation and presentation of the

ESG Reporting that is free from material

misstatement, whether due to fraud

or error.

Our responsibility

Our responsibility is to perform a limited

assurance engagement in relation to the ESG

Reporting for the year ended 30 September

2022, and to issue an assurance report that

includes our conclusion.

Our independence and

quality control

We have complied with our independence

and other relevant ethical requirements of the

Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants

(including Independence Standards) 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 on anz.com).

KPMGAdrian King

Partner

KPMG Melbourne

26 October 2022

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ESG Supplement

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sustainability

Financial

wellbeing

Housing

Fair and

responsible

banking

Employee wellbeing

and inclusion

UN reporting

framework

Assurance

opinion

97

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