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8 November 2024


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ANZ 2024 ESG Supplement


ANZ Group Holdings Limited (ANZ) today released its 2024 ESG Supplement.


It has been approved for distribution by ANZ’s Ethics, Environment, Social and Governance Committee.


Yours faithfully


Simon Pordage

Company Secretary

ANZ Group Holdings Limited

Approved for distribution by ANZ’s Ethics, Environment, Social & Governance Committee
2024

ESG Supplement

At ANZ, our purpose is to shape a world
where people and communities thrive.

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 ESG approach is focused on responding to our six most material ESG issues:

Environmental

sustainability

Financial wellbeing

Housing

Information security

Responsible customer

engagement

Ethics, conduct

and culture

Contents
Overview and governance 4

Our 2024 reporting suite 4

Disclaimer and important notices 6

CEO’s message 7

About our business 8

ESG governance and risk management 9

What matters most to our stakeholders 12

Stakeholder engagement 15

Our ESG targets and performance 18

Ethics, conduct and culture 23

Managing non-financial risk at ANZ 23

Improving conduct and culture 24

Our shared culture at ANZ 26

Environmental sustainability 27

Our Climate and Environment Strategy 27

Supporting our customers’ transition

through financing 28

Housing 29

Financial wellbeing 32

Supporting financial wellbeing 32

Financial education programs 34

Information security 37

Scams 37

Cyber security 39

Data protection and privacy 41

Responsible customer engagement 42

Meeting customer expectations 42

Supporting customers in need of extra care 43

Supporting customers in financial hardship 45

Resolving customer complaints fairly 47

Digital banking experience 48

Helping our customers thrive with ANZ Plus 48

Banking in the Pacific 49

Regulation and risk management 50

Financial crime 50

Anti-bribery and anti-corruption 51

Social and environmental risk management 52

Equator Principles 55

Managing ESG risks and opportunities in

our supply chain 56

Thriving communities 57

Community investment 57

Human rights 59

Our approach to human rights 59

Diversity and inclusion 61

Contributing to reconciliation in Australia 61

Leading change in Aotearoa New Zealand

– ANZ’s commitment to Māori 62

Our approach to accessibility and inclusion 63

Workplace diversity and inclusion 64

Achieving gender balance in our business 65

Our focus on gender pay equality 66

Participation of under-represented groups

in our workforce 67

Employee experience 68

Wellbeing and engagement 68

Attracting and retaining employees 69

Learning and development 70

Explanatory notes 72

Explanatory notes 72

Glossary of terms 73

Assurance opinion 75

Acknowledgement of Country and Traditional Owners

ANZ acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout

Australia and recognises their continuing connection to lands, skies and

waterways. We pay our respects to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

cultures, and to Elders past and present.

Whakatauākī, ANZ New Zealand’s Proverb

Tākiri-ā-Rangi The expansive universe above

Tākiri-ā-Nuku The beauty of the proceeding lands below

Tākiri te Awatea A new dawn beckons

Kia Puāwai ki te Ao A blossoming to the world

Te Kare ā-Roto e With ripples of compassion and hope for all.

Our 2024 reporting suite
2024 Annual Report

anz.com.au/annualreport

2024 ESG Supplement

anz.com.au/esgreport

2024 ESG Data and Frameworks Pack

anz.com.au/esgreport

2024 Climate-related Financial Disclosures

anz.com.au/esgreport

Modern Slavery Statement

anz.com.au/esgreport

2024 Corporate Governance Statement

anz.com.au/annualreport

2024 Voluntary Tax Transparency Report

anz.com.au/annualreport

About this report

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 (NGOs)

and the community.

Our 2024 Environmental, Social and Governance

(ESG) Supplement complements our 2024

Annual Report and provides stakeholders with

detailed information on ANZ Group Holdings

Limited (ANZ GHL) ABN 16 659 510 791 and its

subsidiaries’ (referred to as “ANZ” or “the Group” or

“our” or “we”) ESG performance and challenges.

This report is structured in two 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 ESG issues; our

stakeholder engagement and our ESG targets.

• The second section outlines our management of

material ESG issues aligning with our focus areas

of ethics, conduct and culture; environmental

sustainability; housing; financial wellbeing;

information security; and responsible customer

engagement, as well as other ESG issues that

are of interest to our investors and stakeholders.

Key companion documents

We expect our ESG reporting approach to

evolve with the implementation of the Australian

Accounting Standards Board’s (AASB) Australian

Sustainability Reporting Standards (ASRS).

Currently the two key companion disclosure

documents are:

• Our 2024 ESG Data and Frameworks Pack

which includes our comparative performance

data, and Reporting Framework Indexes

including: Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), the

United Nations Guiding Principles on Business

and Human Rights and self-assessment against

the United Nations Principles for Responsible

Banking (Principles).

• Our 2024 Climate-related Financial

Disclosures, which describes our Climate

Change Commitment and how we have been

supporting our customers to date. This lays

the foundation for us to deliver on our five year

Climate and Environment Strategy, approved

in October 2024 to support an effective and

orderly transition in coming years. The Climate-

related Financial Disclosures is prepared in

accordance with the Task Force on Climate-

related Financial Disclosures 2021 (TCFD)

Framework. ANZ joined the Net-Zero Banking

Alliance (NZBA) in 2021 and the Climate-related

Financial Disclosures sets out how we are taking

action as part of this commitment.

Additional information can also be found in ANZ’s

Social and Environmental Sustainability Target

Methodology available at anz.com.au/esgreport.

Important things to note when

reading this report

Words that appear like ‘this’ are explained in

the glossary of terms on pages 73-74. The

Disclaimer and Important Notices section on

page 6 contains important information that

should be read together with this report.

Boundaries

This report covers ANZ operations over

which, unless otherwise stated, we have

control for the financial year commencing on

1 October 2023 and ending 30 September

2024, referred to as “2024” throughout the

report, unless otherwise stated. Where data

is still maturing and may only be for a part of

our operations, the data boundary will be noted.

Monetary amounts in this document are reported

in Australian dollars, unless otherwise stated.

On 31 July 2024, the Group acquired 100% of the

shares in SBGH Limited, the immediate holding

company of Suncorp Bank. The information reported

for the year ending 30 September 2024 does not

include Suncorp Bank for the period since ownership,

unless otherwise stated. Disclosures and data relating

to Suncorp Bank will be included in our 2025 reporting.

The processes, approaches and policies described

in this report may vary in application across ANZ’s

operations, for example, to reflect specific legal

requirements of the jurisdictions in which ANZ

operates.

Frameworks

ANZ has prepared this report in accordance with the

GRI Universal Standards 2021. A GRI Index is available

in our 2024 ESG Data and Frameworks Pack. We

have also considered aspects of the Sustainability

Accounting Standards Board (SASB) Standards.

Assurance

KPMG has performed limited assurance with

respect to:

• ANZ’s ESG Supplement and the ESG Data and

Frameworks Pack, in accordance with the GRI

Universal Standards 2021, ANZ’s Social and

Environmental Sustainability Target Methodology,

and Management’s basis of reporting included in

the Explanatory Notes. KPMG’s independent limited

assurance report is on pages 75-76.

• ANZ’s self-assessment against the United Nations

Environment Programme Finance Initiative Principles

for Responsible Banking Framework. KPMG’s

independent limited assurance report in relation to

the self-assessment, is available in the ESG Data

and Frameworks Pack.

Overview and governance

Our 2024 reporting suite

Disclaimer and important notices

CEO’s message

About our business

ESG governance and

risk management

What matters most

to our stakeholders

Stakeholder engagement

Our ESG targets and performance

Ethics, conduct and culture

Environmental sustainability

Housing

Financial wellbeing

Information security

Responsible customer engagement

Digital banking experience

Regulation and risk management

Thriving communities

Human rights

Diversity and inclusion

Employee experience

Explanatory notes

Assurance opinion

4ANZ 2024 ESG Supplement

Further, KPMG performs limited assurance over the
disclosures in the ANZ 2024 Climate-related Financial

Disclosures, and reasonable assurance over global

operational GHG emissions (Scope 1 and 2) (location-

based), global operational Scope 3 GHG emissions

(location-based) and global Scope 1, 2 and 3

emissions (market-based). KPMG’s limited assurance

report can be located on pages 117-119 of the

Climate-related Financial Disclosures.

Our broader reporting suite

ANZ has been a member of the United Nations

Global Compact (UNGC) since 2010. As part of our

membership, ANZ submits an annual Communication

on Progress outlining our progress against the

Ten Principles of the UNGC in the areas of human

rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption.

This is available at the UNGC website located at

unglobalcompact.org/.

ANZ is subject to the Australian Modern Slavery Act

2018 (Cth) and the United Kingdom’s Modern Slavery

Act 2015. Our Modern Slavery Statement (when

released) will set out actions taken to identify, assess

and manage modern slavery risks in our operations

and supply chain during 2024. Our 2024 Modern

Slavery Statement will be available at anz.com.au/

esgreport in March 2025.

Our 2024 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’.

Our 2024 Voluntary Tax Transparency Report

discloses how we meet the requirements of the

Australian Board of Tax, Voluntary Tax Transparency

Code (TTC) including setting out our tax governance

framework and compliance with the tax laws and

obligations in the jurisdictions in which we operate.

We are continually seeking to improve our reporting

suite and welcome feedback on our ESG and Climate

reporting. Please address any questions, comments

or suggestions to esg@anz.com.

Cautionary statement on inclusion

The SDGs are a collection of 17 non-legally binding, interlinked global goals produced by the UN for

countries and governments. The SDGs are included to show how our strategy supports the SDGs.

ANZ makes no representation, warranty, or assurance of any kind, express or implied, and takes no

responsibility or liability as to whether ANZ’s strategy furthers the objective or achieves the purpose of

the indicated SDG.

Further information on the SDGs can be found at un.org/sustainabledevelopment/. The content of

this publication has not been approved by the United Nations and does not reflect the views of the

United Nations or its officials or Member States.

Sustainable Development Goals

ANZ supports the United Nations Sustainable

Development Goals (SDGs) and we believe

that business has an important role to play in

their achievement. Our current ESG targets

strive to support all 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 (located on page 18 and set out

in our UN Principles for Responsible Banking

Self-Assessment available at anz.com.au/

esgreport) that address our most significant

positive and negative impacts, aligned with the

SDGs and the Paris Agreement.

We have reported our progress towards

implementing the Principles using the

Reporting and Self-assessment Index,

available in our 2024 ESG Data and

Frameworks Pack.

Overview and governance

Our 2024 reporting suite

Disclaimer and important notices

CEO’s message

About our business

ESG governance and

risk management

What matters most

to our stakeholders

Stakeholder engagement

Our ESG targets and performance

Ethics, conduct and culture

Environmental sustainability

Housing

Financial wellbeing

Information security

Responsible customer engagement

Digital banking experience

Regulation and risk management

Thriving communities

Human rights

Diversity and inclusion

Employee experience

Explanatory notes

Assurance opinion

5ANZ 2024 ESG Supplement

The material in this report contains
general background information about

the Group’s activities current as at

7 November 2024. It is information given

in summary form and does not purport

to be complete. It has a sustainability

focus and does not reflect the totality

of the Group’s business activities. For a

more complete overview of the Group’s

business, see the ANZ Annual Report

available at anz.com/shareholder/centre/.

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.

Forward-looking statements

This report may contain forward-looking

statements or opinions including statements

regarding our intent, belief or current

expectations with respect to the Group’s

business operations, market conditions, results

of operations and financial condition, capital

adequacy, sustainability objectives or targets,

specific provisions and risk management

practices. Those matters are subject to

risks and uncertainties that could cause the

actual results and financial position of the

Group to differ materially from the information

presented herein. When used in the report,

the words ‘forecast’, ‘estimate’, ‘goal’, ‘target’,

Disclaimer and important notices

‘indicator ’, ‘plan’, ‘pathway ’, ‘ambition’, ‘modelling’,

‘project’, ‘intend’, ‘anticipate’, ‘believe’, ‘expect’,

‘may ’, ‘probabilit y ’, ‘risk ’, ‘will’, ‘seek ’, ‘would’,

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

relate to the Group 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.

There can be no assurance that actual outcomes

will not differ materially from any forward-looking

statements or opinions contained herein.

These statements only speak as at the date of

publication and no representation is made as to

their correctness on or after this date. No member

of the Group undertakes to publicly release the

result of any revisions to these forward-looking

statements to reflect events or circumstances

after the date hereof to reflect the occurrence of

unanticipated events.

Climate-related information

This report may contain climate-related

statements, including in relation to climate-related

risks and opportunities, climate-related goals and

ambitions, climate scenarios, emissions reduction

pathways and climate projections. While the

statements were prepared in good faith, climate-

related statements are subject to significant

uncertainty, challenges and risks that may affect

their usefulness, accuracy and completeness,

including:

1. Availability and reliability of data – emissions

and climate-related data may be incomplete,

inconsistent, unreliable or unavailable (including

information from the Group’s clients), and it may

be necessary to rely on assumptions, estimates

or proxies where that is the case.

2. Uncertain methodologies and modelling –

methodologies, frameworks and standards

used for calculations of climate-related metrics,

modelling and climate data are not universally

applied, are rapidly evolving and subject to

change. This may impact the data modelling,

approaches, and targets used in preparation of

this report.

3. Complexity of calculations and estimates –

estimating financed or facilitated emissions

(including allocating emissions to banking

activities) and emissions reduction is complex

and relies on assumptions and judgments, often

made in respect of long periods of time.

4. Changes to climate-related governing frameworks

– changes to climate-related policy, laws,

regulations and market practices, standards and

developments, including those resulting from

legal proceedings and regulatory investigations.

5. Lack of consistency in definitions and climate-

science terminology subject to changes –

definitions and standards for climate-related

data and assessment frameworks used

across industries and jurisdictions may vary,

and terminology and concepts relating to

climate science and decarbonisation pathways

may evolve and change over time. These

inconsistencies and changes can also make

comparisons between different organisations’

climate targets and achievements difficult or

inappropriate.

6. Reliance on third parties for data or involvement

– the Group may need to rely on assistance,

data or other information from external data

and methodology providers or other third

parties, which may also be subject to change

and uncertainty. Additionally, action and

continuing participation of third parties, such

as stakeholders, may be required (including

financial institutions and governmental and non-

governmental organisations).

Due to these uncertainties, challenges and risks,

statements, assumptions, judgments, calculations,

estimates or proxies made or used by the

Group may turn out to be incorrect, inaccurate

or incomplete. Readers should conduct their

own independent analysis and not rely on the

information for investment decision-making.

The information in this notice should be read

with the qualifications, limitations and guidance

included throughout this report and in:

Appendix 4 ANZ Financed Emissions

Methodology included in the 2024 Climate-

related Financial Disclosures available at

anz.com.au/esgreport

Appendix 6 ANZ Operational Greenhouse

Gas Reporting and Carbon Offset Methodology

included in the 2024 Climate-related Financial

Disclosures available at anz.com.au/esgreport

ANZ Social and Environmental Sustainability

Target Methodology available at anz.com.au/

esgreport

2024 ANZ ESG Data and Frameworks Pack

available at anz.com.au/esgreport

Overview and governance

Our 2024 reporting suite

Disclaimer and important notices

CEO’s message

About our business

ESG governance and

risk management

What matters most

to our stakeholders

Stakeholder engagement

Our ESG targets and performance

Ethics, conduct and culture

Environmental sustainability

Housing

Financial wellbeing

Information security

Responsible customer engagement

Digital banking experience

Regulation and risk management

Thriving communities

Human rights

Diversity and inclusion

Employee experience

Explanatory notes

Assurance opinion

6ANZ 2024 ESG Supplement

CEO’s message
Environmental, Social and

Governance (ESG) principles are

integral to our purpose, which is to

shape a world where people and

communities thrive. We deliver our

purpose by executing on our strategy,

which is focused on improving the

financial wellbeing and sustainability

of our customers.

To keep pace with the rapidly evolving external

environment and ensure we’re focused on the right

areas, we engage regularly with our stakeholders.

This ESG Supplement sets out our approach to

these areas – one of which is ethics, conduct and

culture.

We believe a strong culture is critical to meeting

community expectations and continue to be

guided by our Code of Conduct, which sets the

expected standards of behavior consistent with

our purpose. The Code supports our values

and helps us to make fair, balanced and ethical

decisions in our day-to-day work.

This year issues that arose in our Australian

Markets business have reinforced how critical it is

to ensure we have an engaged, purpose-led and

diverse culture across ANZ, built around driving

better customer outcomes.

Shayne Elliott

Chief Executive Officer

While our employee engagement score remained

industry leading in 2024, I acknowledge there

is always more to be done to embed a strong,

speak-up culture with a deep understanding of

non-financial risk. As CEO of ANZ, this is a key

priority.

Financial wellbeing and housing continue to be key

areas of focus given cost of living pressures and

deteriorating housing affordability and availability

in both Australia and New Zealand. This year, we

have funded and facilitated more than $1 billion

against our target of delivering $10 billion of more

affordable, accessible and sustainable homes

to buy and rent by the end of 2030. We have

delivered more than $6.4 billion since the target

commenced in 2018.

Our Climate and Environment Strategy adopts a

Group wide approach to financing a sustainable

transition. This is discussed in more detail in our

2024 Climate-related Financial Disclosures.

We also work hard to stay abreast of what’s

happening in the broader economy and the impact

it’s having on our customers and the community.

Maintaining the security of customer information,

including how we support customers and keep

them safe from scams, is vitally important to our

stakeholders.

We set out how we are investing in prevention

and detection tools across the bank to keep our

customers and their data safe. We also outline

our approach to providing fair, accessible and

affordable products to customers.

This includes measures we’re taking to improve

both the experiences and outcomes for those

seeking hardship support, which is particularly

important in the current economic conditions.

This year we also undertook a review of our Ethics

and Responsible Business Committee. I chair this

committee and we want to ensure it continues to

effectively fulfill its role as the world continues to

evolve at pace.

We understand there will always be more to do

to respond to a fast-changing world, but we’re

making good progress and taking meaningful

action towards our purpose. We recognise the

importance of ESG in delivering long-term benefits

to our shareholders and that managing ESG well

delivers stronger governance outcomes, a lower

risk bank and more sustainable earnings while

helping us better serve our customers.

Finally, but importantly, during this financial year

ANZ completed the historic acquisition of Suncorp

Bank. We will incorporate our ESG reporting

on Suncorp Bank from the 2025 financial year

onwards.

Shayne Elliott

Chief Executive Officer

Overview and governance

Our 2024 reporting suite

Disclaimer and important notices

CEO’s message

About our business

ESG governance and

risk management

What matters most

to our stakeholders

Stakeholder engagement

Our ESG targets and performance

Ethics, conduct and culture

Environmental sustainability

Housing

Financial wellbeing

Information security

Responsible customer engagement

Digital banking experience

Regulation and risk management

Thriving communities

Human rights

Diversity and inclusion

Employee experience

Explanatory notes

Assurance opinion

7ANZ 2024 ESG Supplement

About our business
Australia Retail

Provides a range of banking products and services to Australian consumers.

Australia

Commercial

Provides a range of banking products and financial services to small business

owners, medium commercial customers, large commercial customers, and high

net worth individuals and family groups.

Institutional

Services global institutional and corporate customers, and governments across

Australia, New Zealand and International (including Papua New Guinea (PNG)) via

Transaction Banking, Corporate Finance and Markets business units.

New Zealand

Services retail and commercial banking customers in New Zealand and is one

of the largest New Zealand companies.

Pacific

Provides banking products and services to retail and commercial customers

(including multi-nationals) and to governments located in the Pacific region

(excluding PNG which forms part of the Institutional division).

Suncorp Bank

On 31 July 2024, the Group acquired 100% of the shares in SBGH Limited, the

immediate holding company of Suncorp Bank. The transaction was undertaken

to accelerate the growth of the Group’s retail and commercial businesses while

also improving the geographic balance of its business in Australia. The ESG

performance reported for the year ending 30 September 2024 does not include

Suncorp Bank for the period since ownership, unless otherwise stated. Disclosures

and data relating to Suncorp Bank will be included in our 2025 ESG reporting.

Group Centre

Provides support to the operating divisions, including technology, property,

risk management, financial management, treasury, strategy, marketing, human

resources, corporate affairs, and shareholder functions. It also includes minority

investments in Asia and interests in the ANZ Non-Bank Group.

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.

Integrating ESG and purpose into our strategy

has created an opportunity for us to better

serve our customers and generate long-term

shareholder value.

Through our purpose we have elevated three

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.

We provide banking and financial products and services to more

than 10 million

1

retail and business customers, across 29 markets.

Our expertise, products and services make us a bank. Our people,

purpose, values and culture make us ANZ.

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 down the expected

standards of professional behaviour and

guides us in applying our values.

Our values are: I.C.A.R.E

Integrity

Collaboration

Accountability

Respect

Excellence

We operate across a diverse business structure

1. Includes Suncorp Bank customers.

Overview and governance

Our 2024 reporting suite

Disclaimer and important notices

CEO’s message

About our business

ESG governance and

risk management

What matters most

to our stakeholders

Stakeholder engagement

Our ESG targets and performance

Ethics, conduct and culture

Environmental sustainability

Housing

Financial wellbeing

Information security

Responsible customer engagement

Digital banking experience

Regulation and risk management

Thriving communities

Human rights

Diversity and inclusion

Employee experience

Explanatory notes

Assurance opinion

8ANZ 2024 ESG Supplement

ESG governance and risk management
Board and Executive oversight

The ANZ Group Holdings Limited Board (Board)

is responsible for oversight of the Group and

its overall governance and performance, with

specific duties as set out in its charter available

at anz.com.au/corporategovernance.

The Board, with the support of six principal

Board Committees (refer chart to the right),

is also responsible for oversight of ANZ’s

governance framework. The framework seeks

to provide effective and responsible decision

making, assisting ANZ in delivering on its

strategy and purpose. Each Board Committee

has its own charter setting out its roles and

responsibilities available at anz.com.au/

corporategovernance

.

At management level, the Group Executive

Committee (ExCo) comprises ANZ’s most senior

executives. A delegations of authority framework

outlines matters delegated from the Board to our

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and other members

of senior management. In addition, a number of

formally established management committees

deal with particular sets of ongoing issues.

The Board and key committees oversee our

ESG approach, including how we manage our

climate risks and opportunities. The committees

that represent our governance structure for the

oversight of ESG risks and opportunities are

discussed on the following pages. Our governance

approach to climate-related risks and opportunities

is discussed in more detail in our 2024 Climate-

related Financial Disclosures available at

anz.com.au/esgreport.

Board and Board Committees

ANZ’s Board

The Board is responsible for the oversight and

strategic direction of the Group.

As part of its role, the Board sets and monitors

the long-term implementation of ANZ’s strategies

and financial objectives. The Board has a

specific responsibility to oversee and assess

management’s performance in achieving strategies

and budgets approved by the Board as well as

monitoring the management of risk across ANZ.

Board skills

The ANZ Board Skills Matrix, as set out in the

2024 Corporate Governance Statement, which

is available at anz.com/corporategovernance,

outlines the key skills and experience the ANZ

Board is looking to achieve in its membership.

Included in the skills matrix is sustainability.

Our directors collectively bring a broad range of

skills, and current and prior experience which

includes having held roles across sectors such

as infrastructure, energy, mining, banking and

agriculture. For further details on the experience of

our directors refer to anz.com/annualreport.

In addition to having individuals on the Board with

a variety of technical skills and experiences, the

Board seeks to ensure that the directors operate

as a team. The Board is focused on the long-term

success of the Group. Each director has an individual

perspective which facilitates respectful and

constructive challenge of management and each

other, allowing for robust debate when navigating

complex issues.

The Skills Matrix is reviewed by the Nomination and

Board Operations Committee on a regular basis.

Principal Board

Committees

Audit Committee

Ethics, Environment,

Social and Governance

Committee

Risk Committee

Digital Business

and Technology Committee

Nomination and

Board Operations Committee

People

and Culture Committee

Board of Directors

Overview and governance

Our 2024 reporting suite

Disclaimer and important notices

CEO’s message

About our business

ESG governance and

risk management

What matters most

to our stakeholders

Stakeholder engagement

Our ESG targets and performance

Ethics, conduct and culture

Environmental sustainability

Housing

Financial wellbeing

Information security

Responsible customer engagement

Digital banking experience

Regulation and risk management

Thriving communities

Human rights

Diversity and inclusion

Employee experience

Explanatory notes

Assurance opinion

9ANZ 2024 ESG Supplement

For more information on our approach to climate-
related risks see our 2024 Climate-related Financial

Disclosures available at anz.com.au/esgreport.

Board Digital Business and

Technology Committee

The role of the Digital Business and Technology

Committee is to assist the Board in the effective

discharge of its responsibilities by providing

oversight of the Group’s digital transformation,

data, technology, technology-related innovation

and information/cyber security strategies.

Board People and Culture Committee

The Board is ultimately responsible for and

oversees ANZ Group’s Performance and

Remuneration Framework and its effective

application throughout the ANZ Group. The People

and Culture Committee’s role is to assist the Board

in its oversight of the effective operation of the

Performance and Remuneration Framework and

other Talent and Culture matters.

The People and Culture Committee has a strong

focus on the relationship between business

performance, risk management and remuneration,

aligned with our business strategy.

A joint meeting of the People and Culture,

Risk and Audit Committees is held annually to

review performance and variable remuneration

recommendations at both the Group, and CEO/

Disclosed Executive level (i.e. assessment of the ANZ

Group Scorecard and Divisional Scorecards for the

current financial year and setting the preliminary ANZ

Group Scorecard and Divisional Scorecards for the

next financial year). The Committees then submit

their recommendations to the Board for approval.

Refer to our Remuneration Report within our Annual

Report available at anz.com/annualreport.

Ethics and Responsible Business

Committee (ERBC)

The ERBC, chaired by the CEO, comprises Group

Executives and senior executives from business

divisions and Group functions.

The ERBC is a leadership and decision-making

body that exists to advance ANZ’s purpose and

seeks to ensure that ANZ operates responsibly

and achieves fair, ethical and balanced stakeholder

outcomes. The ERBC provides leadership on our

ESG risks and opportunities, monitoring progress

quarterly against ANZ’s ESG targets, which include

those related to climate.

This year, we have undertaken a review of the

ERBC to ensure the Committee continues to

effectively fulfill its role. In August 2024, the ERBC

charter was updated to reflect:

• Adjustments to the Committee’s key

responsibilities to align with restated objectives,

including relating to financial wellbeing,

affordable housing and ethical and ESG risks

and opportunities;

• Renewed Committee membership, for example,

inclusion of Group Executives from four of ANZ’s

divisions (Australia Commercial, Institutional,

New Zealand and Australia Retail); and

• The ERBC considers the key social and

environmental impacts of various industries,

customers and communities ANZ serves.

The ERBC is responsible for overseeing the

ERBC Sub-Committee for sensitive wholesale

transactions.

Board Ethics, Environment, Social and

Governance (EESG) Committee

The Board EESG Committee is responsible for

assisting the Board by providing oversight of

measures to advance ANZ’s purpose, focusing

on ethical and ESG matters.

In undertaking this role, the Board EESG

Committee is responsible for oversight, review and

approval of ANZ’s ESG approach, objectives and

performance, and public disclosures including ESG

and climate-related targets. Refer to page 18 for

more information on setting and approving targets.

The Board EESG Committee meetings typically

open with an overview of the ESG operating

environment, covering current and emerging

issues, including regulatory and parliamentary

inquiries, community sentiment, relevant

international developments and our stakeholder

engagement. Key topics that were considered in

2024 are outlined on the following page.

The Board EESG Committee also reviews the

Ethics and Responsible Business Committee

(ERBC) meeting minutes and discusses material

matters referred to it from that body.

Board Risk Committee (BRC)

The BRC oversees the implementation and

operation of the Group’s Risk Management

Framework, including climate risk, which was

elevated to a material risk in November 2023.

In undertaking this role, the BRC is responsible

for endorsing the Risk Appetite Statement. The

Risk Appetite Statement sets out the Board’s

expectations regarding the degree of risk (including

climate risk) that the Group is prepared to accept in

pursuit of its strategic objectives and business plan.

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.

ANZ’s Ethical Decision-Making

Framework

As the needs and expectations of

community, regulators and investors

evolve, we need a robust approach to

how we consider the ethical, social,

economic and environmental impacts

of decisions we make.

Our Ethical Decision-Making Framework

is a common framework used to help

deliberate complex issues – one that

enables us to consider both what we

should do and what we can do in various

scenarios.

The ERBC can draw on the Ethical

Decision-Making Framework when

considering complex ethical issues, such

as the social and environmental impacts

of the industries, customers and

transactions ANZ supports.

Board CommitteesManagement Committees

Below are the Board Committees and Management Committees that represent our governance structure for the oversight of ESG for 2024

Overview and governance

Our 2024 reporting suite

Disclaimer and important notices

CEO’s message

About our business

ESG governance and

risk management

What matters most

to our stakeholders

Stakeholder engagement

Our ESG targets and performance

Ethics, conduct and culture

Environmental sustainability

Housing

Financial wellbeing

Information security

Responsible customer engagement

Digital banking experience

Regulation and risk management

Thriving communities

Human rights

Diversity and inclusion

Employee experience

Explanatory notes

Assurance opinion

10ANZ 2024 ESG Supplement

Other management committees
Other management committees play a role in

the management of risks, including climate risk

and risks which are climate-related, such as

the following:

• Operational Risk Executive Committee (OREC) is

the primary senior executive management forum

responsible for overseeing the non-financial

risk profile and the related control environment

across the Group. This includes relevant climate-

related non-financial risks; and

• Credit and Markets Risk Committee (CMRC)

is the primary senior executive management

forum responsible for the oversight and control

of credit, market, insurance and other material

financial risks across the Group. This includes

relevant climate-related financial risks.

The purpose of these management committees is

to assist the BRC in the effective discharge of its

responsibilities.

OREC and CMRC have responsibility (shared with

ERBC) for oversight of climate risk. OREC and

CMRC also have responsibility for the oversight of

ANZ’s management of new and emerging risks

within their respective risk areas.

Activities undertaken by OREC and CMRC will at

times overlap with topics raised in ERBC (and vice

versa) as part of the executive oversight and risk

management required to deliver on ANZ’s purpose

and strategy.

Areas of focus by the Board EESG

Committee and management ERBC

Both committees discuss the areas of ‘how

we bank’ and ‘who we bank’. This year the

committees have considered the below topics,

including receiving briefings from internal and

external subject matter experts. These briefings

and meetings provide opportunities to support

knowledge building and capability in a range of

ESG topics including our most material issues

discussed on page 12, and for example:

Financial wellbeing

Scams

Family violence

Financial inclusion and

community programs

First Nations banking

Nature

Large Emitters Engagement Program

(LEEP)

Ethical adoption of artificial intelligence

For the climate-related areas of focus by the Board

EESG Committee and management ERBC please

see our 2024 Climate-related Financial Disclosures

available at anz.com.au/esgreport.

We run a regular program of CEO and senior

executive meetings with civil society leaders

including non-government organisations,

government, regulators and academics to build

knowledge of our senior executives across

ESG topics.

ESG targets, including

climate-related targets

Each year we set public targets that reflect our

ESG focus areas, support the delivery of our

business strategy and respond to our most

material ESG issues.

Progress against our ESG targets is monitored

quarterly by the ERBC and twice a year by the

Board EESG Committee. An annual review of

these targets is conducted to ensure they remain

relevant. Proposed targets are reviewed by the

ERBC and the Board EESG Committee and

approved by the Board EESG Committee.

See our ESG targets including our 2024

performance on pages 18-22. See our 2024

Climate-related Financial Disclosures for detail on

our sectoral pathways targets available at

anz.com.au/esgreport.

Executive remuneration  

ANZ’s Remuneration Report within our Annual

Report, available at anz.com/annualreport, details

how performance and remuneration outcomes are

determined for our most senior leaders.

The CEO’s Short Term Variable Remuneration

(STVR) is assessed 100% on the ANZ Group

Scorecard, adjusted by the CEO Leadership

Modifier, which takes into consideration the CEO’s

leadership of: key strategic priorities aligned with

ANZ’s strategy; ANZ’s values/behaviours; and

ANZ’s risk and compliance standards.

Performance objectives are set for Disclosed

Executives through Divisional Scorecards, aligned

with the ANZ Group Scorecard. STVR outcomes

for Disclosed Executives reflect both the overall

performance of the Group and the performance

of each individual Disclosed Executive and their

relevant division.

ANZ’s Group Scorecard includes relevant

objectives and measures. For example the 2024

Group Scorecard includes:

• Delivery against Environmental, Social and

Governance (ESG) targets, such as the funding

and facilitation of at least $100 billion by the end

of 2030 in social and environmental activities,

management of climate risks via our Large

Emitters Engagement Program, and reducing the

direct impact of our business activities on the

environment.

• Attract, retain, engage and develop people with

the skills and mindset to support our business

transformation, such as through the upskilling

of employees with the ESG@ANZ Learning

Program.

• Maintain a purpose led culture, with strong

employee engagement, and improved diversity

and inclusion. A key measure includes a Diversity

and Inclusion (D&I) target (aligned to our D&I

strategy).

Divisional Scorecards also include objectives and

measures as relevant to the particular business.

Group/Divisional Scorecards are not designed to

capture all of our ESG targets – however our senior

leaders are accountable for ensuring we focus

on and seek to adhere to our commitments and

policies, with regular review and oversight by the

CAF, ERBC, and EESG.

Overview and governance

Our 2024 reporting suite

Disclaimer and important notices

CEO’s message

About our business

ESG governance and

risk management

What matters most

to our stakeholders

Stakeholder engagement

Our ESG targets and performance

Ethics, conduct and culture

Environmental sustainability

Housing

Financial wellbeing

Information security

Responsible customer engagement

Digital banking experience

Regulation and risk management

Thriving communities

Human rights

Diversity and inclusion

Employee experience

Explanatory notes

Assurance opinion

11ANZ 2024 ESG Supplement

What matters most to our stakeholders
Each year we conduct a materiality assessment where we engage with internal and external stakeholders

to identify and assess our most material ESG issues. The results help inform our business practices – including

Group Performance Framework – ESG targets and the coverage given to key topics in our external reporting.

Our material ESG issues

We’re continuing to bring our purpose to life

through our focus on complex issues that are

important to society and our business strategy:

Our materiality assessment this year also

highlighted the ongoing importance of three

other issues:

• Ethics, conduct and culture was again raised

in stakeholder discussions this year. It includes

meeting expected standards of behaviour.

• Information security, encompassing cyber

security and financial crime, remains a top order

issue, including due to continuing customer

losses to scams.

• Responsible customer engagement (in

previous years we called this customer

experience), covering the need for ANZ, in

particular in challenging economic conditions, to

provide fair, accessible and affordable products,

as well as customer support, including for those

in financial hardship.

These six issues are consistent with our 2023

assessment.

Our assessment process

External views were sought on a broad range

of ESG issues through stakeholder surveys in

Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific, and

interviews in Australia with institutional investors,

consumer and environmental non-government

organisations, and our community partners. The

survey this year included a more granular list of

topics, which were then aggregated into the issues

set out on pages 13-14).

Our approach included using a double materiality

analysis, asking stakeholders to consider in what

areas ANZ has the most impact (positive and

negative) on the economy, environment and

people (including their human rights), as well as the

impact these issues may have on the bank’s ability

to create value through its financial or operating

performance.

In developing our list of topics and deciding

which issues were most material, we considered

the following:

• Our purpose, strategy, values and Code of

Conduct (refer to pages 24 and 26)

• Our Material Risks (refer to page 30 of our

2024 Annual Report available at

anz.com.au/annualreport)

• Recent regulatory developments,

including developments in sustainability

reporting standards

• Industry research and trends

• Investor reports and priorities

• Peer review

• Media review and analysis

• The United Nations Principles for

Responsible Banking

• The United Nations Sustainable

Development Goals (SDGs)

1

Our assessment approach is in accordance with

the GRI Standard G3: Material Topics 2021 and

considers the Sustainability Accounting Standards

Board (SASB) Conceptual Framework 2017. Refer

also to our 2024 ESG Data and Frameworks Pack

available at anz.com.au/esgreport.

We expect our broader ESG reporting approach

to evolve with the implementation of the AASB

Australian Sustainability Reporting Standards.

Environmental sustainability remains

one of the highest priority issues

identified by our stakeholders, in terms

of both risks and opportunities.

Financial wellbeing continues to be a

key issue in light of current economic

conditions.

Housing was also identified by many

of our stakeholders as of particular

importance, noting the challenges

associated with the cost of living and

housing affordability and availability in

Australia and New Zealand.

1. Refer to the Cautionary statement on inclusion on page 5.

Overview and governance

Our 2024 reporting suite

Disclaimer and important notices

CEO’s message

About our business

ESG governance and

risk management

What matters most

to our stakeholders

Stakeholder engagement

Our ESG targets and performance

Ethics, conduct and culture

Environmental sustainability

Housing

Financial wellbeing

Information security

Responsible customer engagement

Digital banking experience

Regulation and risk management

Thriving communities

Human rights

Diversity and inclusion

Employee experience

Explanatory notes

Assurance opinion

12ANZ 2024 ESG Supplement

1. The survey this year included a more granular list of topics, which were then aggregated into the issues set out in this table. Sub-topics within an individual issue were not necessarily identified as ‘material’ in their own right. 2. Refer to the Cautionary statement on inclusion on page 5.
Our most material ESG issues (not ranked)

Description of issue

1

Location of disclosureRelated UN SDGs

2

Environmental

sustainability

Climate change; nature including biodiversity; circular economy;

ANZ’s own emissions.

2024 Climate-related Financial Disclosures available at

anz.com.au/esgreport

2024 ESG Supplement pages 27-28 (summary only)

2024 Annual Report page 16 available at

anz.com.au/annualreport

Financial wellbeingCustomer and community financial wellbeing.2024 ESG Supplement pages 32-36

2024 Annual Report page 16 available at

anz.com.au/annualreport

HousingHousing access, affordability and sustainability.2024 ESG Supplement pages 29-31

2024 Annual Report page 16 available at

anz.com.au/annualreport

Ethics, conduct and

culture

Corporate values, conduct and culture; and

corporate governance.

2024 ESG Supplement pages 23-26

2024 Annual Report page 16 available at

anz.com.au/annualreport

Information securityFinancial crime prevention (including fraud and scams);

cyber security and data management (including privacy

and security).

2024 ESG Supplement pages 37-41

2024 Annual Report page 16 available at

anz.com.au/annualreport

Responsible customer

engagement

Responsible marketing, sales and lending practices; fair,

accessible and affordable products and services; customer

support (e.g. hardship), experience and satisfaction.

2024 ESG Supplement pages 42-47

Overview and governance

Our 2024 reporting suite

Disclaimer and important notices

CEO’s message

About our business

ESG governance and

risk management

What matters most

to our stakeholders

Stakeholder engagement

Our ESG targets and performance

Ethics, conduct and culture

Environmental sustainability

Housing

Financial wellbeing

Information security

Responsible customer engagement

Digital banking experience

Regulation and risk management

Thriving communities

Human rights

Diversity and inclusion

Employee experience

Explanatory notes

Assurance opinion

13ANZ 2024 ESG Supplement

Other ESG issues (not ranked)
Description of issue

1

Location of disclosureRelated UN SDGs

2

Digital banking

experience

Digital innovation and emerging technology, including artificial

intelligence.

2024 ESG Supplement pages 48-49

2024 Annual Report page 16 available at

anz.com.au/annualreport

Diversity and inclusionDiversity, equity and inclusion; First Nations rights, advancement

and integration (e.g. of Te Ao Māori).

2024 ESG Supplement pages 61-67

Employee experienceWorkforce planning, attraction and retention, including remuneration;

employee support (e.g. health, safety, wellbeing and engagement).

2024 ESG Supplement pages 68-71

Human rightsHuman rights and modern slavery; supply chain management and

procurement that is sustainable, responsible and diverse.

2024 ESG Supplement pages 59-60

Regulation and risk

management

Regulatory compliance; anti-money laundering (AML),

counter-terrorism financing (CTF), anti-bribery, anti-corruption

(ABAC); financial system risk and resilience.

2024 ESG Supplement pages 50-56

2024 Annual Report pages 26-28 available at

anz.com.au/annualreport

Thriving communitiesCommunity engagement, investment and contribution.2024 ESG Supplement pages 57-58

1. The survey this year included a more granular list of topics, which were then aggregated into the issues set out in this table. Sub-topics within an individual issue were not necessarily identified as ‘material’ in their own right. 2. Refer to the Cautionary statement on inclusion on page 5.

Overview and governance

Our 2024 reporting suite

Disclaimer and important notices

CEO’s message

About our business

ESG governance and

risk management

What matters most

to our stakeholders

Stakeholder engagement

Our ESG targets and performance

Ethics, conduct and culture

Environmental sustainability

Housing

Financial wellbeing

Information security

Responsible customer engagement

Digital banking experience

Regulation and risk management

Thriving communities

Human rights

Diversity and inclusion

Employee experience

Explanatory notes

Assurance opinion

14ANZ 2024 ESG Supplement

Stakeholder engagement
Customers

Key issues raised

• Increasing interest rates and how they impact

cost of living pressures

• Conduct and culture

• Products, fees and charges

• Customer service including access to branches

in regional Australia

• ANZ’s digital propositions including ANZ Plus

• Agreement to acquire Suncorp Bank by ANZ

• Information security, scams and data privacy

• Societal challenges including housing

affordability and natural disasters

• Digital inclusion

• Supporting our customers’ transition to net-zero

• Macroeconomic, geopolitical and localised

issues impacting customers

How we responded

Examples of our response to a number of the

issues raised by customers can be found on pages

42-47 of this document.

Employees

How we engaged

• Branch staff and relationship managers, product

partners and senior managers for specific

customer support (in-person and via calls,

emails and letters)

• ANZ’s online customer research community

• Live chat and notifications on anz.com and the

ANZ Apps

• 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

team, Extra Care Hub and related functions

• Social media

• Research and economics forums and insights

• ‘5-in-5 with ANZ’ podcast

• Customer and sponsorship events and

delegations

How we engaged

• Annual ‘My Voice’ survey and regular ‘pulse’

surveys

• Risk culture survey

• Financial wellbeing webinars

• Reconciliation Action Plan barometer survey

• Interactive webcasts with ANZ’s CEO, Executive

Committee and other internal and external guest

speakers

• Direct people leader communication, including

in-person leadership conferences

• Internal communications channels, including

email, intranet and Viva Engage

• Meetings with unions representing ANZ

employees

• Workplace mental health review

• Divisional roadshows for employees

Key issues raised

• Attracting, building and retaining workforce

capability

• Business strategy and priorities including the

acquisition of Suncorp Bank by ANZ

• Professional growth and development

• Change and transformation

• The impact of artificial intelligence and

technology

• Our purpose and material ESG focus areas,

and how ANZ is responding

• Diversity and inclusion

• Flexible working arrangements

• Remuneration and reward; performance

management

• ‘Speak up’ culture

• Wellbeing

How we responded

Examples of our response to a number of the

issues raised by employees can be found on

pages 64-71 of this document.

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.

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

examples of how we responded.

See our Stakeholder Engagement

Policy Summary available at

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

practices/

Overview and governance

Our 2024 reporting suite

Disclaimer and important notices

CEO’s message

About our business

ESG governance and

risk management

What matters most

to our stakeholders

Stakeholder engagement

Our ESG targets and performance

Ethics, conduct and culture

Environmental sustainability

Housing

Financial wellbeing

Information security

Responsible customer engagement

Digital banking experience

Regulation and risk management

Thriving communities

Human rights

Diversity and inclusion

Employee experience

Explanatory notes

Assurance opinion

15ANZ 2024 ESG Supplement

• The environment and energy, including climate-
related financial disclosures, the regulation

of ‘greenwashing’, support for hydrogen and

sustainable financing

• Payments, including the regulation of payments

and the provision of cheques

New Zealand

• Regulatory issues including responsible

consumer lending, the consumer data right,

AML/CTF laws, environmental planning

reforms for agribusinesses, merchant service

fees, deposit compensation and prudential

supervision

• Public policy development on issues including

competition in retail banking, accessibility of

banking services, climate resilience and climate-

related financial disclosures, scams, housing,

macroprudential tools and payments

• Economic analysis and outlook provided by

ANZ Research

How we responded

We listen to and seek to 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 a number of issues raised is outlined on

pages 50-56 of this document and the 2024

Climate-related Financial Disclosures available

at anz.com.au/esgreport.

Shareholders

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. This year, we held our

seventh annual ESG investor briefing.

Examples of our response to a number of the

issues raised by shareholders can be found on

pages 12-14 of this document and pages 12-30

of the 2024 Annual Report available at anz.com.

au/annualreport.

Government and regulators

How we engaged

• Meetings with members of Parliament, public

officials and regulators

• Submissions to and appearances before

Parliamentary committee inquiries and

government and regulatory consultations

Key issues raised

Australia

• Cost of living pressures, including the impact

of interest rates on our customers and the

economy

• Conduct of ANZ

• Review of industry approaches to identifying and

supporting home loan customers experiencing

financial hardship

• Physical banking services, including branches

in regional areas and the distribution of cash

• The acquisition of Suncorp Bank by ANZ,

including the governmental approvals and

measures needed for this

• The prevention and response to crime, including

government and industry responses to scams,

reforms to Anti-Money Laundering/Counter

Terrorism Financing (AML/CTF) laws, financial

abuse, and cyber security

• Technology and privacy, including artificial

intelligence, the Consumer Data Right, reforms

to Australia’s privacy laws and digital identity

• The provision of credit and financial advice,

including the Personal Property Securities

Register, comprehensive credit reporting and

advice regulation

• International relations, including cross-border

trade, Australian engagement with the

Association of Southeast Asian Nations and

banking services in the Pacific

How we engaged

• Disclosures including results announcements,

investor presentations, external reporting suite

and ASX lodgements

• Shareholder engagement program including

ANZ’s shareholder centre website updates,

written communication and shareholder

discussions

• Interim and full-year results briefings

• ESG investor briefings, strategy and other

market updates

• Annual General Meeting

Key issues raised

• Operating conditions and how ANZ is navigating

the environment and supporting customers

• ANZ’s purpose, strategic focus, business

priorities and competitive advantage

• Financial performance, including key drivers and

returns relative to prior periods and the broader

banking sector

• Balance sheet management, including capital,

liquidity and funding positions

• Shareholder returns, share price trends and

dividends

• Risk management, including credit quality trends

and operational risk (including cyber risk)

• The acquisition of Suncorp Bank by ANZ

• Progress on ANZ’s digital initiatives

• Material ESG focus areas, and how ANZ is

responding

• Remuneration and rewards

Overview and governance

Our 2024 reporting suite

Disclaimer and important notices

CEO’s message

About our business

ESG governance and

risk management

What matters most

to our stakeholders

Stakeholder engagement

Our ESG targets and performance

Ethics, conduct and culture

Environmental sustainability

Housing

Financial wellbeing

Information security

Responsible customer engagement

Digital banking experience

Regulation and risk management

Thriving communities

Human rights

Diversity and inclusion

Employee experience

Explanatory notes

Assurance opinion

16ANZ 2024 ESG Supplement

Non-Government
Organisations (NGOs)Industry associations

How we responded

We seek to contribute constructively to

public policy formation and to understand

the perspectives of our communities elected

representatives, policymakers and regulators.

We contribute to discussions on the development

of policies on business, economic, social and

environmental issues affecting our customers and

shareholders.

We work in a collaborative and open way as

members of associations that have similar interests

and approaches to ours. 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.

Examples of our response to a number of the

issues raised by industry associations can be

found on pages 37-42 of this document, and

pages 38-39 of our 2024 Climate-related Financial

Disclosures available at anz.com.au/esgreport.

In 2024, our key membership

payments included:

Australian Banking Association $2,580,387

Business Council of Australia $104,500

New Zealand Banking Association

NZ$729,596

Business New Zealand NZ$43,700

How we engaged

• 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

• Support for customers, employees and

communities impacted by family violence and

financial abuse

• First Nations social and economic development

• Homelessness in Australia and New Zealand

• Customers requiring extra care, hardship

programs and consumer protection

• Conduct and culture

• Climate change policies, climate risks and

opportunities, and nature

• Digital inclusion and capability

• Natural disaster support

• Mental health issues related to financial stress

How we responded

Examples of our response to a number of the

issues raised by NGOs can be found on pages

57-58 of this document and pages 33-35 and

41-51 of our 2024 Climate-related Financial

Disclosures available at anz.com.au/esgreport.

How we engaged

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 Banking

Association (NZBA), 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 committee inquiries and

government consultations

• Engage with consumer representatives to

discuss issues affecting customers

• Participate in relevant ABA and NZBA working

groups

Key issues raised

• Review of the Banking Code of Practice

• Information security, scams, artificial intelligence

and data privacy

• The distribution of cash in Australia and

branches

• Climate change policy, climate risks and

opportunities, climate-related financial

disclosures

• The Consumer Data Right and digital identity

• Financial crime and financial abuse and

vulnerability

• Housing, including responding to Government

initiatives and consultations

Overview and governance

Our 2024 reporting suite

Disclaimer and important notices

CEO’s message

About our business

ESG governance and

risk management

What matters most

to our stakeholders

Stakeholder engagement

Our ESG targets and performance

Ethics, conduct and culture

Environmental sustainability

Housing

Financial wellbeing

Information security

Responsible customer engagement

Digital banking experience

Regulation and risk management

Thriving communities

Human rights

Diversity and inclusion

Employee experience

Explanatory notes

Assurance opinion

17ANZ 2024 ESG Supplement

We continue to work on and progress our public ESG targets that reflect
some of our most material ESG issues. Our ESG targets also support the

delivery of our business practices, and our purpose, to shape a world

where people and communities thrive.

Progress against our ESG targets is reviewed by the Ethics and Responsible Business Committee

quarterly and twice a year by the Board Ethics, Environment, Social and Governance Committee.

An annual review of these targets is conducted to ensure they remain relevant.

2024 target performance status

Our material ESG issues

This year we have partially achieved, or made

good progress against our eight ESG targets:

Details of our targets and performance

in 2024 are set out on the following pages.

Ethics, conduct and culture

Environmental sustainability

Financial wellbeing

Responsible customer engagement

Housing

Information security

Four of the targets have been revised for 2025.

has been partially achieved

and has now concluded, and

1

are in progress and

continuing, but

7

sub-target is off track.

1

Details of our material ESG issues and how

we identify and assess these are set out on

pages 12-14. Our targets focus on those

material issues which help bring our purpose

to life – environmental sustainability, financial

wellbeing and housing.

Our ESG targets and performance

Overview and governance

Our ESG targets and

performance

Ethics, conduct and culture

Environmental sustainability

Housing

Financial wellbeing

Information security

Responsible customer engagement

Digital banking experience

Regulation and risk management

Thriving communities

Human rights

Diversity and inclusion

Employee experience

Explanatory notes

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2024 ESG targets performance summary
1. From a baseline of approximately 2.4 million customers as at 30 September 2023 2. Refer to the Cautionary statement on inclusion on page 5. 3. Saver Plus. 4. Eight out of 10 months saving (as per Saver Plus program), measured by participant survey data. 5. Refer to the Cautionary

statement on inclusion on page 5. 6. Q1 FY24 includes transactions validated as eligible for inclusion in the target from 23/09/2023. Q4 FY24 progress included transactions allocated towards the target validated as eligible up to 21/09/2024. A small number of transactions lodged after

21/09/2024 and before 30/09/2024 were also validated and included. Refer also to the ANZ Social and Environmental Sustainability Target Methodology available at anz.com/esgreport. 7. Refer to the Cautionary statement on inclusion on page 5.

2024 Ta rg e t2024 Performance2025 Ta rg e tStatusMaterial Issues

Encourage our customers to build and maintain financial resilience

with the aim of having at least 2.5 million customers

1

with a financial

buffer of approximately 6 weeks’ expenses by end 2026. (Australia/

New Zealand)

At the end of 2024, 2,587,441 customers in Australia and New

Zealand had a financial buffer of approximately 6 weeks’ expenses.

We expect the number of customers with this financial buffer to vary

over time as customers respond to economic circumstances.

No change for 2025

Related UN SDGs

2

Pilot a savings program

3

for people on lower incomes in Fiji and

Vanuatu by end 2025, with at least 80% of participants having

demonstrated a savings habit

4

upon completion. (Pacific)

We have commenced the savings program pilot in Fiji in July 2024 and

in Vanuatu in October 2024. The pilots will run for 12 months in each

country, with the Fiji pilot expected to conclude in June 2025 and the

Vanuatu pilot expected to conclude in September 2025.

No change for 2025

Related UN SDGs

5

Fund and facilitate at least $100 billion by end 2030, including

$15 billion in 2024, in social and environmental activities through

customer transactions and direct investments by ANZ. This

includes initiatives that aim to help lower carbon emissions, protect

nature, increase access to affordable housing and promote

financial wellbeing.

Since 1 April 2023, we have funded and facilitated approximately

$38.96 billion, across 226 transactions, of which $20.23 billion is

funded and $18.73 billion is facilitated. This includes $30.17 billion

allocated towards the target in 2024

6

, exceeding our $15 billion 2024

sub-target.

Fund and facilitate at least $100 billion

by end 2030, including $18.5 billion

in 2025, in social and environmental

activities through customer transactions

and direct investments by ANZ. This

includes initiatives that aim to help

lower carbon emissions, protect nature,

increase access to affordable housing

and promote financial wellbeing.

Related UN SDGs

7

Overview and governance

Our ESG targets and

performance

Ethics, conduct and culture

Environmental sustainability

Housing

Financial wellbeing

Information security

Responsible customer engagement

Digital banking experience

Regulation and risk management

Thriving communities

Human rights

Diversity and inclusion

Employee experience

Explanatory notes

Assurance opinion

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1. Refer to the Cautionary statement on inclusion on page 5. 2. Environmental reporting year is 1 July – 30 June, in line with the Australian regulatory reporting year. 3. Using a market-based method for Scope 2 calculations. Refer to the ANZ Operational Greenhouse Emissions Gas Reporting
and Carbon Offset Methodology in Appendix 6 of the Climate-related Financial Disclosures. 4. 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. 5. Power Purchase Agreement. 6. Total potable water consumed from ANZ’s global properties. From 2021 includes global water consumption values, 2018 – 2020 values represent water consumption in our

Australian commercial offices (>10,000m

2

) excluding 347 Kent Street which was sold in the 2020 reporting year. 7. Total waste to landfill generated from ANZ’s global properties. From 2021 includes global waste consumption values, 2018 – 2020 values include Australia and New Zealand only.

8. Refer to the Cautionary statement on inclusion on page 5.

2024 Ta rg e t2024 Performance2025 Ta rg e tStatusMaterial Issues

Enhance our management of climate risks and opportunities by

intensifying our engagement with our largest emitting business

customers. We will expect and encourage them to strengthen their

low carbon transition plans, by:

• focusing our engagement and raised expectations on our 100

largest emitting business customers with the aim that by end 2025,

compared to their starting point more customers achieve a ‘well

developed’ or ‘advanced’ rating for their low carbon transition plans;

• extending the use of our Climate Change Risk Assessment

methodology so that by end 2024 it has been used to support

our engagement with the revised list of our 100 largest

emitting business customers.

We extended the use of Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA)

methodology to our 100 largest emitting business customers who

were also engaged and assessed for their transition plan maturity.

Enhance our management of climate

risks and opportunities by intensifying

our engagement with our largest

emitting business customers. We

will expect and encourage them to

strengthen their low carbon transition

plans, by focusing our engagement and

raised expectations on our 100 largest

emitting business customers with the

aim that by end 2025, compared to

their starting point more customers are

assessed as being in a ‘mature’ phase of

their low carbon transition plans.

Related UN SDGs

1

Reduce the direct impact of our business activities on the

environment

2

by:

No change for 2025

• Reducing combined scope 1 and 2 emissions 85% by

2025 and 90% by 2030 (against 2015 baseline);

3

• Our combined scope 1 and 2 emissions have decreased by 80%

since 2015.

• Being powered by the equivalent of 100% renewable

electricity by 2025;

4

• 57% of electricity consumption associated with our operations

came from renewable sources in 2024. Shortfall due to wind turbine

faults from our PPA

5

and lack of renewable energy schemes in our

international locations.

• Reducing water consumption

6

by 40% by 2025

(against 2017 baseline);

• Our global water consumption has decreased by 59% since

2 0 1 7.

• Reducing waste to landfill

7

by 40% by 2025

(against 2017 baseline);

• Our waste to landfill generated by global operations has decreased

by 75% since 2017.

• Reducing paper consumption (both office and ANZ originated

customer paper use) by 70% by 2025 (against 2015 baseline).

• Our paper consumption has decreased by 74% since 2015.

Related UN SDGs

8

Overview and governance

Our ESG targets and

performance

Ethics, conduct and culture

Environmental sustainability

Housing

Financial wellbeing

Information security

Responsible customer engagement

Digital banking experience

Regulation and risk management

Thriving communities

Human rights

Diversity and inclusion

Employee experience

Explanatory notes

Assurance opinion

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2024 Ta rg e t2024 Performance2025 TargetStatusMaterial Issues
Fund and facilitate at least $10 billion of investment by end 2030,

including $750 million in 2024, to deliver homes to buy and rent that

are more affordable, accessible or sustainable

1

.

Since October 2018, we have funded and facilitated approximately

$6.48 billion to support the delivery of more affordable, accessible

or sustainable homes to buy and rent.

This includes $1.18 billion allocated towards the target in 2024

2

,

exceeding our $750 million 2024 sub-target.

Fund and facilitate at least $10 billion

of investment by end 2030, including

$750 million in 2025, to deliver homes

to buy and rent that are more affordable,

accessible or sustainable

3

.

Related UN SDGs

4

Helping New Zealand homeowners improve the sustainability of their

homes and/or reduce their transport emissions through discounted

lending of at least NZ$670m in aggregate to at least 16,000

households by end 2025. (New Zealand)

Since October 2020 we have supported 16,221 households

into healthier homes and NZ$647.2 million lending through:

• Our Healthy Home Loan package

• Our Good Energy Home Loan Top Up

• Interest-free Insulation Loans

5


As at the end of September 2024, we have achieved:

• 96% of our lending target

• 101% of our household target

As our 2024 target was almost achieved, one year ahead of schedule,

it has been revised to maintain ambition.

Helping New Zealand homeowners

improve the sustainability of their

homes and/or reduce their transport

emissions through discounted lending

of at least NZ$825m in aggregate to at

least 19,700 households by end 2025.

(New Zealand)


Related UN SDGs

6

1. Eligible housing transactions that also meet the eligibility criteria for the social and environmental target to achieve $100 billion by end 2030 may contribute towards both targets. 2. Q4 FY23 performance included transactions allocated towards the target validated as eligible up to

22/09/2023. FY24 YTD includes transactions validated as eligible for inclusion in the target from 23/09/2023 to 21/09/2024. A small number of transactions lodged after 21/09/2024 and before 30/09/2024 were also validated and included. 3. Eligible housing transactions that also meet the

eligibility criteria for the social and environmental target to achieve $100 billion by end 2030 may contribute towards both targets. 4. Refer to the Cautionary statement on inclusion on page 5. 5. Product discontinued in July 2022. 6. Refer to the Cautionary statement on inclusion on page 5.

Overview and governance

Our ESG targets and

performance

Ethics, conduct and culture

Environmental sustainability

Housing

Financial wellbeing

Information security

Responsible customer engagement

Digital banking experience

Regulation and risk management

Thriving communities

Human rights

Diversity and inclusion

Employee experience

Explanatory notes

Assurance opinion

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2024 Ta rg e t2024 Performance2025 Ta rg e tStatusMaterial Issues
Achieve the 17 actions in our Reconciliation Action Plan, by end 2024.

(Australia)

We made significant progress across all 17 actions, comprising 100

deliverables, achieving 16 actions, and 98

1

out of 100 deliverables.

The two deliverables not fully achieved, and our performance against

them, are:

• 2% of all external hires in Australia are Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait

Islander employees (we achieved 1.8% in 2024).

• Maintain a retention rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

employees that is equal to non-Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

employees in Australia (we achieved 84.9% for Aboriginal and Torres

Strait Islander employees compared to 88.4% for non-Aboriginal

and Torres Strait Islander employees in 2024).

These deliverables were both under the same action – “Improve

employment outcomes by increasing Aboriginal and Torres Strait

Islanders recruitment, retention, and professional development.” There

are specific actions in the First Nations Recruitment, Retention and

Professional Development Strategy aimed at further improving these

recruitment and retention rates.

Concludes in 2024

Related UN SDGs

2

1. We achieved our deliverable to provide at least six MoneyBusiness facilitator training sessions to community workers and financial counsellors working in remote communities each year on an averaged basis. 2. Refer to the Cautionary statement on inclusion on page 5.

Overview and governance

Our ESG targets and

performance

Ethics, conduct and culture

Environmental sustainability

Housing

Financial wellbeing

Information security

Responsible customer engagement

Digital banking experience

Regulation and risk management

Thriving communities

Human rights

Diversity and inclusion

Employee experience

Explanatory notes

Assurance opinion

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Managing non-financial risk at ANZ
Non-Financial Risk Management

at ANZ

Following the Royal Commission, ANZ commenced

a major program to strengthen NFR management

across the Bank, including greater standardisation

of risk tolerance, processes and reporting. In

practice, NFR refers to the risks that we face from

managing our operations, our processes and

systems as well as how we conduct ourselves.

In 2022 the ANZ Board elevated its review

of progress and accountability for the NFR

program. At the time, steps included reinforcing

the Executive Committee’s accountability and

upgrading the technology platform underpinning

the new program. The Board also appointed an

independent external expert to monitor and report

on progress.

As of late 2023-24, the program was making

good progress and meeting key milestones, while

staff using the new systems were reporting an

improved NFR capability.

However, events associated with the Markets

business in the Institutional Division (see next

section) highlighted the need for an ongoing uplift

in ANZ’s NFR processes and drew a response from

APRA including a risk capital overlay.

In addition to ensuring delivery of the existing NFR

program, the Board is also requiring further focus

from Management on strengthening risk culture

and embedding the new NFR processes across

the bank.

The Board considers the final delivery of the NFR

program, combined with the additional focus on

embedding NFR controls, will provide the required

outcome. We will continue to report on our

progress to shareholders and regulators.

While the bank has a track record of

prudently managing financial risk, we are still

building capability in the management of

non-financial risk (NFR).

This has been emphasised by the Australian

Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA)

requiring ANZ to hold an additional

operational risk capital overlay, due to

concerns about our progress in this space,

including issues within our Markets business.

We have made progress in the delivery of our

NFR program, I.AM Amplified, however it is clear

there is more to do and ongoing vigilance is

required.

This will continue to be a significant focus in

2025. The actions we are taking on NFR and the

Board’s response on the specific matters arising

within the Markets business is outlined here.

Institutional Division, Markets Issues

During the year, concerns were raised regarding

an Australian Government bond issuance in 2023

where ANZ was the Duration Manager and a Joint

Lead Manager. There were also conduct and data

issues identified within our Markets business.

The Board has direct oversight of the issue and

taken a number of actions, including:

• Assessing reports from independent experts

in financial markets appointed to analyse

trading activity.

• Engaging external legal advisors, independent

of Management, to ensure rigorous and thorough

outcomes from the expert reviews.

• Establishing a sub-committee of directors with

relevant experience, chaired by ANZ Chairman,

Paul O’Sullivan, to evaluate and test technical

issues on ongoing basis.

• Commissioning Oliver Wyman, in consultation

with APRA, to undertake a thorough independent

review of culture and controls within the

Markets business.

While some of these reviews remain ongoing,

the Board has ensured accountability and

consequences are enforced where relevant,

particularly for the conduct and data matters.

Consequences for the Executive Committee are

detailed in the Remuneration Report and include:

• A reduction in the Risk Modifier which

reduced the outcome of the Group Scorecard

and impacted variable remuneration for

all employees.

• Collective accountability for the entire Executive

Committee regarding NFR matters, resulting in

a reduction in 2024 STVR and a reduction in

2025 Long Term Variable Remuneration (LTVR)

restricted rights to be granted in November/

December 2024.

• An additional STVR impact for Executives with

greater overall accountability for the Markets and

NFR matters.

Given the Australian Securities and Investments

Commission’s (ASIC) review of these matters is

ongoing, the Board has the discretion to freeze

or reduce future vesting of equity to accountable

Executives and is satisfied that the quantum of

outstanding equity is sufficient.

We are committed to

listening and learning from

our mistakes to keep the

needs of our customers as

our priority and to ensure that

we uphold the behaviors

expected of us as a bank.

We acknowledge that this year there have

been some examples of where we have

failed our customers. The actions we are

taking in these specific circumstances are

outlined on page 42.

Overview and governance

Our ESG targets and performance

Ethics, conduct and culture

Managing non-financial risk at ANZ

Improving conduct and culture

Our shared culture at ANZ

Environmental sustainability

Housing

Financial wellbeing

Information security

Responsible customer engagement

Digital banking experience

Regulation and risk management

Thriving communities

Human rights

Diversity and inclusion

Employee experience

Explanatory notes

Assurance opinion

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Improving conduct and culture
Our Code requires all employees and contractors

to comply with the law as well as our policies and

procedures. It is supported by a suite of policies

reviewed regularly to reflect legislative changes

and to ensure they remain fit for purpose

1

. We

expect our partners (such as suppliers, service

providers and other relevant third parties) to adopt

and maintain conduct and ethics principles similar

to those outlined in our Code (and its supporting

policies) and our Supplier Code of Practice.

All employees and contractors are required

to complete ANZ Essentials training courses

within two months of commencing with ANZ

and then on a regular basis. Courses include

training on ‘Living the Code’, ‘Equal Opportunity

Essentials’ (including anti-discrimination and

sexual harassment), ‘Financial Crime Essentials’

(including Anti-Money Laundering), ‘Operational

Risk’, ‘Security Essentials’ (including 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.

In 2024, the mandatory learning course

compliance rate across the enterprise was 99.73%.

Individuals who fail to complete this training or

other mandatory learning requirements within

Code of Conduct

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 (PRR).

Our Group Performance 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 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 1,400 employee relations

cases involving alleged breaches of our Code,

with 488 resulting in a formal consequence

or the employee leaving ANZ (down from 501

in 2023). Breaches ranged from compliance/

procedural breaches (20.7%) through to general

unacceptable behaviour (38.5%), email/systems

misuse (10.5%), attendance issues (17.4%),

fraud/theft (5.5%), conflict of interest (3.7%), and

breaches of our Equal Opportunity, Bullying and

Harassment Policy (3.7%).

Outcomes following investigations of breaches

this year included 306 warnings, 88 terminations

and 94 employees otherwise leaving ANZ.

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

Alleged breaches of ANZ Code

of Conduct

Our Code of Conduct sets expected

standards of behaviour and guides us in

applying our values.

This includes:

being ethical and professional

acting with integrity

treating everyone with dignity and respect

managing conflicts of interest

protecting privacy and confidentiality

complying with our Code, policies and

the law; and

calling out unacceptable behaviour and

standing up for what is right.

Compliance/procedural breaches

General unacceptable behaviour

Email/systems misuse

Aendance issues

Fraud/the

Conflict of interest

Breaches of our Equal Opportunity,

Bullying and Harassment Policy

20.7%

38.5%

10.5%

17.4%

5.5%

3.7%

3.7%

Overview and governance

Our ESG targets and performance

Ethics, conduct and culture

Managing non-financial risk at ANZ

Improving conduct and culture

Our shared culture at ANZ

Environmental sustainability

Housing

Financial wellbeing

Information security

Responsible customer engagement

Digital banking experience

Regulation and risk management

Thriving communities

Human rights

Diversity and inclusion

Employee experience

Explanatory notes

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Empowering our people to speak up
ANZ’s Whistleblower Policy and Program is a key

component of our strong and effective conduct

risk management and corporate governance

framework. We apply Australian whistleblower

regulations across the markets in which we

operate. Additional jurisdiction-specific regulations

imposing higher or contrary obligations are

captured in schedules within 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

organisation. Information received through the

whistleblower channel helps to identify misconduct

that may not otherwise be detected and to act on

issues which do not support our purpose, values

and expected behaviours.

There were 222 new reports made through the

Whistleblower Program this year (up from 170

in 2023) demonstrating a continued willingness

of individuals to speak up to raise misconduct

concerns.

Our focus this year was on continuing to build

awareness and confidence in the Program,

strengthening governance and risk management

frameworks, and the timely management of

whistleblower matters.

Key initiatives included:

• 216 awareness sessions delivered to business

units, by Group Integrity (210 in 2023)

• Targeted jurisdiction and business specific

awareness sessions were also run, designed

to build trust in the process and program, and

promote speak up channels;

• An awareness campaign to mark World

Whistleblower Day in July 2024, was run across

the jurisdictions we operate in; and

• Hosting a virtual panel discussion involving

senior executives and an external expert guest

speaker on the importance of whistleblowing

and the protection of whistleblowers.

A Group-wide employee survey indicated

continued high levels of awareness and confidence

in the Program, and reporter protections, across

the organisation. Survey insights enabled

opportunities to build ongoing awareness and

trust in the Program and process, and to tailor

communication initiatives.

All employees and contingent workers are

required to undertake annual mandatory learning

on their obligations and responsibilities under

the Whistleblower Policy. Role-specific training

for Whistleblower Investigators, Whistleblower

Protection Officers, and eligible recipients of

whistleblower reports (including Executive

Committee members and Board members) was

delivered to seek to ensure they understand

their obligations under applicable laws and how

to appropriately handle, and where applicable,

investigate reports. For more information about

mandatory learning see page 70.

Whistleblower investigation outcomes

2024 Whistleblower Program themes and

allegations include:

• Code of Conduct and other policy breaches

• Bullying

• Harassment

• Discrimination

• Conflicts of interest

• Fraud (internal and external)

• Maintaining safe work environments

• Privacy and confidentiality breaches

Recommended actions and outcomes from

investigated reports include:

• Formal warnings

• Termination of employment

• Review and remediation of policy, process and

procedures

• Coaching and informal counselling

• Improved oversight

• Additional training

• Communications reinforcing expected standards

of behaviour

Overview and governance

Our ESG targets and performance

Ethics, conduct and culture

Managing non-financial risk at ANZ

Improving conduct and culture

Our shared culture at ANZ

Environmental sustainability

Housing

Financial wellbeing

Information security

Responsible customer engagement

Digital banking experience

Regulation and risk management

Thriving communities

Human rights

Diversity and inclusion

Employee experience

Explanatory notes

Assurance opinion

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Our shared culture at ANZ
At ANZ, we define culture as what’s valued,

what’s expected and how things get done.

Our culture enables the achievement of

ANZ’s purpose, to shape a world where

people and communities thrive, and

strategy, to improve the sustainability and

financial wellbeing of customers.

We bring culture to life through our behaviours which

provide a common anchor for everyone at ANZ.

Our 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.

We continue to embed our behaviours across

the organisation. We have invested in uplifting

capability to help leaders drive culture, and

employees to create habits to demonstrate our

behaviours consistently. This year we launched an

initiative with a group of executive leaders to equip

them to be custodians of our purpose, strategy

and culture and work “better together” across the

enterprise to better service our customers. For

more information about how we have developed

leaders and their teams see page 70.

Measuring our culture

We measure culture by reviewing, understanding

and taking action to address the themes identified

through the following key activities:

• Annual risk culture maturity assessments

governed by our Operational Risk Executive

Committee and Board Risk Committee;

• Culture reviews conducted by our Internal Audit

team; and

• Data collected through our My Voice employee

engagement survey and our Leader 360°

behaviour assessment tool.

For more information about our My Voice

survey results and performance against external

benchmarks see page 68.

Annual Risk Culture Assessments

Our Talent and Culture, and Group Risk teams

work closely together to share insights and

create alignment between our organisational

and risk culture.

Across the year, the Group’s focus was on

embedding ANZ’s Risk Principles with targeted

training and activities supporting leaders and

teams in taking action to attain our sound risk

culture in line with the requirements of APRA

Prudential Standard CPS 220 Risk Management.

Risk culture is assessed annually, providing

insight into how well actions aimed at promoting

the importance, understanding and awareness

of risk culture have progressed. The outcomes

of the assessments support the Board to form

a view of ANZ’s risk culture.

Risk Culture Assessments consider:

• Data from our Risk Culture survey informing

our people’s perceptions of risk management

behaviours and practices;

• Risk culture metrics supported by

benchmarks; and

• The business environment and context with

a focus on how risk is considered in our

decision-making.

Outcomes of Risk Culture Assessments are

a consideration in annual Performance and

Remuneration Reviews and are used by executives,

senior leaders and people leaders to develop Risk

Culture Action Plans.

Internal Audit Culture Team:

culture reviews

Internal Audit carries out culture reviews in alignment

with the Annual Internal Audit Plan. The reviews

focused on identifying themes, root causes and

actions to drive sustainable change toward the bank’s

cultural framework – our behaviours, underpinned by

our values and the Code of Conduct. Each culture

review requires the development of a formal action

plan which has the appropriate level of oversight and

monitoring and is reassessed where appropriate to

understand cultural shift over time.

The Internal Audit culture reviews are designed

to support:

• the Board and management by providing

independent cultural insight; and

• the Board in meeting regulatory requirements such as

the Financial Accountability Regime (FAR) and APRA

Prudential Standard CPS 220 Risk Management.

Overview and governance

Our ESG targets and performance

Ethics, conduct and culture

Managing non-financial risk at ANZ

Improving conduct and culture

Our shared culture at ANZ

Environmental sustainability

Housing

Financial wellbeing

Information security

Responsible customer engagement

Digital banking experience

Regulation and risk management

Thriving communities

Human rights

Diversity and inclusion

Employee experience

Explanatory notes

Assurance opinion

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Our Climate and Environment Strategy
To support our purpose, our five-year Climate

and Environment Strategy was approved

by the Board in October 2024. It sets out

our objective to be a trusted partner for

our customers, supporting them to adapt

and become more resilient, to a changing

environment and economy. In particular, we

aim to be a leading bank in supporting an

effective and orderly transition for our large

business customers.

To achieve our Climate and Environment Strategy

we have established three core ambitions:

• Building our capability to help customers

understand climate and nature risks;

• Transitioning our lending portfolio to net-zero

financed emissions; and

• Supporting our customers’ transition and

resilience.

These ambitions will be supported by each

division having specific focus areas, and prioritised

divisional action plans that we plan to implement

commencing 2025. In this year’s Climate-related

Financial Disclosures we set out how we have

been supporting our customers to date. This lays

the foundation for us to deliver on our objective

and support an effective and orderly transition in

coming years.

Our Climate Change Commitment supports our

Climate and Environment Strategy ambition and

will be available here prior to our AGM.

To be a trusted partner for our customers, supporting them to adapt and become more resilient, to a changing

environment and economy. In particular, we aim to be a leading bank in supporting an effective and orderly

transition for our large business customers

Objective

Financing a sustainable transition

Vision

Supporting household, business and financial practices that improve environmental sustainability

Purpose

Ambition

Building our capability

to help customers understand

climate and nature risks

Transitioning our lending portfolio to

net zero financed emissions

Supporting our customers’

transition and resilience

Divisional

focus

areas

InstitutionalCommercialRetailNew Zealand

Being a leading bank in

supporting customers to

transition, and growing our

low-emissions and nature

related opportunities

Delivering insights and

propositions to support cus-

tomers to understand and

navigate the transition

Delivering targeted

education and propositions

to support customers to

adapt to climate impacts

Supporting Aotearoa

New Zealand’s transition to a

low-emissions,

climate resilient

economy

Action

pillars

Understanding risks

and opportunities

Building capability

and capacity

Driving customer

engagement

and propositions

Collaborating with

stakeholders to support an

economy wide transition

Core

enablers

Governance and ReportingData and SystemsPeople and Culture

Our 2024 Climate-related Financial Disclosures,

prepared in accordance with the Task Force

on Climate-related Financial Disclosures

recommendations 2021 (TCFD) is available at

anz.com/annualreport

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Strategy

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transition through financing

Housing

Financial wellbeing

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Regulation and risk management

Thriving communities

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Diversity and inclusion

Employee experience

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Supporting our customers’ transition through financing
$100 billion social and

environmental sustainability target

This year, we made good progress

towards our target to fund and

facilitate at least $100 billion by

end 2030 in social and

environmental activities through

customer transactions and direct

investments by ANZ.

By the end of 2024, we have funded and facilitated

$38.96 biilion across 226 transactions since the

target commenced on 1 April 2023. This includes

initiatives that aim to help lower carbon emissions,

protect or restore nature, increase access to

affordable housing and promote financial wellbeing.

• Our goal for 2024 was to contribute at least

$15 billion towards our target. We exceeded

this with funding and facilitation of $30.17 billion

across 172

1

transactions, of which $16.09

billion was attributed to ANZ via on-balance

sheet loans and other credit lines, while close to

$14.08 billion was facilitated by ANZ.

• For further detail on ANZ’s approach for

assessing the eligibility of transactions for

inclusion towards the target, refer to the ANZ

Social and Environmental Sustainability Target

Methodology available at anz.com/esgreport.

The Board EESG Committee approved changes

to the Target Methodology on 22 October 2024.

Progress towards our $100 billion social and environmental sustainability target –

1 April 2023 to 30 September 2024

1% Social and Environmental

40% Environmental

2

50% Sustainability-linked

6

Funded

$20.23

billion

7

$3.73b Energy

$3.12b Green building

3

$0.12b Other social and environment

5

$10.08b Sustainably-linked

9% Social

4

$1.15b Aordable housing

$0.71b Other social

$0.78b Other environment

$0.44b Clean transport

20% Social and Environmental

43% Environmental

2

30% Sustainability-linked

6

Facilitated

$18.73

billion

$3.56b Energy

$3.24b Other environment

$3.69b Other social and environment

5

$5.63b Sustainably-linked

$1.34b Green building

3

$0.04b Clean transport

7% Social

4

$1.22b Other social

$0.02b Aordable housing

Highlight


Griffith University Student

Accommodation

During the year ANZ completed its first

greenfield on-campus Purpose Built

Student Accommodation financing

in 10 years. ANZ acted as the sole

financier for Stage Two of the Student

Accommodation Facility at Australia’s

Griffith University, developed by

Campus Living Villages (CLV). ANZ

worked closely with CLV to develop a

bespoke financing structure to support

the deal, supported CLV with provision

of interest rate hedging, and will act as

Security Trustee for the transaction.

Based in Queensland Australia, the

new student accommodation tower

at Griffith University’s Gold Coast

campus will contribute to the reduction

of housing pressure and enable more

domestic and international students

to access education and live nearby.

The project will see the construction

of an 11-storey purpose-built student

accommodation tower, adding 460

beds to the existing Griffith University

Village site, including accessible

apartments.

1. 2024 includes transactions validated as eligible for inclusion in the target from 23/09/2023. Fourth quarter 2024 progress included transactions allocated towards the target validated as eligible up to 21/09/2024.

A small number of transactions lodged after 21/09/2024 and before 30/09/2024 were also validated and included. 2. Includes renewable energy, energy efficiency, clean transportation, green buildings, and other

environmental activities. Other environmental activities include activities which cover multiple environmental categories and/or activities such as waste, sustainable water and wastewater management, and climate

change adaptation. 3. Includes construction or operation of buildings or portfolios of buildings that deliver positive environmental outcomes, which meet, or renovation or retrofitting of buildings, so that they can

meet regional, national or internationally recognised standards or certifications (e.g. under the Australian NABERS rating system). 4. Includes affordable housing and other social activities. Other social activities include

activities which cover multiple social categories and/or activities such as socioeconomic advancement and empowerment. 5. Includes activities which cover both environmental and social categories. 6. Note that for the

purposes of this reporting, sustainability-linked transactions (i.e. where the economic characteristics (e.g. pricing outcomes) of the financial instrument are linked to sustainability performance targets) are reported as a

separate category. 7. Funded $20.23b includes deals in “Waste” and “Water” which have deal values less than $0.10 billion.

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Housing remains one of our most material ESG
issues, noting the challenges associated with

the cost of living and housing affordability

and availability in Australia and New Zealand.

We are focused on helping improve the

availability of suitable and affordable

housing options for all Australians and

New Zealanders by:

Increasing the supply of new social and

affordable housing into the market;

Backing new housing models from

pilot to scale to support delivery of a

housing pipeline; and

Financing emerging markets such

as build-to-rent-to-own, specialist

disability accommodation and land

lease communities.

Bringing more homes to market

In 2018, ANZ announced a public target to

fund and facilitate $1 billion of investment

by 2023 to deliver more affordable, secure

and sustainable homes to buy and rent. In

2020, having exceeded that objective, ANZ

extended the target.

Today, ANZ’s current housing target is to

fund and facilitate at least $10 billion of

investment by end 2030 to deliver homes

to buy and rent that are more affordable,

accessible or sustainable.

Since 2018, we have already delivered

over $6.48 billion into the housing sector,

with ~$1.18 billion delivered in 2024, an

ongoing testament to our focus and the

market’s appetite.

CoreLogic market research

Our ongoing partnership with CoreLogic

research, a leading provider of property

data and analytics, delivers housing

affordability research and in-depth market

analysis for the Australian housing market.

In 2024, CoreLogic research demonstrated

the challenges being faced by both buyers

and renters in the market such as:

• Housing affordability broadly

continued to deteriorate in 2024. With

unaffordability nationally declining as

the median dwelling value to income

ratio increased to 7.9 from 7.5 a year

earlier.

• Renting also continued to be

challenging – the median income-to-

rent ratio remains above 30%.

• The median income household across

Australia (earning a gross income of

around $100,000 per year), requires a

near-record high of 10.6 years to save

a 20% deposit for a home. Servicing

a new loan on the median Australian

dwelling value for this household would

require just over half of household

income (50.3%).

• Rapid increases to the target cash

rate and subsequent mortgage rate

rises have further reduced borrowing

capacity and affordability to prospective

buyers.

Assemble project – Thompson Street, Kensington

Our target is focused on delivering more new

housing supply to market. Specifically, how

financial institutions can play their part in

changing the market to deliver more of the right

housing, in the right locations, at the right price

point for both rental and purchase.

This can be completed through the ongoing

delivery of housing supply including backing

of emerging markets, new market models and

scalable pilot projects. Investment in social and

affordable housing not only provides financial

returns to investors, but also supports both the

economy and society.

ANZ also continues to play an ongoing 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.

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Supporting an increase in supply of suitable and affordable housing

Delivering better
housing outcomes

Since 2018, ANZ has continued to focus

on supporting our customers across the

housing continuum while also maintaining

our focus on long-term supply initiatives.

Examples of customers we have

supported this year include:

Assemble – Building for the Future

One innovative model, by housing developer and

manager Assemble, is showing how the private

sector can help alleviate this need, but at the same

time draw in significant institutional investment.

Over the past decade, Assemble has developed

rent and purchase models which made it easier for

people on all income levels to buy quality houses

in central locations. This involves integrated build-

to-rent model and home-ownership pathways

via build-to-rent-to-own and build-to-sell living

options in desirable areas with good amenity in

and around capital cities.

ANZ has been working with Assemble since the

beginning of their housing journey. This year we

were pleased to see the model receiving a further

boost with industry super funds AustralianSuper

and HESTA taking a controlling stake in the, until

now, privately owned Assemble, and merging with

its fund manager Super Housing Partnerships. This

deal means that Assemble are well placed to deliver

17,000 new residences over the next 10 years.

The new Assemble structure is expected to enable

new institutional investor partners to participate

in housing investment opportunities across the

housing spectrum. Under this model Assemble

aims to provide institutional investors with

investment opportunities which generate stable,

long-term returns by investing in housing at scale

across Australia.

In 2024, we have continued our support for

Assemble through the following projects:

• Funded the completion and provided an

investment facility for the Thompson Street,

Kensington apartment complex, consisting

of 199 apartments with their partner

AustralianSuper.

• Provided development funding to construct

Ballarat Street, Brunswick for 171 build-to-

rent-to-own apartments with their partner

AustralianSuper.

• Provided ongoing construction funding for

402 Macaulay Road, Kensington for 362 build-

to-rent affordable and social apartments with

their partner HESTA.

Tetris Capital – Delivering scalable social

and affordable housing

Tetris Capital – a social infrastructure, property

developer, and investor – has demonstrated its

commitment to working together with government,

the community housing sector and ANZ to

leverage the delivery of more social and affordable

housing into the market.

This year we partnered with Tetris Capital to

provide development finance to support the

delivery of housing for people in our community

who need it most with three key projects

kickstarting in 2024.

We are providing debt to support the Victorian

Government’s Ground Lease Model 2 project. The

project sees Homes Victoria lease public land to a

consortium who will finance, design and construct

1,370 new social, affordable, specialist disability

and market rental residential dwellings across

four project sites in Victoria. The new housing

stock will replace aging properties with modern,

accessible and energy-efficient homes in South

Yarra, Prahran, Hampton East and Port Melbourne,

to be delivered by 2026. Community housing

providers will manage and maintain the sites for

40 years. Community Housing Limited (Vic) is the

lead provider with specialised support from both

Aboriginal Community Housing (Vic) Limited and

Women’s Property Initiatives. The Consortium is

led by advisor and equity sponsor Tetris Capital

and comprises Icon Constructions, Community

Housing (Vic) Ltd, and abrdn and Invesis.

• We are also providing debt alongside the

Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF)

and Housing Australia as well as a capital grant

from the National Housing Infrastructure Facility

and an upfront grant from the Queensland

Government’s Housing Investment Fund (HIF) to

support a social and affordable housing project

in Cairns.

Once completed, the project will be

Queensland’s largest social and affordable

housing precinct, comprising 490 residential

units, including 245 social housing units, 223

affordable housing units, and 22 specialist

disability apartments. The homes will be

prefabricated offsite by modular housing

supplier Modscape at factories in Helensvale

and Essendon, backed by FCC Construction

Australia. It will also be the largest modular

housing project in Australia. Construction has

commenced with the project anticipated to be

completed by the end of 2026, weather and

construction conditions permitting.

• ANZ partnered with a Tetris-led consortium

Everyone’s Place to provide development

finance to support the delivery of 483 affordable

homes across Burpengary East, Jimboomba,

Logan Reserve and Joyner in Queensland. The

development will be completed in partnership

with Metricon, KDL and community housing

provider National Affordable Housing (NAH). This

project targets suburbs where 85% of residents

earn low and moderate incomes, and of those

who rent, around 40% are under housing stress.

All homes in this development will be affordable,

with rents capped at 75% of market rates,

ensuring access to quality, spacious housing for

those most in need across the region.

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Backing growth in the Specialist
Disability Accommodation market

ANZ is a leading financier in the Specialist Disability

Accommodation (SDA) sector since 2018. We

have been supporting our key partners to continue

to grow their portfolios and geographic reach

across Australia.

This includes the Synergis Fund, which was

established in 2020 by Federation Asset

Management and Social Ventures Australia with

aims to develop SDA in Australia.

Synergis is now backed by institutional investors

with the largest equity investor being KKR, who

have recently replaced Goldman Sachs. It has a

national portfolio with completed properties –

mostly houses, villas and townhouses – in New

South Wales, Queensland and South Australia,

with homes also under construction in Victoria.

Managing Director of Synergis, Michael Lynch,

helped establish the fund in his role as the Head of

Impact Investing at Social Ventures Australia, and

has overseen its growth to be one of the largest

investors in SDA. “There is a clear opportunity to

make a real difference in this sector. To us it is all

about getting the structure right. This includes

putting people in right accommodation and

matching them with the right care.”

We have also continued to support our long-

term customer My Specialised Accommodation

Solutions through their merger with Enliven

Housing to form the Enliven Housing Group.

Together, this partnership now represents one of

the largest and most long-term investors in SDA

across Australia.

ANZ has also continued to support the ongoing

development of our long-term customer, Sana

Living, portfolio as the group continue to expand

participants opportunities for; independence,

connection to community and achievement of

individual goals.

Collectively, these key partnerships deliver

a national portfolio of specialist disability

accommodation to the market.

Affordable and sustainable

housing in New Zealand

In 2024, ANZ Bank New Zealand 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.

ANZ Bank New Zealand helps customers to do

this with the following products:

• Our Good Energy Home Loan top up is available

to existing eligible

1

home loan customers to

upgrade their homes with solar panels, heating

and insulation, double glazing, ventilation

systems and/or rainwater tanks. It can also be

used for electric and hybrid vehicles, electric

bikes, and/or electric vehicle chargers. It allows

customers to borrow up to NZ$80,000 at a

3-year fixed interest rate of 1% per annum.

• Our Healthy Home Loan Package offers interest

rate discounts and fee savings for eligible

2


customers who are buying, building, renovating

or already own a home with a 6 Homestar rating

or higher.

Since October 2020, 14,830 households have

drawn down loans across these two products, for

an aggregate amount of NZ$640.8 million.

3

As our

target was almost achieved, one year ahead of

schedule, it has been revised to maintain ambition.

For further information on this target see page 21.

1. anz.co.nz/good-energy. 2. Important information: ANZ Health Home Loan Package: anz.co.nz//healthyhomes/. 3. Funds under management.

This year, more than 18,000 New Zealanders

also took advantage of our ‘Home Loan Check-

In’, a 15-minute review with an ANZ home loan

specialist. An average of 41% of these customers

decided to act following the Check-In, including

making changes to their loan. The Check-In is

designed to support customers by helping ensure

their home loan meets their needs.

We continue to partner with the New Zealand

Green Building Council. This partnership includes

support for HomeFit – a free online tool to check

the health, comfort, energy efficiency and safety of

new homes, or advice on how New Zealanders can

improve the health of their current home.

Additional lending products offered by ANZ Bank

New Zealand to support the transition to a lower

emission economy are disclosed in the 2024

Climate-related Financial Disclosures.

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:

• Bridge It – Providing young women who have

experienced the out-of-home-care system or

homelessness with a home, a community, and

the support to thrive. ANZ provided a grant of

$17,500 for the establishment of education

and employment pathways program to support

people at risk of homelessness.

• Anglicare SA – Supporting South Australians in

times of need. ANZ provided a grant of $15,000

for a program to address the needs of vulnerable

young people moving out of state foster care.

• Anglicare WA – Providing services across the

state, working with people from all walks of life.

ANZ provided a grant of $16,000 for services

supporting children, young people, individuals,

families and communities.

• Bur-Del Co-operative Advancement Society

Limited – Providing culturally appropriate

community support, housing, services,

education and advocacy. ANZ provided a grant

of $30,000 towards an initiative to upgrade

and install 15 modern, energy efficient air-

conditioners to make the accommodation

operational year-round.

For more information on ANZ’s community

giving see pages 57-58. For more information on

how ANZ is helping to improve the availability of

suitable and affordable housing options visit

anz.com.au/housing

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Supporting 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 has been exploring the financial literacy,

capability, attitudes and behaviours of Australian

adults for more than 20 years. This body of

research has informed our approach to improving

the financial wellbeing of our people, customers

and communities by helping them make the most

of their money throughout their lives.

More information on how we use these insights to

inform our products and services can be found on

page 48 and our financial inclusion programs can

be found on pages 34-36.

ANZ tracks the financial wellbeing of Australians

with the ANZ Roy Morgan Financial Wellbeing

Indicator, with the latest release examining data

up until June 2024.

While financial wellbeing in Australia has been

on a downward trend, the speed of the decline

has slowed. In the six months to June 2024,

financial wellbeing declined 0.9% compared to

a 1.8% decline in the six months to December

2023. Nevertheless, 20.9% of Australians were

considered ‘struggling’ with their financial

With

children

under 18

Without

children

under 18

Household income

<$100K per year

Cost of living analysis

Percentage of Australians who agree with the question “I’ve recently cut down on my spending” by

household income and dependent status

1

wellbeing (a score of less than 30 out of 100) in

June 2024, up from 19.0% year-on-year and from

14.3% in December 2021 which was prior to when

inflationary pressures started to take hold.

Earlier analysis showed cost of living pressures

with Australians finding it increasingly difficult

to meet their everyday commitments and an

increasing proportion of total respondents

agreeing that they had “recently cut down on

their spending”, from 62.5% in the 12 months

to April 2022 (immediately before the RBA first

raised the cash rate) to 71.1% in the 12 months to

March 2024. Agreement with this sentiment was

particularly evident for lower and middle-income

households with children at home. In March 2024

Financial wellbeing in Australia, monthly spot data and 12 month moving average

(Oct-14 to Jun-24)

these households were also more likely to have

reduced their spending in the last 12 months on

discretionary items such as retail, “going out” and

trips taken away from home. Households with

children, regardless of income, all experienced a

larger increase in their per capita grocery spending

in December 2023 than households without

dependents.

1. 12 months to March 2024.

81.8%68.9%

With

children

under 18

Without

children

under 18

Household income

$100K-<$200K per year

79.6%70.5%

Household income

$200K or more per year

With

children

under 18

Without

children

under 18

69.1%65.7%

More information about the Financial Wellbeing

Indicator can be found at anz.com.au/financial-

wellbeing

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Spotlight on supporting research
into financial wellbeing of Australian

autistic adults

In line with our Accessibility and Inclusion

Plan to raise awareness of the financial

wellbeing, attitudes and behaviours of

people with disability or long-term health

conditions, ANZ with the Australian

Cooperative Research Centre for Living with

Autism (Autism CRC) supported research

into the financial wellbeing of autistic adults

1

,

in October 2023.

The researchers surveyed autistic adults and

found almost half (46%) felt it was hard to make

ends meet. In contrast, only 32% of the general

Australian population felt this way.

The socio-economic factors influencing financial

wellbeing for autistic adults were consistent with

ANZ’s 2021 financial wellbeing survey. The

research found that income levels and how that

income was used, was a key socio-economic

factor influencing autistic people’s financial

wellbeing. 42% of all respondents revealed their

annual income was less than $25,000, with many

being below the Australian poverty line. This

constrained their ability to meet basic expenses

and to save for the future. In addition, respondents

reporting anxiety or depression symptoms had

lower financial wellbeing.

In-depth interviews were conducted with a

sample of the survey respondents who either felt

‘financially well’ or ‘financially unwell’. Many of those

in the low financial wellbeing group, felt ‘good

financial wellbeing’ was not possible for them.

They often did not have stable income to cover

day-to-day expenses, and despite wanting to be

able to work, they repeatedly reported ‘struggling

to hold down a job’. The reasons included non-

supportive environments, casual employment and

being in the wrong kind of industries.

Mental health factors were continuously raised

as an influencing factor. Many interviewees had

to make choices to protect their mental health,

including passing up promotions or working

freelance, which reduced earning capacity. Despite

these challenges, autistic adults still worked hard

to budget and save when they could.

The research findings suggest the most effective

way to improve the financial wellbeing of autistic

people would be to improve their income situation.

Autism-specific employment programs focusing

on hiring and supporting autistic employees

can go some way to improving autistic people’s

participation in the workforce. Empowering all

people to live the lives they want will create a

stronger community for everyone.

1. Published in Autism: the International Journal of Research and Practice.

More information about the Spectrum Program,

ANZ’s approach to hiring and supporting autistic

adults, can be found on page 67. Links to the

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

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MoneyMinded: supporting financial
wellbeing across our region

MoneyMinded is ANZ’s flagship financial

education program, supporting adults 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

17 markets across Asia and the Pacific

region by community organisations and

ANZ employees.

More than one million people have participated in

MoneyMinded, including MoneyBusiness, since

2002, with 118,021 participating this year. For

more information on MoneyBusiness see page 35.

The success of MoneyMinded has relied on our

partnerships with community organisations and

individuals who are best placed to deliver the

program within vulnerable and disadvantaged

communities.

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. Economic

dependency can 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. Financial education and

specialist support can help a person on the path

towards economic independence.

Since 2016, Berry Street has been training family

violence specialists in the extended MoneyMinded

program – including a range of visual resources,

prompt cards, animations, and interactive

handouts, supporting community professionals

to talk about financial abuse with their clients in

accessible ways.

“For many, access to funds and growing the

confidence to make financial decisions remains

pivotal in pursuing self-determination. Workers

participating in MoneyMinded for Family Violence

Coach training have reflected on the need for

clients to build confidence and financial capability

whilst managing multiple demands. This is where

the flexibility of MoneyMinded for Family Violence

comes into its own, with the program designed to

be pulled apart and customised to suit the client’s

needs and program context.” said one of the

MoneyMinded for Family Violence Trainers.

Characteristics of MoneyMinded participants

1

AustraliaNew ZealandAsia-Pacific

Female

73.3%62.3%41.5%

Male

25.5%3 7. 0 %58.4%

Non-binary

1.2%0.7%0.1%

Sole parents

34.0%18.8%13.3%

Unemployed

22.6%40.3%7. 5 %

Aboriginal or Torres

Strait Islander heritage

10.3%N/AN/A

“I was able to use the family violence

MoneyMinded resources with a new client right

after the training! I used the Taking the wheel

module to get the client thinking about things

she may have not considered otherwise, such

as collecting all her important documents. It was

very user friendly!” said a recently accredited

MoneyMinded for Family Violence Coach.

More than 440 MoneyMinded for Family Violence

Coaches have been accredited to use these

tailored resources with their clients.

Financial education programs

1. Characteristics are from the 2024 MoneyMinded survey responses and do not include MoneyBusiness survey responses.

Feedback from MoneyMinded coaches and

participants about the impact of MoneyMinded

is available in our annual Impact Reports at

anz.com.au/moneyminded

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Housing

Financial wellbeing

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MoneyMinded in Australia
Community professionals working in a client facing

role within the not-for-profit sector are eligible to

attend MoneyMinded Coach training, delivered in-

person and virtually to support people accessing

the training across Australia. Accredited Coaches

are given access to a suite of both physical and

online resources they can use with their clients.

Training and resources are provided free of charge

to eligible community professionals.

Earlier this year, the MoneyMinded suite of

resources was updated to include new scams

content to help accredited coaches support

their clients to identify and protect themselves

against scams. The topics covered include

Spotting scams, Protecting yourself, Scams

support and the most common types of scams

such as Investment scams, Phishing scams and

Dating and Romance scams. A MoneyMinded

Trainer welcomed the new scams content noting

“The importance of integrating scam awareness

into financial education, especially given the

increasing prevalence of scams in the digital

age, is important for us Coaches and our clients’

financial education”.

To help improve accessibility and outcomes for

participants of MoneyMinded, the most popular

participant handouts have now been translated

from English into five additional languages for

MoneyMinded Coaches to use with their clients.

Handouts are now available in Arabic, Simplified

Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Farsi and Vietnamese.

A MoneyMinded Coach who uses the translated

resources said “These translations help a lot

because participants can understand the complete

message that you’re trying to teach them. I believe if

someone looks at information in their own language,

it just makes it much easier to grasp.”

MoneyMinded in Asia, the

Pacific and New Zealand

More than 22,617 people have participated in

MoneyMinded across markets in Asia, the Pacific

and New Zealand in the last 12 months.

MoneyMinded in New Zealand was revamped in

2024, with new content created in response to

the current financial environment. This includes

a greater focus on fraud and scams, as well as

adding content on topics such as buy now, pay

later products. After piloting the program with

key partners, Solomon Group and Community

Colleges, during the year, the final modules began

to be taught by MoneyMinded facilitators across

the country.

MoneyMinded was first delivered in 2012 in

Papua New Guinea and in February this year was

launched in the province of Lae. One of the ANZ

lead trainers of MoneyMinded spoke at the launch

in Lae and said “The program is built in a way that

it empowers you to be financially independent and

also helps you make informed decisions around

the way we behave with money.”

MoneyBusiness in Australia

MoneyBusiness was developed to build

the money management skills and

confidence of First Nations people and

develop a stronger savings culture.

Developed in 2005 by ANZ in partnership with

the Australian Government, it followed research

showing financial exclusion was a significant

challenge for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

people, particularly those living in remote

communities. More than 95,300 people are

estimated to have participated in MoneyBusiness

since 2005, with 4,910 participating this year.

MoneyBusiness coach training is delivered over

two days for community professionals working

in remote First Nations communities. Training

equips community professionals with the skills

and resources to use with their clients. A recent

attendee at MoneyBusiness coach training said

“I am excited to integrate this training into client

work on a practical level. There are some great

visual aids that can be used to make this a more

hands on experience for clients and gives us

another tool in terms of delivering education and

financial literacy to clients.”

Saver Plus

Saver Plus is a matched savings and

financial education program developed

in 2003 by ANZ and the Brotherhood

of St Laurence. 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 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 found that most participants

build long-term savings habits, helping them

to reduce financial stress and improve their

overall confidence and wellbeing.

1

Since 2023, Saver Plus has been delivered

as an online program throughout Australia;

making the program available to anyone in

Australia who meets the eligibility criteria.

Saver Plus Program Manager, Brotherhood of St Laurence

1. Refer to ‘Saver Plus at 21: Building resilience that lasts’ report (2024).

More than 4,380 Australians participated in Saver

Plus this year, totalling more than 62,000 since

2003 who have saved more than $31 million and

received more than $26 million in matched savings

from ANZ for education costs. More than 87% of

participants in the program are women

1

, 51% of all

participants are single parents and 69% saved for

their children’s education expenses.

More information about the impact of Saver Plus

is available in our impact reports at anz.com.au/

saver-plus

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Saver Plus in the Pacific
For 2024 we set a target to pilot a savings program (Saver Plus) for people on lower

incomes in Fiji and Vanuatu by the end of 2025, with at least 80% of participants

having demonstrated a savings habit

1

upon completion. Implementation of these

two pilots is well progressed with participants in Fiji having commenced their savings

journey in 2024 and participants ready to commence saving in Vanuatu in 2025.

Case study


Meet Allegra,

a Saver Plus participant

*

Allegra is a migrant and single mother of two

young children who discovered the Saver Plus

program while she was going through her

separation from her now ex-husband. She

found that “The program aligned perfectly with

my need to manage finances better” she adds,

“because it was online, it made it so much

easier to attend with two young ones.”

Saver Plus didn’t just improve Allegra’s

financial literacy; it fundamentally changed

her perspective on money management. “It

wasn’t just about saving money,” she explains.

“It was about learning to budget effectively

and set financial goals. How to manage credit,

super contribution...” The program helped

her differentiate between needs and wants,

prioritise spending, and even negotiate better

deals with service providers.

Saver Plus participant

Launch of Saver Plus in Fiji

More details on our ESG targets can be found on pages 18-22 and see page

49 for information on the launch of the pilot in Fiji this year.

* All identifying information has been replaced

1. Eight out of 10 months saving (as per Saver Plus program), measured by participant survey data.

Empowered with this new knowledge, she’s

now teaching her two young children to develop

conscious savings habits early on.

Allegra emphasises the importance of consistent

savings. “A big lesson I learned is that little savings

can go a long way. Never underestimate (what) the

little things can do.”

Inspired by the program, Allegra maintains the ANZ

Progress Saver account she opened to complete

Saver Plus and has also opened a dedicated

savings account to deposit an additional fixed

amount each month. “Even though it seems small,”

she explains, “it’s untouched, and it adds up over

time.”

“My biggest takeaway,” Allegra reflects, “is learning

to be proactive with my finances. I have the tools to

manage it well for myself and my children. This is a

skill I can pass on to them as well.”

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Housing

Financial wellbeing

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Keeping our customers’ money
safe is a priority and has been core

to our business for 196 years.

We are continually reviewing and adjusting our

capabilities to keep customers safe as new

scams emerge and cyber criminals change how

they operate. We have a focus on safeguarding

the confidentiality, integrity and availability of our

systems, services and information. This enables

operational success, business growth and financial

wellbeing for our customers. We are also focused

on educating our people and customers, so they

are aware of emerging cyber threats and important

online risks as they arise.

In recent years, the extent and pace of change

in the scams landscape has evolved significantly

as the perpetrators become increasingly

sophisticated. Cyber events and data breaches

continued to rise in 2024, affecting our customers

and the community more broadly.

While we are seeing declines in scam losses

across Australia and New Zealand, we recognise

that there is more work to be done. ANZ’s

Customer Protection Working Group, comprising

of senior executives, meet every six weeks to

discuss strategy, priorities, governance, and trends

in relation to scams.

Scams in Australia

In 2024, our people and our systems prevented

customers from losing more than $140 million

to fraud and scams and investigated more than

9,500

1

individual scams impacting retail and

commercial customers in Australia. Pleasingly, our

efforts to protect our customers against scams

has led to a reduction in losses, which is partly due

to increased friction we have put in place to slow

down the payment process for high-risk payments.

We also rely on our enhanced Falcon® technology

to detect suspicious transactions. We continue to

refine our fraud and scam detection rules to reflect

the latest data and respond to emerging trends.

We attempt to recover funds reported as scams or

fraud. However, the ability to recover funds depends

on a number of factors including how quickly it is

reported to ANZ and the speed in which funds are

transferred on by scammers. In many instances,

scammers transfer funds within minutes.

This year, ANZ implemented a number of

innovative detection and prevention measures for

ANZ Classic accounts, as part of our fight to help

protect customers and the community from scams

and other financial crimes including:

• The introduction of a dedicated team of

specialists in our customer protection team

who handle calls about fraud and scams.

• Increased personalised warning messages on

Internet Banking when a transaction or activity

is considered high risk.

• The introduction of a new Scam Scoring model

that uses artificial intelligence to complement

current security systems and boost our scam

detection.

• The introduction of a Mule Detection model

to detect mule accounts

2

and restrict

the movement of scam proceeds. Since

implementation in December 2023, the mule

detection technology has triggered more than

1,000 alerts on accounts. As a result, some of

these accounts have been closed.

For ANZ Plus customers we introduced Crypto

Protect, a tool which turns off the ability for

ANZ Plus customers to make payments to

cryptocurrency exchanges, previously used in

around half of all scams, unless customers choose

to override it. Crypto Protect is part of Scam Safe,

introduced this year, which is a suite of enhanced

controls, scam focused features and educational

content to help ANZ Plus customers better protect

themselves and their money. This includes Screen

Share Protect, which stops screen sharing while

in the ANZ Plus App, Location-Based Security,

and Risky App Detection, a feature that helps

identify the presence of installed apps that may

compromise customers’ banking. Active Call

Status is another feature which helps us detect if

a customer is on the phone with a scammer whilst

conducting banking activities. For more on ANZ

Plus see page 48.

During the year we continued to work closely

with other banks, industry sectors, government

and regulators to proactively identify and address

scam trends so that together we can stay ahead of

scammers and protect Australians from emerging

threats. This includes through the Australian

Government’s new cutting-edge intel loop, an

exchange between banks, telecommunication

companies, digital platforms and the Australian

1. Includes both ANZ Classic and ANZ Plus. 2. A money mule is someone who becomes involved in transferring stolen money.

Scams

Financial Crimes Exchange, enabling near real-time

data sharing about the latest tactics and tools

used by scammers.

We take the education of our customers and

bankers seriously. This year, ANZ has delivered

various education initiatives to improve scam

confidence and service capability for frontline

bankers and customers. This included:

• The introduction of a new scams education

module to ANZ’s flagship financial education

program, MoneyMinded, which equips

community professionals with resources to

support their clients to identify and protect

themselves from scams. Since March 2024,

more than 400 accredited coaches in Australia

have been trained. For further information on

MoneyMinded see page 34.

• New and enhanced content on ANZ’s security

hub on anz.com and associated promotional

activity to drive uptake of the resources via social

media posts, messages and alerts in ANZ’s

digital channels.

• Targeted nudges for high-risk customers,

educational events, and webinars; and

• The creation of new mandated security content

for frontline employees to support customer

engagement on security.

Our 2024 initiatives build upon the successes

of 2023, which include working with major

telecommunications companies to activate

anti-spoofing technologies such as the Do Not

Originate (DNO) service and technology to prevent

scammers from spoofing ANZ using the “ANZ”

brand in text messages.

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Environmental sustainability

Housing

Financial wellbeing

Information security

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Cyber security

Data protection and privacy

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Digital banking experience

Regulation and risk management

Thriving communities

Human rights

Diversity and inclusion

Employee experience

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Scams in New Zealand
ANZ Bank New Zealand has continued to invest

in technology, education and its people to help

protect customers from fraud and scams. Despite

an 18% increase in scam and fraud cases in 2024,

our customer losses are down 2% year-on-year.

This year, ANZ Bank New Zealand implemented

a number of innovative detection and prevention

measures as part of its fight to help protect

customers and the community from scams and

other financial crimes, including:

• The evolution of ANZ Fraud Check which allows

us to immediately contact customers in the

event of suspicious activity on their card and

validate if they had initiated the transaction. First

launched in June 2023,

we now use this service

daily for over 1,100 suspicious transactions and

update our fraud monitoring systems in real-

time. In 2024, we sent over a million messages

to customers to validate if they had initiated

certain card transactions, to advise them of

suspicious activity and/or declined transactions.

• Being the first bank in New Zealand to

block transactions to some high-risk crypto

exchanges, helping protect around 2,500

customers a year from losing their money,

in December 2023

.

• Beginning to collect digital biometric information

using third party software to identify when

a fraudster is using our customers’ Internet

Banking or goMoney App.

• The first in New Zealand to launch a dynamic

security code feature for cards. Launched in

July 2024, this code appears in the goMoney

App, updates every 12 hours, and can be

used instead of the CVV on the back of a

physical ANZ Visa card, to help customers

shop safer online.

To build our customers’ capability to detect scams,

to date we have sent more than 7.7 million scam

and fraud education messages via email and the

goMoney App, supported by messages on social

media. We also launched the following advertising

campaigns during the year:

• ‘Layers of fraud protection’ campaign, to

educate customers on the tools and technology

available to them.

• Age Concern New Zealand partnership,

to support older people with their digital

literacy needs and help keep them safe from

financial scams.

This activity has resulted in ANZ Bank New Zealand

remaining the number one brand

1

in New Zealand

for the brand metric; ‘ANZ provides the tools and

information, so customers know how to keep their

money safe’. 

1. Six month rolling average. McCully Research, September 2024.

We take the education of our customers and bankers

seriously. This year, ANZ has delivered various education

initiatives to improve scam confidence and service

capability for frontline bankers and customers.

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Housing

Financial wellbeing

Information security

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Cyber security

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Human rights

Diversity and inclusion

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Cyber security
As attacks on systems and infrastructure

grow in complexity, speed, frequency, and

scale, so too must the speed and scale of

our response.

ANZ’s security purpose is to safeguard the

confidentiality, integrity and availability of ANZ’s

systems, services and information to enable

ANZ’s successful operation, business growth

and financial wellbeing of our customers.

Our Enterprise Security Strategy drives this

through three strategic goals:

• Embed security across ANZ to ensure a

shared responsibility for security risk

• Strengthen resilience against emerging

cyber threats; and

• Enable business transformation through

secure delivery of simple, cost effective,

trusted platforms and services.

Under each goal are a set of key focus areas,

each outlining a desired target state. The

successful delivery of each key focus area is

tracked, monitored and reported through a series

of annual key results – the ‘how we will deliver’.

Inputs to the Strategy included threat mapping,

industry benchmarking, penetration tests, emerging

threats and increasing numbers of customer fraud

and scams. It also highlights opportunities to

capitalise on evolving cloud-based technologies to

both protect ANZ and drive secure transformation.

Ongoing regulator-led penetration tests, cross

sector exercises and regulatory changes will

continue to inform regular strategy reviews. Strategy

updates are presented to the Board twice a year,

and to relevant technology and risk committees.

These updates provide progress against the

Strategy, enterprise security risks, effectiveness of

security controls, and tracking of security metrics

as well as views on the emerging threat landscape,

regulatory compliance, and benchmarking

against other organisations. An annual review of

the Strategy key focus areas and key results is

also undertaken with business stakeholders and

presented to the Board for endorsement.

Our security capability is underpinned by

threat intelligence, which strengthens our

ability to rapidly identify, manage, and respond

to increasing and emerging threats. Global

relationships with government agencies, law

enforcement and industry provide timely insights

into attacker tactics and techniques to inform our

decisions, actions and risk reduction strategies. 

Our cyber security maturity has been assessed

over a number of years against the US National

Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Cybersecurity Framework – Identify, Protect,

Detect, Respond and Recover – and compares

favourably with organisations of a similar risk

profile. Our cyber security protection capabilities

employ a defence-in-depth model which applies

multiple layers of security controls, aligned to NIST,

to minimise the likelihood of a successful attack.

Using artificial intelligence (AI), we proactively

detect and contain active threats and restore

critical services at speed and scale to limit the

consequences of a compromise, with more than

13 billion events analysed by our Security

Operations Centre each day.

We recognise that the cyber and scam threats we

face also impact our customers, so a continued

focus on supporting the community by educating

our staff and customers on cyber and scams is

a priority. For more information on scams see

p a g e 3 7.

Fostering a security-centric culture

Educating our people

Key to educating our people is ensuring our

security operating model is understood and owned

by the entire organisation – so everyone can

play their role in keeping ANZ and our customers

secure. Clear governance processes and a

comprehensive cyber security education program

is helping to embed a strong security culture at

every level of the organisation, and minimise risks

associated with cyber attacks. Our education

program is supported by a dedicated cyber security

ambassador network, which has increased by

more than 20% since 2023, with more than 800

members across 13 divisions and 22 locations.

To help our people understand their responsibilities,

annual mandatory learning focused on cyber

security is also completed by all employees and

contractors, including targeted security training for

developers and engineers. For more information

about mandatory learning see page 70.

We continue to enhance our cyber resilience and

phishing program with more frequent and complex

simulated exercises and phishing drills across ANZ.

Informed by threat intelligence, drills aim to improve

our employees ability to detect suspicious emails.

We have also broadened the exercise program to

include both Group-wide and divisional exercises

to test cyber crisis plans and practice decision

making.

There is a continued focus to support divisions

with improving security behaviours through

security metrics and data driven insights. Security

behaviours across the Group are measured by

an ANZ-developed Security Behaviour Index

(SBI). Divisions are responsible for establishing

SBI targets in line with the Enterprise Security

Strategy security behaviour targets. Divisional

representatives work with the newly appointed 38

Cyber Champions to drive uplift in the SBI across

ANZ. ANZ’s Business Assurance teams continue

to be engaged to support remediation of security

issues and manage ANZ’s security risk posture.

Customers and third parties

Our customer security education service features

events, seminars, webinars, tips, guides, alerts

and targeted education and warnings across

digital banking, social media, and direct frontline

education. Frontline education is designed to

enhance our people’s ability to support customers

with cyber security queries. Customer facing

initiatives seek to raise awareness and empower

customers to act in the face of growing cyber and

scam events.

The Security Hub on ANZ’s website has undergone

significant uplift in 2024, with new and refreshed

content to support customer understanding of key

scam types and cyber events. These resources

have been further promoted via in-channel

education and social media. The uplift to online

resources has resulted in a 200% increase in traffic

to our Security Hub webpage from September

2023 to June 2024. Our ongoing frontline

banker and customer engagement activity has

contributed to establishing ANZ’s Institutional

bank as a clear market leader in cyber security

education, according to the most recent Coalition

Greenwhich survey

1

(formerly Peter Lee), released

in June 2024.

Third parties managing sensitive ANZ information

are also expected to meet requirements to protect

information and management systems. We have

a robust procurement management process,

including contractual obligations and a mature

security testing program in place to comply with

the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority

(APRA) CPS 234 Information Security.

1. 2024 Coalition Greenwich Large Corporate and Institutional Relationship Banking survey.

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Environmental sustainability

Housing

Financial wellbeing

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Cyber security

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Human rights

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Case study

The use of AI to improve cyber security

outcomes is not new. AI has been used for

many years to help interpret and respond to

input data. Generative AI on the other hand,

presents opportunities to transform our business

as we explore ways to harness its power, and

enhance customer experiences. However, with

the overwhelming speed in which generative

AI is being integrated into our daily lives, it has

the potential to dramatically reshape our digital

landscape, so we need to move thoughtfully,

and with caution, with the aim to protect our

customers and help our communities thrive. 

Given the level of organisational change

generative AI will bring, it is essential that leaders

are role models through the change. We’re

educating our leaders, assisted by the new

AI Immersion Centre at ANZ’s head office in

Melbourne, which we’ve built in partnership with

Microsoft. It is the first of its kind in banking in

Australia and New Zealand with the aim to send

3,000 leaders through the centre over the next

12 months to accelerate AI adoption, securely,

and at scale. An example of a recent partner-

based solution is the work we are doing with

Microsoft both with the AI Immersion Centre

and through use of generative AI technologies –

including Copilot for Microsoft 365 and GitHub

Copilot – to boost productivity, innovation and

customer service.

AI is also playing a key role in strengthening our

defense, enabling us to detect, respond to, and

mitigate cyber threats more effectively, process

work more efficiently, and to help us comply with

regulatory standards. Integrating AI and machine

learning is also helping us automate many of

the repetitious tasks in our Security Operations

Centre, allowing our analysts to focus their

specialised expertise on critical thinking, creative

problem solving and further innovation. To put

it in perspective, ANZ currently logs more than

13 billion events each day as part of monitoring,

detecting and responding to potential security

events and incidents across our environment. We

wouldn’t be able to manage this volume without

innovation. We expect a range of technologies

will continue to contribute to better business

outcomes. Some solutions will be provided by

our strategic partners and others built by ANZ.

As we continue to embrace generative AI, we

remain dedicated to security alongside the

innovation and technological advancement.

ANZ is not just adapting for the future; we are

actively shaping it with every step we take with

generative AI technology.

Using artificial intelligence (AI) to help our people and communities thrive

Carina Parisella, Head of Technology Workforce, Gerard Florian,

Group Executive Technology and Tim Hogarth, Chief Technology

Officer, at our AI Immersion Centre at ANZ head office, Melbourne

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Data protection and privacy
The application of data protection practices

and assessing privacy risks is key to ANZ’s

operations. It is also critical to maintaining

the trust of those who share personal

information with us.

We emphasise that within ANZ, protecting personal

information is everyone’s responsibility. Therefore, our

strategy for safeguarding this information focuses

on a wide range of processes, procedures, and

response strategies across multiple departments

and multidisciplinary teams within the bank.

As part of ANZ’s strengthening of non-financial

risk management, during the year we implemented

Privacy Risk as a key part of ANZ’s Non-Financial

Risk Framework. This change provides us with a

global perspective on the effectiveness of controls

that we need to have in place to minimise our

privacy risk in the jurisdictions we operate in. It also

includes increased oversight of privacy risk in our

service arrangements with third parties. Privacy is a

shared responsibility and we have empowered our

teams to proactively identify and address any privacy

concerns, in line with ANZ’s Speak Up culture.

We continuously provide training and events for

our people to improve awareness of good data

protection and privacy practices. We participated

in the Office of the Australian Information

Commissioner’s Privacy Awareness Week in May

2024 which included a privacy expo and speaker

series, touching on relevant global privacy topics.

We also raised awareness of privacy related tools

and processes in a risk culture marketplace for

employees at our head office in Melbourne, held

data and privacy impact assessment and data

event management workshops, and uplifted and

simplified our mandatory global privacy learning,

in alignment with our Privacy Policy.

In Australia, we continue to participate in the

ongoing internal consultation on the upcoming

Australia Privacy Act Reform. Our goal is to

ensure individuals’ privacy rights are appropriately

protected, while enabling ANZ to run efficiently and

safely deliver financial products and services. To

do this we have established a dedicated program

of work ahead of the publication of the privacy

reforms and established a working group with

the objective of uplifting privacy risk management

across ANZ.

We ensure that we comply with privacy and

data protection laws of the countries in which we

operate, including requirements on cross-border

transfer of personal data. We have worked to

implement personal data protection laws of China

and Vietnam in 2024.

Our Data Event Management (DEM) process was

also enhanced this year to ensure the governance

and management of potential and actual data

breaches are performed efficiently, allowing us to

swiftly assess, contain, and mitigate risk of harm

to customers, employees, and other individuals.

This rapid approach has consistently reduced

the number of reportable incidents to privacy

commissioners and regulators.

We remain alert and responsive to external data

breaches which could include data that has been

shared by us for third party operational purposes.

Our Privacy Impact Assessment remains an

effective tool for assessing privacy risk, and it

has been added to our third-party procurement

process to limit the sharing of information externally

to only what is necessary. In the event of external

data loss, our DEM process is triggered along with

pro-active communication with the third party.

In 2024, ANZ reported one data breach to the

Office of the Australian Information Commissioner

(OAIC) and notified one impacted individual under

the Notifiable Data Breach Scheme, down from

three reported data breaches in 2023.

Our goal is to ensure

individuals’ privacy rights are

appropriately protected, while

enabling ANZ to run efficiently,

and safely deliver financial

products and services.

Current updates and information including

our Privacy Policy are available at anz.com.au/

privacy/policy

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Environmental sustainability

Housing

Financial wellbeing

Information security

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Cyber security

Data protection and privacy

Responsible customer engagement

Digital banking experience

Regulation and risk management

Thriving communities

Human rights

Diversity and inclusion

Employee experience

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Meeting customer expectations
We see culture as critical to meeting community

expectations – one of our most material issues is

ethics, conduct and culture and we continue to

be guided by our Code of Conduct which sets the

expected standards of behavior consistent with

our purpose. The Code of Conduct supports our

values and helps us to make fair, balanced and

ethical decisions in our day-to-day work. For more

information on our Code of Conduct see page 24.

We acknowledge that this year there have been

some examples of where we have failed our

customers and the below outlines the actions

we are taking in these specific circumstances.

Deceased estates

In 2024, the Banking Code Compliance

Committee (BCCC) in Australia made findings

regarding ANZ’s management of the estates

of deceased customers.

The findings related to fees and delays in acting

on instructions. A sanction was applied by the

BCCC to name ANZ on its website and in its annual

report. In relation to the issues identified in the

BCCC’s finding, we have remediated estates and

apologised for not meeting the expectations of

our customers, their families and representatives.

We have made significant improvements to

ensure that, going forward, we have the right

staff, systems, training, and processes in place to

provide the support needed by representatives

and families at this difficult time in their lives.

The BCCC have confirmed that this matter

has been closed and they have no remaining

questions.

Providing customers access to

products and services that best

suit them

We acknowledge the release of Australian

Securities and Investments Commission’s (ASIC)

Better banking for Indigenous consumers report

in July 2024.

We are committed to providing our First Nations

customers access to products and services

that best suit them, having already simplified the

account opening process in January 2024, to

provide greater access to concession accounts

without needing to visit a branch.

We are implementing specific changes as a result

of the review, including setting up a process to

move cohorts of eligible customers who receive

relevant concession payments to a basic account

on an opt-out basis. This includes a wider range of

customers beyond ASIC’s project cohort, to reduce

the burden on customers in the account switching

process.

As part of our response to ASIC’s findings, ANZ

has committed to making goodwill payments to

eligible customers for account keeping, dishonour

and direct debit fees incurred from 1 July 2019

until August 2024.

Responsible customer engagement

We touch many different parts of the economy in

our home markets of Australia and New Zealand –

and we work hard to stay alert to, and connected

with, what’s happening in the broader economy

and the impact it’s having on our customers and

the community. One of our most material ESG

issues of responsible customer engagement

highlights the importance of ANZ focusing on

providing fair, accessible and affordable products,

as well as customer support, including for those in

financial hardship. This is particularly important in

challenging economic conditions.

Our programs and processes aim to support

customers when needed and deliver on our

purpose to shape a world where people and

communities thrive.

Revised Banking Code of Practice

During the year ANZ continued to engage

with the Australian Banking Association

(ABA) on the review of the ABA Banking

Code of Practice. ASIC approved the

revised version of the Banking Code of

Practice in June 2024, which includes

enhancements to key protections including:

• New deceased estates provisions and

new definitions of small business and

vulnerability,

• Introducing a requirement for banks to

meet with prospective guarantors before

accepting a guarantee, and

• Requirements for banks to organise free

interpreter services where appropriate.

We are working through changes required

to meet the new obligations when the

revised Banking Code of Practice comes

into effect in February 2025.

The Banking Code of Practice is important

to our customers because it provides

consumer protections, which often go

beyond the law.

We recognise that we have failed to meet the expectations of our

customers at times. We are committed to listening and learning from

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

to ensure that we uphold the behaviors expected of us as a bank.

Our approach is outlined within the following

sections.

Supporting customers in need of extra care –

see pages 43-44.

Supporting customers in financial hardship –

see pages 45-46.

Resolving customer complaints fairly –

see page 47.

This year, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) required ANZ to hold an additional

operational risk capital overlay due to concerns about non-financial risk (NFR) management,

including issues within our Markets business.

These issues require a strong response and this will be a significant ongoing focus in 2025.

The actions we are taking on NFR and the Board’s response on the specific matters arising

within the Markets business are outlined on page 23.

Overview and governance

Our ESG targets and performance

Ethics, conduct and culture

Environmental sustainability

Housing

Financial wellbeing

Information security

Responsible customer

engagement

Meeting customer expectations

Supporting customers in need

of extra care

Supporting customers in financial

hardship

Resolving customer complaints fairly

Digital banking experience

Regulation and risk management

Thriving communities

Human rights

Diversity and inclusion

Employee experience

Explanatory notes

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Supporting customers in need of extra care
We aim to recognise and respond to customers

who need extra care and support customers to gain

or maintain their financial independence. We achieve

this by focusing on product design and data

use to improve accessibility and limit harm. We

continue to strengthen our frontline capability and

undertake community and industry engagement.

Key areas of progress in 2024 include:

• Enhanced the use of data analytics to

more frequently identify potentially abusive

transactions and take prompt action, including

customer outreach capability via the Extra

Care Hub. This involves the use of a dynamic

algorithm to identify indicators of abuse

by considering factors such as the size of

transactions, patterns of behaviour and

content of payment descriptions. We have also

commenced piloting the use of data analytics to

help identify financial abuse by a person holding

a power of attorney.

• The expansion of the Extra Care Hub, our

specialist team who provide support to frontline

staff supporting customers who may be

experiencing vulnerability, with a key focus on

financial abuse, family violence and customers

where we hold concerns with cognitive capacity.

Now available for bankers in multiple frontline

teams, the Extra Care Hub supported 2,497

customers during the year.

• The launch of an Artificial Intelligence ‘monitoring

bot’ within our Message Us chat channel on the

ANZ App, which allows customers to contact

bankers and receive fast tracked support. The

bot identifies potential instances of customer

vulnerability through specific keywords and

phrases and flags this to bankers. Once triggered,

a private message (visible only to the banker) will

display within the banker’s conversation screen.

This is designed to prompt the banker to carefully

review the conversation and refer to our specialist

Extra Care Hub where appropriate.

• Implementation of a ‘quick exit’ button on our

family violence webpage. The button allows

a user to immediately be redirected to an

alternative site and hide the site they were

viewing should safety or privacy be a concern.

This builds on the information already available

to customers on this webpage regarding safe

browsing.

• ANZ has also joined the ‘Respect and Protect’

public awareness campaign which aims to

encourage all businesses to change their

product terms and conditions to make it

clear that financial abuse is an unacceptable

customer behaviour and action will be taken.

Our participation reflects our stance that bank

accounts are no place for financial abuse.

• Continued training of Australian employees

through a combination of e-learning, leader-

led guidance and workshops to identify and

support customers in need of extra care.

Partners such as the International Centre for

Missing and Exploited Children Australia (ICMEC

Australia) have provided training on online

child sexual abuse within the financial sector,

helping to build the capability of bankers to

detect, report and prevent technology related

child sexual exploitation. Similarly, community

organisation South-East Community Links

delivered a workshop to senior leaders and

product managers on the topic of Financial

Safety and ‘Safety By Design.’ We are in the

early stages of building this capability to

help ensure our products and services are

designed to help prevent financial abuse.

In March 2024, the Banking Code Compliance

Committee (BCCC) commenced a follow-

up into the Inclusivity, Accessibility and

Vulnerability Inquiry. The Inquiry is examining

compliance with obligations for inclusivity,

accessibility and vulnerability in Part 4 of

the Banking Code of Practice, with a focus

on financial abuse, access to interpreters

and third-party authorities. ANZ provided a

response to the follow-up, with the BCCC

expected to publish the outcomes of the

Inquiry in late calendar 2024.

ANZ’s Customer Advocate

The Customer Advocate’s role is to provide a

voice for our Australian customers to facilitate

and promote fair customer outcomes. The

Customer Advocate supports our customers in

a number of ways:

• Identifying opportunities to enhance products,

services, systems and processes within the

bank.

• Helping to facilitate better decision-making and

fairer outcomes for customers through the use

of insights and perspectives, including those

sought from the community.

The Customer Advocate meets regularly with

community organisations and participates actively

in industry forums to ensure our approach is

informed by best practice and lived experience.

Internally, ANZ also holds a customer advocacy

forum bi-monthly to provide end to end oversight

of customer vulnerability issues for Australia Retail

and Australia Commercial, with a key focus on

influencing fair customer outcomes and limiting

customer harm and detriment.

The Customer Advocate is also responsible for

leading ANZ’s customer vulnerability strategy

which includes a focus on strengthening our

support for customers impacted by family violence

and financial abuse, supporting our First Nations

customers particularly in remote communities,

and promoting inclusive banking for customers,

including through ANZ’s Accessibility and Inclusion

Plan outlined on page 63.

ANZ’s customer vulnerability

strategy in Australia seeks to support

customers in need of extra care,

while also ensuring our products and

services are accessible and inclusive.

This aligns to our strategic focus of

improving financial wellbeing and the

expectations of our regulators,

customers and the community.

Further information on how ANZ is supporting

customers impacted by family violence is

available at anz.com.au/family-violence-and-

financial-abuse

Overview and governance

Our ESG targets and performance

Ethics, conduct and culture

Environmental sustainability

Housing

Financial wellbeing

Information security

Responsible customer

engagement

Meeting customer expectations

Supporting customers in need

of extra care

Supporting customers in financial

hardship

Resolving customer complaints fairly

Digital banking experience

Regulation and risk management

Thriving communities

Human rights

Diversity and inclusion

Employee experience

Explanatory notes

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First Nations Foundation
Australia’s leading Indigenous financial literacy

organisation, First Nations Foundation, run a

family-friendly community event series each

year to educate and empower First Nations

people to take control of their financial future.

ANZ participated in the Townsville and Palm

Island events at the 2024 Financial Wellness

Week, which brings together the community

with selected industry providers, government

departments and banks. The event takes a

holistic approach to providing financial services

to the community, acting as a point of contact for

First Nations people to access a hub of financial

literacy workshops and break-out sessions.

Some of the challenges faced by our First

Nations customers include how to manage

their banking needs given remote locations.

Many customers experience issues with

meeting identification requirements and

have difficulty opening a bank account, a

fundamental part of participating fully in the

economy. The event was an opportunity

to meet with customers and third-party

representatives, such as Social Workers and

Financial Counsellors, to educate them on

preventing financial abuse, how to manage

their banking needs through the ANZ App and

enabled further awareness of ANZ’s First Nations

Customer Support Line.

Our branch network

Over the past decade, we have seen a

long-term shift in how our customers want to

bank with us with the number of customers

coming into a branch for transactions

reducing significantly.

Closing a branch is never a decision taken

lightly and we carefully consider a number of

factors. This includes long-term analysis of

how many customers are visiting a branch,

how they’re using it and what the alternative

banking options are. As part of this analysis,

we look at customer behaviour data, including

whether these customers are using ATMs,

phone or digital banking.

We understand it’s important to speak

with our customers and ensure that those

requiring assistance with their banking needs

are contacted as a priority. We also engage

with the local representatives of all levels of

government each time we close a branch.

Under the Federal Treasurers approval

conditions for purchasing Suncorp Bank, ANZ

and Suncorp Bank’s regional branches will

be maintained throughout Australia for the

next three years. There will also be no net

job losses in Australia as a direct result of the

acquisition for three years.

Supporting diverse language and

communication needs

To better support our culturally and linguistically

diverse customers, we continue to offer an at-call

interpreter service, delivered with an independent

provider, that staff can contact to assist customers

with limited English.

This year, the use of the interpreter service was

extended to support more than 9,400 customers in

190+ languages. The interpreter service is available

across all Australia Retail teams for service enquiries,

making it easier for customers to communicate over

the phone or in-person in the language of their choice.

In New Zealand, employees help to organise an

interpreter for appointments for customers who are

deaf or hard of hearing, which ANZ pays for. This

process covers appointments initiated directly with

ANZ or via interpreter provider iSign, depending on

the customer’s preference. Requests for language

interpreters are also assessed and managed to

find the best possible outcome for customers.

We also continue to offer written formats in

languages other than English. Our ATMs in

Australia offer multilingual options covering 12

languages: English (default), Arabic, French,

German, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean,

Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and

Vietnamese. ATMs in New Zealand offer

multilingual options covering Te reo Māori,

Simplified Chinese, Korean, Japanese and English.

In November 2023, we published an Easy English

Guide titled ‘Staying Safe Online’ which combines

text with imagery to simply explain scams for use

by people with low literacy, a learning disability

or who are unfamiliar with English. The Australian

Customer Complaints Guide is also available in this

format, as well as in Auslan to support customers

who are deaf or hard of hearing. We have seen

strong customer use of these accessible formats,

with more than 1,100 of downloads this year.

Supporting First Nations

customers in Australia

ANZ recognises First Nations customers, particularly

those living in remote communities, may experience

barriers to banking and financial inclusion.

We continue to support these customers through:

• ANZ’s First Nations Customer Support Line,

a dedicated team that has helped more than

13,544 customers with their banking needs,

which is 36% more than the previous year. If

required, overflow calls are taken by trained

bankers across the Customer Contact Centre.

• Raising awareness of the First Nations Customer

Support Line among community groups and the

local community, including through the 2024

Financial Counselling Australia (FCA) national

and state conferences, FCA ‘Bring Your Bills’ Day

in Dubbo, and 2024 First Nations Foundation

Financial Wellness Week events in Townsville

and Palm Island.

• Enhanced Third Party Authentication processes

which allow a Financial Counsellor, Capability

Worker or Social Worker to be present during

authentication, making banking more accessible

and easier for First Nations customers.

• Implementing a dedicated mailbox allowing

bankers in the Support Line team to process

First Nations customers ID documents to

support remote identification, delivering a more

efficient experience.

• Continue to employ First Nations bankers in the

Support Line team, accounting for 33% of the

team in 2024.

For more information about ANZ’s Reconciliation

Action Plan see page 61. For information on

MoneyBusiness, ANZ’s financial education

program for First Nations people, see page 35.

Overview and governance

Our ESG targets and performance

Ethics, conduct and culture

Environmental sustainability

Housing

Financial wellbeing

Information security

Responsible customer

engagement

Meeting customer expectations

Supporting customers in need

of extra care

Supporting customers in financial

hardship

Resolving customer complaints fairly

Digital banking experience

Regulation and risk management

Thriving communities

Human rights

Diversity and inclusion

Employee experience

Explanatory notes

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There are times when our customers are
unable to meet their financial commitments.

In some instances, the financial difficulty

may be temporary, requiring only time to

recover and get back on track. Other cases

may be longer term or permanent, requiring

additional support and extra care to review

and restructure their financial arrangements.

In line with the broader economic environment, the

number of Australian ANZ home loan customers

in hardship has risen over the past year to around

four in every 1,000 people, and the number for

small Australian business customers is around two

in every 1,000. We expect customers in hardship

will continue to rise given the external environment.

Whatever the situation, we will work with

customers to find a solution through respectful

conversations that are fair and appropriate to that

customer’s individual circumstances.

ANZ Australia provides customers with a range

of options to help address their circumstances,

including:

• Temporarily reducing or pausing repayments.

• Changing to a period of interest only payments.

• Loan restructuring including capitalisation

(adding the late payments onto the loan).

• Providing information and access to our financial

literacy programs.

• Reducing the amount of debt owing and, in

sensitive circumstances, considering debt

forgiveness on a case-by-case basis.

• Referrals to appropriate external support

services, such as the CareRing Program with

Uniting, Fitted for Work and 1800RESPECT.

• Referrals to financial counselling via the National

Debt Helpline and/or the Small Business Debt

Helpline.

Data plays an important role in the early

identification of customers who may fall into

hardship. Analysis of savings, credit and offset

account data helps us to understand customers’

financial behaviour and potential future outcomes.

This data also helps us to identify customers

who may be receiving unemployment benefits or

experiencing a reduction of more than 10% of their

income. We proactively contact these customers,

who may be at risk of experiencing hardship, via

SMS and encourage them to engage with ANZ’s

Australian Financial Wellbeing Assist (Hardship)

team. Additionally, ANZ frontline staff are trained

to identify hardship triggers when engaging with

customers. When determining what assistance

may be suitable, we adopt a holistic approach

which takes into account all of the customer’s

lending facilities.

Improving customer outcomes

We expect hardship will continue to rise as cost-of-

living pressures persist. To support our Australian

customers, in September 2023 we commenced

a program of work to uplift the experience and

outcomes for those seeking hardship support. We

want to ensure that our hardship processes are

simple, accessible, and easy to use, and provide

sustainable outcomes suitable to each customer’s

individual circumstances. This is aligned with the

recommended actions in the Australian Securities

and Investments Commission’s (ASIC) report; 782

Hardship, hard to get help: Findings and actions to

support customers in financial hardship, published

in May 2024.

Our hardship uplift program is focused on five

key areas:

Improving policies, procedures, and

training for our people

Ensuring executive level end to end

oversight

Improving our customer communications

so they are clearer and more personalised

Evolving our customer experience through

reporting and surveys

Providing specialist support to vulnerable

customers in financial difficulty

Australia

Over the past 12 months we proactively contacted

more than 196,000 home loan customers to

check-in and helped ensure the ongoing suitability

of their loan arrangements. Assistance ranges

from proactive, early hardship offerings to simple

repayment reminders to help ensure sufficient

funds are in the payment account – these

reminders have been particularly successful

with an estimated 24% improvement in on-time

payment for those we reached out to. We have

observed elevated levels of financial stress with

our home loan customers due to cost of living

pressures and increasing interest rates. However,

this is off an historically low base and the overall

data suggests that in aggregate, customers are

holding up better than originally expected.

In Australia, accounts that were new to hardship

and received assistance

1

increased by 48%

from a total of 9,506 in 2023 to 14,031 in 2024.

Our priority is always to help our customers get

back on track. Pleasingly, over 68% of customers

who contacted us in hardship were back in good

shape

2

with their home loan within 12 months.

New Zealand

In New Zealand, the number of customers who

were new to hardship and received assistance

3


increased by 37% from 2,926 in 2023 to 4,021

in 2024. Themes of redundancy, reduced hours

of work, illness, relationship break downs, and

financial stress caused by the impact of higher

interest rates and the cost of living remained

consistent.

Following the devastating flood and cyclone

events to many North Island regions in 2023, we

continue to proactively support our customers

whilst they work through the insurance claim

process and eligibility where their property has

been designated as Category 3 under the New

Zealand Government’s Future of Severely Affected

Land Programme. ANZ’s support during this

time included repayment relief options as well as

preferential pricing to support customers through

an extended period of uncertainty, alleviating

financial pressure until informed decisions can be

made. We continue to identify impacted customers

through our hardship process.

Based on a pilot in 2022, we developed a

proactive contact program to reach out to home

loan customers identified using data analytics as

potentially in need of support, which commenced

in January 2023. In 2024 we contacted more than

250,000 home loan customers as part of the

program including outbound calls to more than

22,000 customers to discuss whether they required

assistance such as restructuring their lending.

Supporting customers in financial hardship

1. The statistic quoted uses underlying data which captures the number of accounts which are receiving hardship assistance, which include Home Loans, Personal Loans, Credit Cards and Small Business Banking.

Multiple customers can be a party to an account. 2. Defined as customers that are either up-to-date on their repayments or have paid out their facility in full. Results taken as the most recent six months of performance.

3. ANZ Bank New Zealand measures hardship at a customer level. For those customers who are receiving hardship assistance, this includes Home Loans, Personal Loans, Credit Cards and Small Business Banking.

Overview and governance

Our ESG targets and performance

Ethics, conduct and culture

Environmental sustainability

Housing

Financial wellbeing

Information security

Responsible customer

engagement

Meeting customer expectations

Supporting customers in need

of extra care

Supporting customers in financial

hardship

Resolving customer complaints fairly

Digital banking experience

Regulation and risk management

Thriving communities

Human rights

Diversity and inclusion

Employee experience

Explanatory notes

Assurance opinion

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Referral programs
Customers may need extra care for a range of

reasons including family breakup, illness including

permanent injury, or natural disasters. In addition

to our hardship team working with our customers,

accessing financial counselling can be a key

step towards improving financial wellbeing and

regaining economic stability.

Economic dependency can also keep a person

locked into, or cause them to return to, an abusive

relationship. In circumstances where a relationship

has ended, a person may be left with debt or may

experience ongoing economic abuse. Independent

financial counselling and specialist support can

help a person on the path towards economic

independence.

ANZ has processes in place to refer customers

in need of extra care to community partners to

receive appropriate assistance.

ANZ works with and financially supports the

following community partners in Australia:

• Way Forward Debt Solutions – a registered

charity that provides free debt management

services to assist people struggling to

manage multiple debts to establish affordable

arrangements with their creditors and assist

management of debt repayments. This year,

we referred 21 customer accounts with current

funds under management of around $6 million.

• CareRing – run by Uniting and supported

by ANZ since 2015, the CareRing program

connects customers to a coordinated

range of support services including housing

support, social workers, drug and alcohol

services, home energy assessments and

employment services. We referred 476

customers to CareRing this year. Clients of

the CareRing program can also be referred to

our MoneyMinded program to develop their

basic budgeting skills. For more information

about ANZ’s financial wellbeing programs see

pages 34-36. ANZ also provides a specific

program through CareRing for those in need

of immediate financial assistance to escape

domestic violence. This year, we have assisted

17 customers to access this support, providing

a combined total of more than $10,000 to

assist them on their journey to recovery.

• Fitted for Work – an independent Australian-

based not-for-profit organisation that supports

female-identifying jobseekers to improve

their employment prospects by developing a

résumé, writing a cover letter and provisioning

appropriate work clothes. This year, 356

hardship customers looking for work were

referred to Fitted for Work by ANZ, with 1,100

referrals made since the program began in 2022.

Since inception, approximately 25% of referred

customers who have completed the Fitted for

Work program have found employment.

ANZ New Zealand Bank works with the following

community partner in New Zealand:

• MoneyTalks – funded through the New Zealand

Ministry of Social Development’s Building

Financial Capability services, MoneyTalks

provides free financial mentoring services to

individuals and whānau who want to improve

their financial wellbeing. Since 2018, ANZ has

been referring customers who may need help

with budgeting, managing debt, or planning for

the future, with mentors able to engage with

customers via phone, email or online chat.

Case study


CareRing’s helping hand for

those in need

At the age of 45, Valerie* made the difficult

decision to end her marriage after enduring

years of control and violence from her ex-

partner. During her marriage, Valerie was able

to complete her nursing degree and start

working, contributing to the couple’s mortgage.

After separating, she increased her work

hours to continue with the mortgage and work

through a settlement to purchase a new home

for her and her child.

Concerned about her credit rating and how

that might impact her ability to obtain a

mortgage on her own, ANZ referred her to

a financial counsellor through the CareRing

Program to explore her options. The financial

counsellor became a liaison between Valerie

and ANZ, and over five months worked with

her to obtain financial hardship assistance.

Valerie also engaged a lawyer to assist with the

additional complexities of custody of her child

and the financial settlement from her divorce.

Valerie was born in a different country, where

all her family still lived, resulting in her feeling

emotionally and socially isolated. With the

support of her CareRing caseworker, she was

able to establish a safety plan that connected

her to her long-term friend and neighbour, a

women’s social group in her local community,

and support counselling for her child.

CareRing also provided vouchers for Kmart

and Big W so she could purchase clothing

and school supplies.

* All identifying information has been replaced

As a result of the support and services CareRing

provided and ANZ’s hardship assistance, Valerie

was able to establish control over decisions

affecting her and her child, accept a financial offer

from her ex-partner and sell the property they

co-owned. While Valarie had concerns regarding

her credit file, ANZ was able to help ensure this

was not a long-term constraint regarding her ANZ

lending, and she now feels confident to start again

both financially and emotionally. “You’ve been so

helpful during this stressful time and I can’t thank

you enough”, says Valerie, of the support and

services provided by CareRing.

Overview and governance

Our ESG targets and performance

Ethics, conduct and culture

Environmental sustainability

Housing

Financial wellbeing

Information security

Responsible customer

engagement

Meeting customer expectations

Supporting customers in need

of extra care

Supporting customers in financial

hardship

Resolving customer complaints fairly

Digital banking experience

Regulation and risk management

Thriving communities

Human rights

Diversity and inclusion

Employee experience

Explanatory notes

Assurance opinion

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Resolving customer complaints fairly
Customers can lodge a complaint with ANZ

online or with customer-facing staff for Retail

and Commercial in Australia and Personal and

Business in New Zealand, enabling the recording

and resolution of complaints at first point of

contact. In some cases, where additional support

is required, complaints are escalated internally to

specialist complaint resolution teams who work

with the customer to find a resolution.

Customers who need help making a complaint

can appoint a representative, such as a friend

or family member, and in Australia can request

an interpreter.

We will seek to resolve the complaint when we

receive it. If we need more time, our customer

resolution teams will explain why, provide an

expected date for the outcome and keep

customers informed during the process.

If a customer is not satisfied with the proposed

resolution of their complaint, they can escalate

their complaint to the Australian Financial

Complaints Authority (AFCA) or the Banking

Ombudsman Scheme (BOS) in New Zealand.

Reporting to the CEO, ANZ’s Customer

Fairness Advisor Evelyn Halls OAM, provides

guidance on customer fairness issues in

Australia to ensure a consistent and focused

approach. Evelyn is available to assist with

complex customer complaints, drawing on her

prior experience as the Lead Ombudsman,

Banking and Finance at AFCA.

Complaints data and insights are regularly

reported to senior management and the Board

at Group and in New Zealand. Complaints data is

also analysed to identify opportunities to improve

the customer experience.

Australia

This year, ANZ recorded 332,699 complaints

across a broad range of categories including

service quality, account set-up and maintenance,

channel accessibility, fees, interest and rewards,

and fraud and scams. ANZ continues to report

internal complaints data to the Australian

Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)

on a six-monthly basis.

The percentage of all complaints resolved within

30 days of receipt increased to 99% this year

compared to 98% in 2023.

This year, 5,676 complaints were referred

by customers to AFCA, a 5% increase since

2023. service quality and transaction disputes

complaints were the main complaint issues raised

with AFCA. See page 37 for the processes we are

putting in place to combat fraud and scams.

A Complaint Governance Forum continues to be

held bi-monthly. The purpose of the Complaint

Governance Forum is to provide oversight of

the Australia Retail and Australia Commercial

Division’s end to end customer complaint

handling with a key focus on monitoring the

performance and effectiveness of our complaint

handling processes, reviewing volumes, trends

and themes and actions being taken to address

complaint drivers. 

New Zealand

Complaints recorded in New Zealand decreased

by 6% from 2023 with 35,162 recorded. We

have seen an increase in complaints seeking

an independent review of their concerns and

resolution offer, which is in line with the increase in

scams. This has led to a 1.2% increase in referrals

to our internal escalation team and, in turn, referrals

to BOS increasing by 21%. We continue to work

with BOS to improve our complaints process

so our customers have confidence that we are

adequately managing their issues.

Service issues accounted for 46% of total

complaints received, with ‘failure to act as

instructed/promised’, being the top service-related

issue in 2024. Personal transactional accounts,

credit cards and home loans were the products

with the most complaints. The most common

concerns included failure to act as instructed/

promised, service performance or responsiveness,

and fee reversal, and we’ve observed an 4%

increase in fraud related complaints.

The percentage of complaints resolved within five

working days decreased to 89%, compared to

91% in 2023; and the percentage of complaints

resolved within 30 calendar days of receipt

remained unchanged at 97% compared to 2023.

Data relating to complaints is available in our

2024 ESG Data and Frameworks Pack available

at anz.com.au/esgreport

.

We strive to deliver value to

customers through our

products and services, but

we want to know when we

get things wrong. If we don’t

get things right, we work with

our customers to understand

what’s happened and try to

resolve their complaint

promptly. We aim to listen and

find a solution that is fair and

reasonable.

Evelyn Halls OAM, ANZ’s Customer Fairness Advisor

For further information on how ANZ is

responding to scams and fraud see page 37-38.

Overview and governance

Our ESG targets and performance

Ethics, conduct and culture

Environmental sustainability

Housing

Financial wellbeing

Information security

Responsible customer

engagement

Meeting customer expectations

Supporting customers in need

of extra care

Supporting customers in financial

hardship

Resolving customer complaints

fairly

Digital banking experience

Regulation and risk management

Thriving communities

Human rights

Diversity and inclusion

Employee experience

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Helping our customers thrive with ANZ Plus
Launched in 2022, ANZ Plus – ANZ’s

digital banking service – is a new way

to bank that places our customers’

financial wellbeing at its core.

Through our digital first experiences and coach-

based support, we strive to help our customers

make financial choices that will allow them to thrive

today, tomorrow and in tough times. Underpinning

this are our nine financial wellbeing principles:

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

This year, ANZ Plus has grown to more than

848,000 customers, 47% of whom engaged with

our financial wellbeing features including savings

goals, card controls, and Round Ups.

In 2024 we released new features aligned

to ANZ Plus’ principle to help improve our

customers’ financial wellbeing:

Spend mindfully

• Joint Accounts: Customers can create a joint

account where they can track expenses and

save together.

• Card on File: Customers can see the merchants

that have stored their card details, easily compare

their spend on various subscriptions and decide

if they want to take measures to reduce these.

• Add-Ons: Customers can now access integrated

money management tools and other experiences

from third-party partners. These include the

Cashrewards Add-On, which helps customers

save money on everyday purchases from some

of Australia’s biggest brands and streamlines

the cashback process, and the Qantas Frequent

Flyer Add-On, which facilitates earning, tracking

and redeeming for travel and other purchases.

• Scam Safe: A suite of enhanced controls,

scam-focused features and educational content

to help customers better protect themselves

and their money. This includes Screen Share

Protect – which stops screen sharing while

in the ANZ Plus App, location-based security,

and risky app detection – a feature that helps

identify the presence of installed apps that may

compromise your banking, and a dedicated

Scam Safe section. ANZ Plus has also turned off

the ability to make payments to cryptocurrency

by default. This means if we identify a customer

has tried to make a payment to crypto, it will

be blocked. Of course, if a customer wishes to

make a legitimate payment to crypto, they can –

but only by disabling Crypto Protect and only up

to $10,000 a month.

1. The Net Promoter Score is measured with a single-question

survey and reported with a number ranging from -100 to +100,

where a higher score is desirable. 2. ANZ customers in Australia

and New Zealand. From a baseline of approximately 2.4 million

customers as at 30 September 2023.

For more information about our ESG

targets see pages 18-22.

For information on how we are supporting

our customers to protect themselves from

scams see page 37.

Save regularly

• Round Ups: Customers can put away a little

extra money towards their savings when they

spend with their card. Since December 2023,

ANZ Plus customers have saved more than

$10 million in spare change using Round Ups.

Borrow responsibly

• ANZ Plus Home Loan: In addition to our transact

and save products, customers can now refinance

to an ANZ Plus Home Loan. This is a digital-first,

data-driven and automated home loan product,

with offset and cash out available. Our Home Loan

Insights tab allows customers to track their home

loan repayment progress and learn about changes

they could make to pay their loan off faster.

Customers continue to rate ANZ Plus highly with a

best-in-class average Net Promoter Score (NPS) of

54

1

, and app store ratings of 4.8 in the Apple App

Store and Google Play.

Supporting financial wellbeing

We are also supporting our customers’ financial wellbeing by encouraging them to build and

maintain financial resilience with the aim of having at least 2.5 million ANZ customers

2

with a

financial buffer of approximately six weeks’ expenses by the end of 2026. At the end of 2024,

2,587,441 customers in Australia and New Zealand had a financial buffer of approximately

6 weeks’ expenses. We expect the number of customers with this financial buffer to vary over

time as customers respond to economic circumstances.

Overview and governance

Our ESG targets and performance

Ethics, conduct and culture

Environmental sustainability

Housing

Financial wellbeing

Information security

Responsible customer engagement

Digital banking experience

Helping our customers thrive with

ANZ Plus

Banking in the Pacific

Regulation and risk management

Thriving communities

Human rights

Diversity and inclusion

Employee experience

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Banking in the Pacific
ANZ continues its strong focus on providing

digital banking solutions to our Pacific

customers, offering better choice and

lower costs, while also improving access to

financial services for those in remote areas.

Via the ANZ Pacific App customers have access

to services like Bankmail, the bank’s secure mail

service, so they don’t need to travel to a branch to

access confidential information. Customers can

also walk into a shop and pay with a debit card and

in many places get cash out at the same time. This

is particularly helpful for those that live in the more

remote parts of the Pacific.

53% (up from 47% in 2023) of our customers

across Fiji, Samoa, Vanuatu, Cook Islands, Tonga,

Solomon Islands and Kiribati now use the ANZ

Pacific App, with 64% using Internet Banking (up

from 59% in 2023).

The Republic of Kiribati, on the edge of the Pacific

Rim, continues to be a leading example. It is the

most remote location in ANZ’s international network

with no direct delivery services to the country,

yet customers in the Republic of Kiribati have

embraced digital services with both their personal

and business customers adopting this technology.

The Cook Islands is another example of a smaller

island nation embracing digital banking, exceeding

their aim of customers transitioning to using

Internet Banking in the last year, bringing their total

percentage of customers using Internet Banking to

76%, from 71% in 2023.

At the same time, ANZ’s flagship financial literacy

program, MoneyMinded, continues to expand

to meet community needs. More than 50,000

Pacific Islanders have participated in this program

since 2011.

We are expanding our matched savings program,

Saver Plus, in Fiji with a pilot commencing with

71 Fijian participants this year. This is the first

time Saver Plus – which is the world’s largest and

longest running matched savings program – has

been extended beyond Australia and New Zealand.

As part of the pilot, ANZ is working with the

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

and UN Women Markets for Change project to

assist and enhance the socio-economic security

of female market vendors in Fiji, contributing to

broader Pacific women’s economic empowerment.

It is focused on supporting market vendors

and farmers who supply to Suva, Nausori and

Ba municipal markets, over 10 months to set

a business or education savings goal, save a

consistent monthly amount and attend 10 hours

of financial education.

Eligible participants who complete the program

will have their savings matched by ANZ, up to

FJ$500. As well as using the matched savings fund

towards school supplies like Saver Plus in Australia,

Fijian participants will also be able to use their

matched savings to grow their business.

At the launch event, UNDP’s Deputy Resident

Representative, Wei Zhang commented on the

impact of the program, saying “the Saver Plus

program will provide the participants with practical

knowledge they can apply in their daily lives, ultimately

leading to better financial management and stability.

Together, we bridge knowledge gaps, promote

economic empowerment, and make a profound

impact on the lives of female market vendors in Fiji,

enabling a more inclusive and promising future for all.”

The Saver Plus program is a critical component

of ensuring that urban and rural market vendors

in Fiji have the skills to help themselves and their

communities to achieve overall financial wellbeing.

In 2025 our focus will be on expanding the

program to Vanuatu.

EFTPOS transactions in the Republic of Kiribati

almost doubled over the past year, rising from

598,000 to 1,055,000 due to focused customer

education, reflecting a shift towards digital

consumer behaviour.

For more information on MoneyMinded

and Saver Plus see pages 34-36.

Launch of Saver Plus in Fiji

Overview and governance

Our ESG targets and performance

Ethics, conduct and culture

Environmental sustainability

Housing

Financial wellbeing

Information security

Responsible customer engagement

Digital banking experience

Helping our customers thrive with

ANZ Plus

Banking in the Pacific

Regulation and risk management

Thriving communities

Human rights

Diversity and inclusion

Employee experience

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Financial crime
We maintain a strong focus on financial

crime data collection, monitoring and

screening with ongoing upgrades

across Anti-Money Laundering/

Counter-Terrorism Financing (AML/

CTF), sanctions and fraud platforms.

These upgrades also improve 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. This year, 99.85% of employees and

contractors completed the training. Additional

training is tailored for specific roles, including

senior management and Board.

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.

Anti-Money Laundering and

Counter-Terrorism Financing

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 complete customer due diligence

proportionate to the ML/TF risk posed by our

customers acquired across all channels. 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, using practices that identify, manage

and mitigate sanctions risks in all jurisdictions of

ANZ representation.

Customer relationships and activities that pose a

higher sanctions risk are subject to enhanced due

diligence measures, monitoring and approval. We

are enhancing our monitoring of transactions and

strengthening customer due diligence processes

to seek to continue to support transactions within

our risk appetite and in a manner compliant with

applicable regulatory obligations.

Details of ANZ’s Financial Crime policies including

sanctions, AML/CTF, and fraud are available on

anz.com.au/corporategovernance.

For more information about how ANZ is

supporting customers in need of extra care

see pages 43-44.

Highlight


Australian Federal Police (AFP)

and ANZ join forces to combat

child sexual abuse

ANZ actively collaborates with entities in the

law enforcement community in various public/

private partnerships including AUSTRAC’s Fintel

Alliance. These partnerships bring together

public and private sector experts from a range

of organisations involved in the fight against

money laundering, terrorism financing and other

serious crimes including, domestic violence,

child exploitation, human trafficking, fraud and

environmental crimes.

The AFP-led Australian Centre to Counter Child

Exploitation (ACCCE) and ANZ have joined forces

in an effort to target and disrupt potential child

sex offenders under a new agreement signed

in June 2024. The joint agreement will embed

an ANZ specialist within ACCCE to assist with

the real-time tracking of suspicious financial

transactions and movements of cash in Australia

and offshore in order to identify potential criminal

activity more quickly and effectively. The aim of

the new partnership is to formalise and facilitate

enhanced collaboration between ANZ and law

enforcement to better target and prosecute

offenders paying for or selling sexually abusive

material of children to users around the world

for profit. The partnership between the AFP

and ANZ is an important collaboration that will

help strengthen the investigative capabilities of

both agencies, working together to share real

time intelligence to dismantle child sexual abuse

networks in an efficient manner.

Separately, ANZ’s dedicated financial crime team

design specialised algorithms to detect potential

threats against the most vulnerable members

of our communities. ANZ utilises sophisticated

in-house built intelligence tools to analyse billions

of transactions from across the financial services

sector and produce actionable intelligence to

ensure perpetrators of serious crimes are swiftly

identified and brought to justice.

Overview and governance

Our ESG targets and performance

Ethics, conduct and culture

Environmental sustainability

Housing

Financial wellbeing

Information security

Responsible customer engagement

Digital banking experience

Regulation and risk

management

Financial crime

Anti-bribery and anti-corruption

Social and environmental risk

management

Equator Principles

Managing ESG risks and

opportunities in our supply chain

Thriving communities

Human rights

Diversity and inclusion

Employee experience

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Anti-bribery and anti-corruption
We conduct our business with integrity and have zero tolerance for bribery

and corruption in our business dealings. Our Anti-Bribery and Anti-

Corruption (ABAC) Business Integrity Policy sets out the principles and

conduct provisions which apply to employees, customers, and third parties.

This includes:

why it matters

knowing who we are doing business with

doing business with integrity

transparency in our relationships

ensuring employee awareness of what

constitutes good conduct

The Policy is supported by operating standards

and tools that require and enable transparency in

disclosing financial and ownership interests and to

identify social and governance risks in our third-

party relationships. To help upskill and remind our

employees of our ABAC policies and processes we

require all employees and contractors to complete

mandatory training every 12 months.

Additionally, we have non-mandatory educational

content and hold ABAC awareness sessions to

continue to promote our operating standards.

We undertake periodic risk assessments to

identify and manage bribery and corruption risks.

ANZ has multiple reporting avenues to report

bribery and corruption, including a dedicated

whistleblowing channel, which is outlined in more

detail on page 25.

We have a dedicated ABAC team focused on setting

the enterprise ABAC framework and responding to

growing regulation and social expectations to

combat bribery and corruption.

For more information about mandatory learning,

risk assessments and reporting channels, see

pages 70, 26 and 25.

We have a dedicated ABAC team focused on

setting the enterprise ABAC framework and

responding to growing regulation and social

expectations to combat bribery and corruption.

In 2024 enhancements have been made to:

• ANZ’s third party due diligence risk themes,

including ABAC, were integrated into a

central platform to enable a holistic approach

to managing third party risks and create

simplification, efficiency and risk oversight.

• Standards with respect to managing gifts and

entertainment to strengthen oversight and

approval requirements.

ANZ has a dedicated team that investigates

suspected breaches to the Policy. When

substantiated, material breaches are escalated to

our Employee Relations team for management.

Material breaches are also reported to the Board

as part of our risk appetite reporting metrics.

For further information see our Anti-Bribery

and Anti-Corruption Business Integrity Policy

available at anz.com.au/corporategovernance

Overview and governance

Our ESG targets and performance

Ethics, conduct and culture

Environmental sustainability

Housing

Financial wellbeing

Information security

Responsible customer engagement

Digital banking experience

Regulation and risk

management

Financial crime

Anti-bribery and anti-corruption

Social and environmental risk

management

Equator Principles

Managing ESG risks and

opportunities in our supply chain

Thriving communities

Human rights

Diversity and inclusion

Employee experience

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Social and environmental risk management
Enhancing our Policy Framework

We regularly review our existing lending practices

and policies to ensure there is adequate

consideration of current and emerging social and

environmental issues. The ERBC considers the key

social and environmental issues that affect the

various industries, customers and communities

ANZ Group serves. The Board EESG Committee

is responsible for assisting the Board by providing

oversight of measures to advance ANZ’s purpose,

focusing on ethical and ESG matters, including

climate-related matters. For further detail on ANZ

Group’s governance structures, please see our

Corporate Governance Statement available at

anz.com/annualreport and our 2024 Climate-

related Financial Disclosures for our governance

approach to climate risk and opportunities.

ANZ Bank Group assesses and manages potential

social and environmental impacts of our lending

decisions through the application of our Social

and Environmental Risk Policy, and Social and

Environmental Risk Standard, including specific

requirements for ‘sensitive sectors’

1

(Standard).

The Social and Environmental Risk Policy and

Standard apply to ANZ Bank Group. The Social

and Environmental Risk Policy and Standard

outlines the social and environmental factors to

be taken into account by our bankers in relation

to large business customers.

2

They incorporate

our approach to human rights, including our ‘zero

tolerance’ for land acquisition and involuntary

resettlement that we consider improper, the

protection of cultural and environmental sensitive

areas, and our approach to managing climate risks.

In 2024, we conducted a review of the Social

and Environmental Risk Policy and Standard,

which included consultation with external

and internal stakeholders, and benchmarking

against industry peers and international and

national good practice. One of the outcomes of

the review was the establishment of a Climate

Risk Standard and consolidation of some of

our ‘sensitive sectors’ to reflect a more holistic

approach to the management of potential

impacts on nature. An overview of the key

changes to our ‘sensitive sectors’ are tabled

on the following page. These changes and the

new Climate Risk Standard were approved by

the ERBC and will be implemented in 2025.

The new Climate Risk Standard is a

principles-based policy that seeks to

provide a consistent approach to identifying,

assessing, and managing climate risk.

The key principles relate to:

i. Acting in accordance with our Purpose,

Code of Conduct and Climate Change

Commitment

ii. Identifying and managing climate risks in

our lending portfolios, and

iii. Monitoring and reporting of potential climate

risks and impacts to relevant forums and

committees. For further information on

how we govern climate risk, see pages

13-18 in our 2024 Climate-related Financial

Disclosures at anz.com/esgreport.

1. Available here at anz.com.au/social-and-environmental-risk-management. 2. Customers of ANZ’s Institutional division.

3. A financial industry benchmark for determining, assessing and managing environmental and social risk in projects

(Equator Principles).

Current State

ANZ Policy

FrameworkRevised State

Social and

Environmental

Risk Policy

Policy

Principles-

based

Social and Environmental Risk Policy

Capturing Social and Environment matters, including

nature and climate risks

Social and

Environment Risk

Requirements

9 Core Requirements

Focused on

protecting human

rights, fair and ethical

outcomes, cultural

and environmental

assessments and

good governance

6 Sensitive Sectors

• Energy

• Extractive

Industries

• Forest and Forestry

• Water

• Hydroelectric

Power

• Military Equipment

Standards

Mandatory

requirements

Updated Social and

Environmental Risk

Standard

Continued focus on 9 core

requirements, including

updates to reflect a more

holistic approach to the

management of potential

impacts on nature

Consolidation to 5

Sensitive Sectors

• Energy

• Extractive Industries

• Land and Forest

Management

• Water Management

• Military Equipment

New Climate Risk

Standard

Principles based approach

to provide a consistent

approach to identifying,

assessing and managing

climate risk

Supporting

Processes

and Tools

• Social and

Environmental

Screening Tool

• Reputation Risk Radar

• Equator Principles

3

• Enhanced Human

Rights Due Diligence

• Climate Change Risk

Assessment

• Energy Transaction

Escalation Process

• Agri Viability Tool

• Climate Variability

Analysis

• ESG Information System

Overview and governance

Our ESG targets and performance

Ethics, conduct and culture

Environmental sustainability

Housing

Financial wellbeing

Information security

Responsible customer engagement

Digital banking experience

Regulation and risk

management

Financial crime

Anti-bribery and anti-corruption

Social and environmental risk

management

Equator Principles

Managing ESG risks and

opportunities in our supply chain

Thriving communities

Human rights

Diversity and inclusion

Employee experience

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Previous
sensitive sectors

Updated

sensitive sectors


Main changes to sensitive sectors

EnergyEnergy• Embedding expectations of Institutional Energy Customers.

• Expanding our engagement with existing relevant customers whose thermal coal revenues exceed 35% (previously a 50% threshold) to support their diversification

plans.

Our Energy Customer Approach will be available at anz.com/esgreport prior to our AGM.

Extractive

Industries

Extractive

Industries

• Expanding our engagement with existing relevant customers whose thermal coal revenues exceed 35% (previously a 50% threshold) to support their diversification

plans.

• Incorporates our updated policy position for lending to upstream oil and gas customers, including no direct financing to new or expansion of upstream oil and gas

projects (subject to potential exceptions arising from national energy security issues in Australia or New Zealand).

Forestry and

Forests

Land and Forest

Management

Expanding beyond forests to broader land management approach by including the provisions of our previous Land Acquisition Statement. This provides more

guidance for bankers to engage with customers on positive land management activities, such as reforestation, improving grazing, soil and water management, and

suitable fertiliser use.

Hydroelectric

Power

Water

Water

Management

Merging the requirements from the previous Water and Hydroelectric Power sectors, with an increasing focus on water cycle management, water quality and availability,

demands and scarcity.

Military

Equipment

Military EquipmentMaintaining a conservative approach – seeking to minimise association with certain types of military equipment and services, except for the benefit of the Australian or

New Zealand Governments.

Updates to sensitive sectors

Overview and governance

Our ESG targets and performance

Ethics, conduct and culture

Environmental sustainability

Housing

Financial wellbeing

Information security

Responsible customer engagement

Digital banking experience

Regulation and risk

management

Financial crime

Anti-bribery and anti-corruption

Social and environmental risk

management

Equator Principles

Managing ESG risks and

opportunities in our supply chain

Thriving communities

Human rights

Diversity and inclusion

Employee experience

Explanatory notes

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To o l sCustomer Cohort
Social and

Environmental

Screening Tool

A tool used to facilitate qualitative risk assessments of social and environmental risks, including climate change, that may result in potential

financial and non-financial risks from our customers’ activities. It also assists bankers in the application of the Social and Environmental Policy

and the Social and Environmental Risk Standard.

This assessment is integrated into the credit process and is ordinarily performed when conducting due diligence on new-to-bank customers,

when reviewing existing customers (generally annually), prior to a material transaction, or when ANZ Bank Group becomes aware of a material

change to the customer’s activities, or a material impact has occurred.

Large business customers of ANZ Bank Group

Institutional division

Reputation Risk

Radar

A service which captures certain reports and findings of social, environmental, and significant governance incidents and allegations against

existing and prospective customers. Notable incidents and allegations are referred, where appropriate or relevant, to applicable risk management

forums in which social, environmental and credit risks are considered.

Large business customers of ANZ Bank Group

Institutional division

Equator Principles

A risk management framework that determines, assesses, and manages social and environmental risks when financing projects. It focuses on

major infrastructure and industrial projects, such as mines, windfarms, and pipelines, for which ANZ Group provides finance. For further information

on the Equator Principles see page 55.

Project Finance customers of ANZ Bank Group

Institutional division

Enhanced

Human Rights

Due Diligence

A process that seeks to understand our customers’ approach to human rights, to assess the risk implications and avoid or mitigate potential

impacts. For further information on our approach to human rights see pages 59-60.

Large business customers of ANZ Group’s

Institutional division, when identified through our

Social and Environmental Screening Tool

The below table outlines the range of tools that are utilised across different customer cohorts to support

our Social and Environmental Policy and Standards and help ANZ Bank Group to identify, assess and

manage environmental and social risks. Our 2024 Climate-related Financial Disclosures set out in more

detail additional tools and process that are focused on identifying, assessing, and managing climate risks.

To o l s

Overview and governance

Our ESG targets and performance

Ethics, conduct and culture

Environmental sustainability

Housing

Financial wellbeing

Information security

Responsible customer engagement

Digital banking experience

Regulation and risk

management

Financial crime

Anti-bribery and anti-corruption

Social and environmental risk

management

Equator Principles

Managing ESG risks and

opportunities in our supply chain

Thriving communities

Human rights

Diversity and inclusion

Employee experience

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Equator Principles
As an Equator Principles Financial Institution

since 2006, we seek to ensure the projects we

finance are developed in a manner that is socially

responsible and reflect sound environmental

management practices.

We commit to implementing the Equator Principles

through our internal environmental and social

policies, procedures and standards for financing

projects. The Equator Principles apply to Project

Finance, Project-Related Corporate Loans, Project-

Related Acquisition Finance, Project-Related

Refinance or Bridge Loans (each as defined in

the Equator Principles, and collectively “Project

Finance”). We will not provide Project Finance to

projects where the customer will not, or is unable

to, adopt processes aligned with the Equator

Principles where they apply.

We use the Equator Principles as a minimum

standard for due diligence and monitoring to

support responsible decision-making for Project

Finance. The Equator Principles complement our

Social and Environmental Risk Policy and related

Standards for sensitive sectors, which also apply to

Project Finance transactions. For more information

about these topics refer to pages 52-54.

If we determine that the Equator Principles apply,

we conduct initial due diligence to inform our view

of the likely Equator Principles rating. This due

diligence includes reviewing any Environmental

and Social Impact Assessment the customer

provided as part of the project approval process.

We will require a social and environmental due

diligence report (EP DD) from a third party expert

where our initial due diligence indicates a likely

Category A

1

rating (in all cases) or a Category

B

1

rating (where needed) under the Equator

Principles. The EP DD typically considers the

following issues:

• Social and environmental risks arising

from the project.

• Customer capacity to manage social

and environmental issues.

• How an Environmental and Social Impact

Assessment (if any) will be implemented

through the customer’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 customer’s

stakeholder engagement in response.

Where ANZ approves financing following the

EP DD, any issues identified in the EP DD will

commonly be addressed as conditions in the

Project Finance loan documentation. Information

on this year’s Project Finance transactions is

available in our 2024 ESG Data and Frameworks

Pack available at anz.com/esgreport.

Battery Energy Storage in

Eastern Australia

In 2024, ANZ provided project finance for the

construction, and initial operations, of a battery

storage system (“BESS”) in eastern Australia.

The project is expected to enhance grid stability

and energy security, whilst supporting the rapid

expansion of solar and wind projects in the region.

An EP DD assessment was undertaken by an

independent technical advisor as part of the

environmental impact due diligence for the project.

The BESS was classified as a Category B project

consistent with our initial assessment, underpinned

by its compliance with Australian Government

regulations as a “Designated Country” as defined

in the Equator Principles. The site is situated on

land previously used for livestock grazing.

ANZ approved the financing on the basis that

the project’s limited adverse environmental and

social risks were appropriately mitigated by the

customer’s environmental and social management

systems, alongside an ongoing requirement for

the customer to comply with environmental and

relevant laws and regulations.

Windfarm in Eastern Australia

In 2024, ANZ acted as a Mandated Lead Arranger

on a debt facility for the construction, and initial

operations, of a wind farm in eastern Australia.

As part of our due diligence process for the project,

an EP DD assessment was undertaken by an

independent technical advisor on behalf of the

lenders. The wind farm was classified as a Category

B project, with limited adverse environmental

and social risks, generally site specific and

largely reversible. The project is sited on primarily

agricultural land, however, is expected to have

limited impact on local flora and fauna species.

ANZ approved the financing on the basis that

the project’s environmental and social risks

were appropriately mitigated by the customer’s

environmental and social management systems,

alongside an ongoing requirement for the

customer to comply with environmental and

relevant laws and regulations, together with

conditions attached to regulatory approval for

the wind farm development. The project is also

required to provide regular reporting to the

lenders on its continued compliance with the

Equator Principles.

Windfarm in Eastern USA

In 2024, ANZ was invited to act as a Mandated

Lead Arranger for a windfarm project in

Maryland, USA.

ANZ undertook an initial due diligence that

ascertained that the transaction would require

environmental and social analysis to examine the

potential environmental and social risks associated

with the project. An independent advisor was

appointed to conduct EP DD.

The independent advisor recommended that given

the limited adverse economic and social risks, the

project be categorised as a Category B under the

Equator Principles.

ANZ subsequently approved the financing subject

to the borrower complying with requirements

to accept regular monitoring throughout the

construction phase, ensuring that any identified

environmental and social risks (as well as any

new issues that could potentially arise during

the construction phase) would be mitigated in

accordance with the findings of the due diligence.

1. Category A: Projects with potential significant adverse social or environmental impacts that are diverse, irreversible or unprecedented.

Category B: Projects with potential limited adverse social and environmental impacts that are few in number, generally site-specific, largely

reversible and readily addressed through mitigation measures. Category C: Projects with minimal or no social or environmental impacts.

The Equator Principles are an international risk management framework

for determining, assessing and managing social and environmental risks

in large infrastructure and industrial projects.

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management

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management

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opportunities in our supply chain

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Managing ESG risks and opportunities in our supply chain
In 2024, ANZ spent $5.1 billion

1

(2023:

$4.9 billion) with suppliers procuring goods

and services across 29 markets. Over 88% of

this was spent in Australia and New Zealand.

Contracted 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 across the topics of

environmental footprint, community relations,

employee relations and corporate governance. In

2024, we undertook 5,311 checks which included

our top 100 suppliers, by spend. These checks

identified potential issues in nine instances. We

requested further detail from the suppliers 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 take mitigating steps.

Our Supplier Code of Practice (SCOP) outlines our

minimum expectations for suppliers including in

relation to:

• Human rights and workplace relations.

• Occupational health and safety.

• Ethical business practices.

• Information management and confidentiality.

• Accessibility.

• Environmental management.

• Supplier diversity.

We endeavour to include SCOP clauses in

new and renewed supplier contracts with

83% of all live supply contracts including the

SCOP clauses. Since 2021 our usual practice

is to include separate contractual clauses

covering human rights and modern slavery in

ANZ standard contract templates and where

we are using the supplier’s standard contract.

For more information about our approach to

human rights see pages 59-60.

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

2

managed under our Operational

Contract Management Framework (OCMF).

In 2024, 77% of major suppliers provided an

attestation of adherence to our SCOP. We also

seek attestations from a sample of suppliers

each year in countries such as India, China, the

Philippines, Vietnam, and Pacific nations. We

continue to encourage major suppliers to attest

to the SCOP.

Improving our data collection of

operational scope 3 emissions

ANZ has set targets for 2025 and 2030 to reduce

our operational footprint. The targets aim to reduce

our operational footprint in line with our purpose

to support household, business and financial

practices that improve environmental sustainability.

In support of this, during the year we have continued

to work on expanding the number of suppliers who

provide emissions data for services supplied to ANZ.

For more information on our operational emissions

see our Climate-related Financial Disclosures

available at anz.com/esgreport.

Working with our suppliers

As a signatory to the Business Council of Australia’s

Supplier Payment Code, we are committed to

paying Australian small businesses within a

maximum of 30 days of receiving a correct invoice

or otherwise in accordance with the Code, unless

the contract stipulates a shorter term. However, our

aim is to pay small businesses, and all Aboriginal

and Torres Strait Islander businesses regardless of

size, as promptly as possible upon approval of the

invoice. On average, payment to small businesses

are made within approximately 15 days of receipt

of the invoice. In the latest Australian Government’s

Payment Term Reporting Scheme (June 2024) we

reported payment to 89% of all small business

supplier invoices within 30 days.

In New Zealand, we support the New Zealand

Banking Association’s initiative, which was

established to assist small-to-medium

businesses during COVID-19. To date, we have

processed approximately 81% of payments

(excluding purchasing card transactions) within

the 10 business days target, with average

payment made within approximately seven days

of receipt of a valid invoice.

Supporting supplier diversity

Since 2019 we have been a member of Social

Traders, an organisation helping to create jobs

for disadvantaged Australians by linking business

and government to social enterprises. This year,

we spent $6.6 million

3

(2023: $7.1 million) with

social enterprises.

In New Zealand, we were a member of Ākina in

2024, a buyer group to access a wide range of

certified social enterprise suppliers. We spent

NZ$64,000 with social enterprises in 2024

(2023: NZ$144,000) and seek to influence our

suppliers to also use social enterprises in their

own supply chain.

We are also a member of WEConnect

International, a global organisation seeking to

promote the use of women-owned businesses

in corporate supply chains.

Procurement with Indigenous

businesses in Australia

We spent a total of $13.4 million with 50

Indigenous businesses in Australia this year, up

from a total of $11.7 million with 46 businesses

in 2023. We are a member of both Supply Nation

and Kinaway (the Victorian Indigenous Chamber

of Commerce). Due to our work in this space,

a member of ANZ’s Procurement team was

shortlisted for the Supply Nation Supplier Diversity

Advocate of the Year award in 2024.

As part of our Stretch Reconciliation Action

Plan

4

, we have an objective to spend $6 million

with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander-owned

businesses from 2021 – 2024. Over the period of

the RAP, we spent $37.8 million.

1. Numbers on this page are presented on a cash expenditure basis. 2. Supplier relationships where the contracted services are deemed to be of critical importance and/or high risk to ANZ, or which have an

active management plan due to the nature of the goods and services. 3. Includes sponsorship spend. 4. Per Reconciliation Australia’s RAP Framework, a “Stretch RAP” spans a two or three year period, and is

focused on longer-term strategies, and working towards defined measurable targets and goals.

For information on ANZ’s Reconciliation Action

Plan see page 61.

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Ethics, conduct and culture

Environmental sustainability

Housing

Financial wellbeing

Information security

Responsible customer engagement

Digital banking experience

Regulation and risk

management

Financial crime

Anti-bribery and anti-corruption

Social and environmental risk

management

Equator Principles

Managing ESG risks and

opportunities in our supply chain

Thriving communities

Human rights

Diversity and inclusion

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Case study

ANZ partners with

DV Safe Phone

In November 2023, DV Safe Phone

received an ANZ Community Foundation

grant for $14,750. This grant helped

repair 200 damaged phones, which were

distributed to domestic violence survivors

via DV Safe Phone’s approved sites.

The ANZ Community Foundation provides

grants of up to $30,000 to community

organisations around Australia to fund

projects that assist local communities to

thrive. This year, ANZ and staff funded

$447,600 in community grants, shared

between 27 projects.

ANZ’s partnership with DV Safe Phone

extends to hosting collection boxes

for phones across six of our corporate

locations, providing volunteering

opportunities to staff, and contributing to

postal costs associated with donations

from phone-drop locations Australia-wide.

Community investment

We invest in the communities in which we

operate and play a role in supporting their

capacity and resilience – contributing to our

purpose to shape a world where people and

communities thrive. Throughout the year

we have continued to work closely with our

community partners to provide support for

them and their clients in a respectful, fair,

and appropriate way, especially as cost of

living pressures continue to increase.

Since 2005, we have measured the dollar value of

our community investment in accordance with the

Business for Societal Impact Framework, a widely

adopted standard for measuring and managing

corporate community investment.

In 2024, our community investment was over

$134.7 million. In addition, we facilitated more

than $18.3 million in donations to community

organisations through our employees, customers,

shareholders, other partners, and the public,

including through our digital giving platform

Shout for Good.

Approximately $5.6 million of our community

investment (around 25% 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.

More information on gender equality can be

found on page 66.

2024 contribution by type

1

Giving

Our workplace giving program enables employees

in Australia to make contributions to around 29

charity partners aligned to our focus areas of

financial wellbeing, housing and environmental

sustainability 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 our Australian

employees donated $1,617,168 to our charity

partners through workplace giving.

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 $2,957,880 to charitable

organisations in Australia, New Zealand, and

Fiji in 2024.

Cash

$18,847,730

Time

$3,673,512

Management costs

$5,565,449

In-kind

$19,706

Forgone revenue

106.6M

To t a l

134.7M

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 communities in Sri Lanka and Ukraine. This figure does not include remediation funds distributed to charity.

Community grants

$1,590,711 in community grants were

provided this year

$250,000

in ANZ Seeds of

Renewal community

grants

NZ$949,046

in ANZ Bank

New Zealand Staff

Foundation grants

FJ$44,000

in ANZ Fiji

Staff Foundation

donations

$ 4 47, 6 0 0

in ANZ Community

Foundation grants

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Housing

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Highlight

Benefits for the community

and ANZ staff

ANZ Manila’s Green Ambassador team

organised many volunteering opportunities

for staff throughout the year. These initiatives

involved recycling paper bags, re-purposing

plastic waste into eco-friendly building

materials and three tree planting days through

community partners.

The Green Ambassador tree planting days

saw a total of 300 staff from the Manila Group

Capability Centre plant 500 seedlings of

various trees like Mahogany, Acacia, and Palo

Maria at an urban rainforest park in Pasig City.

The enthusiasm and dedication displayed by

all participants across the three days were truly

inspiring.

Supporting our employees to volunteer aligns

with our purpose to shape a world where

people and communities thrive. It also brings

benefits to our employees wellbeing and sense

of belonging by strengthening relationships.

Volunteering

Our Volunteer Leave Policy applies to permanent,

regular, and fixed-term employees, providing at

least one day of paid volunteer leave each year.

In 2024, our people volunteered 91,043 hours to

community organisations. This represents more

than 11,380 working days and $3,673,512 in

value to the community.

Shout for Good

This year, ANZ’s digital giving platform Shout for

Good, which supports charities in Australia with

free and innovative digital fundraising solutions,

facilitated over $18.3 million in donations for more

than 486 charities.

In 2024, Shout for Good launched Shout Occasion.

This feature allows individuals and charities to

choose a pre-set fundraiser template to suit

a special occasion, allowing them to set up a

quick and easy fundraiser that is customised

with personal photos and text. In addition, Shout

for Good introduced Tap to Pay on iPhone. This

feature allows charity supporters to turn their

iPhones into a terminal within minutes, to raise

vital funds for causes they care about. Further

information can be found at shoutforgood.com.

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.

This year, we activated financial relief packages

for customers in Australia affected by floods in

Far North Queensland caused by ex-Tropical

Cyclone Jasper. In addition, ANZ donated

$50,000 to both the Australian Red Cross and

the Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal

for flood recovery efforts in the Far North

Queensland region in December 2023.

In June 2024, we provided support for New

Zealand business and farming customers in Te Tai

Tokerau impacted by power outages. Northland

businesses faced challenging times as the result

of the power outages, with ongoing disruptions

to major roading networks following Cyclone

Gabrielle. Support included temporary overdraft

facilities and the ability to defer loan repayments or

moving to interest only to help ease some financial

pressure.

ANZ continues to waive international monetary

transfer fees for transfers from Australia and New

Zealand to communities in Sri Lanka and Ukraine.

Distributing remediation

funds to charity

Our remediation program seeks to put things

right for customers who may have been impacted

by errors we’ve made. While we seek to ensure

remediation payments reach those impacted,

there are some cases where that does not occur,

for example, when we cannot locate a former

customer. In most cases, when this occurs, we

distribute the remediation payment amount to

charit y.

In 2024, we distributed remediation funds to

charities throughout Australia including Berry

Street, The Smith Family, Brotherhood of

St Laurence and the Financial Counselling

Foundation. These donations funded more than 20

projects focused on delivering long-term benefits

to disadvantaged communities or those in need of

extra care across metropolitan and regional areas.

Projects funded in 2024 include:

Delivering financial literacy programs to

mothers experiencing family violence.

Community education on scams to build

digital capability and confidence.

Building digital skills and capabilities for

families to be digitally connected and feel

confident to participate in society.

For more information on how we invest in the

community, please see anz.com.au/community

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Our approach to human rights is outlined in
our Human Rights Statement (Statement). This

approach is complimented by our Human Rights

Grievance Mechanism (Mechanism) which

provides a channel for people who believe their

human rights have allegedly been impacted by an

ANZ large business lending customer

1

to raise a

grievance with ANZ.

Our approach to human rights is guided by our

Code of Conduct, our behaviours and our values,

and is informed by internationally recognised

human rights frameworks and standards including

the International Labour Organisation Declaration

on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work and

the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business

and Human Rights (UNGPs).

In 2024, we engaged with external and internal

stakeholders as part of our periodic review of the

Statement and the Mechanism. We expect to

complete our review in early 2025.

Policies, processes and standards embed our

approach to human rights, including:

Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption Policy

as discussed on page 51

Accessibility and Inclusion Plan as

discussed on page 63

Climate Change Commitment as

discussed on page 27

Diversity and Inclusion Policy as

discussed on page 64

Equal Opportunity, Bullying and

Harassment Policy available at

anz.com/shareholder/centre/about/

corporate-governance

Modern Slavery Statement as discussed

on page 60

Reconciliation Action Plan as discussed

on page 61

Social and Environmental Risk Policy and

Standard as discussed on page 52

Supplier Code of Practice as discussed

on page 56

Complaints processes as discussed

on page 47

ANZ Human Rights Grievance

Mechanism

We support the UNGPs, including through access

to our Human Rights Grievance Mechanism.

The Mechanism considers grievances submitted

by people and communities who believe their

human rights have been impacted by an ANZ large

business lending customer.

For a grievance to be accepted into the

Mechanism, the customer must consent to both

ANZ disclosing the existence of a current or former

lending relationship to those who submitted the

grievance, and to participating in the Mechanism.

The Mechanism is designed to promote

responsible business conduct, under a

framework through which:

• Efforts can be made to resolve grievances

accepted into the Mechanism, including

through facilitating dialogue between the

affected people and the large business

lending customer; and

• Recommendations in relation to our policies

and processes can be provided.

ANZ did not receive any grievances in 2024.

A grievance submitted to the Mechanism in

2023 was closed this year due to the criteria for

acceptance not being met.

Our approach to human rights

ANZ respects human rights, including the rights of our employees, our

customers and the people in our communities. We expect the same respect

for human rights from everyone who works for or with us.

1. Current or former lending customers of ANZ’s Institutional business.

The Human Rights Grievance Mechanism

Framework and our grievance reporting is

available at anz.com.au/human-rights

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Modern slavery
Modern slavery

1

is estimated to affect 50 million

people worldwide, with one in four victims being

children

2

. An effective response to modern slavery

requires the combined effort of government, law

enforcement, non-government organisations

(NGOs) and business.

ANZ takes a Group-wide approach to managing

modern slavery risk in our operations and

supply chain.

ANZ considers that our policies and tools help

to identify, assess and manage modern slavery

risk and support our ability to seek to influence

changes in practice and behaviours at a

stakeholder level. Modern slavery risk, at a group

level, is assessed for three key workstreams and

for our people as follows:

• Supply chain – higher risk due to volume and

breadth of goods and services procured, and

our international banking presence in a number

of higher risk countries.

• Customers – higher risk due to both some of the

sectors and some countries in which we, and

our customers, operate.

• Investments – moderate to lower risk for

investments made by our third-party fund

managers and New Zealand fund managers

3


due to risk-based drivers including our overall

investment philosophy and selection of fund

managers.

• People – lower risk due to the skills required

for employment, visibility of employment

arrangements, and the location of most of

our employees

4

.

This assessment enables us to prioritise programs

of work that will have the most effective impact, as

a Group, to respond to modern slavery risk.

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 Modern Slavery Statements, with

the 2024 Statement to be available in March 2025

at anz.com/esgreport.

Salient human rights

We further seek to support the UNGPs by

identifying our salient human rights issues

according to where we could potentially cause

or contribute to the most significant negative

human rights impacts.

These issues include corruption and bribery

as well as the impacts to:

• Safety and security of our people

• Labour rights, including modern slavery

• Privacy, data protection and ethical artificial

intelligence (AI)

• Environmental protection

• Land access and use

• Indigenous rights and inclusion

Our salient human rights issues refer to broad

topics. Not all impacts relating to a salient human

rights issue will amount to a negative human

rights impact.

It may not be possible for ANZ to control or avoid

all negative impacts relating to our salient human

rights issues. However, we seek to reduce the

likelihood of negative human rights impacts arising

and, if they occur, respond appropriately in the

circumstances.

1. Serious exploitation of people through threats, coercion or deception, which are used to exploit and undermine victims or deprive them of their freedom – Commonwealth Modern Slavery Act 2018, Guidance

for Reporting Entities (2023). 2. Walk Free, The Global Slavery Index (2023). 3. External fund managers are used for private bank customers in Australia. ANZ New Zealand Investments Limited (a subsidiary of our

New Zealand business) use external and internal fund managers. 4. Australia and New Zealand have lower prevalence and vulnerability to modern slavery according to the Global Slavery Index (2023).

Information relating to our salient human rights

issues is available in our 2024 ESG Data and

Frameworks Pack at anz.com/esgreport.

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Contributing to reconciliation in Australia
ANZ’s vision for reconciliation is an

Australia that is unified around a

shared history that celebrates and

honours the unique contribution of

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

peoples. Our Reconciliation Action

Plan (RAP) is a key component of how

we live our purpose, to shape a world

where people and communities

thrive, and we are proud that our RAP

commitments align to this purpose.

ANZ has a long history with Reconciliation Australia,

the lead body for reconciliation in Australia, being

one of Australia’s first major companies to develop

a RAP in 2007.

The conclusion of our 2021-2024 Stretch RAP

1


marks our fifth completed RAP since 2007. We

made significant progress across all 17 actions in

our 2021-2024 RAP, comprising 100 deliverables,

achieving 16 actions, and completing 98 out

of 100 deliverables. Progress against our RAP

has been guided and monitored by a Steering

Committee of senior leaders from across the

business, an external First Nations Advisor and the

Chairs of both the Ngarga Wangaddja

2

and the

ANZ Reconciliation Network.

This year, as part of our RAP we: 

• Spent $13.4 million with Indigenous businesses

($37.8 million since the RAP commenced),

exceeding our objective of $6 million by 2024

(For more information on our Indigenous

business spend in 2024 see page 56).

• Implemented cultural and additional bereavement

leave entitlements to support First Nations

employees practicing Sorry Business, as well

as the option for all ANZ employees to work on

the 26 January (Australia Day) public holiday and

nominate a substitute day off.

• Implemented First Nations cultural awareness

learning as mandatory for all Australia-based

employees. The course is designed to enhance

cultural awareness and provide opportunities

to contribute towards a culturally safe and

supportive workplace.

• Delivered eight MoneyBusiness coach training

sessions to community workers and financial

counsellors working in remote communities

(22 since the RAP commenced, achieving an

average of over six sessions per year.). For more

information on MoneyBusiness see page 35.

• Designed ANZ’s new Adelaide office to connect

to Country, co-designing with local Kaurna

Elders. Each meeting room was gifted a Kaurna

language name that related to either flora or

fauna based on the view from its windows.

The two deliverables not achieved were:

• 2% of all external hires in Australia are Aboriginal

and/or Torres Strait Islander employees (1.8%

in 2024).

• Maintain a retention rate of Aboriginal and Torres

Strait Islander employees that is equal to non-

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employees

in Australia (84.9% for Aboriginal and Torres

Strait Islander employees compared to 88.4%

for non-Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

employees in 2024).

There are specific actions in the First Nations

Recruitment, Retention and Professional

Development Strategy aimed at further improving

these recruitment and retention rates. More

information on outcomes of our 2021-2024 Stretch

RAP will be provided in our end of RAP report.

ANZ’s contribution to reconciliation in Australia

extends beyond what is outlined in our RAP

commitments and we are equally proud of what

else has been achieved in 2024 which includes:

• Establishing a new staff community Bulurru Yugi

(gathering place) for First Nations employees to

come together, connect and share.

• ANZ’s First Nations Employee Reference Group,

Ngarga Wangaddja, convened a National

Conference during NAIDOC Week. Members

gathered in Naarm (Melbourne) to discuss their

priorities, celebrate culture, and contribute

to the development of ANZ’s Australian First

Nations Strategy.

Moving forward we will build on the success

of our completed RAP as we develop ANZ’s

Australian First Nations Strategy. This Strategy will

weave together meaningful actions, projects and

commitments that leverage our core business

strengths, accelerate our purpose and allow us to

be more deliberate about our relationships with

First Nations in Australia.

Shelley Cable, a proud Nyoongar, joined ANZ

in January 2024 as the inaugural Head of First

Nations Strategy for Australia, a pioneering role

in corporate Australia that reports directly to

CEO Shayne Elliott. This appointment marks

a significant milestone in ANZ’s ongoing

commitment to reconciliation.

“For First Nations in Australia, this is an exciting

opportunity to advance our economic self-

determination by being included in the financial

system, cementing a rightful place in the Australian

economy and determining our own futures from a

position of economic strength.” – Shelley Cable

1. Per Reconciliation Australia’s RAP Framework, a “Stretch RAP” spans a two or three year period, and is focused on longer-term strategies, and

working towards defined measurable targets and goals. 2. Ngarga Wangaddja means ‘mob talking’ in the language of the Nurungga people, and

was the name chosen for the employee reference group formed to represent the voices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employees at ANZ.

Local Artist Lawson Dodd was commissioned to create full

wall artwork for the Adelaide Boardroom, telling the story of his

connection to Kaurna Country

For information on how we are leading change

in Aotearoa New Zealand via ANZ Bank New

Zealand’s Tākiri-Ā-Rangi Te Ao Māori Strategy

see page 62.

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Financial wellbeing

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Regulation and risk management

Thriving communities

Human rights

Diversity and inclusion

Contributing to reconciliation in

Australia

Leading change in Aotearoa

New Zealand – ANZ’s commitment

to Māori

Our approach to accessibility

and inclusion

Workplace diversity and inclusion

Achieving gender balance in our

business

Our focus on gender pay equality

Participation of under-represented

groups in our workforce

Employee experience

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ANZ Bank New Zealand Limited (ANZ Bank New Zealand) wants to better reflect and respond to the cultural diversity
of the workforce, customer base and country. It’s time for the business world to empower Māori to create their own

economic future on their own terms. Launched in 2022, ANZ Bank New Zealand’s Tākiri-Ā-Rangi Te Ao Māori

Strategy is the roadmap for how ANZ Bank New Zealand will support this change.

Leading change in Aotearoa New Zealand – ANZ’s commitment to Māori

The strategy will be implemented until 2040

and aims to deepen ANZ’s understanding of the

values that are intrinsic to Māori, with a purpose

kia hanga i te ao e ora ai, e tipu ai te tangata me

te kāinga (to shape a world where people and

communities thrive).

This year, we have made significant progress

against these goals, including:

• ANZ Bank New Zealand Board welcomed

ANZ Group Board with a traditional pōwhiri and

recognised the new Group Board members by

gifting them with prized pounamu (greenstone)

known as Hei Toki. Hei Toki represents courage

and strong leadership.

• This year saw Te Waka-Ā-Reo, ANZ Bank New

Zealand’s own reo Māori language program,

designed to increase proficiency and confidence

in the language, launch its final level of the

program. The number of wāhanga (tutorials)

completed continue to trend upwards month by

month, with 1,330 staff actively engaged this

year. Since the launch of the program in July

2022, more than 4,561 Level 1 modules have

been completed and more than 1,060 Level 2

modules. 70 staff have completed all three levels

this year. Te Waka-Ā-Reo won a bronze award at

the Brandon Hall Group HCM Excellence Awards

for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in August 2024.

• Creating the role of Kairangahau Matua –

Principal Researcher to undertake research

to improve our understanding of what ANZ

Bank New Zealand can do to make our bank

more welcoming to iwi, hapū and hapori Māori

customers. Initial research will be focused on

supporting more Māori into home ownership,

through building our understanding of Māori

housing aspirations, realities, and barriers.

• Branch refurbishment to incorporate our

Tākiri-Ā-Rangi strategy into the bank’s physical

network, alongside considerations of changing

customer and staff needs. We opened a newly

refurbished branch in Tūranganui-a-Kiwa

(Gisborne) and a new Te Mōro o Hato Ruka (St

Lukes) branch in Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland).

They feature many unique design aspects,

including bilingual signage, tukutuku panel

decals, and Pacific-influenced plywood ceilings.

ANZ Bank New Zealand were awarded the Silver

Design Award at the NZ Commercial Project

Awards for the Tūranganui-a-Kiwa (Gisborne)

branch project.

• Te Kupenga Te Kokohi (a net to gather)

sourcing strategy seeks to increase Māori

and Pasifika representation at ANZ Bank New

Zealand across Aotearoa. When we increase

the proportion of Māori and Pasifika people

in ANZ we will have a better understanding of

cultural differences in Aotearoa and how ANZ

can support through things such as changes

to systems, processes and interaction with

customers. Our key focus this year has been

the Māori and Pasifika Program pilot in the New

Zealand Contact Centre, which enhances the

recruitment process for Māori and Pasifika

candidates. 35% of candidates hired this year

as part of this pilot are Māori or Pasifika.

• As part of Te Tohu o Matariki o ANZ, for the

third year in a row, we’ve worked with Māori

artist, Geoff Popham on a unique Visa Debit

MyPhotoCard design, and this year we’ve also

partnered with Netball New Zealand and the

Silver Ferns. Geoff and Silver Ferns, Maia Wilson,

Tiana Metuarau and Paris Lokotui, had a kōrero

(discussion) to reflect on what Matariki means to

them, which inspired the bank card designs.

Our strategy aims to:

Develop stronger relationships with

hapori Māori, iwi (tribe) and hapū (sub-

tribe) across the country, acknowledging

the growing contribution Māori

businesses make to the economy

Support indigenous financial inclusion to

improve Māori financial wellbeing

Conduct a program to enhance ANZ

Bank New Zealand’s own understanding

of Te Ao Māori (the ‘Māori world view’)

ANZ Bank New Zealand Board member, Mark Tume, welcomes

Non-Executive Director of ANZ BGL, Graham Hodges, with a hongi

Te Mōro o Hato Ruka, St Lukes branch

Overview and governance

Our ESG targets and performance

Ethics, conduct and culture

Environmental sustainability

Housing

Financial wellbeing

Information security

Responsible customer engagement

Digital banking experience

Regulation and risk management

Thriving communities

Human rights

Diversity and inclusion

Contributing to reconciliation in

Australia

Leading change in Aotearoa

New Zealand – ANZ’s commitment

to Māori

Our approach to accessibility

and inclusion

Workplace diversity and inclusion

Achieving gender balance in our

business

Our focus on gender pay equality

Participation of under-represented

groups in our workforce

Employee experience

Explanatory notes

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Our approach to accessibility and inclusion
ANZ seeks to support customers and ensure our products and services are accessible and

inclusive to all people. The ANZ Accessibility and Inclusion Plan 2023-2025 is registered

with the Australian Human Rights Commission and contains our 14 public commitments

that prioritise driving and embedding accessibility and inclusion across key aspects of our

business in Australia and New Zealand, for customers, employees and the community.

Key areas of progress since the launch of the refreshed plan in 2023 include:

Inclusive design

• Partnering with digital accessibility experts,

Deque, leaders in accessibility tools, services

and training. We now have monthly reports for

our websites, which give us a clear picture of

how we’re progressing with accessibility against

the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, and

highlighting areas to focus on to close gaps

and drive improved customer experience. For

example, we have improved the navigation on

our websites, and completed an accessibility

uplift to our tools and calculators.

• Embedding Equality Diversity and Inclusion

practices with our advertising agencies that

means people with disability are represented

in our major advertising campaigns in Australia

and New Zealand.

• Partnering with the Dylan Alcott Foundation to

launch the Shift 20 campaign. Shift 20 brings

together leading brands to boost disability

representation, inclusion, and accessibility in

marketing. We believe that together, our industry

can help shift the perception of what disability is

and what it can be – creating a more inclusive

Australia, for everyone. For more information on

the Shift 20 Initiative go to shift20.org.

• Improving the accessibility of our customer

communications on ANZ websites, including

publishing Easy Read format and plain language

documents across Australia and New Zealand.

The Easy Read documents offer a unique layout

and style presenting information that is easy

to understand for our customers who are not

familiar with English, or who have low literacy or

learning disability. The Easy Read topics include

‘How to be Safe Online’ in Australia along with a

‘Complaints Guide’ in Australia and New Zealand.

A series of plain language Terms and Conditions

in addition to Key Information documents

in other languages, have been developed in

New Zealand.

Employee experience

• Achieving Disability Confident Recruiter

Accreditation through the Australian Disability

Network. This incorporates an end to end review

of our recruitment process to remove potential

barriers to make it more accessible and inclusive

for people with disability, as well as education to

support our employees in building knowledge

and awareness of inclusive recruitment.

• More than 460 Australian and New Zealand

employees are accredited in Mental Health First

Aid. Employees are trained in responding to and

supporting our people and customers who are

experiencing difficulties with their mental health.

• Seeking to increase the representation of

people with disability in leadership by running a

Disability Leadership Program delivered by the

Disability Leadership Institute. The program is

being piloted with eight leaders across Australia

and New Zealand.

• Continuing the ANZ Spectrum Program, which

is a commitment to recognising the talents of

autistic people in shaping a workplace where

they can thrive. By providing a supportive

employment environment we hope to empower

autistic people to build greater independence

and thriving careers at ANZ and beyond.

Customer experience

• Completing a ‘Dignified Access Review’

of branches to identify opportunities to

ensure ‘best in class’ access, resulting in

specification design changes for all branches.

This will be a multi-year project, which will be

piloted in our Docklands location initially with

consideration given to sensory improvements

to aid neurodivergent staff along with

accessibility needs.

• Uplifting our Australia branch network signage

to include access to our operating hours via QR

codes and braille to make it easier for customers

to access the information.

Community and partners

• Working closely with organisations such as

the Brotherhood of St Laurence and Inclusion

Australia, the national voice for Australians with

intellectual disability, to implement a disability

employment program, Chance for All. The

program, piloted last year with eight candidates,

has become part of our employment offering

and we recruited six candidates this year.

The Plan’s four pillars consist of:

Inclusive Design We use inclusive design

principles so as many people as possible

can use our products, services and working

environments with dignity, convenience and

independence.

Employee Experience As a disability-

confident workforce, we create safe and

welcoming working environments where

people with disability can thrive. We anticipate

the needs of employees with disability and

make the necessary adjustments to support

high engagement and performance.

Customer Experience We identify and

seek to address barriers to banking to

promote equitable access for everyone in

the community. We embrace and integrate

intuitive and innovative accessibility features

into our products and services.

Community and Partners Through a

wide range of partnerships and ongoing

consultation with leading disability

organisations, changemakers, and industry

groups, we are a voice for change, raising

awareness and seeking to close social and

economic gaps for people with disability.

For more information about employee wellbeing

see page 68. More information on accessibility

and inclusion at ANZ is available at anz.com.au/

accessible-workplace

Overview and governance

Our ESG targets and performance

Ethics, conduct and culture

Environmental sustainability

Housing

Financial wellbeing

Information security

Responsible customer engagement

Digital banking experience

Regulation and risk management

Thriving communities

Human rights

Diversity and inclusion

Contributing to reconciliation in

Australia

Leading change in Aotearoa

New Zealand – ANZ’s commitment

to Māori

Our approach to accessibility

and inclusion

Workplace diversity and inclusion

Achieving gender balance in our

business

Our focus on gender pay equality

Participation of under-represented

groups in our workforce

Employee experience

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Case study
Neurodiversity employee network

During the global Neurodiversity Celebration

Week in March 2024, we launched our first

formal neurodiversity employee network, Wired

Differently, initiated by a group of interested

and passionate employees. Wired Differently

currently operates in Australia and New Zealand,

is mostly neurodivergent-led and aims to make

a positive difference for neurodivergent people

(and their carers), including our employees,

customers and the wider community.

Any ANZ employee can be a supporter and/

or volunteer in the neurodiversity network, to

contribute to creating a diverse and inclusive

workforce and community.

To launch the network, we invited our partner

organisations as well as neurodivergent and

like-minded organisations to a marketplace at

our head office in Melbourne. We were joined

by Aspergers Victoria, Untapped Group, Noomi,

Kaiko Fidgets and the I CAN Network.

Workplace

diversity and

inclusion

We believe the combined power

of our diverse workforce and

inclusive culture will improve the

quality of decision making and drive

innovation, making us a better bank

for our customers and helping us

to shape a world where people and

communities thrive.

We continue to make progress against

our five Diversity and Inclusion strategic

priorities:

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

Our employee networks:

creating an inclusive culture

Our employee networks play a significant role

in shaping our inclusive culture. In September

2024 we held our third Australian Employee

Networks Conference where we brought together

our network leaders from across Australia for

a day-long conference that included sessions

with the CEO and Chairman and opportunities

for professional development, recognition and

networking. The networks represent our diverse

workforce including Abilities, Reconciliation,

Mental Health, Cultural Inc, ForWARD, Pride and

our newest group, Wired Differently (see case

Equity, diversity and inclusion in

Aotearoa New Zealand

In 2024 ANZ Bank New Zealand reviewed and

refreshed their Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Plan.

The driver for the refresh was to focus more on

developing and growing a workforce that reflects

the changing population and demographic profile

of Aotearoa New Zealand, and to continue to

develop a culture of inclusion where everyone can

thrive at ANZ.

The refreshed plan is oriented around the three

pillars of inclusion:

01. Inclusive Leadership

Building the capability of leaders at ANZ to

seek perspectives different from their own to

make decisions, drawing on the contributions

of diverse team members, and who are role

models for inclusion.

02. Inclusive Culture

Influencing ANZ’s culture relating to Equity,

Diversity and Inclusion driving a stronger sense of

belonging, safety and respect for all people at ANZ.

03. Inclusive Careers

Creating a more equitable lived experience for

everyone at ANZ relating to recruitment and

career progression.

We will focus on the following outcomes over the

next three years – increase the representation

of women in leadership, and building on

the Tākiri-Ā-Rangi Te Ao Māori Strategy, increase

representation of Māori and Pasifika peoples

across our workforce and in leadership.

study below). Their importance is reflected in

our fourth strategic priority with the desired

outcome that they felt listened to, empowered

and recognised for the important role they play

in building a strong sense of community and

belonging. This year we also undertook a review

of the structure, governance and operating

models of the networks with a view to achieving

greater consistency and alignment and providing

greater leadership support.

Representatives of our Abilities and Reconciliation

networks sit on the governance groups of the

Accessibility and Inclusion Plan and Reconciliation

Action Plan respectively, highlighting the

importance of their lived experience.

For more information on our Tākiri-Ā-Rangi Te Ao

Māori Strategy see page 62.

Overview and governance

Our ESG targets and performance

Ethics, conduct and culture

Environmental sustainability

Housing

Financial wellbeing

Information security

Responsible customer engagement

Digital banking experience

Regulation and risk management

Thriving communities

Human rights

Diversity and inclusion

Contributing to reconciliation in

Australia

Leading change in Aotearoa

New Zealand – ANZ’s commitment

to Māori

Our approach to accessibility

and inclusion

Workplace diversity and inclusion

Achieving gender balance in our

business

Our focus on gender pay equality

Participation of under-represented

groups in our workforce

Employee experience

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Achieving gender balance in our business
1. Measures proportion of women out of the entire Senior Manager, Executive, Senior Executive and Group Executive Committee populations (roles within ANZ designated as Groups 3, 2 and 1 respectively). Includes all

employees regardless of leave status but not contractors (which are included in FTE). 2. Representation of women at the Senior Manager, Executive and Senior Executive levels based on ‘revenue proximity’ field for ANZ

BGL. 3. CEO and Disclosed Executives as set out in the Remuneration Report contained within the ANZ Group Holdings Annual Report.

For 2024 we developed a new target-setting methodology for Women in Leadership

1


(WIL) that contemplates strategic contextual information and run rates of hiring,

promotion and turnover. We again exceeded our WIL target, this year by 0.5%

percentage points (ppt) to 38.8% an annual increase of 1.5 ppt. However, women in

revenue generating leadership roles

2

remained unchanged at 32.2% this year.

We continue to implement our enterprise WIL

Action Plan (2023-2025) which has a focus on

increasing the representation of WIL and ‘building

the pipeline’. This includes a sustained focus on

prioritised segments such as our Institutional and

Technology divisions, both of which have large

leadership populations – a higher proportion of

which are men.

As part of the WIL Action Plan this year:

Our WIL Sponsors, Antonia Watson (CEO, ANZ Bank New Zealand) and Mark Whelan (Group

Executive, Institutional), along with our CEO, Shayne Elliott hosted a global virtual Town Hall

for senior leaders on why gender equality and an inclusive culture matters.

We enhanced our WIL reporting mechanisms with improved data available for key stages

of the employee lifecycle including recruitment and remuneration, to better understand

opportunities for improvement and the areas where we are making progress. This included

a gender pay gap tool which is being used to improve visibility of comparative salaries and

reduce bias when setting remuneration.

We continued to roll out the co-creating inclusive cultures program across targeted

businesses which focuses on engaging men as committed allies in workplace inclusion and

co-creating measurable solutions to overcome challenges and create an inclusive culture.

Our next area of focus is furthering our work on the

identified prioritised interventions, and strengthen

foundations of policy, process and practice

stocktake under the Plan.

ANZ is signatory to the 40:40 Vision, an investor-

led initiative which aims to achieve gender balance

(40:40:20) in executive leadership teams of

ASX300 companies by 2030. As at 30 September

2024, women as Key Management Personnel

(KMP) has increased by 10 ppt (compared to

2023) and is now on target at 40%. Three of the

four KMP

3

roles with profit and loss accountability

continue to be held by women. These are our

Group Executive Australia Retail, Maile Carnegie,

Group Executive Australia Commercial, Clare

Morgan, and Group Executive and CEO, ANZ Bank

New Zealand Antonia Watson. The fourth role is

held by our Group Executive Talent and Culture,

Elisa Clements.

Further detail on our gender diversity targets

(including at the Board level) can be found in

our Corporate Governance Statement and our

Diversity and Inclusion Policy available at

anz.com.au/corporategovernance.

For more information about employee

gender breakdowns see our 2024 ESG Data

and Frameworks pack available at

anz.com.au/esgreport.

Under the Australian Workplace Gender Equality

Act 2012, ANZ is required to make annual public

filings with the Workplace Gender Equality

Agency (WGEA), disclosing its ‘Gender Equality

Indicators’. These reports are filed annually for the

12 month period ending 31 March. A copy of the

latest filing is available on ANZ’s website at

anz.com.au/gender.


Clare Morgan, Group Executive Australia Commercial

Overview and governance

Our ESG targets and performance

Ethics, conduct and culture

Environmental sustainability

Housing

Financial wellbeing

Information security

Responsible customer engagement

Digital banking experience

Regulation and risk management

Thriving communities

Human rights

Diversity and inclusion

Contributing to reconciliation in

Australia

Leading change in Aotearoa

New Zealand – ANZ’s commitment

to Māori

Our approach to accessibility

and inclusion

Workplace diversity and inclusion

Achieving gender balance in our

business

Our focus on gender pay equality

Participation of under-represented

groups in our workforce

Employee experience

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A focus on gender pay equality
Like the financial and insurance services

industry more broadly, at ANZ women

continue to be under-represented in

leadership and higher paying roles, although

we are making good progress to address this.

This matters because there’s a gender pay gap

across our industry and the key to closing it at

ANZ is to increase the representation of women

in leadership roles, particularly in areas that are

typically male-dominated and high-paying. For

more information about our approach to achieving

gender balance in our business see page 65.

We have actively been working towards gender

pay equality for some time and holding ourselves

to account by voluntarily disclosing gender pay

gap information.

Gender pay gap – Australia

The gender pay gap represents the difference

between the total remuneration

1

that women and

men

2

earn across all roles based in Australia.

3

This

year’s data includes our CEO’s remuneration, in line

with changes to the Australian Workplace Gender

Equality Agency (WGEA) approach.

With continued focus during the year we have

further narrowed the average gender pay gap at

ANZ. At 18.8%, (down from 19.9% in 2023), ANZ’s

average gender pay gap is higher than we would

like, however it is below the national average of

21.7% and the financial and insurance services

industry average of 26.2%.

While we recognise we still have work to do, we are

pleased with our progress in bridging the gender

pay gap each year.

Pay equity gap – Australia

The pay equity gap represents the differences in

total remuneration of women and men in the same

or similar roles based in Australia.

4

This year, we have

achieved gender pay equity parity on a median basis

(0%) and are close on an average basis (0.3%).

Average vs Median

We measure and report both average and median

pay gaps, in line with the approach WGEA takes

when publishing private sector employer gender

pay gaps. While averages can be influenced by

outlier values, the median takes the middle value in

the data set and provides a closer representation

of the earnings typical of our male and female

employees. Our gender pay gap is slightly higher

when measured based on median than when based

on average – this is because the middle point in the

data set is slightly higher than the average value,

given we have more employees in lower-graded

and lower-paying roles, and proportionally fewer

employees in more senior and higher-paying roles.

When we look at pay equity gaps, the average

gap is slightly larger than the median gap. While

we have measures in place to ensure we are

paying men and women equally for performing the

same or similar roles, some highly paid individual

contributors impact the average, especially where

there are fewer women in very senior roles.

As we report gaps based on total remuneration

1

,

our gender pay gap may fluctuate year on year. We

continue to supplement these disclosures with the

reporting of fixed remuneration

4

gender pay gaps,

broken down by job category, available in our 2024

ESG Data and Frameworks Pack available at

anz.com.au/esgreport.

Key actions to improve our gender pay gap

• Increasing the number of women in more senior

and higher-paying roles.

• Addressing the gender imbalance in junior and

lower-paid roles, noting they make up a significant

proportion of ANZ’s workforce.

• Continuing to actively monitor and review both our

gender pay gap and pay equity gap (including as

part of our annual Performance and Remuneration

Review process and by the CEO) and taking

positive action to adjust where necessary.

We expect this will require the removal of

barriers and creation of pathways to support

junior frontline female employees to progress

into higher-paying roles at the same rate as

their male counterparts.

1. Includes both fixed and variable remuneration, such as bonuses 2. Gender data reported using binary female and male categories to ensure confidentiality of our non-binary and gender diverse employees. ANZ recognises and respects diverse gender identities and is committed to

providing a safe, respectful and inclusive workplace. 3. Includes CEO, Executive Committee, permanent, casual and temporary (fixed-term) employees, and trainees/interns. Excludes ANZ Non-Bank Group, Suncorp Bank and independent contractors. Effective date 31 December 2023. Fixed

remuneration data reflects actual earnings over 12-months (grossed up to 1 FTE and annualised). Variable pay is based on FY23 outcomes. 4. Includes permanent employees. Excludes CEO, Executive Committee, casual employees, temporary (fixed-term) employees, trainees/interns, ANZ

Non-Bank Group and Suncorp Bank. Total remuneration includes fixed remuneration as at 22 September 2023 plus FY23 variable pay outcomes (grossed up to 1 FTE and annualised). 5. Includes permanent employees of ANZ Bank New Zealand Limited, excluding the New Zealand CEO.

Percentages are based on full-time equivalent average Total Pay (salary and superannuation, where it forms part of a fixed remuneration package, plus variable pay). Values are provided by ANZ on a voluntary basis and are as at 30 September of the relevant year. 6. The number of permanent

employees of ANZ Bank New Zealand Limited who identify as Māori or Pasifika is 8.7% of the total permanent employee population, including employees who have not declared an ethnicity. Employees who haven’t provided ethnicity data are not included in the ethnicity pay gap calculation.

We recognise that our ethnicity pay gap is based on less than half of our workforce and does not provide a complete picture. Values are provided by ANZ Bank New Zealand Limited employees on a voluntary basis and are as at 30 September 2023.

New Zealand Pay Gaps

ANZ Bank New Zealand also continues

to publicly report its gender pay gap,

which was 20.1% favouring men in 2023

5


and the Māori and Pasifika pay gap. The

difference between the average pay for

Māori and Pasifika and for European/

Pākehā was 21.7% in 2023 favouring

European/Pākehā employees).

6

For more information on gender balance

see the previous page.

AverageMedian

2024YoY change2024YoY change

Gender Pay Gap

3

18.8%


1.1%

21.1%


2.0%

Pay Equity Gap

4

0.3%


0.1%

0%


0.01%


Increase (in favour of Men)


Decrease (in favour of Women)

AverageMedian

Sum of pay

Sum of employees

Gender Pay Gap

is calculated by

dividing the average

remuneration for

women by the average

remuneration for men

Gender Pay Gap

is calculated by

dividing the mid-point

remuneration for women

by the mid-point

remuneration for men

Lowest

paid

Highest

paid

Overview and governance

Our ESG targets and performance

Ethics, conduct and culture

Environmental sustainability

Housing

Financial wellbeing

Information security

Responsible customer engagement

Digital banking experience

Regulation and risk management

Thriving communities

Human rights

Diversity and inclusion

Contributing to reconciliation in

Australia

Leading change in Aotearoa

New Zealand – ANZ’s commitment

to Māori

Our approach to accessibility

and inclusion

Workplace diversity and inclusion

Achieving gender balance in our

business

Our focus on gender pay equality

Participation of under-represented

groups in our workforce

Employee experience

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Participation of under-represented
groups in our workforce

As part of our Diversity and Inclusion strategic

priority to increase the diversity of people in

leadership and as committed in our Accessibility

and Inclusion Plan, this year, for the first time,

we have offered a Disability Leadership Program

through the Disability Leadership Institute. Eight

employees are participating in the pilot across

Australia and New Zealand, designed by and

for disabled leaders to embrace disability as a

leadership asset.

This year we also achieved Disability Confident

Recruiter Organisation status with the Australian

Disability Network (discussed further on page

63) in recognition of our focus on continuously

improving our recruitment and selection processes

to ensure they are inclusive, barrier-free and

accessible. We also strive to ensure that those

that require adjustments not only feel safe but also

feel actively supported throughout the recruitment

process and beyond, for example through uplifting

our recruiters’ knowledge through ongoing training.

Indigenous traineeships

51 trainees (35 full-time and 16 school-

based), which combines practical, paid work

experience with formal study in a nationally

recognised qualification.

Summer internships and graduate

programs

242 participants were offered either 8-week

summer internship placements for university

students in their penultimate year of study

of a bachelor or post-graduate degree or

18 month graduate programs designed

for university graduates, rotating across

three different business areas, building on

participants’ knowledge and experiences.

Work experience program

This year we continued to support autistic

secondary school students with seven work

experience placements.

Spectrum Program

We have appointed 15 participants to

permanent roles at ANZ since 2018. The

Spectrum Program uses a non-traditional

recruitment process, designed to meet the

needs of autistic people.

Given the Chance

Since 2007, ANZ has partnered with the

Brotherhood of St Laurence on the Given the

Chance program to assist refugee and asylum

seekers with six to 12 month work placements,

providing them with invaluable work experience

to enter the local workforce. This year, ANZ

placed 30 participants into work placements.

More than 52% of participants from the 2023

cohort have retained ongoing careers with us.

Chance for All

This year the Chance for All program, run as a

pilot last year, became a part of the inclusion

employment program offerings. This program is

an expansion on the Given the Chance program

to include people with disability, recognising

the barriers to employment that can also

be experienced by this group. This year, six

participants commenced a placement with ANZ.

For information on ANZ’s Accessibility and

Inclusion Plan see page 63.

We want to build an inclusive culture that reflects the communities in which

we operate by investing in a diverse workforce and providing opportunities

to under-represented groups.

We also continued to run a range of employment programs this year, designed to increase

the diversity of our workforce, including:

Overview and governance

Our ESG targets and performance

Ethics, conduct and culture

Environmental sustainability

Housing

Financial wellbeing

Information security

Responsible customer engagement

Digital banking experience

Regulation and risk management

Thriving communities

Human rights

Diversity and inclusion

Contributing to reconciliation in

Australia

Leading change in Aotearoa

New Zealand – ANZ’s commitment

to Māori

Our approach to accessibility

and inclusion

Workplace diversity and inclusion

Achieving gender balance in our

business

Our focus on gender pay equality

Participation of under-represented

groups in our workforce

Employee experience

Explanatory notes

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Wellbeing
At ANZ we support our employees’ growth and

wellbeing by fostering an inclusive culture and

dynamic work environment. As part of this, we

offer programs that support the wellbeing of our

people globally, with an emphasis on physical,

mental, social and financial wellbeing.

This year, key initiatives included:

• Group-wide review of work-related factors

influencing the mental health and wellbeing of

our people. This led to the development of a

group wide workplace mental health roadmap

in June 2024 to address priority areas of focus.

• Revised training to equip employees group

wide with the skills needed to maintain safety

when exposed to inappropriate customer

behaviour or robbery events, with over 6,900

employees completing the training since it was

launched in May 2024.

• Team resources to embed the training and

support a new de-escalation model for

employees in our branches, business and

contact centres.

• Our wellbeing programs saw strong

engagement across the markets we operate in.

• 2,424 employees reached out to our Employee

Assistance Program.

• Our monthly wellbeing webinars continued

to have strong participation, with 4,357

employees attending throughout the year.

• Targeted wellbeing programs were also

delivered across various ANZ locations. For

example over 5,600 employees participated

in health awareness sessions in India.

Engagement

Our Group-wide engagement survey, My Voice,

continues to be one of the primary ways we

receive feedback from our people and understand

their experience of working at ANZ. This year we

uplifted the My Voice survey by increasing the

cadence to include a full survey in March and a

shorter, group wide pulse survey in August. Survey

data allows us to tailor solutions and interventions

to ensure our people feel recognised, stay

engaged and continue to feel a sense of belonging

and connection to the bank. At an enterprise level,

the My Voice results have recently contributed

to initiatives such as the Wellbeing roadmap and

Diversity and Inclusion planning.

Although we have seen a slight decline in our

results compared to the previous year of 87%, our

engagement score has remained stable in March

and August at 84%. This is four percentage points

above the global Finance and Insurance (F&I)

industry average and 3% below the Global Best in

Class (GBIC) benchmark (top 10% of organisations

globally). Further, 86% of respondents said they

would recommend ANZ as a great place to work

which is down from 89% last year but remains

above the F&I benchmark (80%).

Other key metrics such as ‘Wellbeing’ and

‘Inclusion’, ‘Experience versus expectations’

and ‘Intent to stay’ experienced a small drop.

Wellbeing remains two (2) points above the F&I

industry benchmark, at 80%. Results at a team

level are available for teams via a dashboard. This

enables successes to be celebrated and action

to be taken to improve the experience working

at ANZ. Since the introduction of our ‘Speak Up’

index in the August 2022 My Voice survey, our

result has remained strong at 81%. The Speak

Up index result indicates that most people at

ANZ feel that they can speak up without fear of

negative consequences – and when they speak

up, their opinions or concerns are heard. For more

information on risk culture see page 26.

Key areas for improvement identified this year

included continuing to create opportunities for

people to achieve their career goals at ANZ and

building work processes which allow us to be as

productive as possible. For more information how

we are developing our people see page 70.

Overall, we have seen a slight dip in our key

indexes in 2023, however results stabilised in the

Q4 pulse survey. We remain ahead of the external

Finance and Insurance benchmark on two of

the three key indexes where this comparison is

available.

Wellbeing and engagement

1. Includes employees and contingent workers.

August 2024 My Voice

survey results

1

Employee engagement

84%

(March 2024: 84%,

August 2023: 87%)

Inclusion

79%

(March 2024: 80%,

August 2023: 85%)

Wellbeing

80%

(March 2024: 81%,

August 2023: 83%)

Experiences matches expectations

89%

(March 2024 result, not included in

August 2024 survey, August 2023: 92%)

Overview and governance

Our ESG targets and performance

Ethics, conduct and culture

Environmental sustainability

Housing

Financial wellbeing

Information security

Responsible customer engagement

Digital banking experience

Regulation and risk management

Thriving communities

Human rights

Diversity and inclusion

Employee experience

Wellbeing and engagement

Attracting and retaining employees

Learning and development

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Highlight

Engineering Career Pathways

The Engineering Career Pathways program

was launched in November 2022 to attract and

retain engineers, by increasing engineering

capability and impact by uplifting the craft of

engineering. To date this has resulted in:

• Over 1,100 engineers have transitioned

to the program and participated in the

assessment, with approximately 1,000 more

engineers to be assessed in October 2024.

• 175 People Leaders took part in coaching

and information sessions to support their

Engineering Craft level outcome and growth

conversations with their teams.

Attracting and retaining employees

Attracting and retaining talented, adaptive

people who can drive innovation and

efficiency, is essential to realising the

Bank we’re Building.

The labour market in 2024 was softer relative to

the last two years as more job seekers entered

the market to compete for fewer vacancies.

During 2024 the employee attrition rate fell to

7.1%, down from 9.5% in 2023 and below our

pre-COVID rate of 10.6%.

In Australia, job advertisements in July 2024 fell

by 15.3% year-on-year (YoY) and applications

per ad increased 2.5% YoY

1

. In New Zealand,

for the same period, job advertisements fell by

29%

2

. However, skills such as cyber security and

data science as well as roles such as developers,

sales/account managers and specialised risk

remained in high demand across all ANZ’s

markets

3

.

To help address this, dedicated sourcing support

has focused on technology talent pools, as well

as showcasing the quality of engineering at ANZ

to further position our workplace as an attractive

place to work for top technology talent.

In our Group Capability Centres, technology,

digital and credit risk roles remain challenging

to fill given increased competition for talent.

Attracting and retaining staff in both Bengaluru,

India and Manila, Philippines was a key focus in

2024 and we are continuing to build awareness

of ANZ’s employment value proposition which

offers a supportive culture, career and learning

opportunities, and meaningful work.

1. July 2024 SEEK Australia Employment Report, issued 16 August 2024. 2. July 2024 SEEK New Zealand Employment Report, issued 20 August 2024. 3. Understanding Hiring Trends with Nakuri Job Speak Report, issued 5 April 2024.

Overview and governance

Our ESG targets and performance

Ethics, conduct and culture

Environmental sustainability

Housing

Financial wellbeing

Information security

Responsible customer engagement

Digital banking experience

Regulation and risk management

Thriving communities

Human rights

Diversity and inclusion

Employee experience

Wellbeing and engagement

Attracting and retaining employees

Learning and development

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Learning and development
We equip our teams to navigate the ongoing advancement of digital

technology and the evolving landscape of the financial services

industry by investing in continuous learning and development

programs. By delivering key learning opportunities, we empower

employees to enhance their skills and adapt to new challenges.

Developing our people

The capability development of our people

continues to be a priority.

This year, over 1.81 million hours of learning

were completed via our digital learning platforms

(compared to 1.36 million in 2023), including

almost 804,865 hours of compliance training and

more than 867,439 hours of self-directed learning

(compared to 484,000 in 2023). A further 145,435

hours were invested in Continuing Professional

Development, where our customer facing

employees maintain and extend their professional

capabilities, knowledge and skills, including

keeping up to date with regulatory, technical and

other developments relevant to the provision of

financial advice. Our latest My Voice data shows

that 80% of our employees agree that they have

opportunities to learn and develop at ANZ.

We have refreshed Our Way of Learning (OWL)

platform, delivering an enhanced learning

experience which includes the opportunity to

test skills in real-time with artificial intelligence (AI)

simulations and coaching. On average, over 7,200

employees every month this year have utilised the

OWL channel to enhance their skills.

The ANZ Academy, launched in August 2024,

focuses on developing fundamental enterprise

capabilities across the areas of banking, data and

digital, and professional skills. The flexible delivery

of the ANZ Academy has seen uptake by more

than 3,500 employees since launch. Although in

its infancy, we are seeing positive capability shifts

particularly in professional skills, with one program

showing an average 7% uplift in the ability to

apply skills. The ANZ Academy is also trialling the

validation of skills externally in communication and

data interpretation, with 68 externally recognised

micro-credentials issued to employees to date.

We also continued to embed our Customer

Coaching campaign-based program which is

targeted at uplifting key capabilities across our

customer-engaging workforce. Approximately

2,200 employees, representing 34% of the target

workforce, have experienced a positive capability

uplift. One campaign focusing on building

business development capability across New

Zealand Personal and Australia Retail employees

has seen proactive customer conversations

increase by 26%.

To combat cyber security and scam threats, our

people have participated in phishing drills and

divisional desktop exercises. Frontline staff have

also been educated to enable more accurate

and consistent conversations with customers on

cyber security risk. For more information on cyber

security see page 39.

Developing our leaders

In 2024, we continued our Executive Leadership

Series, delivering one module on ESG and an

extended module on generative AI. The latter

module was attended by over 68% of executive

leaders with a Net Promoter Score nearing 75

1


and a measurable shift in Gen AI confidence,

understanding and application.

We continued delivery of the Group-wide

LEAD@ANZ learning program which targets over

8,000 people leaders across the organisation,

focusing on developing deeper understanding,

engagement, habit formation and skill building

to directly support our culture. The LEAD@ANZ

program is designed to empower people leaders

and equip them with the skills and confidence to

be an exceptional leader. Since launching in 2023,

the program has been attended by more than

75% of eligible leaders across 29 markets. Topics

covered include what it takes to be a great leader

and how to bring our purpose and strategy to life.

The ANZ Business Leaders Group (BLG) is a new

initiative introduced in December 2023 to build the

capability to lead with impact and intent, to drive

our purpose, cultural transformation and improve

the fundamental performance of the Group.

The BLG consists of 21 senior leaders who

represent 100% of our customer propositions,

customer engagement and revenue generation

businesses. The BLG has a unique opportunity

to leverage the assets and capabilities of the

ANZ Group to achieve its maximum potential

for our customers, colleagues, community

and shareholders.

This year we also commenced the roll-out of

our Operational Management Development

program to all staff within our Customer Services

Operations business. The program aims to build

consistency of operations management and

stronger leadership capability, resulting in better

customer outcomes and stronger engagement.

Implementation is supported by key standards

and tools that enable uniform customer focused

and data driven conversations. To date, 32%

of the eligible workforce have completed the

12-week program.

Our investment in learning will continue in

2025 with plans to extend and embed the ANZ

Academy; develop strategically important specialist

capabilities including product, delivery, and change

management; and continue to support our leaders

with initiatives such as our AI Immersion Centre, as

discussed on page 40.

1. The Net Promoter Score is measured with a single-question survey and reported with a number ranging from -100 to +100, where a higher score is desirable.

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Ethics, conduct and culture

Environmental sustainability

Housing

Financial wellbeing

Information security

Responsible customer engagement

Digital banking experience

Regulation and risk management

Thriving communities

Human rights

Diversity and inclusion

Employee experience

Wellbeing and engagement

Attracting and retaining employees

Learning and development

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ANZ’s ESG approach. The Insights Hub includes
dedicated tools and resources designed to better

equip employees, for example, to engage in

conversations with our customers.

A community of practice, a group of like-minded

employees with an interest in ESG, has also been

established. There are over 200 representatives

across ANZ to champion the ESG@ANZ – Mindset

2030 learning program.

At the end of 2024, more than 7,000 employees

have commenced the foundational learning

program, ESG@ANZ, Mindset 2030. As at end

of 2024, more than 3,800 employees have

completed the entire program which consists of

10 modules. In addition to the on-line learning

program, 33 speaker events/webinars on specific

ESG topics have been conducted in 2024.

The learning program was initially established to

support our Institutional division with more than

40% of our Institutional team completing the

foundational learning program in 2024.

As part of the Executive Leadership Series a

program was also delivered to senior executives

1


across ANZ, Delivering Value and Impact with

ESG, with 40% of the eligible cohort attending.

ESG@ANZ – Mindset 2030 –

Specialised Program (new in 2024)

Customer Conversations

Carbon and Environmental Markets

Nature

Human Rights and Modern Slavery

Delivering Value and Impact with ESG

(new in 2024)

Offered to our senior executives providing

an overview of the bank’s ESG approach

and leadership’s role as well as an overview

of greenwashing and the opportunities and

risks for the energy transition

ESG@ANZ – Mindset 2030 –

Foundational Program

ANZ’s Purpose, Strategy and Approach

to ESG

The ‘E’ in ESG – What Environmental

Sustainability means at ANZ

The ‘S’ in ESG – What Social means at ANZ

The ‘G’ in ESG – What Governance means

at ANZ

Greenwashing

ESG Governance and Risk Management

Community and Customer Transition

to Net Zero

Financing sustainability; Products and

Solutions (new in 2024)

Taking action and resources (new in 2024)

Learning Program Assessment (new

in 2024)

Building capability and capacity

We continue to build the capability and capacity

of our workforce to respond to the shifting

regulatory requirements, economic and social

pressures, expectations of stakeholders and

to meet changing customer needs. This is

key to our understanding of ESG risks and

opportunities, as well as our ability to support

our customers to build on their understanding

of those risks and opportunities.

ESG@ANZ – Mindset 2030

This year we expanded our in-house purpose built

ESG@ANZ – Mindset 2030 learning program to

offer both foundational and specialised learning

programs. This is an optional online program to

support our employees to build their capabilities.

The specialised learning program aims to support

our frontline employees and product partners to be

better equipped to have purpose-aligned, strategic

discussions with our customers, to understand

their needs and support their understanding of

risks and opportunities.

The learning program is supplemented by

ESG-related webinars, speaker events and an

Insights Hub, a dedicated site for our employees to

learn more about ESG, including climate risk, and

1. Compromises persons holding roles within ANZ designated as Group 1 and Group 2.

Overview and governance

Our ESG targets and performance

Ethics, conduct and culture

Environmental sustainability

Housing

Financial wellbeing

Information security

Responsible customer engagement

Digital banking experience

Regulation and risk management

Thriving communities

Human rights

Diversity and inclusion

Employee experience

Wellbeing and engagement

Attracting and retaining employees

Learning and development

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‘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 2023 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).

Explanatory

notes

Target to fund and facilitate

$10 billion in affordable, secure

and sustainable housing by 2030

across Australia and New Zealand.

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. Transactions that qualify for this target (excluding

deferred deals) contributed to the $50 billion target from 1 October 2019 to 31 March

2023, and contribute to the $100 billion target from 1 April 2023.

Overview and governance

Our ESG targets and performance

Ethics, conduct and culture

Environmental sustainability

Housing

Financial wellbeing

Information security

Responsible customer engagement

Digital banking experience

Regulation and risk management

Thriving communities

Human rights

Diversity and inclusion

Employee experience

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This glossary contains defined terms used
throughout our 2024 ESG Supplement.

Our complete glossary of terms is available in

our 2024 ESG Data and Frameworks Pack.

“100 largest emitting business customers”

A cohort of our LEEP customers.

“ANZ” or “the Group” or “our” or “us”

Refers to ANZ Group Holdings Limited and its

subsidiaries.

ANZ Bank Group

Means all businesses and entities owned by ANZ

Bank HoldCo, including ANZBGL and ANZ Bank

New Zealand, but excluding Suncorp Bank.

ANZ Bank New Zealand

Means ANZ Bank New Zealand Limited.

ANZ Group

Means the ANZBGL Group or the ANZGHL Group

as a whole (including all businesses), as the

context requires.

ANZ Non-Bank Group

Means ANZ ServiceCo and all businesses and

entities owned by ANZ Non-Bank HoldCo,

including ANZ’s beneficial interests in the 1835i

trusts, non-controlling interests in the Worldline

merchant acquiring joint venture, and equity

interests in Lygon, TIN and Pollination.

ANZ Roy Morgan Financial Wellbeing Indicator

The ANZ Roy Morgan Financial Wellbeing Indicator

is an ongoing time-series measure of financial

wellbeing. Powered by the Roy Morgan Single

Source Survey, the ANZ Roy Morgan Financial

Wellbeing Indicator provides unique, regular

insights into Australians’ and New Zealanders’

financial wellbeing.

Biodiversity

The TNFD defines ‘biodiversity’ as “the variability

among living organisms from all sources, including,

inter alia, terrestrial, marine and other aquatic

ecosystems and the ecological complexes of

which they are part; this includes diversity within

species, between species and of ecosystems.”

Board

Means ANZGHL Board of Directors.

Climate Change Risk Assessment

A tool used to help guide customer engagement

and assess and manage climate-related risks. The

CCRA includes an assessment of our customers’

exposure to potential physical risks and transition

risks and the maturity of the customer’s transition

plan, as aligned to our Customer Transition plan

assessment framework.

Community investment

Contributions from ANZ to address a social

issue. Can be classified as time, in kind, cash,

management costs or foregone revenue.

Contingent workers

A person engaged to provide services to ANZ

under a contract for service. They are not

employed directly by ANZ, but are normally

engaged and paid via an external supplier, such

as a labour hire or payroll firm.

Customer complaints

Complaints reported are those recorded in the

Bank’s complaint systems, including complaints

escalated by customers to the Australian Financial

Complaints Authority and Banking Ombudsman

Scheme (NZ). Complaints are recorded by

employees in Australia and New Zealand.

Direct financing/direct finance

Financing that has a direct nexus to an asset,

such as limited recourse project financing or a

‘use-of-proceeds’ or ‘project-related’ corporate

loan. It does not include general corporate

purpose lending.

Employee engagement

Represents the levels of enthusiasm and

connection our workforce has with ANZ.

Employees

ANZ – A person employed by ANZ. There are

three sub-categories of employees: permanent (or

regular) employee (full time or part time); fixed term

employee (full time or part time); casual employee.

Executive

Comprises of persons holding roles within ANZ

designated as Group 2.

Executive Committee

Comprises ANZ’s most senior executives. A subset

of employees within Group 1.

Financial inclusion programs

ANZ have developed financial wellbeing

programs in consultation with community

partner organisations and government. These

programs aim to provide real social benefits to

the community by improving financial inclusion

and capability of lower income individuals. Our

programs include: MoneyBusiness, MoneyMinded

and Saver Plus.

Gender pay gap

The gender pay gap represents the difference

between the total remuneration that women and

men earn across all roles based in Australia.

Includes CEO, Executive Committee, permanent,

casual and temporary (fixed-term) employees,

and trainees/interns. Excludes independent

contractors. Effective date 31 December 2023.

Fixed remuneration data reflects actual earnings

over 12-months (grossed up to 1 FTE and

annualised). Variable pay is based on FY23

outcomes.

Hardship

Hardship typically refers to a situation where an

individual is experiencing financial difficulty, making

it challenging for them to meet their financial

obligations. This can include situations such as

loss of income, unexpected expenses, or other

personal circumstances that impact one’s ability

to repay debts or manage financial commitments.

Labelled sustainable finance

Labelled sustainable finance is existing banking

products with a specific sustainability related label

e.g. Green, Social, Sustainability and Sustainability-

Linked.

Large Emitters Engagement Program (LEEP)

Our Large Emitters Engagement Program (LEEP).

This is our signature customer engagement

program, which provides the framework for

engaging with LEEP customers on their transition

plans.

Large business customers

The customers of ANZ Institutional division where

ANZ has a credit exposure.

Material arrangement

A Material Arrangement is one that, pursuant

to APRA Prudential Standard CPS231, has the

potential, if disrupted, to have a significant impact

on the ANZ Group to manage risk effectively.

MoneyBusiness

MoneyBusiness is an adult financial education

program that is designed to build the money

management skills and confidence of Indigenous

Australians and develop a stronger savings culture.

Glossary of terms

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Ethics, conduct and culture

Environmental sustainability

Housing

Financial wellbeing

Information security

Responsible customer engagement

Digital banking experience

Regulation and risk management

Thriving communities

Human rights

Diversity and inclusion

Employee experience

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MoneyMinded
MoneyMinded is a flexible adult financial

education program that builds knowledge,

confidence and skills to help people make

informed decisions and manage their money.

Developed in 2002, MoneyMinded is ANZ’s

flagship financial education program.

Nature

The TNFD considers ‘nature’ as the “natural

world, with an emphasis on the diversity of living

organisms (including people) and their interactions

among themselves and with their environment.”

Net-zero

Net-zero emissions in this document relates to

net-zero human-induced emissions.

Net-zero financed emissions

The state where financed emissions are

balanced by an equivalent amount of permanent

removal and storage of carbon dioxide from the

atmosphere, resulting in no net increase in global

emissions.

Non-Financial Risk Framework

The Non-Financial Risk (NFR) Framework

comprises of procedures that define how ANZ staff

should consistently and effectively identify, assess,

manage, monitor and report on Non-Financial Risk.

New to bank customer

A customer with whom ANZ has had no

meaningful lending relationship for more than

12 months. Entities or assets acquired from

existing customers are not classified as new to

bank customers. Applies to lending products only,

i.e. excludes transaction banking, credit cards,

performance guarantees, meaning that only

lending products that will help customers ‘fund’

their activities in a material way would be included.

Operational emissions

Emissions associated with the operating of the

business, excluding financed emissions. Our

operational emissions comprise our Scope 1 and

2 emissions, and certain categories of Scope

3 emissions, as explained in ANZ Operational

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting and Carbon

Offset Methodology (Appendix 6 of our 2024

Climate-related Financial Disclosures).

Paris Agreement

A legally binding international treaty on climate

change adopted at the UN Climate Change

Conference (COP21) in Paris in 2015. Its

overarching goal is to hold “the increase in the

global average temperature to well below 2°C

above pre-industrial levels” and pursue efforts

“to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above

pre-industrial levels”.

Paris Agreement goals/the goals of the Paris

Agreement

The main goals of the Paris Agreement, which

include: (i) limiting the global temperature increase

to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels, with

efforts to limit it to 1.5°C; (ii) achieving global net-

zero greenhouse gas emissions by the second half

of the century.

Risk Management Framework

ANZ has a Risk Management Framework (RMF)

to describe the system for identifying, measuring,

evaluating, monitoring, reporting, and controlling

or mitigating material risks that may affect its

ability to meet its obligations to depositors and/or

customers.

Risk principles

The behaviours and practices that are expected to

be applied to guide risk management and instil an

appropriate risk culture across the Group.

Saver Plus

Saver Plus is a matched savings and financial

education program developed in 2003 by ANZ

and the Brotherhood of St Laurence. Eligible

participants who complete the program have

their savings matched (up to $500) by ANZ

for approved education-related expenses for

themselves or their children.

Sectoral pathways

Industry-specific trajectories of emissions

reductions that indicate whether ANZ’s financing

is consistent with Paris Agreement goals.

Senior executive

Comprises of persons holding roles within ANZ

designated as Group 1. These roles typically

involve leading large businesses, geographies or

the strategy, policy or governance of business

areas (excludes Group Executive Committee).

Sensitive sectors

Activities in the following sectors: Energy, Extractive

Industries, Forestry and Forest, Hydroelectric Power,

Military Equipment; and Water.

Sustainability Linked Loan

Sustainability linked loans are a type of labelled

sustainable finance. They are any type of loan

instruments and/or contingent facilities (such as

bonding lines, guarantee lines or letters of credit)

which incentivise the borrower’s achievement

of predetermined sustainability performance

objectives.

Third-Party Risk Management Framework

The Framework provides the foundation and

arrangements that will help embed the right

behaviours, processes and practices for managing

third-party risk at ANZ. It provides a structured

approach to managing third-party risk in an

effective and consistent manner to minimise the

impact of adverse events and maximise the right

outcome for all stakeholders.

Transition plan

A climate-related transition plan is an aspect of

an entity’s overall strategy that lays out the entity’s

targets, actions or resources for its transition

towards a lower-carbon economy, including

actions such as reducing its emissions.

United Nations Guiding Principles on Business

Human Rights

The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human

Rights are a set of guidelines for States and

companies to prevent, address and remedy human

rights abuses committed in business operations.

Women in leadership

Measures proportion of women out of the entire

Senior Manager, Executive and Senior Executive

populations (roles within ANZ designated as

Groups 3, 2 and 1 respectively). Includes all

employees regardless of leave status but not

contractors (which are included in FTE).

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Ethics, conduct and culture

Environmental sustainability

Housing

Financial wellbeing

Information security

Responsible customer engagement

Digital banking experience

Regulation and risk management

Thriving communities

Human rights

Diversity and inclusion

Employee experience

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assuranceLocation

Criteria used as the

basis of reporting

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Standards published

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Reporting Initiative

(GRI) version dated

2021

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Environmental

Sustainability Target

Methodology

available at

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on page 72

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Frameworks Pack

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September 2024

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to the Directors of ANZ Group Holding Limited

Conclusion

Based on the procedures performed and evidence obtained, nothing has come to our

attention that causes us to believe that the ANZ 2024 ESG Supplement and 2024 ESG

Data and Frameworks Pack, which has been prepared by ANZ Group Holdings Limited

for the year ended 30 September 2024 is not prepared, in all material respects, in

accordance with the Criteria.

Basis for Conclusion

We conducted our work in accordance with

Australian Standard on Assurance Engagements

ASAE 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 2024 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.

Inherent limitations

Inherent limitations exist in all assurance

engagements due to the selective testing of

the information being examined. It is therefore

possible that fraud, or error may occur and not

be detected. Non-financial data may be subject

to more inherent limitations than financial data,

given both its nature and the methods used for

determining, calculating, and estimating such data.

The precision of different measurement techniques

may also vary. The absence of a significant body

of established practice on which to draw to

evaluate and measure non-financial information

allows for different, but acceptable, evaluation

and measurement techniques that can affect

comparability between entities and over time.

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. The material ESG issues inform the

risk-based limited assurance testing performed

on material data metrics and narrative claims

presented in the 2024 ESG Reporting;

• Interviews with relevant ANZ management

and staff concerning ANZ’s ESG frameworks

and policies for material ESG issues, and the

implementation of these across the business;

• Interviews with relevant management

responsible for developing the context (text

and data) within the 2024 ESG Reporting

to understand the approach for monitoring,

collecting and reporting;

• Comparing text and data (on a sample basis)

to be presented in the 2024 ESG Reporting to

underlying sources. This includes considering

whether all material matters are included,

whether any are excluded and whether the

reported text and data is accurately drawn from

the underlying information;

• Testing over ANZ’s 2024 ESG targets and the

disclosed progress or achievement;

• Performing a consistency check of ANZ’s ESG

Disclosures included within the Climate-related

Financial Disclosures, and Annual Report; and

• Reviewing ANZ’s assessment of the disclosures

in relation to the GRI; and

• Reading the 2024 ESG Reporting (in its entirety)

to ensure it is consistent with KPMG’s overall

knowledge of, and experience with, the ESG

performance of ANZ.

Information Subject to Assurance

ANZ Group Holdings Limited (ANZ) engaged KPMG to perform a limited

assurance engagement on the following information in the ANZ 2024 ESG

Supplement and 2024 ESG Data and Frameworks Pack:

Overview and governance

Our ESG targets and performance

Ethics, conduct and culture

Environmental sustainability

Housing

Financial wellbeing

Information security

Responsible customer engagement

Digital banking experience

Regulation and risk management

Thriving communities

Human rights

Diversity and inclusion

Employee experience

Explanatory notes

Assurance opinion

75ANZ 2024 ESG Supplement75

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Standards Legislation.

How the Standard Defines

Limited Assurance and Material

Misstatement

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.

Misstatements, including omissions, are

considered material if, individually or in

the aggregate, they could reasonably be

expected to influence relevant decisions of

the Directors of ANZ.

Use of this Assurance Report

This report has been prepared for the

Directors of ANZ for the purpose of providing

an assurance conclusion on the 2024 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.

Management’s Responsibility

Management are responsible for:

• determining that the Criteria is appropriate to

meet their needs;

• preparing and presenting the 2024 ESG

Reporting in accordance with the Criteria; and

• establishing internal controls that enable the

preparation and presentation of the 2024

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 2024 ESG Reporting

for the year ended 30 September 2024, and

to issue an assurance report that includes our

conclusion.

Our Independence and Quality

Management

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 Management 1 to

design, implement and operate a system of quality

management.

Maria Trinci

Partner

Melbourne

KPMG

Sarah Newman

Partner

Melbourne

7 November 2024

Overview and governance

Our ESG targets and performance

Ethics, conduct and culture

Environmental sustainability

Housing

Financial wellbeing

Information security

Responsible customer engagement

Digital banking experience

Regulation and risk management

Thriving communities

Human rights

Diversity and inclusion

Employee experience

Explanatory notes

Assurance opinion

76ANZ 2024 ESG Supplement

ANZ Group Holdings Limited (ANZ) ABN 16 659 510 791
anz.com.au/esgreport

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ANZ Group Holdings Limited
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ABN 16 659 510 791

8 November 2024


Market Announcements Office

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ANZ 2024 Climate-related Financial Disclosures


ANZ Group Holdings Limited (ANZ) today released its 2024 Climate-related Financial Disclosures.


It has been approved for distribution by ANZ’s Ethics, Environment, Social and Governance Committee.


Yours faithfully


Simon Pordage

Company Secretary

ANZ Group Holdings Limited

2024
Climate-related Financial Disclosures

Approved for distribution by ANZ’s Ethics, Environment, Social & Governance Committee

To achieve our Climate and Environment Strategy, we have established three core ambitions:
Acknowledgement of Country and Traditional Owners

ANZ acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout

Australia and recognises their continuing connection to lands, skies and

waterways. We pay our respects to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

cultures, and to Elders past and present.

Whakatauākī, ANZ New Zealand’s Proverb

Tākiri-ā-Rangi The expansive universe above

Tākiri-ā-Nuku The beauty of the proceeding lands below

Tākiri te Awatea A new dawn beckons

Kia Puāwai ki te Ao A blossoming to the world

Te Kare ā-Roto e With ripples of compassion and hope for all.

Contents

Overview

CEO’s message 3

Our 2024 reporting suite 4

Disclaimer and important notices 7

ANZ progress towards net-zero 8

About our business 9

Our Climate and

Environment Strategy 10

Transition planning 11

Governance 13

Strategy 19

Risk Management 41

Metrics and Targets 52

Our approach to

sectoral pathways 54

Energy 57

Transport 67

Manufacturing 71

Buildings 78

Agribusiness data

coverage cohort 82

Total Australian lending portfolio 83

Reducing our operational footprint 85

Appendices 87

Assurance opinion 117

Transitioning our

lending portfolio to net-zero

financed emissions

Building our capability

to help customers understand

climate and nature risks

Supporting our

customers’ transition

and resilience

Our five year Climate and Environment Strategy, approved by

the Board in October 2024, sets out our objective to be a trusted

partner for our customers, supporting them to adapt and

become more resilient, to a changing environment and economy.

In particular, we aim to be a leading bank in supporting an

effective and orderly transition for our large business customers.

Our vision is:

Financing a sustainable transition

CEO’s message
We aim to be a trusted partner for

our customers, supporting them to

adapt and become more resilient,

to a changing environment and

economy. In particular, we aim to

be a leading bank in supporting an

effective and orderly transition for

our large business customers.

We have made good progress in 2024, having

funded and facilitated $38.96 billion in social

and environmental activities since April 2023,

against our target of $100 billion by end of 2030,

while elevating climate risk as a material risk and

continuing to take steps to build capability to

understand climate and nature risks.

We also continued to transition our lending

portfolio to net-zero financed emissions by 2050,

in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement,

through our sectoral pathways and financed

emissions reduction targets.

Shayne Elliott

Chief Executive Officer

How we communicate with our customers is

absolutely critical. This has been an area of focus

since 2018, when we began to engage closely

with our large emitting business customers,

which has continued to provide us with deeper

insights into their transition plans and the

challenges they face.

This year, we have implemented a new phase of

what we now call our Large Emitters Engagement

Program (LEEP). LEEP is a multi-year, multi-cohort

customer engagement program that builds on the

experience we developed through the previous

phase of our customer engagement.

We encourage and support our LEEP customers

to continually improve their transition plans,

recognising the journey to net-zero by 2050 is not

‘set and forget’ – every improvement matters.

Our progress against how we have been

supporting our customers to date lays the

foundation for us to deliver on our Climate and

Environment Strategy in coming years, aiming

to support an effective and orderly transition.

To achieve our Climate and Environment

Strategy, we have established three core

ambitions: Building our capability to help

customers understand climate and nature risks;

transitioning our lending portfolio to

net-zero financed emissions; and supporting

our customers’ transition and resilience.

Execution is key and, while working together

closely, each division of the Bank will have specific

focus areas supported by prioritised divisional

action plans that will be implemented commencing

in 2025.

We expect the path to net-zero will look different

for different sectors: some customers may

experience increases in emissions while they

invest in new operations or businesses to enable

sustained decarbonisation. Understanding the

complexities and challenges our customers

face enables us to better engage with them

and support them to transition.

Together with our customers, we aim to

contribute to a sustainable transition while

navigating the risks and opportunities presented

by the rapidly changing landscape.

Shayne Elliott

Chief Executive Officer

Overview

CEO’s message

Our 2024 reporting suite

Disclaimer and important notices

ANZ progress towards net-zero

About our business

Our Climate and Environment

Strategy

Transition planning

Governance

Strategy

Risk Management

Metrics and Targets

Appendices

Assurance opinion

3ANZ 2024 Climate-related Financial Disclosures

Our 2024 reporting suite
2024 Annual Report

anz.com/annualreport

2024 ESG Supplement

anz.com/esgreport

2024 ESG Data and Frameworks Pack

anz.com/esgreport

2024 Climate-related Financial Disclosures

anz.com/esgreport

Modern Slavery Statement

anz.com/esgreport

2024 Corporate Governance Statement

anz.com/annualreport

2024 Voluntary Tax Transparency Report

anz.com/annualreport

About this report

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 (NGOs)

and the community.

Our 2024 Climate-related Financial Disclosures

complements our 2024 Annual Report and 2024

ESG Supplement and provides stakeholders

with detailed information on ANZ Group Holdings

Limited (ANZGHL) ABN 16 659 510 791 and

its subsidiaries’ (referred to as “ANZ” or “ANZ

Group” or “the Group” or “our” or “we”) progress

towards implementing our Climate Change

Commitment and how we have been supporting

our customers to date. This lays the foundation

for us to deliver on our five year Climate and

Environment Strategy, approved in October 2024

to support an effective and orderly transition in

coming years. See page 10 for further details.

ANZ has elevated three areas facing

significant societal challenges aligned with our

strategy and reach, including a commitment

to supporting household, business and

financial practices that improve environmental

sustainability. The other two focus areas facing

societal challenge, financial wellbeing and

housing, are covered in detail in our 2024 ESG

Supplement available at anz.com/esgreport.

Important things to note when

reading this report

Words that appear like ‘this’ are explained

in the Glossary of terms on pages 113-

115. The Disclaimer and Important Notices

section on page 7 contains important

information that should be read together

with this report.

Boundaries

Data and commentary within this report relate to

the financial year commencing on 1 October 2023

and ending 30 September 2024, referred to as

“2024” throughout the report, except for:

• Operational emissions are reported from

1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024, in line with the

requirements of the National Greenhouse and

Energy Reporting Act 2007 (Cth). Comparisons

are for the twelve months ending 30 June 2023.

See Appendix 6 for further details.

• Financed emissions and sector-level progress

(excluding Australian residential home loans –

see below) are calculated as at 30 June 2024.

This is a change from prior years where financed

emissions were calculated as at 30 September

2023. This change was implemented to enable

time for processing and review of our financed

emissions data due to the complex and manual

nature of the calculations. See Appendix 4

for our Financed and Facilitated Emissions

Methodology for further details.

• Australian residential home loans financed

emissions are calculated at a point in time as

at 31 May 2024 and comparisons are for the

period ending 31 May 2023. This timeframe is

utilised as it is the latest available data we can

obtain from external sources to enable time

for processing and review of our Australian

residential home loan financed emissions data

due to the complex and manual nature of the

calculations.

The processes, approaches and policies described

in this report may vary in application across ANZ’s

operations, for example, to reflect specific legal

requirements of the jurisdictions in which ANZ

operates. For further information on boundaries,

sector specific boundaries, methodology and

definitions, see Appendix 6 and 7.

Monetary amounts in this document are reported

in Australian dollars, unless otherwise stated.

Throughout this report, the sum of parts within

charts and commentary may not equal totals

due to rounding.

On 31 July 2024, the Group acquired 100% of the

shares in SBGH Limited, the immediate holding

company of Suncorp Bank. The information

reported for the year ending 30 September 2024,

in this report, does not include Suncorp Bank

for the period since acquisition date. Climate

disclosures and data relating to Suncorp Bank will

be included in our 2025 reporting.

What is new in this report

• Our five year Climate and Environment Strategy – see page 10.

• Progress toward our transition plan, drawing on the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero

(GFANZ) recommendations and guidance – see page 11.

• Our Large Emitters Engagement Program (LEEP) – see page 29.

• Foundational steps towards strengthening our approach to climate risk – see page 41.

• Disclosure of certain of our facilitated emissions in line with Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA)

guidelines updated in March 2024 – see pages 57 to 79.

Overview

CEO’s message

Our 2024 reporting suite

Disclaimer and important notices

ANZ progress towards net-zero

About our business

Our Climate and Environment

Strategy

Transition planning

Governance

Strategy

Risk Management

Metrics and Targets

Appendices

Assurance opinion

4ANZ 2024 Climate-related Financial Disclosures

Frameworks
ANZ has prepared this report in accordance

with the Task Force on Climate-related Financial

Disclosures recommendations 2021 (TCFD).

Since 2017, we have disclosed our progress

according to the TCFD recommendations. Our

TCFD Index, that outlines our response to the

recommendations, can be found on page 87.

ANZ joined the NZBA in 2021 and the information

within this report sets out how we are taking action

as part of this commitment. We have also drawn

on the GFANZ requirements in developing our

transition plan which is disclosed at page 11, and

demonstrates our progress to seek to meet our

targets and commitments to transition our lending

portfolio to net-zero financed emissions by 2050

in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement.

We continue to draw on the Taskforce on Nature-

related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) framework to

help inform our disclosures in this report, building

on our first steps taken last year following the

release of the TNFD in September 2023. Our

TNFD Index that outlines our response to the

recommendations can be found on page 88.

Further detail on our approach to developing

metrics, sector specific pathways and targets can

be found in the Metrics and Targets section of this

report (pages 52–86), Appendix 4 ANZ’s Financed

and Facilitated Emissions Methodology and in

ANZ’s Social and Environmental Sustainability

Target Methodology available at

anz.com/esgreport

.

Evolving reporting frameworks

We have been monitoring developments

in sustainability and climate reporting

frameworks, including:

• the International Sustainability Standards

Board’s (ISSB) IFRS S1 General Requirements

for Disclosure of Sustainability-related

Financial Information and IFRS S2 Climate-

related Disclosures;

• the Australian Accounting Standards Board’s

(AASB) Australian Sustainability Reporting

Standards (ASRS) voluntary AASB S1 General

requirements for disclosure of Sustainability-

related financial information and mandatory

AASB S2 Climate-related Disclosures,

which are broadly consistent with the ISSB

standards; and

• the New Zealand Financial Markets Conduct

Act 2013 (FMCA) and the Aotearoa New

Zealand Climate Standards (NZ CS).

In Australia, climate-related disclosures were

mandated through amendments to the

Corporations Act 2001 in September 2024.

Under the new law, the Group is required to

report in accordance with the regime from

the financial year commencing 1 October

2025. The ASRS incorporates and builds on

the framework of the TCFD. We expect our

ESG (including climate) reporting approach

to evolve with the implementation of the

ASRS and we are currently reviewing existing

technology, data, processes and capabilities

to uplift our current reporting to seek to ensure

compliance with these requirements.

Our overall focus in supporting and

accelerating a transition of our lending

portfolio to net-zero financed emissions by

2050 to date reflects where we can have

the most significant impact: we estimate

our lending to Institutional customers is

approximately 2/3 of our total financed

emissions. The requirements of mandatory

climate reporting will increase the focus on

our lending to our commercial and retail

customers, where the remaining financed

emissions arise. Refer to page 49 for further

detail on how we are preparing.

The Group has current obligations in relation

to mandatory publication of climate-

related disclosures under the New Zealand

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013 (FMCA).

ANZGHL

1

, ANZBGL, ANZ Bank New Zealand

Limited and ANZ New Zealand Investments

Limited are Climate Reporting Entities (CREs)

under the FMCA.

• ANZ Bank New Zealand will publish its first

mandatory climate statement for the reporting

period ended 30 September 2024, no

later than 31 January 2025. ANZ Bank New

Zealand published a voluntary climate report

for the financial year ended 30 September

2023 available at here.

• ANZ New Zealand Investments Limited has

published climate statements relating to

four of its registered managed investment

schemes in 2024, available at here. Climate

statements relating to its fifth registered

managed investment scheme are due for

lodgement by 31 January 2025.

For further details on how we are preparing for

mandatory climate disclosures, refer to page 49.

1. For the financial year ended 30 September 2024, ANZGHL is relying on the exemption in clause 6 of the Financial Markets Conduct (Climate-related Disclosures for Foreign Listed Issuers)

Exemption Notice 2024.

Overview

CEO’s message

Our 2024 reporting suite

Disclaimer and important notices

ANZ progress towards net-zero

About our business

Our Climate and Environment

Strategy

Transition planning

Governance

Strategy

Risk Management

Metrics and Targets

Appendices

Assurance opinion

5ANZ 2024 Climate-related Financial Disclosures

Cautionary statement on inclusion
The SDGs are a collection of 17 non-legally binding, interlinked global goals produced by the UN

for countries and governments. The SDGs are included to show how our strategy supports the

SDGs. ANZ makes no representation, warranty, or assurance of any kind, express or implied and

takes no responsibility or liability as to whether ANZ’s strategy furthers the objectives or achieves

the purpose of the indicated SDG.

Further information on the SDGs can be found at un.org/sustainabledevelopment/. The content

of this publication has not been approved by the United Nations and does not reflect the views of

the United Nations or its officials or Member States.

Sustainable Development Goals

ANZ supports the United Nations Sustainable

Development Goals (SDGs) and we believe

that business has an important role to play in

their achievement. Our current full suite of ESG

targets strive to support all of the 17 SDGs.

Our climate targets and pathways seek to

make a positive impact on the following SDGs’

1

:

In 2019, we became a founding signatory to the

UN Principles for Responsible Banking (Principles).

Under the Principles we are required to set

at least two targets (located in our 2024 ESG

Supplement and set out in our UN Principles for

Responsible Banking Self-Assessment available

at anz.com.au/esgreport) that address our most

significant positive and negative impacts, aligned

with the SDGs and the Paris Agreement.

We have reported our progress towards

implementing the Principles using the Reporting

and Self-assessment Index, available in our

2024 ESG Data and Frameworks pack.

1. We have included relevant climate SDGs, noting that our

$100 billion social and environmental sustainability target

discussed in this report strives to support all 17 SDGs.

Assurance

KPMG has performed limited assurance

with respect to disclosures in this report, in

accordance with TCFD, the NZBA’s Guidelines

for Climate Target Setting (Version 2),

ANZ’s Financed and Facilitated Emissions

Methodology (Appendix 4) and ANZ’s Social

and Environmental Sustainability Target

Methodology. A copy of KPMG’s limited

assurance report is on pages 117-119. KPMG

also performed reasonable assurance over

global operational greenhouse gas emissions

(scope 1 and 2) (location-based) and limited

assurance over global operational scope 3

greenhouse gas emissions (location-based)

1


and global operational scope 1, 2 and 3

emissions (market-based).

Overview

CEO’s message

Our 2024 reporting suite

Disclaimer and important notices

ANZ progress towards net-zero

About our business

Our Climate and Environment

Strategy

Transition planning

Governance

Strategy

Risk Management

Metrics and Targets

Appendices

Assurance opinion

6ANZ 2024 Climate-related Financial Disclosures

Disclaimer and important notices
The material in this report contains

general background information about

the Group’s activities current as at

7 November 2024. It is information given

in summary form and does not purport

to be complete. It has a sustainability

focus and does not reflect the totality

of the Group’s business activities. For a

more complete overview of the Group’s

business, see the ANZ Annual Report

available at anz.com/shareholder/centre/.

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.

Forward-looking statements

This report may contain forward-looking

statements or opinions including statements

regarding our intent, belief or current

expectations with respect to the Group’s

business operations, market conditions, results

of operations and financial condition, capital

adequacy, sustainability objectives or targets,

specific provisions and risk management

practices. Those matters are subject to risks

and uncertainties that could cause the actual

results and financial position of the Group to

differ materially from the information presented

herein. When used in the report, the words

‘forecast’, ‘estimate’, ‘goal’, ‘target’, ‘indicator’,

‘plan’, ‘pathway ’, ‘ambition’, ‘modelling’,

‘project’, ‘intend’, ‘anticipate’, ‘believe’, ‘expect’,

‘may ’, ‘probabilit y ’, ‘risk ’, ‘will’, ‘seek ’, ‘would’, ‘could’,

‘should’ and similar expressions, as they relate to

the Group 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.

There can be no assurance that actual outcomes

will not differ materially from any forward-looking

statements or opinions contained herein. Also see

the important information in Appendix 4 Financed

and Facilitated Emissions Methodology which

may affect forward-looking statements relating

to the Group’s financed and facilitated emissions.

These statements only speak as at the date of

publication and no representation is made as to

their correctness on or after this date. No member

of the Group undertakes to publicly release the

result of any revisions to these forward- looking

statements to reflect events or circumstances

after the date hereof to reflect the occurrence of

unanticipated events.

Climate-related information

This report may contain climate-related statements,

including in relation to climate-related risks and

opportunities, climate-related goals and ambitions,

climate scenarios, emissions reduction pathways

and climate projections. While the statements were

prepared in good faith, climate-related statements

are subject to significant uncertainty, challenges

and risks that may affect their usefulness, accuracy

and completeness, including:

1. Availability and reliability of data – emissions

and climate-related data may be incomplete,

inconsistent, unreliable or unavailable (including

information from the Group’s clients), and it may

be necessary to rely on assumptions, estimates

or proxies where that is the case.

2. Uncertain methodologies and modelling –

methodologies, frameworks and standards

used for calculations of climate-related metrics,

modelling and climate data are not universally

applied, are rapidly evolving and subject to

change. This may impact the data modelling,

approaches, and targets used in preparation of

this report.

3. Complexity of calculations and estimates –

Estimating financed or facilitated emissions

(including allocating emissions to banking

activities) and emissions reduction is complex

and relies on assumptions and judgments, often

made in respect of long periods of time.

4. Changes to climate-related governing

frameworks – changes to climate-related

policy, laws, regulations and market practices,

standards and developments, including those

resulting from legal proceedings and regulatory

investigations.

5. Lack of consistency in definitions and climate-

science terminology subject to changes –

definitions and standards for climate-related

data and assessment frameworks used

across industries and jurisdictions may vary,

and terminology and concepts relating to

climate science and decarbonisation pathways

may evolve and change over time. These

inconsistencies and changes can also make

comparisons between different organisations’

climate targets and achievements difficult or

inappropriate.

6. Reliance on third parties for data or involvement

– the Group may need to rely on assistance,

data or other information from external data

and methodology providers or other third

parties, which may also be subject to change

and uncertainty. Additionally, action and

continuing participation of third parties, such

as stakeholders, may be required (including

financial institutions and governmental and non-

governmental organisations).

Due to these uncertainties, challenges and risks,

statements, assumptions, judgments, calculations,

estimates or proxies made or used by the

Group may turn out to be incorrect, inaccurate

or incomplete. Readers should conduct their

own independent analysis and not rely on the

information for investment decision-making.

The information in this notice should be read

with the qualifications, limitations and guidance

included throughout this report and in:

Appendix 4 ANZ Financed and Facilitated

Emissions Methodology

Appendix 6 ANZ Operational Greenhouse

Gas Reporting and Carbon Offset Methodology

ANZ Social and Environmental Sustainability

Target Methodology available at anz.com/

esgreport

2024 ANZ Data and Frameworks Pack available

at anz.com/esgreport

Overview

CEO’s message

Our 2024 reporting suite

Disclaimer and important notices

ANZ progress towards net-zero

About our business

Our Climate and Environment

Strategy

Transition planning

Governance

Strategy

Risk Management

Metrics and Targets

Appendices

Assurance opinion

7ANZ 2024 Climate-related Financial Disclosures

ANZ progress towards net-zero
1. See ANZ’s 2022 ESG Supplement explanatory notes section for methodology at page 95 available here: anz.com.au/esgreport. 2. Important information about eligibility requirements for the target is set out in the Social and Environmental Target Methodology available here:

anz.com.au/esgreport.

2015

Issued first Green

Bond, certified by the

Climate Bonds Initiative

Committed to funding

and facilitating at least

$10 billion by 2020

in low carbon and

sustainable solutions

Set a target to

encourage and support

100 of our largest

emitting business

customers to develop

or strengthen their

transition plans

2018

2019

Committed to funding

and facilitating at least

$50 billion by 2025

towards sustainable

solutions

1

First Australian bank to

join the NZBA

Set our first two NZBA

sectoral pathways:

• Power generation

• Large-scale commercial

real estate in Australia

2021

2022

Announced target to fund and facilitate at

least $100 billion by end 2030 in social and

environmental activities through customer

transactions and direct investments by ANZ

2

Set four additional NZBA sectoral pathways:

• Oil and gas

• Cement

• Aluminium

• Steel

Joined the TNFD Forum to support its work

Implemented Climate Change Risk Assessment

online tool to support bankers to engage with

selected large business customers on climate risk

Set two additional NZBA sectoral pathways:

• Thermal coal

• Transport sub sectors

Disclosed an:

• Agribusiness data coverage cohort target

• Australian residential home loans financed

emissions performance

2023

2024

Elevated climate to a material risk

Five year Climate and Environment Strategy

approved by the Board in October 2024

Commenced a new phase of engagement for

our LEEP, a multi-year, multi-cohort customer

engagement program that builds on the

experience we developed through the previous

phase of our customer engagement.

Established the Central Review Team (CRT)

as the decision-making body that reviews the

application of the customer transition plan

assessment framework to customer ratings

We will extend our engagement to the next

cohort of our LEEP customers, which are

customers included in our sectoral pathway

targets and other large emitters, both as

identified through LEEP customer selection.

We will review our existing and any new

sectoral pathways and targets to incorporate

relevant facilitated emissions by November

2025

2025

2030

Aim to achieve targets for

our NZBA sectoral pathways

Aim to achieve our Climate and

Environment Strategy

Starting Early

Scaling Up

From Ambition to ActionEnhanced Customer Engagement

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About our business

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Transition planning

Governance

Strategy

Risk Management

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About our business
Australia Retail

Provides a range of banking products and services to Australian consumers.

Australia

Commercial

Provides a range of banking products and financial services to small business

owners, medium commercial customers, large commercial customers, and high

net worth individuals and family groups.

Institutional

Services global institutional and corporate customers and governments across

Australia, New Zealand and International (including Papua New Guinea (PNG)) via

Transaction Banking, Corporate Finance and Markets business units.

New Zealand

Services retail and commercial banking customers in New Zealand and is one

of the largest New Zealand companies.

Pacific

Provides banking products and services to retail and commercial customers

(including multi-nationals) and to governments located in the Pacific region

(excluding PNG which forms part of the Institutional division).

Suncorp Bank

On 31 July 2024, the Group acquired 100% of the shares in SBGH Limited, the

immediate holding company of Suncorp Bank. The transaction was undertaken

to accelerate the growth of the Group’s retail and commercial businesses while

also improving the geographic balance of its business in Australia. The ESG

performance reported for the year ending 30 September 2024 does not include

Suncorp Bank for the period since ownership, unless otherwise stated. Disclosures

and data relating to Suncorp Bank will be included in our 2025 ESG reporting.

Group Centre

Provides support to the operating divisions, including technology, property,

risk management, financial management, treasury, strategy, marketing, human

resources, corporate affairs, and shareholder functions. It also includes minority

investments in Asia and interests in the ANZ Non-Bank Group.

Our purpose and strategy

We provide banking and financial products and services to over

8.5 million retail and business customers across 29 markets.

Our expertise, products and services make us a bank. Our people,

purpose, values and culture make us ANZ.

We operate across a diverse business structure

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 three 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.

Our aspiration is to build a simpler, better, more purpose-driven bank, through:

purpose-led propositions and partnerships that

improve financial wellbeing, access to housing

and sustainability for our target segments

automated business-services supported by

modern, cloud-based technology that is more

open, efficient, resilient and compliant


an agile operating model that encourages

innovation and makes it easier for our people to

deliver value for our customers quickly

disciplined allocation of resources, enhanced

delivery capabilities, and an alignment of

systems and incentives.

In particular, we want to help customers:

• Save for, buy and own a liveable home

• Start or buy and sustainably grow their business

• Move capital and goods around the region and

sustainably grow their business

For information on our Strategy and Business Model, refer

to the Annual Report, available at anz.com.au/annualreport

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Disclaimer and important notices

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About our business

Our Climate and Environment

Strategy

Transition planning

Governance

Strategy

Risk Management

Metrics and Targets

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To be a trusted partner for our customers, supporting them to adapt and become more resilient,
to a changing environment and economy. In particular, we aim to be a leading bank in supporting an effective

and orderly transition for our large business customers

Objective

Financing a sustainable transition

Vision

Supporting household, business and financial practices that improve environmental sustainability

Purpose

Ambition

Building our capability to

help customers understand

climate and nature risks

Transitioning our lending portfolio to

net-zero financed emissions

Supporting our customers’

transition and resilience

Divisional

focus

areas

InstitutionalCommercialRetailNew Zealand

Being a leading bank in

supporting customers to

transition, and growing our

low-emissions and nature

related opportunities

Delivering insights and

propositions to support

customers to understand and

navigate the transition

Delivering targeted

education and propositions to

support customers to adapt to

climate impacts

Supporting Aotearoa

New Zealand’s transition to a

low-emissions, climate resilient

economy

Action

pillars

Understanding risks

and opportunities

Building capability

and capacity

Driving customer

engagement

and propositions

Collaborating with

stakeholders to support an

economy wide transition

Core

enablers

Governance and ReportingData and SystemsPeople and Culture

Refer to Strategy section for more

information at page 19.

Our Climate and Environment Strategy

Through our purpose, we have

elevated three areas facing

significant societal challenges,

aligned with our strategy and

our reach. One of these areas

includes our commitment to

supporting household, business

and financial practices that

improve environmental

sustainability.

To support our purpose, our

five year Climate and Environment

Strategy was approved by the

Board in October 2024. It sets

out our objective to be a trusted

partner for our customers,

supporting them to adapt and

become more resilient, to a

changing environment and

economy. In particular, we aim to

be a leading bank in supporting

an effective and orderly transition

for our large business customers.

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See page 12 for how we are transitioning
our lending portfolio for our higher emitting

sectors to net-zero financed emissions.

Overview

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Our 2024 reporting suite

Disclaimer and important notices

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About our business

Our Climate and Environment

Strategy

Transition planning

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Strategy

Risk Management

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In 2024, we have taken further

steps to develop our transition

plan, supporting our commitment

to transition our lending portfolio

to net-zero financed emissions

by 2050 in line with the

Paris Agreement.

The components of our transition planning

are informed by the GFANZ Transition Plan

Guidance Framework as illustrated in the table.

We acknowledge that ongoing work is required

to achieve a robust and well-developed

transition plan.

Our disclosures do not purport to be

comprehensive or to satisfy all aspects of

GFANZ. Our five year Climate and Environment

Strategy approved by the Board in October

2024, sets out our objective to be a trusted

partner for our customers, supporting them

to adapt and become more resilient, to a

changing environment and economy. In

particular, we aim to be a leading bank in

supporting an effective and orderly transition

for our large business customers.

We intend to further disclose our progress

within our 2025 disclosures.

GFANZ Alignment Index

GFANZ ComponentGFANZ Recommendation

1

Page Reference

Foundations

Objectives and priorities

Define objectives to achieve net-zero by 2050 or sooner  aligned with science-based

pathways to limit warming to 1.5 degrees

Pages 8, 10, 12

Set interim and long-term targetsPage 12, ESG Targets – see

our ESG Supplement located at

anz.com/esgreport

Identify priority financing strategies for emissions reductionPages 19-27

Implementation strategy

Products and services

Utilise products and services to support customers’ transition

Accelerate and scale the net-zero transition in the real economy

Offer education, guidance, and support for portfolio decarbonization

Pages 21-32

Pages 36-37

Activities and decision-

making

Integrate and apply (top-down and bottom-up) net-zero objectives and priorities into

evaluation and decision-making tools and processes

Pages 13-18, 41-51

Policies and conditionsImplement policies and conditions for priority sectors e.g. thermal coal, oil and gas, and deforestationPages 33-35, 61-66

Engagement strategy

Clients and portfolio

companies

Provide feedback and support to clientsPages 29-32

Pages 36-40

IndustryEngage with industry peers

Represent cohesive financial sector views to external stakeholders

Pages 38-40

Government and public

sector

Ensure lobbying and public-sector engagement supports an orderly net-zero transition

and align customers efforts with ANZ’s net-zero objectives

Pages 29-32, 38-40,

ESG Targets – see our ESG

Supplement located at

anz.com/esgreport

Metrics and targets

Metrics and target

Establish metrics and targets to drive execution of the net-zero transition plan and monitor progressPages 52-86, ESG Targets – see

our ESG Supplement located at

anz.com/esgreport

Governance

Roles, responsibilities,

and remuneration

Define roles for the Board or oversight body and senior management

Assign appropriate individuals and teams to all aspects of both design and delivery of

the transition plan

Regularly review the plan

Pa g e s 13-14

Pages 14-17

Page 18

Skills and culture

Provide training and development for teams and individuals

Implement a change management program to embed the transition plan into the organisation

Pages 36-37

Tra n s i t io n

planning

1. Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) Financial Institution Net-zero Transition Plans – Fundamentals, Recommendations, and Guidance (2022).

Sectors
1

2030 Interim Target ReductionStatusCategory

Power generation

50% (2020 baseline)

ON TRACK

Oil and gas26% (2020 baseline)

ON TRACK


Thermal coal100% (2020 baseline)

ON TRACK


Auto manufacturing28% (2022 baseline)

ON TRACK

Shipping10% (2022 baseline)

CLOSE TO ON TRACK


Aluminium30% (2021 baseline)

NOT ON TRACK


Cement20% (2021 baseline)

CLOSE TO ON TRACK


Steel28% (2021 baseline)

CLOSE TO ON TRACK

Australian large-scale commercial real estate60% (2019 baseline)

ON TRACK

Specific policies in place to

steer our lending decisions

Customer engagement

via our LEEP

Prioritisation of customers with lower

emissions assets, stronger emissions

reduction targets and/or diversification

strategies

>10% above pathway

<=10% above pathway

On or below pathway

1. Refer to page 54 for ANZ’s rationale for not disclosing a sectoral pathway target in 2024 for the Australian residential home-loans, Institutional agribusiness, and Aviation sectors.

How we are transitioning our lending

portfolio to net zero financed emissions

Refer to our sectoral pathways on pages

57 to 79 for further information.

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Governance
Board and Executive oversight

The ANZ Group Holdings Limited Board (Board)

is responsible for oversight of the Group and

its overall governance and performance, with

specific duties as set out in its charter available

at anz.com/corporategovernance.

The Board, with the support of six principal Board

Committees (refer chart to the right), is also

responsible for oversight of ANZ’s governance

framework. The framework seeks to provide

effective and responsible decision making,

assisting ANZ in delivering on its strategy and

purpose. Each Board Committee has its own

charter setting out its roles and responsibilities

available at anz.com/corporategovernance.

At management level, the Group Executive

Committee (ExCo) comprises ANZ’s most senior

executives. A delegations of authority framework

outlines matters delegated from the Board to our

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and other members

of senior management. In addition, a number of

formally established management committees

deal with particular sets of ongoing issues.

Principal Board

Committees

Audit Committee

Ethics, Environment,

Social and Governance

Committee

Risk Committee

Digital Business

and Technology Committee

Nomination and

Board Operations Committee

People

and Culture Committee

Board of Directors

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Key management committees and forums
Ethics and Responsible Business Committee (ERBC)Operational Risk Executive Committee (OREC)

Climate Advisory Forum (CAF)Credit and Markets Risk Committee (CMRC)

Key management roles

Group Executive, Institutional – drives

implementation of the Group’s Climate and

Environment Strategy, working closely with CRO

and GGM Climate and divisional Group executives.

Responsible for executing environmental

sustainability activity within the Institutional division.

Chief Risk Officer (CRO) – responsible for the

Group’s Risk Management Framework (RMF),

including policies, systems and processes for

identifying, assessing and managing climate risk.

Group General Manager, Climate (GGM Climate)

– responsible for leading, guiding and informing

the Group’s policy response to climate change,

working closely with Risk and the Institutional

division, including supporting implementation of

the LEEP and setting sectoral pathway targets.

Group General Manager, Corporate

Communications and ESG – responsible for ESG

disclosures and reporting and ESG governance.

Key support teams

1

Institutional Strategic Planning and

E xe c u t i o n Tea m – supports the CAF

and implementation of the LEEP along

with coordination of reviews of Group-

wide Environmental Sustainability

governance and the Climate and

Environment Strategy.

Climate Risk Team – reports into

the CRO, Institutional, who is the

material risk owner for climate risk.

Responsible for the integration and

management of climate risk within

the Group’s RMF.

ESG Analytics and Advisory Team –

provides subject matter expertise advice

on social and environmental issues

affecting our business lending decisions,

such as public policy, regulation, emerging

community standards and expectations,

and managing the development and

monitoring performance of climate-related

metrics and targets.

ESG Governance Team – supports

effective identification and

management of the Group’s ESG risks

and opportunities through our senior

executive and Board decision making

processes and structures.

ESG Disclosures and Reporting

Tea m – delivers the Group’s ESG

disclosures, reporting, market

briefings and oversight of forthcoming

reporting standards, practices and

frameworks.

1. Key teams across the Group support our customers’ to shift to low carbon business models and operations, including through labelled and other financing products and services. Refer to page 22 for further information on how we are financing sustainability.

The Board and its committees oversee our ESG approach, including how we manage our climate risks and opportunities. See the chart below for the committees,

forums and key management roles that represent our governance structure for the oversight of climate risks and opportunities for 2024.

ANZ Group Holdings Limited Board

Key Board committees

Board Ethics, Environment, Social

and Governance Committee (EESG)

Board Risk Committee (BRC)Board People and Culture Committee

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Board and Board Committees
ANZ’s Board

The Board is responsible for the oversight and

strategic direction of the Group.

As part of its role, the Board sets and monitors

the long-term implementation of ANZ’s strategies

and financial objectives. The Board has a specific

responsibility to oversee and assess management’s

performance in achieving strategies and budgets

approved by the Board as well as monitoring the

management of risk across ANZ.

ANZ’s strategy is 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.

We are focused on integrating our purpose and

ESG approach into our business strategy.

Our purpose to shape a world where people

and communities thrive, provides the context in

which we make decisions and consider our overall

strategy. Through our purpose, we have elevated

three areas facing significant societal challenges

aligned with our strategy and reach, including a

commitment to supporting household, business

and financial practices that improve environmental

sustainability. The other two focus areas, financial

wellbeing and housing, are covered in detail in our

ESG Supplement available at anz.com/esgreport

.

Further, climate risks and opportunities inform the

Board’s thinking in relation to our overall operating

and strategic plan.

Board Committees

Board Ethics, Environment, Social and

Governance (EESG) Committee

The Board EESG Committee is responsible for

assisting the Board by providing oversight of

measures to advance ANZ’s purpose, focusing

on ethical and ESG matters, including climate-

related matters.

In undertaking this role, the Board EESG

Committee is responsible for oversight, review and

approval of ANZ’s ESG approach, objectives and

performance, and public disclosures including

ESG and climate-related targets. Refer to page

18 for more information on setting and approving

climate-related targets.

The Board EESG Committee meetings typically

open with an overview of the ESG operating

environment, covering current and emerging

issues, including regulatory and parliamentary

inquiries, community sentiment, relevant

international developments and our stakeholder

engagement. Key climate-related topics that were

considered in 2024 are outlined on page 17.

The Board EESG Committee also reviews ERBC

meeting minutes and discusses material matters

referred to it from that body.

Board Risk Committee (BRC)

The BRC oversees the implementation and

operation of the Group’s RMF, including climate

risk, which was elevated to a material risk in

November 2023. In undertaking this role, the

BRC is responsible for endorsing the Risk

Appetite Statement (RAS). RAS sets out the

Board’s expectations regarding the degree of

risk (including climate risk) that the Group is

prepared to accept in pursuit of its strategic

objectives and business plan.

Climate risk is considered at the BRC, for example

in updates as part of the CRO’s report, via sector

reports and updates to ANZ’s Risk Management

Strategy (RMS). Key climate-related topics that

were considered in 2024 are outlined on page 17.

Board People and Culture Committee

The Board is ultimately responsible for and

oversees ANZ Group’s Performance and

Remuneration Framework and its effective

application throughout the ANZ Group. The

People and Culture Committee’s role is to assist

the Board in its oversight of the effective operation

of the Performance and Remuneration Framework

and other Talent and Culture matters.

The People and Culture Committee has a strong

focus on the relationship between business

performance, risk management and remuneration,

aligned with our business strategy.

A joint meeting of the People and Culture,

Risk and Audit Committees is held annually to

review performance and variable remuneration

recommendations at both the Group, and CEO/

Disclosed Executive level (i.e. assessment of the

ANZ Group Scorecard and Divisional Scorecards

for the current financial year and setting the

preliminary ANZ Group Scorecard and Divisional

Scorecards for the next financial year). The

Committees then submit their recommendations to

the Board for approval. Refer to our Remuneration

Report within our Annual Report available at

anz.com/annualreport.

Board skills

The ANZ Board Skills Matrix, as set out in the

2024 Corporate Governance Statement, which

is available at anz.com/corporategovernance,

outlines the key skills and experience the ANZ

Board is looking to achieve in its membership.

Included in the skills matrix is sustainability.

Our directors collectively bring a broad range

of skills and current and prior experience which

includes having held roles across sectors such

as infrastructure, energy, mining, banking and

agriculture. For further details on the experience

of our directors refer to anz.com/annualreport.

In addition to having individuals on the Board with

a variety of technical skills and experiences, the

Board seeks to ensure that the directors operate

as a team. The Board is focused on the long-

term success of the Group. Each director has an

individual perspective which facilitates respectful

and constructive challenge of management and

each other, allowing for robust debate when

navigating complex issues.

The Skills Matrix is reviewed by the Nomination and

Board Operations Committee on a regular basis.

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Management Committees
and Forums

Ethics and Responsible Business

Committee (ERBC)

The ERBC, chaired by the CEO, comprises Group

Executives and senior executives from business

divisions and Group functions.

The ERBC is a leadership and decision-making

body that exists to advance ANZ’s purpose and

seeks to ensure that ANZ operates responsibly

and achieves fair, ethical and balanced stakeholder

outcomes. The ERBC provides leadership on our

ESG risks and opportunities, monitoring progress

quarterly against ANZ’s ESG targets, which include

those related to climate.

This year, we have undertaken a review of the

ERBC to ensure the Committee continues to

effectively fulfil its role. In August 2024, the ERBC

charter was updated to reflect:

• Adjustments to the Committee’s key

responsibilities to align with restated objectives,

including relating to financial wellbeing,

affordable housing and ethical and ESG risks

and opportunities; and

• Renewed Committee membership, for example,

inclusion of Group Executives from four of ANZ’s

divisions (Australia Commercial, Institutional,

New Zealand and Australia Retail).

The ERBC considers the key social and

environmental impacts of various industries,

customers and communities ANZ serves. The

ERBC is responsible for overseeing the ERBC

Sub-Committee for sensitive wholesale

transactions. It also receives updates on decisions

relating to the enhanced due diligence and

decision-making process for relevant customers

and transactions in the energy sector, including

oil and gas companies. Refer to page 48 for

more information.

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,

including climate-related matters.

Climate Advisory Forum (CAF)

The CAF chaired by our Group Executive

Institutional, includes our Group CRO, GGM

Climate and other business and risk executives.

The CAF has visibility of the progress in

implementing ANZ’s Climate Change Commitment

and our Climate and Environment Strategy which

replaces our previous Environmental Sustainability

Strategy, ensuring coordination between all parts

of the Group to deliver the various workstreams

including our sectoral pathways and LEEP.

The CAF was established in October 2022. It

meets approximately every second month, with

the agenda structured to cover focus areas. Some

of the key topics discussed at the forum in 2024

included: enhancing Environmental Sustainability

(ES) related governance, capturing and managing

ES-related data, ES capability implementation

and progress considering nature, our LEEP and

enhancing transparent reporting and disclosures,

including sectoral pathways implementation and

progress. Actions and decisions are captured and

progress of the focus areas are tracked. The CAF

met five times in 2024.

As we look ahead to 2025, we will update our

climate governance structures, and commence

implementation of our Climate and Environment

Strategy outlined on page 19.

We have recently set up a Climate Program t o u p l i ft

our Group wide climate-related activity, capability

and associated reporting to meet the forthcoming

mandatory climate reporting under the ASRS –

see page 49 for more information on how ANZ is

preparing.

Other management committees

Other management committees play a role in

the management of risks, including climate risk

and risks which are climate-related, such as the

following:

• Operational Risk Executive Committee (OREC) is

the primary senior executive management forum

responsible for overseeing the non-financial

risk profile and the related control environment

across the Group. This includes relevant climate-

related non-financial risks; and

• Credit and Markets Risk Committee (CMRC)

is the primary senior executive management

forum responsible for the oversight and control

of credit, market, insurance and other material

financial risks across the Group. This includes

relevant climate-related financial risks.

The purpose of these committees is to assist the

BRC in the effective discharge of its responsibilities.

OREC and CMRC have responsibility (shared with

ERBC) for oversight of climate risk. OREC and

CMRC also have responsibility for the oversight of

ANZ’s management of new and emerging risks

within their respective risk areas.

Activities undertaken by OREC and CMRC will at

times overlap with topics raised in ERBC (and vice

versa) as part of the executive oversight and risk

management required to deliver on ANZ’s purpose

and strategy.

Energy Transaction

Escalation Process

We apply an enhanced due diligence process

for material energy transactions which are

referred to senior subject matter experts for

review. Our experts evaluate the Institutional

energy customer’s transition plan using the LEEP

assessment framework, regardless of whether the

energy customer is part of LEEP, see page 29 for

further details.

In some instances, material energy transactions

are escalated for consideration by our Group

Executive Institutional, Group CRO and GGM,

Climate. Reasons for escalation vary and may

include consideration of larger transactions,

more significant impacts to financed emissions

pathways, reputational risk, or where a customer’s

transition plan is not yet in the mature phase. In

2024, 6 transactions were escalated to the senior

executives, as mentioned above, with 1 declined

and 5 approved or conditionally approved.

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Areas of focus by the Board EESG
Committee and management ERBC

Both committees discuss the areas of ‘how

we bank’ and ‘who we bank’. Environmental

sustainability is one of ANZ’s three ESG focus areas

that is fundamental to our business and strategy.

Climate is a standing item on both the Board EESG

Committee and ERBC’s agenda, usually presented

by the Group CRO, Group Executive Institutional

and GGM Climate.

Climate-related topics covered as part of the

standing agenda item in 2024 included the

following:

• Strategy;

• Policy;

• Targets; and

• Customer engagement.

Based on allocated agenda time, this year these

committees jointly dedicated approximately 37 per

cent of their time to climate-related topics.

Table 1.1 Frequency by which the Board EESG Committee and ERBC were informed about climate-related risks and opportunities

Oct

23

Nov

23

Dec

23

Jan

24

Feb

24

Mar

24

Apr

24

May

24

Jun

24

Jul

24

Aug

24

Sep

24

Board Ethics, Environment, Social and Governance

Committee (EESG)

5 meetings during the year

⚫⚫⚫⚫⚫

Ethics and Responsible Business Committee (ERBC)

5 meetings during the year

⚫⚫⚫⚫⚫

Table 1.2 Frequency by which the Board Risk Committee and other risk management committees received updates or

items of note relating to climate-related risks

Oct

23

Nov

23

Dec

23

Jan

24

Feb

24

Mar

24

Apr

24

May

24

Jun

24

Jul

24

Aug

24

Sep

24

Board Risk Committee (BRC)

8 meetings during the year

⚫⚫⚫⚫⚫

Operational Risk Executive Committee (OREC)

8 meetings during the year

⚫⚫

Credit and Markets Risk Committee (CMRC)

10 meetings during the year

⚫⚫⚫

Areas of focus by the Board Risk

Committee (BRC) and other risk

management committees

During the year, the BRC and other risk

management committees (OREC and CMRC)

received updates or items of note for climate-

related risks. These included for example, the

following agenda items:

• Climate risk as a material risk;

• Climate Change Risk Assessment tool

integration update;

• Group Risk Appetite Statement; and

• Risk Management Strategy.

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Knowledge building
We run a regular program of CEO and senior

executive meetings with civil society leaders

including environmental non-government

organisations, government, regulators and

academics to build knowledge of our senior

executives across ESG topics.

During the year, the Board EESG Committee

and ERBC received briefings from internal and

external subject matter experts. These briefings

and meetings provide opportunities to support

knowledge building and capability in areas such

as climate and nature.

In May 2024, our Group CRO, Group Executive

Institutional and GGM Climate met with around

20 financial institutions, regulators and corporate

customers in Europe and the United Kingdom

to obtain perspectives on climate and nature

challenges and opportunities. Discussions

included organisations’ approach to customer

engagement, how they are resourcing teams and

data considerations to keep pace with customer

transition activities and increasing regulatory

requirements.

Targets – approval processes

ESG targets including climate-

related targets

Each year we set public targets that reflect our

ESG focus areas, support the delivery of our

business strategy and respond to our most

material ESG issues. Progress against our ESG

targets is monitored quarterly by the ERBC and

twice a year by the Board EESG Committee.

Climate-related targets, within our suite of ESG

targets

1

, are developed under the guidance of

the CAF and informed by the ESG Governance

and ESG Analytics and Advisory teams in close

consultation with relevant business units.

Proposed targets are reviewed by the ERBC

and the Board EESG Committee and approved

by the Board EESG Committee. An annual review

of these targets is conducted to ensure they

remain relevant.

Sectoral pathways

Our sectoral pathways (disclosed on pages 57-79)

are developed by our ESG Analytics and Advisory

team, working closely with the relevant business

units and risk teams.

Proposed targets are reviewed by CAF, ERBC

and the Board EESG Committee and are

approved by the Board EESG Committee.

Progress towards our sectoral pathway targets

is updated annually, reflecting the frequency

with which data (for example, emissions data)

is reported by our customers.

1. Our full ESG target suite is available in our ESG Supplement at anz.com/esgreport.

Nature considerations by Board

EESG Committee and ERBC

Nature has been considered by the

Board EESG Committee and ERBC as

part of their responsibility to provide

leadership to advance ANZ’s purpose,

involving consideration of certain social

and environmental impacts. Recognising

a need to continue to develop our

understanding of, and capability in,

emerging risks and opportunities to

inform our direction, this year the Board

EESG Committee and ERBC reviewed

our updated workplan, with our nature

activities in 2024 summarised on pages

33-35. This year we continue to draw

on the Taskforce on Nature-Related

Financial Disclosures (TNFD) framework

to help inform our disclosures. Refer to

pages 88 for our TNFD index.

Performance objectives are set for Disclosed

Executives through Divisional Scorecards, aligned

with the ANZ Group Scorecard. STVR outcomes

for Disclosed Executives reflect both the overall

performance of the Group and the performance

of each individual Disclosed Executive and their

relevant division.

ANZ’s Group Scorecard includes relevant

objectives and measures. For example the 2024

Group Scorecard includes delivery against

Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)

targets, such as the:

• funding and facilitation of at least $100 billion

by the end of 2030 in social and environmental

activities,

• management of climate risks via our

Large Emitters Engagement Program, and

• reducing the direct impact of our business

activities on the environment.

Divisional Scorecards also include objectives and

measures as relevant to the particular business.

Group/Divisional Scorecards are not designed to

capture all of our ESG targets – however our senior

leaders are accountable for ensuring we focus

on and seek to adhere to our commitments and

policies, with regular review and oversight by the

CAF, ERBC, and EESG.   

Next steps

To date we have focused on the area where we

can have the most significant impact, namely

our Institutional portfolio which accounts

for approximately 2/3 of our total financed

emissions. Recognising the need to have a

group-wide approach, we will commence

implementation of our Climate and Environment

Strategy approved by the Board in October 2024.

Refer to page 19 for further detail.

Executive remuneration

ANZ’s Remuneration Report within our Annual

Report, available at anz.com/annualreport, details

how performance and remuneration outcomes are

determined for our most senior leaders.

The CEO’s Short Term Variable Remuneration

(STVR) is assessed 100% on the ANZ Group

Scorecard, adjusted by the CEO Leadership

Modifier, which takes into consideration the CEO’s

leadership of: key strategic priorities aligned with

ANZ’s strategy; ANZ’s values/behaviours; and

ANZ’s risk and compliance standards.

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Through our purpose, we have elevated three
areas facing significant societal challenges, aligned

with our strategy and our reach. One of these

areas includes our commitment to supporting

household, business and financial practices that

improve environmental sustainability.

To support our purpose, our five year Climate and

Environment Strategy was approved by the Board

in October 2024. It sets out our objective to be a

trusted partner for our customers, supporting them

to adapt and become more resilient, to a changing

environment and economy. In particular, we aim to

be a leading bank in supporting an effective and

orderly transition for our large business customers.

To achieve our Climate and Environment Strategy

we have established three core ambitions:

• Building our capability to help customers

understand climate and nature risks

• Transitioning our lending portfolio to

net-zero financed emissions

• Supporting our customers’ transition

and resilience

These ambitions will be supported by each

division having specific focus areas, and prioritised

divisional action plans that we plan to implement

commencing 2025. In this year’s report, we set out

how we have been supporting our customers to

date. This lays the foundation for us to deliver on

our objective and support an effective and orderly

transition in coming years.

Strategy

Our Climate Change Commitment supports

our Climate and Environment Strategy ambition

and will be available here prior to our AGM.

To be a trusted partner for our customers, supporting them to adapt and become more resilient,

to a changing environment and economy. In particular, we aim to be a leading bank in supporting an effective

and orderly transition for our large business customers

Objective

Financing a sustainable transition

Vision

Supporting household, business and financial practices that improve environmental sustainability

Purpose

Ambition

Building our capability to

help customers understand

climate and nature risks

Transitioning our lending portfolio to

net-zero financed emissions

Supporting our customers’

transition and resilience

Divisional

focus

areas

InstitutionalCommercialRetailNew Zealand

Being a leading bank in

supporting customers to

transition, and growing our

low-emissions and nature

related opportunities

Delivering insights and

propositions to support

customers to understand and

navigate the transition

Delivering targeted

education and propositions to

support customers to adapt to

climate impacts

Supporting Aotearoa

New Zealand’s transition to a

low-emissions, climate resilient

economy

Action

pillars

Understanding risks

and opportunities

Building capability

and capacity

Driving customer

engagement

and propositions

Collaborating with

stakeholders to support an

economy wide transition

Core

enablers

Governance and ReportingData and SystemsPeople and Culture

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How we are driving
our ambition

The action pillars of our Climate and

Environment Strategy are designed to drive

and deliver upon our five year vision and

ambition. The below initiatives, processes

and activities are highlights of how we have

progressed our climate approach in 2024,

and how they connect to our action pillars.

This lays the foundation for us to deliver on

our Climate and Environment Strategy action

plan in coming years to support an effective

and orderly transition.

Elevating climate risk as

a material risk

For further information, refer to

Risk Management page 41.

Taking steps to build capability

to understand nature risks

For further information,

refer to page 33.

Engaging and collaborating

with stakeholders

For further information,

refer to page 38.

Funding and facilitating social and

environmental activities through

our $100 billion target

For further information,

refer to page 21.

Implementing our Large Emitters

Engagement Program (LEEP)

For further information,

refer to page 29.

Action Pillars

Understanding risks and opportunities

Building capability and capacity

Driving customer engagement

and propositions

Collaborating with stakeholders to support

an economy wide transition

Building our capability and

assisting our customers

For further information,

refer to page 36.

Supporting our customers’

transition through financing

For further information,

refer to page 22.

Implementing our sectoral pathways

to transition our lending to net-zero

financed emissions

For further information, refer to

Metrics and Targets page 52.

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Funding and facilitating social and environmental
activities through our $100 billion target

This year, we made good progress towards

our target to fund and facilitate at least

$100 billion by end 2030 in social and

environmental activities through customer

transactions and direct investments by ANZ.

By the end of 2024, we have funded and facilitated

$38.96 billion across 226 transactions since the

target commenced on 1 April 2023. This includes

initiatives that aim to help lower carbon emissions,

protect or restore nature, increase access

to affordable housing and promote financial

wellbeing.

• Our goal for 2024 was to contribute at least

$15 billion towards our target. We exceeded

this with funding and facilitation of $30.17 billion

across 172 transactions,

1

of which $16.09 billion

was attributed to ANZ via on-balance sheet

loans and other credit lines, while close to

$14.08 billion was facilitated by ANZ.

• Transactions eligible for inclusion towards the

$100 billion target include labelled sustainable

finance, other unlabelled banking activities and

ANZ direct investments, but only where they

are assessed as meeting the eligible banking

activities and eligible social and/or environmental

activities criteria specified for the target. As

a result, not all labelled sustainable finance

and unlabelled transactions referred to in the

following pages will be included in the target.

• For further detail on ANZ’s approach for

assessing the eligibility of transactions for

inclusion towards the target, refer to the ANZ

Social and Environmental Sustainability Target

Methodology available at anz.com/esgreport.

• The Board EESG Committee approved changes

to the Target Methodology in October 2024.

1. 2024 includes transactions validated as eligible for inclusion in the target from 23/09/2023. Fourth quarter 2024 progress included transactions allocated towards the

target validated as eligible up to 21/09/2024. A small number of transactions lodged after 21/09/2024 and before 30/09/2024 were also validated and included.

Progress towards our $100 billion social and environmental sustainability target – 1 April 2023 to 30 September 2024

1. Includes renewable energy, energy efficiency, clean transportation, green buildings, and other environmental activities. Other environmental activities include activities which cover multiple environmental

categories and/or activities such as waste, sustainable water and waste water management, and climate change adaptation. 2. Includes construction or operation of buildings or portfolios of buildings

that deliver positive environmental outcomes, which meet, or renovation or retrofitting of buildings, so that they can meet regional, national or internationally recognised standards or certifications (e.g.

under the Australian NABERS rating system). 3. Includes affordable housing and other social activities. Other social activities include activities which cover multiple social categories and/or activities such as

socioeconomic advancement and empowerment. 4. Includes activities which cover both environmental and social categories. 5. Note that for the purposes of this reporting, sustainability-linked transactions

(ie where the economic characteristics (e.g. pricing outcomes) of the financial instrument are linked to sustainability performance targets) are reported as a separate category. 6. Funded $20.23 billion includes

deals in “Waste” and “Water” which have deal values less than $0.10 billion.

9% Social

3

1% Social & Environmental

40% Environmental

1

50% Sustainability-linked

5

Funded

$20.23b

6

$3.73b Energy

$3.12b Green building

2

$1.15b Aordable housing$0.12b Other social and environment

4

$10.08b Sustainably-linked

$0.71b Other social

$0.78b Other environment

$0.44b Clean transport

7% Social

3

20% Social & Environmental

43% Environmental

1

30% Sustainability-linked

5

Facilitated

$18.73b

$3.56b Energy

$3.24b Other environment

$1.22b Other social$3.69b Other social and environment

4

$5.63b Sustainably-linked

$0.02b Aordable housing

$1.34b Green building

2

$0.04b Clean transport

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Supporting our customers’
transition through financing

$14b (27 deals) from Diversified

Industries

$10b (11 deals) from Food,

Beverages and Agriculture

$81b (43 deals) from Financial

Institutions Group

$21b (26 deals) from Property

and Health

$58b (38 deals) from Resources,

Energy and Infrastructure

Total deal size

$184b

120

140

160

180

200

100

80

60

40

20

0

2020

59

2021

119

2022

155

2023

144

2024

184

Sustainable finance total deal

size over time ($b)

Supporting our customers’

sustainability ambitions

ANZ’s Sustainable Finance team in

Institutional is helping our customers by

encouraging them to identify climate and

nature-related risks and opportunities and

how to link their financing needs to their

sustainability strategies, through the use

of labelled (eg. Green, Social, Sustainability

and Sustainability-Linked) loans, bonds and

trade products. Customer demand for these

labelled sustainable finance products and

services has been strong this year, as our

customers continue to align their sustainability

objectives with directing capital into measures

aimed at responding to environmental and

social challenges. In parallel, we are observing

increased market and regulatory scrutiny

of sustainable finance products which is

influencing customers’ timelines when

undertaking labelled transactions.

During 2024, we participated in 145 sustainable finance deals with a total deal size of $184 billion,

compared to 111 deals with a total deal size of $144 billion in 2023. The amount attributed to ANZ in

2024 was $19.2 billion. Of the $19.2 billion, $14.6 billion was attributed to ANZ via on-balance sheet

loans and other credit lines, and $4.6 billion via our distribution capability.

(83 deals) from

International

(53 deals) from

Australia

(9 deals) from

New Zealand

$30b

$151b

$3b

ANZ is financing a sustainable transition by strategically mobilising and deploying capital.

This effort supports our Climate and Environment Strategy by providing financing solutions

which enable our customers to deliver on their transition plans. Refer pages 23-28 for

examples as to how we have been supporting our customers to date.

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Some examples of labelled transactions we have completed in 2024 include:
Green, Social and Sustainability Loans

Lending to deploy capital into green, social and

sustainability initiatives, where borrowers are

required to use the proceeds of the loan to invest

in qualifying green and/or social assets (e.g., green

buildings, renewable energy).

Sustainability-Linked Loans

Lending which incentivises the borrower’s

achievement of predetermined

sustainability-related performance targets.

Highlight

WM New Zealand

WM New Zealand Limited (WMNZ) announced

the successful conversion of its syndicated debt

financing into a NZ$1.1 billion sustainability-linked

loan (SLL) in April 2024.

WMNZ is the leading materials recovery and waste

management provider in Aotearoa New Zealand.

The SLL is linked to key performance indicators

reflecting WMNZ’s strategy WM Porohita (to be

circular) including emissions reduction, supporting

the circular economy and upskilling employees

on climate change and the circular economy. ANZ

acted as Facility Agent and lead Joint Sustainability

Coordinator.

Highlight

Inghams Group Limited

In June 2024, Inghams Group Limited successfully

converted $545 million of syndicated debt facilities

into a Sustainability-Linked Loan (SLL) with ANZ

supporting in the role of Sole Sustainability

Coordinator. The transaction is understood to be

the first of its kind for an Australian poultry supplier

and included the establishment of a Sustainable

Finance Framework. The SLL incorporates

three sustainability performance targets which

incentivise greenhouse gas emissions intensity

reductions, water intensity reductions and landfill

intensity reductions.

Highlight

Tata Communications

In April 2024, ANZ participated in a US$250 million

sustainability-linked loan facility made available

to Tata Communications, a leading global

communications technology company.

The sustainability-linked loan included two

sustainability performance targets for the

reduction of scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions. ANZ

acted as Lead Sustainability Coordinator, Arranger,

Primary Hedging Bank and Facility Agent.

Highlight

Clearway Energy

ANZ acted as Sole Green Loan Coordinator and Joint Lead Arranger for five green project

financing deals for Clearway Energy Group LCC:

1. 140MW Rosamond South Solar and 117MW Battery Storage project located in California;

2. 114MW Daggett 1 Battery Storage project located in California;

3. 200MW Luna Valley Solar project located in California;

4. 55MW Dan’s Mountain Windfarm project located in Maryland; and

5. 300MW Pine Forest Solar and 200MW Battery Storage project located in Texas.

Clearway owns and operates a portfolio of wind, solar and energy storage installations,

producing ~6.5GW of generated energy.

Highlight

ACEN (Ayala Group)

ACEN Corporation is the listed energy platform of

Ayala Group, one of the largest conglomerates in

the Philippines. In February 2024 ANZ provided a

$75 million, 4 year Green Loan to the subsidiary,

ACEN Australia, for funding of renewable energy

projects in Australia.

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Supporting customers’
decarbonisation

We also support our customers’ transition

through unlabelled financing products and

services. ‘Unlabelled’ refers to our existing

banking products and services where

no specific sustainability related label is

applied. In our Institutional business, these

include relationship lending, structured

lending (such as project finance or loan

syndication) or other banking solutions to

customers to finance or facilitate initiatives

that contribute to decarbonisation, such

as buildings and infrastructure, renewable

energy or energy efficiency.

ESG-format bonds

Distribution of capital into green, social and

sustainability initiatives where borrowers are

required to use the proceeds of the bond to invest

in qualifying green and/or social assets (e.g. green

buildings, renewable energy), or where bond

terms are linked to improved performance against

predetermined sustainability performance targets.

Highlight

SA Power Networks

In May 2024, SA Power Networks successfully

issued a $495 million 3 year and 8.5 year

green bond transaction, becoming the first

Australian electricity distributor to issue a certified

green bond.

The proceeds from its financing instruments will

be utilised to finance or refinance new or existing

distribution assets that support South Australia’s

transition to a distributed and decarbonised energy

system.

ANZ acted as sole Sustainability Coordinator for

the Sustainable Financing Framework, which

is aligned to supporting our customers in their

transition to net-zero.

Highlight

FleetPartners

In May 2024, ANZ supported vehicle leasing group

FleetPartners with a $400 million asset-backed

securitisation including $75 million which was

allocated to a green tranche. ANZ played a key

role in the transaction, acting as joint green bond

co-ordinator, co-arranger, joint lead manager, and

joint bookrunner. The green tranche of this latest

deal will exclusively fund leases for electric vehicles

and has been certified as a “Climate Bond” by the

Climate Bonds Initiative. This deal contributes to

the growing body of work by ANZ helping fund

reductions in transport emissions.

Recent examples of unlabelled transactions include:

Highlight

Talison Lithium

(Greenbushes Lithium Mine)

ANZ acted as Mandated Lead Arranger and

Bookrunner in an upsized Syndicated Debt

Facility for the Talison Lithium joint venture for

US$1.55 billion. The deal which closed in June

2024 supports the Talison Lithium joint venture’s

capital expenditure plans for the Greenbushes

Mine in Western Australia. The mine plays a crucial

role in meeting the growing demand for lithium, a

vital component for electric vehicle batteries and

other battery storage solutions. The deal extends

ANZ’s funding relationship with Talison Lithium

which dates back to October 2022.

Highlight

Ventient Energy

(now part of Nadara)

Ventient Energy (now part of Nadara, an

independent power producer in Europe) was

a renewable energy generator in Europe with

146 wind farms generating approximately

5.7TWh of clean electricity, which is estimated to

be enough to power more than 1.5 million homes.

ANZ acted as Mandated Lead Arranger and

Hedging Provider, on a EUR2.6 billion refinancing

for the diversified, pan-European renewable

energy platform.

Highlight

Silicon Ranch Corporation (SRC)

In September 2024, ANZ acted as Coordinating

Lead Arranger (CLA) for Silicon Ranch

Corporation’s Lambert 1 project, a 100 MW

solar photovoltaic energy project that is under

construction in South Carolina.

This US$218 million facility represents ANZ’s

second transaction with SRC, with the first

completed in May 2024, where ANZ acted as

CLA for SRC’s US$410 million 250MW Toombs

Solar Project in Georgia. SRC is an independent

power producer in the United States with an

operating portfolio of more than 3GW of solar

and battery storage systems.

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Environmental Markets
The Australian carbon market operates under the

Australian Carbon Credit Unit (ACCU) Scheme

that incentivises the development and operation

of eligible activities that reduce emissions or

store carbon.

1

The carbon market is anticipated

to play an increasing role in supporting Australia’s

transition to net-zero as a result of reforms to the

Safeguard Mechanism

2

in 2023. These reforms

seek to align the emissions baselines of many of

Australia’s largest emitting industrial facilities to

national decarbonisation targets

3

. This requires the

businesses that control those facilities to reduce

emissions at site or mitigate them through the use

of carbon credits.

Established in 2022, ANZ continues to build

out its Environmental Markets capability to

provide insights and develop financing and

market-related solutions for customers that are

increasingly interested in understanding the risks

and opportunities of entering the carbon market,

both on the demand and supply side. This

includes customers subject to the Safeguard

Mechanism and those seeking to participate in

the carbon market on a voluntary basis.

During the year, the team has been integrated

within our Sustainable Finance team to enhance

collaboration with relationship teams and product

specialists in Markets and Trade.

Additionally, to support our employees to

understand the why, the what and the how of

carbon markets and engage with customers on

carbon market solutions, this year we launched

a specialised Carbon and Environmental Markets

module under the ESG@ANZ – Mindset 2030

learning program. Refer to page 36 for more on

how we are building the capability and capacity

of our employees.

ANZ/Clean Energy Finance

Corporation (CEFC) Energy

Efficient Asset Finance Program

ANZ has been working with the CEFC since

2017, to support Australian businesses to invest

in emission reducing infrastructure that will be

resilient to a changing climate. Under the program,

ANZ and the CEFC each contribute 0.25% towards

a 0.5% interest rate discount to eligible customers

for loans up to $5 million to invest in a broad range

of activities or assets that meet the program

criteria, for example renewable energy to energy

efficient and precision agricultural equipment,

recycling technologies and electric vehicles

4

.

The program enables those customers to use

discounted clean energy finance to reduce their

costs at the same time as meeting community

expectations around improving sustainability.

Since its launch in 2017, this program has

helped finance more than $300 million of

investment in 1,369 clean energy technology

deals for some of our Australian Commercial

and Agribusiness customers.

2024: 133 deals, $21.51m volume

Highlight


Carbon Logica

Carbon Logica provides carbon emissions

abatement services to the resources

industry.

Carbon Logica was granted a loan under

the ANZ/CEFC loan discount program to

build a power generation facility, which

utilises waste coal mine gas from Fitzroy’s

Ironbark No. 1 metallurgical coal mine in

Queensland, to generate electricity.

The project is part of the mine’s emissions

reduction strategy and Carbon Logica

describes it as an example of how they

have the ability to tailor services for the

resource industry.

Carbon Logica’s Managing Director, Scott

Barker, explains; “With the support of ANZ

and CEFC, the development of the Ironbark

Waste Coal Mine Gas Power Station

showcases our team’s ability to rapidly

deploy scalable solutions that support

environmental and economic outcomes.”

$7.72m

EV deals

$1.49m

Solar deals

$9.87m

Energy eciency deals

$2.43m

Recycling deals

Total deal size

$21.51m

1. Australian Carbon Credit Unit Scheme. 2. The Safeguard Mechanism. In Australia, the Federal Government reformed the Safeguard Mechanism legislation so that for financial years commencing on or after

1 July 2023, designated “Safeguard facilities”(large carbon emitters) are required to reduce their emissions on a trajectory consistent with Australia’s climate targets. 3. Safeguard Mechanism. 4. Vehicle and

Equipment Finance | ANZ.

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Smaller Business and Retail Products and propositions (New Zealand)
ANZ Bank New Zealand offers lending products that may support households and businesses transition to lower emissions.

Other lending products are available to support customers impacted by weather-related events.

ProductDescription of ProductLaunched

New Lending

(2024, NZ$m)

Outstanding Balance,

Life to Date (NZ$m)

Lending that may support households and businesses transition to lower emissions311603

Good Energy

Home Loan

Top up available to existing eligible

1

home loan customers to upgrade their homes with solar panels, heating and insulation, double

glazing, ventilation systems and/or rainwater tanks. It can also be used for electric or hybrid vehicles, electric bikes, and electric vehicle

chargers. It allows customers to borrow up to NZ$80,000 at a 3-year fixed interest rate of 1% per annum.

July 2022255474

Healthy Home

Loan Package

Offers interest rate discounts and fee savings for eligible

2

customers who are buying, building, renovating or already own a home with

a 6 Homestar rating or higher.

March 20191361

Business Green

Loan

Available for eligible

3

business and agriculture customers to borrow up to NZ$3 million at a discounted rate to finance (or refinance)

assets or projects associated with energy efficiency, renewable energy, green buildings, plantings, sustainable water and wastewater,

clean transportation, and pollution prevention and control.

September

2022

4368

ANZ Agri Uplift

Finance

ANZ Agri Uplift Finance has been created to incentivise and reward customers who have a clear environmental vision and are focused

on improving farming practices and increasing business resilience.

An interest rate discount is applied for up to three years on eligible floating ANZ Business Term Loans. Customers are eligible through:

1. Certification under an eligible industry assurance program or,

2. Meeting the criteria under the product’s general pathway of climate change mitigation and adaptation, biodiversity, water quality

and soil health.

October

2024

--

1. ANZ Good Energy Home Loan. 2. ANZ Healthy Home Loan Package. 3. ANZ Business Green Loan.

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ProductDescription of ProductLaunched
New Lending

(2024, NZ$m)

Outstanding Balance,

Life to Date (NZ$m)

Lending to support customers impacted by weather-related events

458461

Business

Regrowth Loan

A low-interest loan aimed at those in need of finance following extreme weather events. Customers can use the loan for recovery

costs to help with repairing or replacing damaged assets and property, or to improve their business’ resilience to future events.

Initially available for those impacted by the devastating flood and cyclone events to many North Island regions in 2023, the loan was

extended to support existing ANZ Bank New Zealand business and agriculture customers impacted by future climate-related events

such as cyclones, flooding and droughts.

July 20233552

Support for

customers with

Category 3

properties

Since August 2023, ANZ Bank New Zealand has offered assistance to customers who had been designated as Category 3 under

the New Zealand Government’s Future of Severely Affected Land Programme (i.e. eligible for a Council buyout as it is unsafe due to

unacceptable level of future risk to life).

ANZ Bank New Zealand offers eligible Category 3 customers the ability to break current fixed rates (waiving early repayment recovery)

for a discounted offer for up to one year as customers complete their Council buyout.

August 20234225

North Island

Weather

Event Loan

ANZ Bank New Zealand participated in the Government’s North Island Weather Events (NIWE) loan guarantee scheme between

August 2023 and June 2024. Under the scheme, the Crown carries 80% of the credit risk on covered loans and will underwrite loans

with a term of up to five years, and principal amount of up to NZ $10 million

4

to help significantly impacted businesses recover.

August 2023381384

4. Amounts above NZ$10m were provided subject to confirmation from the New Zealand Treasury.

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Highlight

SDG Bond Program

ANZ Treasury’s

1

capital and funding strategy

includes SDG bond issuance which supports our

commitment to transition ANZ’s lending portfolio

to net-zero financed emissions by 2050 in line with

the goals of the Paris Agreement. ANZ’s SDG Bond

Framework has been developed to align with the

International Capital Market Association’s (ICMA)

Green Bond Principles, Social Bond Principles and

Sustainability Bond Guidelines that are current

as at the date the SDG Bond Framework was

released. ANZ recently extended and updated

our SDG Framework (as of November 2024).

An amount equal to the net proceeds raised from

the SDG bonds is used to finance or refinance

a combination of new or existing assets and/

or ANZ’s own operating or capital expenditures,

which align with one or more eligible categories

that furthers one or more of the SDGs.

Since inception (to 31 March 2024), the eligible

asset pool has increased from $1.5 billion to

$11.1 billion, highlighting delivery of ANZ’s strategy

to improve the financial wellbeing and sustainability

of our customers through our lending proposition.

ANZ has issued five SDG bonds totalling

approximately $6.8 billion (AUD equivalent),

including ANZ’s inaugural SDG bond issued in

February 2018 that has since matured.

Consistent with our purpose, ANZ’s intent is to

issue SDG bonds as part of its capital and funding

strategy, subject to market conditions. This also

assists in maintaining access to a diverse investor

base across global capital markets.

1. ANZ Bank Group.

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Large emitters engagement program
Given these multifaceted challenges,

achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement

cannot be accomplished by our customers

alone; it necessitates collective action from

governments, industries, and financial institutions

1

.

Understanding the complexities and challenges

our customers face will enable us to better

engage with and support their transition.

Implementing our new phase

of engagement

At the beginning of this year, we commenced

a new phase of engagement – LEEP. LEEP is a

multi-year, multi-cohort customer engagement

program that builds on the experience we

developed through the previous phase of our

customer engagement. We include customers

from varied sectors in this program, but a large

proportion are in energy and resources.

2


Our bankers have initiated discussions with all

of the current LEEP customers, supported by

our Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA)

tool. Refer to page 47 for more detail on our

CCRA. We are exploring ways in which our

customers’ transition may be facilitated by our

financing solutions, including via our $100 billion

social and environmental sustainability target,

discussed on page 21.

1. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change – Climate Change 2023: Mitigation of Climate Change. Sixth Assessment Report (2023).

2. The energy sector plays a key role in the transition, with around 75% of global emissions attributed to energy use (data sourced from the

International Energy Agency (IEA) – Net Zero by 2050: A Roadmap for the Global Energy Sector (2021)). This is especially the case for the

power generation sector, which is essential in decarbonising other high emitting sectors such as transportation and buildings.

100 largest emitting business customers by sector

Coal

Manufacturing

Mining

Oil and gasOther

Power generation

Transport and storage

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8

35

12

11

32

Learning from the previous

phase of customer engagement

Since 2018, our engagement with our large

emitting business customers has continued

to provide us with deeper insights into their

transition plans, the opportunities available to

them and the challenges they face.

Each customer’s transition journey is unique. We

expect the path to net-zero will be non-linear for

many sectors, as some customers may be able to

reach net-zero for their operational emissions in

the next decade, whereas some may experience

increases in emissions while they invest in new

operations or businesses to enable deeper, long-

term decarbonisation. This reflects the complex

balance between maintaining operational viability

and implementing a credible transition plan.

We have also observed that hard-to-abate

sectors remain particularly challenged, for

example, due to technological and commercial

barriers. However, it is encouraging to see many

customers in these industries disclosing clearer,

long-term transition plans.

Energy security and affordability concerns can

introduce another layer of complexity. Similarly,

countries with developing economies are facing

growing energy demand to accommodate

economic growth. Our customers facing these

challenges need to tackle meeting immediate

energy needs while striving to lower their

emissions. This can make setting and achieving

their Paris-aligned targets more complicated.

2024

2025

Our 100 largest emitting business customers

Safeguard Mechanism

Other large emitters

Large emitters in

sectoral pathways

2023

100 of

our largest

emitters

LEEP customers

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We have categorised transition plans this year in the following phases:
Summary phase description

Mature

Customers who have disclosed a well-developed or advanced transition plan, which includes Paris-

aligned intermediate targets covering scope 1 and 2 emissions for the highest emitting part of their

business

1

and committing to a net-zero target by 2050. They also have clear plans to achieve their

targets with strong governance and ‘TCFD aligned’ climate disclosure. This includes customers who

we consider as ‘sector leaders’.

Progressing

Customers who are demonstrating sufficient improvement

2

by progressing their plans. These customers

may fall short on having Paris-aligned intermediate targets, eg due to challenges in the sector or

environment they operate in. These customers have at least adequate climate governance, actions to

meet their targets, and may have or are moving towards TCFD-aligned disclosure.

Emerging

Customers who generally do not meet our expectations for ‘Progressing’ phase. Some of these

customers may have or are moving towards TCFD-aligned reporting but need to significantly improve

certain key components of their transition plan. Some may have internal plans, including governance

structures and steps being taken to reduce emissions that are not yet disclosed.

1. In addition to meeting our expectations of LEEP customers’ transition plans, Institutional energy customers also need to, by end 2025, disclose

(1) Material scope 3 emissions and any progress towards reducing those emissions and (2) How company strategy, targets and planned capital

expenditure is aligned with the Paris goals. 2. We assess the customer’s improvement which includes evaluating their public disclosures and

engagement with us.

We have also set higher standards. Our

engagement seeks to support LEEP customers

to continually improve their transition plans,

recognising that the journey to net-zero by 2050

is not ‘set and forget’ – every improvement matters.

This year, we introduced a more challenging

assessment framework for considering our

LEEP customers’ transition plans. This includes:

• an increased focus on progress in achieving

their intermediate emissions reduction targets

1

• encouraging our LEEP customers to obtain at

least limited third-party assurance of emissions

performance and targets.

While we continue to review our LEEP customers’

transition plans against our assessment

framework, we recognise this only tells part of the

story. The assessment shows where a customer is

at a point in time but doesn’t reflect the customer’s

trajectory in meeting our expectations – good

now, does not mean good tomorrow. Conversely,

a less mature plan today might not fully reflect

improvements our customers have made or are

planning for the future.

As a result, we have evolved our approach to

disclosing where our LEEP customers are on their

transition journey to reflect how we assess their

trajectory relative to our expectations. We consider

challenges facing the customer’s sector or the

region(s) in which they operate, the speed and

scale of improvements already made or planned to

its transition plans and our history of engagement.

This approach allows us to acknowledge

sector and region-specific challenges our LEEP

customers face while leveraging our transition plan

assessment framework to provide an indication of

how we see customers progressing.

“While significant progress has

been made in the nine years since

the landmark Paris Agreement,

the global energy transition is

entering a new phase, marked

by rising costs, complexity, and

increased technology challenges.

To successfully navigate this

next phase and meet the Paris

Agreement goals, urgent action

will be needed and the pace

of change must accelerate.

The clean energy transition will

also need to be balanced with

affordability, energy system

resiliency, and energy security

in an increasingly uncertain

macroeconomic environment.”

Source:

Global Energy Perspective 2024

| McKinsey

We have publicly stated our expectations for

Institutional energy customers and still expect

them to achieve a ‘Mature’ phase in their transition

plans by end 2025

1

or improve sufficiently towards

this

2

– otherwise we may reduce our support.

This may mean that we decline to participate in

new lending opportunities, reduce limits available

to the customer or selldown existing exposures.

Our enhanced due diligence process for material

energy transactions considers Institutional energy

customers’ transition plans, and the effect of the

proposed transactions on our financed emissions

pathways. We have also increased our focus on

how these customers are progressing in achieving

their emissions reduction targets, as well as the

trajectory of their transition journey relative to our

expectations. This allows us to focus on where

we can have the greatest impact by prioritising

engagement with customers that have momentum

and capacity to meet our expectations.

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How our customers are placed in 2024
100 largest emitting business customers grouped by transition phase for 2024

MatureProgressingEmerging

423226

2024

We continue to hold high expectations of

our 100 largest emitting business customers.

We will continue engaging with them, including

those in the ‘Mature’ phase, to encourage further

improvements to their transition plans or to

discuss examples of good practice. Some of

these customers in the ‘Mature’ phase are

large, listed companies whose progress will be

particularly important to support achievement

of the Paris Agreement goals.

We also support our customers in their transition

journey through our broader engagement as well

as financing activities. Our target is that by the end

of 2025, compared with their starting point, more

customers will be in the ‘Mature’ phase for their

transition plans. Some of these customers do not

yet have regulatory obligations to disclose publicly,

but we are gaining insights and some visibility of

their transition plans through our engagement.

For those customers in the ‘Emerging’ phase for

their transition plans, we may reduce our support

if they have not sufficiently improved their plans

following 2 years of engagement.

Additionally, we have set higher expectations

for our Institutional energy customers. This will

be detailed in our Energy Customer Approach,

available here prior to our AGM.

This year’s engagement also provided us with

valuable insights into our Safeguard Mechanism

customers. While it was encouraging to find that

around half of those reviewed are positioned in the

‘Mature’ phase, these customers are facing greater

challenges in meeting regulatory requirements,

in addition to reducing their emissions at a pace

aligned with Australia’s decarbonisation goals. Our

Environmental Markets team has been discussing

with several of these customers how they might

navigate the risks and opportunities related to

procuring carbon credits to meet their Safeguard

Mechanism obligations.

This year, among our 100 largest emitting business

customers, we consider 42 are in the ‘Mature’

phase. For the remaining customers, a smaller

proportion are ‘Progressing’ while the remainder

are ‘Emerging.’

We observed that most customers recognise

climate as a financial risk and have assigned

Board responsibility to manage it. While around

80% have set net-zero 2050 targets for their

scope 1 and 2 emissions, only around 50% have

Paris-aligned intermediate targets for scope 1 and

2. This is partially due to the lack of commercially

and technically available decarbonisation

technologies for some customers. Scope 3

emissions remain a challenge for many customers,

particularly in setting targets, as they have less

direct control over these emissions. Nonetheless,

we are seeing stronger disclosures related to

decarbonisation strategies that are supported by

capital expenditure and investment.

Expanding our engagement

over time

In 2025, we will extend our engagement to the

next cohort of our LEEP customers, which are

customers included in our sectoral pathway targets

and other large emitters, both as identified through

LEEP customer selection.

We anticipate that by the end of 2025, through

LEEP, we will have undertaken enhanced customer

engagement with customers responsible for an

estimated 60% of emissions of our Institutional

customer emissions.

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1. Based on analysis conducted in 2023. The analysis identified the ultimate parent company of ANZ’s Institutional credit customers (ie, excluding non-lending customers) and estimated the customer’s scope 1 and 2

(location-based) emissions, based on publicly disclosed data or having regard to sector specific emissions intensity estimates. We excluded Project Finance as the emissions from projects are attributed to the relevant

customer segment. We also excluded customer segments which typically have lower emissions such as Financial Institutions, Public Sector, and services and education.

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Our transition plan assessment framework
Expectations for credible climate transition

plans are evolving. We aim to review our internal

customer transition plan assessment framework

every year with a view to reflecting evolving

market developments. Any such review is led

by our internal ESG subject matter experts with

oversight from the CRT, and leverages guidance

from reputable third-party frameworks such as

Transition Plan Initiative, Climate Action 100+

and the Science Based Target Initiative. If we

make material changes to our framework, we will

explain how they impact upon our assessment

ratings in the relevant year.

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ANZ engagement

contributing to uplift in a

customer’s transition plan

ANZ declined an opportunity to participate

in a transaction for an energy customer in

2023, in part based on their transition plan

being less advanced than our expectations.

Since then, our customer has actively and

constructively engaged with ANZ across

multiple areas and levels of the business

including seeking confidential feedback

before publicly releasing its first climate

action plan.

The release of the customer’s climate

action plan represented a marked

improvement, including disclosure of a

net-zero 2050 target (for scope 1 and 2

emissions), a commitment to scope 3

reporting and the linking of executive

remuneration to climate targets. These

improvements were important factors in

ANZ’s decision to participate in another

transaction with this customer this year.

Our customer has committed to further

improving its transition plan. We will

continue to monitor this customer’s

progress.

Uplifting our governance process

This year, we established the Central Review

Team (CRT) as the decision-making body that

reviews the application of the customer transition

plan assessment framework to customer ratings.

The CRT is co-chaired by representatives from

our Climate Risk and ESG Analytics and Advisory

team, and includes representatives from the

Institutional division, including Sustainable Finance

and relevant Business Sectors.

One of the CRT’s main responsibilities is to

review and approve customer transition plan

ratings based on the customer transition plan

assessment framework.

Relationship ManagersESG Analytics and

Advisory Team

Central Review Team

ESG Analytics and Advisory

Team, Climate Risk, Business

Sectors and Sustainable

Finance

Senior Executives Group

Executive

Group Executive Institutional,

Group CRO, GGM Climate

• Complete the Climate Change

Risk Assessment (CCRA),

utilising the latest climate-related

disclosures for the customer

and insights from customer

engagement.

• Conduct an independent

preliminary review of

Relationship Managers’

responses.

• Review proposed customer assessment ratings

• Approve ratings except those escalated to the

Senior Executives Group due to consensus not

being reached within the CRT

• Track actions taken from the customer

engagement and evaluate progress against

our public commitments

• Discuss the preliminary review outcome with

Relationship Managers before recommending

customer transition plan ratings to the Central

Review Team for review.

• Oversee LEEP customers’ transition plan

ratings and engagement

• Make decisions if the Central Review Team

escalates individual customer ratings

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Taking steps to build capability
to understand nature

Our Climate and Environment Strategy highlights our acknowledgment

of the importance of, and links between, climate and nature. Our approach is

guided by our ambition to build our capability to help customers understand

both climate and nature risks.

Nature or Biodiversity?

Currently ‘nature’ and ‘biodiversity’ terminology

is often used interchangeably by policy makers,

regulators and market participants.

The TNFD

2

considers ‘nature’ as the “natural

world, with an emphasis on the diversity of

living organisms (including people) and their

interactions among themselves and with their

environment.” The TNFD defines ‘biodiversity’

as “the variability among living organisms

from all sources, including, inter alia, terrestrial,

marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the

ecological complexes of which they are part;

this includes diversity within species, between

species and of ecosystems.”

ANZ and our customers’ operate in many

diverse and ecologically important locations. We

acknowledge the contribution we can make by

working with our customers to understand nature

risks and opportunities relevant to their business

operations and how they manage their impacts.

We have a role in protecting and restoring nature

and mitigating biodiversity loss in the locations in

which we operate. For more information on how

we are reducing the impact of our operational

footprint see page 85.

We recognise the vision of the Kunming-Montreal

Global Biodiversity Framework which is “a world

living in harmony with nature where by 2050,

biodiversity is valued, conserved, restored and

wisely used, maintaining ecosystem services,

sustaining a healthy planet and delivering

benefits essential for all people.”

1

Steps taken this year to further our approach:

Included nature in the development of our Climate and Environment Strategy (see page 19)

Reviewed our Social and Environmental Risk Policy, including consideration of the management

of potential impacts on nature (see page 46)

Broadened our discussions with customers on nature to include our Agribusiness data

coverage cohort

3

(see page 34)

Completed a desktop analysis evaluating a cohort of our customers’ approach to managing

nature related impacts and dependencies (see page 35), and

Released a specialised Nature Mindset2030 learning module for ANZ employees (see page 37)

Understanding risks and opportunities

Nature is classified as an emerging risk to

ANZ under our RMS which we are seeking to

understand further. This year we reviewed our

Social and Environmental Risk Policy and Social

and Environmental Risk Standard, including our

specific requirements for sensitive sectors. As part

of that review, we considered the potential impacts

on nature from our large business customers’

activities. For example, we intend to take a more

holistic approach in seeking to understand how our

customers balance competing demands on land

and water, with potential impacts on nature and

biodiversity. Further detail on how ANZ is exposed

to, and manages, nature risks is available at page

43 and further detail on nature considerations

in our Social and Environmental Risk Policy is

available at page 46.

We are also seeking to be a leading bank

in supporting our Institutional customers to

transition, and grow our low-emissions and nature

related opportunities, as part of our Climate and

Environment Strategy, to be implemented over the

next five years. Our sustainable finance team has

commenced engaging with customers on linking

nature strategies into financing needs alongside

climate and other sustainability objectives more

commonly seen in the market to date. We expect

the market to develop in this regard over the

short to medium term, as global sustainable

finance taxonomies evolve, and nature impact

and dependency frameworks together with

guidance on associated metrics emerge. See

page 22 for how we are seeking to finance a

sustainable transition.

We continue to draw on the TNFD framework

to help inform our disclosures in this report,

building on our first steps taken last year following

the release of the TNFD in September 2023.

Our TNFD Index outlining our response to the

recommendations is on page 88.

This section sets out the initiatives, processes

and activities as to how we have progressed our

approach to nature in 2024. We consider that

these steps lay the foundation for us to deliver

on our Climate and Environment Strategy action

plan over the next five years.

1. Convention on Biological Diversity – 2050 Vision and 2030 Missions. 2. Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures – Glossary (September 2023). 3. The Agribusiness data coverage cohort comprises large

Institutional agribusiness customers with either significant operations in Australia or headquarters in Australia as at October 2023. See page 82 for more details.

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Portfolio analysis
Nature risks and opportunities are inherently

sector and location specific. As a result, identifying

and applying a single portfolio wide metric or

target is challenging.

Building on our work in 2023, we continue to

utilise the Exploring Natural Capital Opportunities

Risks and Exposure (ENCORE)

1

. The tool identifies

potential sector level nature pressures and

dependencies. Having regard to the TNFD’s

Additional guidance for financial institutions

2

, we

have reported against one of the core disclosure

metrics for financial institutions, ‘Exposure to

sectors’. This metric represents the exposure to a

defined set of sectors considered to have material

nature-related dependencies and impacts. The

outcomes are reflected in the bubble chart below.

The assessment highlighted the materials,

and food and beverage sectors as those with

higher potential pressures and dependencies on

nature. Within the sectors assessed, water use

and terrestrial (land-based) ecosystem use are

categorised as having the most material potential

nature-related pressures.

This analysis helped inform our review of our

Social and Environmental Risk Policy, as well as

our approach to customer engagement and the

desktop analysis discussed on page 35.

We continued to build on what we have learnt

from participating in pilot studies of the TNFD

framework’s LEAP

3

application – maturing our

approach to discussions with customers and

informing discussions on data, tools, systems

and capabilities.

Utilities and Environmental & Facilities Services

Electronic Equipment (including semiconductors)

Real Estate Development & REITs

Energy (excluding energy utilities)

Materials

Transportation

Pharmaceuticals & Biotechology

Household & Personal Products

Automobiles & Components

Consumer Staples Distribution &

Retail & Services (Restaurants)

Consumer Durables & Apparel

(Excluding Home Building)

Food & Beverage

Lower

The size of the bubble represents exposure

at default ($b EAD) as at June 2024.

Potential Dependencies

Potential Pressures

Higher

Lower

Higher

15.0

14.9

44.0

13.1

12.4

15.0

2.3

1.6

0.6

4.05.4

85.3

Customer Engagement

We are continuing to build our knowledge

on nature, which is a topic that has been

part of our discussions with some of our

largest emitting business customers since

2021. This year we included nature as a topic

in discussions with our Agribusiness data

coverage cohort

4

, given the dependencies

the agricultural sector has on nature.

We seek to understand whether customers

are establishing or strengthening their

approach to nature through Board

governance, metrics and targets, and

disclosures using recognised indicators or

metrics. We are engaging with our customers

to help us start to identify and consider their

potential impacts and dependencies.

Our customer engagement on nature is

integrated into our credit risk assessment

process via our CCRA tool and our Social and

Environmental Risk screening tool. It is expected

that the nature element of our screening tools

will continue to expand and evolve over time. For

more information on the CCRA, refer to page 47.

We seek to apply what we learn from our customer

engagement to help refine our screening, improve

our knowledge and enhance our capability and

customer engagement capacity. Further information

about our relevant screening tools and processes is

available on page 47.

We are seeking to understand the impacts and

dependencies nature can have on our customers.

This includes how customers are managing and

mitigating material risks and impacts. Customers

are less progressed in setting targets and making

disclosures around nature compared with their

progress in developing low carbon transition plans,

though we expect further progress over time.

Of our 100 largest emitting business customers

plus our Agribusiness data coverage cohort

4

,

27% have metrics and targets in place that

assess and manage certain impacts and

dependencies on nature and 47% disclose their

impacts, dependencies, and associated risks and

opportunities on nature.

ENCORE potential pressures and dependencies by sector

5

2024 Nature-related customer engagement

7

Analysis of our 100 largest emitting business customers and agribusiness data coverage cohort

1. The ENCORE tool previously referred to ‘impacts’ and ‘dependencies’, however the tool now refers to ‘pressures’ and ‘dependencies’.

2. Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures – Sector Guidance (June 2024). 3. Locate, Evaluate, Assess and Prepare. 4. The

Agribusiness data coverage cohort comprises large Institutional agribusiness customers with either significant operations in Australia or

headquarters in Australia as at October 2023. See page 82 for more details. 5. Pressure and dependency ratings were sourced from

ENCORE. A score was applied in order to convert ENCORE’s qualitative assessment to a quantitative analysis and scores were aggregated.

6. Including chemicals, construction materials, containers & packaging, metals & mining and paper & forest products.

0

10

30

20

50

40

70

60

90

100

%

80

Governance of

nature-related risks

Metrics and targets to assess

and manage relevant impacts

and dependencies

Disclosure of impacts and

dependencies and associated

risks and opportunities

7. Not to be compared to prior year disclosures due to coverage of a different customer cohort.

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Informed by our 2023 ENCORE portfolio
analysis, the desktop analysis considered

themes such as:

Acknowledgement of the Kunming Montreal

Global Biodiversity Framework and/or

recommendations of the TNFD

Strategies, policies or commitments

to manage nature replated impacts,

dependencies, risks and opportunities

including water, land, deforestation, riparian

vegetation, rehabilitation and closure planning

Water consumption, quality and efficiency

measures

Metrics and targets related to nature and

water management

Additional analysis of customers’

public disclosures on nature

We also complemented our customer

engagement on nature through the LEEP with

a more detailed desktop analysis of public

disclosures of both our 100 largest emitting

business customers, within LEEP, and the

Agribusiness data coverage cohort. The purpose

of the analysis was to baseline customers’

disclosures as to their management of nature

related impacts and dependencies, identifying

customers that appear to be more advanced

and to inform the focus of future customer

engagement and deepen our knowledge and

understanding.

The analysis (summarised below) highlighted that

our customers are still in the early stages of setting

specific policy commitments on nature. Some

customers are more advanced, for example many

customers in the Australian resource sector had

more fulsome disclosures on the management of

land and water. We understand this is likely due

to their regulatory compliance requirements and

membership of industry bodies. Some of these

customers have commitments to protect high

value biodiversity areas by restricting exploration

and extraction of resources in these locations.

Themes, such as water and deforestation were

not a material impact or dependency for all sectors

we analysed, indicating a need for more tailored

sector-specific engagement.

The analysis identified that although nature risks

can be closely linked to climate risks, there is not

complete alignment between our customers in

our existing LEEP and Agribusiness Data Coverage

Cohort engagement programs and those with

higher nature impacts or dependencies. A number

of customers, outside of existing engagement

programs, have been identified within third-party

initiatives such as Nature Action 100 (NA100) and

Spring

1

as having a high potential impact on nature

within key sectors deemed to be systemically

important in reversing nature loss.

Next steps: The results of our customer

engagement, desktop analysis and ANZ

customers that are identified by third-party

initiatives will inform the focus of future customer

engagement on nature.

NoYesIn progress

Does the company publicly acknowledge the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF)?

Does the company have a fomalised nature policy, strategy, plan or commitment that recognises nature loss is a

significant global issue?

Does the company publicly acknowledge the TNFD?

17%83%

37%63%

57%39%4%

Key results of the additional nature desktop analysis

1. A UN PRI stewardship initiative for nature, convening investors to use their influence to halt and reverse global biodiversity loss by 2030.

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Building our capability
and assisting our customers

We continue to build the capability

and capacity of our workforce to

respond to the shifting regulatory

requirements, economic and

social pressures, expectations of

stakeholders and to meet changing

customer needs. This is key to our

understanding of climate and nature

risks and opportunities, as well as our

ability to support our customers to

build on their understanding of those

risks and opportunities.

Building internal capability

This year we expanded our in-house purpose built

ESG@ANZ – Mindset 2030 learning program to

offer both foundational and specialised learning

programs. This is an optional online program to

support our employees to build their capabilities.

The specialised learning program aims to support

our frontline employees and product partners to be

better equipped to have purpose-aligned, strategic

discussions with our customers, to understand

their needs and support their understanding of

risks and opportunities.

The learning program is supplemented by

ESG-related webinars, speaker events and an

Insights Hub, a dedicated site for our employees

to learn more about ESG, including climate risk,

and ANZ’s ESG approach. The Insights Hub

includes dedicated tools and resources designed

to better equip employees, for example, to engage

in conversations with our customers.

A community of practice, a group of like-minded

employees with an interest in ESG, has also been

established. There are over 200 representatives

across ANZ to champion the ESG@ANZ – Mindset

2030 learning program.

At the end of 2024, more than 7,000 employees

have commenced the foundational learning

program, ESG@ANZ, Mindset 2030. As at end

of 2024, more than 3,800 employees have

completed the entire foundational program which

consists of 10 modules. In addition to the on-line

learning program, 33 speaker events/webinars on

specific ESG topics have been conducted in 2024.

The learning program was initially established to

support our Institutional division with more than

40% of our Institutional team completing the

foundational learning program in 2024.

As part of the Executive Leadership Series a

program was also delivered to senior executives

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across ANZ, Delivering Value and Impact with

ESG, with 40% of the eligible cohort attending.

ESG@ANZ – Mindset 2030 –

Specialised Program (new in 2024)

Customer Conversations

Carbon and Environmental Markets

Nature

Human Rights and Modern Slavery

Delivering Value and Impact with ESG

(new in 2024)

Offered to our senior executives providing

an overview of the bank’s ESG approach

and leadership’s role as well as an overview

of greenwashing and the opportunities and

risks for the energy transition

ESG@ANZ – Mindset 2030 –

Foundational Program

ANZ’s Purpose, Strategy and Approach

to ESG

The ‘E’ in ESG – What Environmental

Sustainability means at ANZ

The ‘S’ in ESG – What Social means at ANZ

The ‘G’ in ESG – What Governance means

at ANZ

Greenwashing

ESG Governance and Risk Management

Community and Customer Transition

to Net Zero

Financing sustainability; Products and

Solutions (new in 2024)

Taking action and resources (new in 2024)

Learning Program Assessment (new

in 2024)

1. Comprises persons holding roles within ANZ designated as Group 1 and Group 2.

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Highlight

Spotlight on nature

Supporting our customers to understand

nature risks is a core ambition of our Climate

and Environment Strategy. Building the capability

and capacity of our frontline employees is critical

to supporting their engagement with customers

on managing nature risks and opportunities.

This year we released a specialised Nature

Mindset2030 learning module to support our

people in better understanding nature-related

risks, opportunities and impacts.

Green Ambassador Program

Our Green Ambassador program, created

in 2018, is an employee engagement

initiative active across our 29 markets

and supports employees to live more

sustainably by providing education and

pathways to take action.

This year’s Green Ambassador Summit

invited ANZ staff to learn about zero waste

and the circular economy, with online and

in-person sessions covering topics across the

different stages of resource use and waste

management, such as hands on composting

workshops and panel discussions on share

libraries and recycling.

Helping our bankers to support

our customers

A range of learning is available to equip relevant

employees with a deeper understanding of

climate and nature related risks and opportunities

to support effective customer engagement.

This year, we continued to:

• Deliver training sessions to relevant employees

to improve the skills and knowledge required

to apply the CCRA tool, including relationship

managers who are engaging with our LEEP

customer group. The training covers how

climate risks and opportunities may manifest

for our customers and what elements we

expect to see in a transition plan, with reference

to our expectations of our LEEP customers.

These sessions also provide guidance for

employees to engage in valuable customer

conversations, to help assess customer climate

risks. In 2024, CCRA training was delivered

to a wider group of employees across our

Institutional division, reflecting the broader users

of the tool. See page 29 for further details on

our LEEP and page 47 on the CCRA.

• Educate relevant employees about our Social

and Environmental Risk Policy and the Social and

Environmental Risk Standard, including specific

requirements for ‘sensitive sectors’. Educating

relevant employees on our policies and

standards, and how they are applied in practice,

is important for the effective management of the

social and environmental risks when considering

our large business customers’ transactions

and relationships. This training is mandatory

for new employees authorised to make credit

decisions relating to large business customers.

In addition to our internal education, we also

provide briefings to customers on our social and

environmental risk management and how our

approach may impact the products and services

we offer. See page 45 for further details on our

Social and Environmental Risk Policy.

• Deliver carbon farming training in Australia, in

conjunction with the Carbon Market Institute.

This training is available to all employees and

seeks to increase the understanding and

awareness of the risks and opportunities

involved with on-farm carbon projects.

In addition, Pollination and ANZ continued to

roll-out a program to build Institutional banker

capacity in relation to nature and natural capital.

This program includes improving our bankers’

understanding of nature-related risks and

opportunities to support their engagement

with customers, including through roundtable

discussions with selected customer cohorts.

Topics covered within the module, include:

• How does nature contribute to ESG?

• ANZ’s approach to nature

• Why our customers should care about

nature and biodiversity

• Nature-related sustainable finance

• Resources and tools

This specialised module is supported by the

program to build Institutional banker capacity

in nature and natural capital. This program

includes growing their understanding of

nature related risks and opportunities,

developing tools to support bankers in

engaging with customers on nature, and

holding roundtable discussions with selected

customer cohorts. Additionally, we continued

roll out to relevant parts of the business of

our existing ‘Nature for Business Playbook’,

and four sector-specific Playbooks across

food, beverage and agribusiness, real estate,

energy, and metals and mining. These

Playbooks were developed in conjunction

with Pollination, ANZ’s strategic partner in

environmental sustainability.

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Engaging and collaborating
with stakeholders

Industry associations

• Participate in relevant Australian Banking

Association (ABA) and New Zealand Banking

Association (NZBA) working groups on climate

matters. Through our operations in the United

Kingdom, we participate in the UK Financial

Conduct Authority’s Climate Financial Risk

Forum, and the Climate Resilience working

group. ANZ United Kingdom also Chairs the

Association of Foreign Bank’s Climate Risk

working group.

We periodically review our membership of industry

associations to ensure they align with ANZ’s

position on policy and advocacy. Refer to our ESG

Supplement at anz.com/esgreport for disclosure

of our membership of key industry associations.

Policy engagement

ANZ is a member of a number of industry

associations. We work in a collaborative and open

way as members of associations that have similar

interests and approaches to ours. We understand

that our stakeholders are interested in the position

we adopt on issues related to climate change

and nature. Stakeholders are also interested in

ANZ’s membership and engagement with industry

associations, and how we contribute to advocacy

and policy development surrounding these issues.

Through our memberships we:

• Participate in discussions about industry-wide

issues and strategy

• Provide input into industry association responses

to Parliamentary committee inquiries and

government consultations

• Engage with consumer representatives to

discuss issues affecting customers

We seek to contribute constructively to

public policy formation and to understand

the perspectives of our community’s elected

representatives, policy makers and regulators.

Australian Sustainable

Finance Institute (ASFI)

As a founding member of ASFI, we continue

to collaborate with peers within the financial

services sector. During the year, ASFI continued

to progress its 2023 work program including

sustainable finance taxonomy development, policy

engagement, as well as priority initiatives in natural

capital, First Nations, finance sector leadership

and sustainable finance solutions.

ASFI launched the initial public consultation on

the development of an Australian sustainable

finance taxonomy, in May 2024. This focused

on the technical screening criteria for climate

change mitigation across three priority sectors:

electricity generation and supply; minerals,

mining and metals; and construction and the built

environment. ASFI has also formed working groups

to develop technical screening criteria across

three further sectors: manufacturing and industry;

transport; agriculture, and land. ANZ participated

in the consultation and is participating in each of

these working groups. A second and final round

of public consultation has now been released in

October 2024 which we expect to contribute to.

We also joined the Natural Capital Advisory

Group, convened by ASFI in partnership with

Macdoch Foundation’s Farming for the Future

(FftF). This program aims to bring together

Australia’s agricultural producers and financial

institutions to integrate natural capital into decision

making of financial institutions using an evidence-

based approach, and enabling tangible on-farm

outcomes.

Toitu Tahua – Centre for

Sustainable Finance

ANZ Bank New Zealand contributed to the several

Toitū Tahua initiatives, including as a member

of the Independent Technical Advisory Group.

The Group prepared the report ‘Developing a

Sustainable Finance Taxonomy for Aotearoa New

Zealand’, setting out key design recommendations

for the Government; and the ‘Starter for Ten: 10

topics for SMEs to start sustainability reporting’,

guidance which aims to support New Zealand’s

SMEs with simplified sustainability reporting.

We collaborate on various international, national and industry initiatives

to progress climate action and to contribute to standardised frameworks.

A collaborative and proactive approach to building and maintaining

relationships with stakeholders will support us to deliver on our Climate

and Environment Strategy.

Understanding risks and

opportunities

Building capability and

capacity

Driving customer engagement

and propositions

Collaborating with stakeholders

to support an economy wide transition

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We partner with groups and organisations that
reflect our values and that will support us to deliver

on our Climate and Environment Strategy.

Pollination

In 2022, ANZ and climate and nature advisory and

investment firm Pollination announced a strategic

partnership. The partnership brings together

ANZ’s capabilities across Institutional Banking with

Pollination’s expertise in climate and nature in an

effort to develop and deliver innovative solutions and

opportunities for customers to support their transition

to net-zero and to improve nature outcomes.

This year, Pollination and ANZ continued to roll-out

a program to build Institutional banker capability

in nature and natural capital discussed at page 37.

ANZ also worked with Pollination to develop the

group wide Climate and Environment Strategy.

Farming for the Future (FftF)

ANZ has recently announced it will partner with FftF, a

not-for-profit research and change program that seeks

to progress the agricultural industry’s understanding

of on-farm natural capital and its management. Our

partnership with FftF seeks to help farm managers

realise greater productivity and profitability in their

core production enterprises by providing information

about how different types of natural capital contribute

to farm business performance. The partnership will

also deliver bespoke training to our agricultural banking

employees and support customers to participate in

the FftF program commencing in 2025.

Aotearoa Circle

ANZ Bank New Zealand is a leading partner of

The Aotearoa Circle, a voluntary initiative bringing

together leaders from the public and private

sectors to investigate the state of Aotearoa New

Zealand’s natural resources, and to commit to

priority actions that will restore Aotearoa’s natural

capital for future generations.

Peak industry bodies and associations

United Nations Principles of Responsible

Banking (UN PRB) – Nature Target Setting

Working Group

We are a founding signatory of the UN PRB and

contributed to the guidance on nature target

setting released by the UNEP-FI in November

2023

1

– as part of our membership of the UNPRB

– Nature Target Setting Working Group – which

considers how banks can contribute to the Global

Biodiversity Framework. The aim of this industry-

first guidance is to help banks integrate nature

considerations into their practices and processes

to shift away from harmful activities while

mobilising financial resources.

Partnerships

Government and Regulators

We listen to, and seek to engage constructively,

with government, regulators, and policy makers.

This includes participation where appropriate

in government consultations and parliamentary

inquiries. We continue to meet with members

of Parliament, public officials and regulators and

participate in submissions to, and appearances

before, Parliamentary committee inquiries and

government and regulatory consultations.

This year, matters raised in Australia included

environment and energy, mandatory climate

related financial disclosures, the regulation of

‘greenwashing’, and support for sustainable

financing.

In New Zealand, matters raised included climate

resilience and climate-related disclosures.

We also contributed to dialogue via the Australian

Treasurer’s Investor Roundtable that was

established in October 2022. The roundtable brings

together some of Australia’s largest superannuation

funds, the major banks and global asset managers,

to identify and overcome barriers to investment.

The most recent roundtable was centred

around modernising the Australian economy and

maximising advantages. Topics discussed included

the net-zero transformation and the Net Zero

Economy Authority’s role, principles to guide sector

decarbonisation plans, the Sovereign Green Bond

Framework, and the Sustainable Finance Taxonomy.

We continue to participate in scenario

assessments and stress tests across a range of

geographies, including Hong Kong. For further

detail, refer to page 49 of Risk Management.

We are members of or provide sponsorship to

a selected group of peak industry bodies. The

purpose of these memberships is three-fold.

• It allows us to engage with specific industries to

understand existing and emerging perspectives,

challenges, risks and opportunities for the

sector, and also more broadly for the economy;

• It provides an opportunity for ANZ to assist in

market development and innovation, including

with the aim to increase bankability to accelerate

investment; and

• It provides access to subject matter expertise

that uplifts our own industry specific capability.

Some examples include Australian Water

Association, Carbon Market Institute, Energy

Efficiency Council, Infrastructure Sustainability

Council, and Green Buildings Council of Australia.

Sustainable finance industry working groups

Through our membership of key industry

associations, ANZ is also an active participant

in a number of working groups that seek to

develop and promote high standards of market

practice and lay the foundations for the successful

operation of sustainable finance markets globally.

These associations typically focus on market

conventions and responding on issues impacting

material aspects of the sustainable finance

market. Some examples include International

Capital Markets Association Climate Transition

Finance working group and Asia Pacific Loan

Market Association Green and Sustainable Lending

Committee.

Policy engagement (cont’d)

1. UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative – PRB Nature Target Setting Guidance (November 2023).

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Non-Government
Organisations (NGOs)Thought leadership

ANZ Hydrogen Handbook 2.0

We want to help our customers develop new

technologies, products, and services to support

the emerging hydrogen economy. To assist

our customers, we launched ANZ Hydrogen

Handbook 2.0, which provides an update on

the global market for hydrogen and its adoption

as both an energy source and feedstock into

industrial processes.

Released in March, the handbook provides a

useful resource for understanding hydrogen

and the opportunities it could provide

businesses in the transition to net-zero

emissions. ANZ is a member of the Australian

We work cooperatively and engage in regular

dialogue with NGOs and civil society on a range

of topics that relate to climate and nature. This

enables us to understand perspectives from

external stakeholders and build our knowledge.

Direct NGO engagement this year included regular

meetings with some of the leading environmental

NGO groups in Australia, and internationally,

covering our climate policies, climate risks and

opportunities and nature.

We also run a regular program of CEO and

senior executive meetings with civil society leaders

including environmental NGOs, government,

regulators, and academics to build the knowledge

of our senior executives across ESG topics.

We also play a role in sharing research

and insights, enabling cross-industry

collaboration and support, to help the

economy to transition to net zero.

Putting energy efficiency to

work for Business

ANZ and the Energy Efficiency Council (EEC)

1


again collaborated to launch a second report in

the Forgotten Fuel series Putting energy efficiency

to work for Business in 2024, looking at the steps

small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can

take to unlock the benefits of energy efficiency.

The Forgotten Fuel series is the result of a

collaboration between ANZ and the EEC, to

explore how businesses and households can

benefit from using energy efficiency as a tool for

emissions reduction.

Energy efficiency, electrification and renewables

are the critical ‘tools in the toolbox’ for SMEs who

want to lower their energy bills and their emissions.

These solutions have a role to play in every

sector, but different industries require different

approaches when deploying these tools to save

money and emissions.

For further information, please refer to Putting

energy efficiency to work for Business.

1. The EEC is the peak body for Australia’s energy management sector.

Image source: Robyn Johnston, celebrating 50 years in Singapore customer event.

Hydrogen Council (AHC), the peak body for

the Australian Hydrogen Industry. The above

publication follows the release of the ‘The ANZ

Hydrogen Handbook – AH2’ in 2022.

Climate insights for business

This year ANZ Bank New Zealand published

a report in our Business Insights series,

The greening of commercial property in

New Zealand, which discusses the impact

of climate transition on New Zealand’s built

environment and provides insights to help

building owners assess the impacts of lower

emission properties for their businesses.

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Risk Management
In November 2023, the Board Risk

Committee (BRC) approved climate

risk as a material risk within ANZ

Group’s RMF. Climate risk is also

considered to be a driver of other

risks within our RMF.

The CRO, Institutional is the designated ‘Material

Risk Owner’ of climate risk. Supported by a

dedicated Climate Risk Team, we are working to

integrate and embed climate risk in ANZ Group’s

RMF. It is anticipated that this will be a multi-

year journey, recognising the complexities and

challenges that arise from an evolving regulatory

landscape, limitations on the availability of, and

access to, reliable and consistent data, and the

need to, uplift systems, tools, and capability

across the Group.

This year we have been focused on

delivering foundational risk initiatives,

including:

Establishing a new Climate Risk Standard

for identifying and managing climate risk

(refer to page 45) and climate-related

risk appetite metrics for monitoring

climate risk (refer to page 44).

Embedding our Climate Change Risk

Assessment (CCRA) within the credit

process for certain higher emitting

customers in our Institutional division,

and exploring enhancements, such

as the use of generative Artificial

Intelligence (AI).

Preparing for mandatory climate

disclosure (in relevant jurisdictions)

(refer to page 49).

Leveraging learnings from ANZ Bank

New Zealand to progress the

development of Group-wide capability

to undertake geospatial physical risk

assessments for certain priority

portfolios and sectors (refer to page 50).

How is ANZ exposed to

climate risks?

ANZ Group is exposed to climate risk either

directly through its operations or indirectly,

for example, through lending to customers.

Climate risk may also be a driver of other

risks within our RMF. Our most material

climate risks arise from lending to business

and retail customers, which contributes to

credit risk.

In 2024, we qualitatively assessed the potential

impacts of climate risk across a subset of ANZ

Group’s material risk categories

1

. Examples

of potential impacts to our most material risk

categories

1

, including how we manage this risk,

have been outlined in table 2.1. We plan to expand

on this assessment in 2025.

1. Further detail on our risk types is available in the Risk

Management section of our 2024 Annual Report available

at anz.com/annualreport.

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Material riskDescriptionExamples of potential impactsManaging the risk
Financial Risk

Credit RiskRisk of financial loss resulting

from a counterparty failing to

fulfil its credit obligations, or from

a decrease in credit quality of a

counterparty resulting in a loss in

value.

Customers may be affected by direct climate risks, such as:

• the effect of extreme weather events on a customer’s business

or property, including impacts to the cost and availability of

insurance and insurance exclusions;

• changes to the regulatory and policy environment in which

the customer operates;

• disruption from new technology; and

• changes in demand towards low carbon products and services.

Climate risks may also indirectly affect a customer through impacts

to its supply chain and customer base.

If realised, these risks may affect the ability of customers to repay

debt; which may result in an increased probability of default;

in ‘stranded assets’ and/or impact the amount ANZ is able to

recover due to the value or liquidity of collateral held as security

being impaired.

We manage climate-related credit risks to our customers, including

potential legal and reputational risks, through the application of

certain policies, tools and processes within the credit process.

For further detail, refer to page 47.

Non-Financial Risk

Non-Financial Risk:

Regulatory Risk and

Statutory Reporting

and Tax Risk

1

Risk of failure to act in accordance

with laws, regulations and regulatory

expectations, including statutory

reporting and tax filing/reporting

requirements in the jurisdictions in

which we operate.

Climate-related legislation and regulatory change is evolving at pace

and one of our priorities is to ensure that we maintain compliance in

the 29 markets in which we operate.

In Australia, climate-related disclosures were mandated through

amendments to the Corporations Act 2001 in September 2024.

Under the new law, ANZ Group is required to report in accordance

with the regime from the financial year commencing 1 October 2025.

Further ANZ Bank New Zealand and ANZ New Zealand Investments

Limited are Climate Reporting Entities (CRE) under the Financial

Markets Conduct Act 2013 (FMCA)

2

.

Non-compliance with relevant climate and environmental risk

regulations and legislation could lead to penalties, increased

regulatory oversight, capital overlays and reputational impacts.

ANZ Group has built a Group-wide Non-Financial Risk Framework

and the assessment, identification and management of climate risk

has been integrated into the framework.

We are working with teams in other jurisdictions, in which we

operate, that are affected by emerging and maturing regulations,

to oversee and support them in developing their approach to

compliance.

In 2024, ANZ Group established a Group-wide Climate Program to

help us meet our mandatory climate disclosure requirements. For

more details refer to page 49.

ANZ Bank New Zealand Climate and Environmental Sustainability

Programme (CESP’s) Steering Committee and key stakeholders,

are facilitating New Zealand’s mandatory Climate Statement

program delivery.

1. Regulatory Risk and Statutory Reporting and Tax Risk are risk themes under our material risk category of Non-Financial Risk. 2. See page 4 About this report section for further detail.

Table 2.1: Potential impacts of climate risk across a subset of ANZ Group’s material risk categories

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Material riskDescriptionExamples of potential impactsManaging the risk
Non-Financial Risk

Non-Financial RIsk:

Conduct Risk

1

Risk of loss or damage arising

from the failure of ANZ Group,

its employees or agents to act in

accordance with customers’ best

interest, fair market practices and

ANZ’s code of conduct.

ANZ Group could be exposed to conduct risk as a result of

greenwashing, which is the practice of misrepresenting the extent

to which an entity, product or strategy is environmentally friendly,

sustainable or ethical. This also includes where an entity is alleged

to have misrepresented its climate risks, business credentials or

strategies. If we are found to have engaged in ‘greenwashing’, this

may lead to legal proceedings, penalties and reputational impacts,

which could lead to a decline in our future earnings.

We seek to manage this risk through transparent disclosure of our

climate-related financial risks, and through our risk management

policies and processes.

Our Conduct Risk Framework and Conduct Risk taxonomy also

facilitates a clear and consistent way of managing and monitoring

the risk.

Further, we seek to manage the potential for conduct risk in this

context by monitoring both our own legal risks and claims brought

against other organisations to better understand emerging trends.

Non-Financial Risk:

Operational Resilience

Risk and Physical

Security Risk

1

Risk of not being able to service

our customers and operate our

processes when a disruption

occurs, including failure of the

business continuity management

framework or damage to assets

owned or maintained by ANZ Group.

ANZ Group operates in 29 markets across Australia, New Zealand,

Asia Pacific, Europe and America. Countries in these regions can be

vulnerable to extreme weather events such as flooding, cyclones

or bushfires.

The occurrence of physical risk events, including natural disasters,

may result in damage to ANZ Group’s physical assets or impact our

ability to service our customers and operate our processes.

Physical risks to our operations are identified, assessed, and

managed through ongoing application of our Non-Financial Risk

Framework (NFR). ANZ Group’s Business Continuity and Disaster

Recovery Plans are also in place to support alternative banking

arrangements for the communities affected.

How ANZ is exposed to,

and manages, nature risks

Nature is classified as an emerging risk to

ANZ under our RMS. We acknowledge the

need to protect and restore nature and mitigate

biodiversity loss including as a result of species

extinction or decline, or ecosystem degradation

and nature loss (see pages 33-35).

We consider that our most material nature

risks can arise from lending to customers that

have material impacts or dependencies on

nature. These risks can also arise from legal

and regulatory changes, which may impact

ANZ Group directly or indirectly through our

customers. Failure to manage these risks may

lead to financial and non-financial risks to us.

We manage nature-related credit risks to

our customers, including potential legal and

reputational risks, through the application of

certain policies, tools and processes within the

credit process on page 47.

For information on how we manage nature risk

within our Social and Environmental Risk Policy,

refer to page 46.

1. Conduct Risk, Operational Resilience Risk and Physical Security Risk are risk themes under our material risk category of Non-Financial Risk.

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Risk Management Approach
Our Risk Management

Framework (RMF)

ANZ Group has a robust RMF to help

identify, measure, evaluate, monitor, report,

and control or mitigate its material risks.

With Climate Risk now recognised as a

material risk, its management is embedded

within our RMF. ANZ’s Risk Management

Strategy (RMS), Risk Appetite Statement

(RAS) and the Risk Principles, guide our

strategy, governance, oversight and

monitoring of climate risk.

The RMS has been updated to include a

description of climate risk, how its governed and

our approach to managing and overseeing it.

The RAS has also been updated to include

climate risk and conveys the maximum level of

risk that ANZ Group is willing to accept. The RAS

now includes a high level qualitative statement

as well as quantitative metrics and tolerances.

Two new climate risk appetite metrics have

been established reflecting our policy position

for lending to certain thermal coal mining and

upstream oil and gas customers. We will seek

to continue to enhance our risk appetite metrics

as we evolve our work on climate risk or as the

external risk environment evolves.

In addition, we have identified two climate risk

indicator metrics to help us monitor alignment

with our public target to fund and facilitate at

least $100 billion in social and environmental

activities through customer transactions and

direct investments by ANZ Group

1

, and our

approach to seek improved customer transition

plan ratings for customers in our LEEP.

In our Institutional division, our risk appetite

is informed by ANZ Group’s Climate Change

Commitment for certain priority sectors, which

is reflected in the relevant sector-level lending

criteria documents.

Our Risk Principles support the RMF and outline

behaviours and practices that are expected to be

applied to guide management of our material risks

(including Climate Risk) and instil an appropriate

risk culture across ANZ Group.

Further detail on our RMF is available in the Risk

Management section our 2024 Annual Report

available at anz.com/annualreport

1. Important information about eligibility requirements for the target is set out in the Social and Environmental Target Methodology

available here: anz.com.au/esgreport

Enhancing our approach to

monitoring climate regulation

Building on work undertaken in 2023 to assess

regulatory expectations across key jurisdictions

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