Women moving up

 THE ANZ Bank has noted in its 2015 corporate sustainability review an increase by 1.2 per cent of women in management.

It increased by 1.2 per cent to 40.4 per cent.

ANZ Chief Executive Officer Mike Smith said: “Trust remains at the heart of banking. Part of earning and maintaining that trust involves being even more transparent about how we make our decisions and regularly reporting on our progress. I’m particularly pleased we exceeded our target for women in management.

“The business case for change is clear and although we’ve made good progress on many fronts, we understand there is still more to be done before we can say we have a truly diverse workforce.”

Other highlights of the review are:

• Disability disclosure rates amongemployees increased from 1.6 per cent to 7.2 per cent;
• global disability recruitment levels increased by 48 per cent with 127 people hired in 2015 against a target of 99;
• $881 million (K2631 million) committed to renewable energy projects, with 81.7 per cent of ANZ’s energy portfolio comprised of low carbon energy generation;
• greenhouse gas emissions from ANZ’s financing of electricity generation (within and outside Australia) decreased and is below the relevant grid average;
• $74.8 million (K223.4 million) in community investment;
• more than 360,000 people reached through ANZ’s financial literacy program MoneyMinded since 2003 with 66,000 new participants in 2015; and,
• More than 108,000 hours volunteered by employees equal to 13,500 working days.
• Smith said these highlights of the review meant much to the bank.