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Last update: 2023-11-13 00:00:00

About

Website	http://www.anz.com.au
Headquarters	833 Collins Street, Docklands 3008 Melbourne Australia
CEO/chair	Shayne Elliott CEO
Supervisor	Reserve Bank of Australia
Ownership	listed on Australian Securities Exchange & New Zealand Stock Exchange ANZ's shareholder structure can be accessed here.

The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited, commonly called ANZ, is the fourth largest bank in Australia, after the Commonwealth Bank, the National Australia Bank, and Westpac. ANZ was established in 1951. In addition to operations throughout Australia and New Zealand, ANZ has banking activities in 34 other nations. ANZ is the largest bank in New Zealand, where it operates two brands: ANZ and the National Bank of New Zealand.

Sustainability

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Policies

Voluntary standards

ANZ's most important sustainability commitments can be found at the website sections listed below.

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Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) approach

ESG policies and practices

ANZ has the following CSR policies in place:

Energy Policy

Bank policy

2023-11-12 00:00:00 | ANZ

Extractives Industry Policy

Bank policy

2023-11-12 00:00:00 | ANZ

Approach to Climate Change 2022

Bank policy

2022-11-25 00:00:00 | ANZ

ESG Supplement

Bank policy

2022-11-02 00:00:00 | ANZ

Water Policy

Bank policy

2022-11-01 00:00:00 | ANZ

Hydroelectric Power Policy

Bank policy

2022-11-01 00:00:00 | ANZ

Forestry and Forests Policy

Bank policy

2022-11-01 00:00:00 | ANZ

Military Equipment Policy

Bank policy

2022-11-01 00:00:00 | ANZ

Anti-bribery and anti-corruption policy

Bank policy

2022-07-31 00:00:00 | ANZ

Human rights statement

Bank policy

2022-05-31 00:00:00 | ANZ

Anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing policy

Bank policy

2022-05-31 00:00:00 | ANZ

Land Acquisition Position Statement

Bank policy

2021-11-30 00:00:00 | ANZ

Climate change commitment

Bank policy

2021-11-23 00:00:00 | ANZ

Modern Slavery Statement 2021

Bank policy

2021-09-30 00:00:00 | ANZ

Code of Conduct

Bank policy

2021-09-23 00:00:00 | ANZ

Carbon policy

Bank policy

2020-10-29 00:00:00 | ANZ

Supplier Code of Practice

Bank policy

2016-12-16 00:00:00 | ANZ

Equal Opportunity, Bullying and Harassment Policy

Bank policy

2016-11-17 00:00:00 | ANZ

Health and Safety Policy

Bank policy

2016-09-23 00:00:00 | ANZ

ANZ has committed itself to the following voluntary standards:

Carbon Disclosure ProjectTags: carbon | climate change | greenhouse gas emissions

Dow Jones Sustainability IndicesTags: sustainable development | transparency

Equator PrinciplesTags: Equator Principles | project finance | corporate social responsibility | sustainable development

Global Reporting InitiativeTags: sustainable development | human rights

National Carbon Offset StandardTags: climate change | greenhouse gas emissions | carbon

Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA)Tags: climate change | corporate social responsibility | energy | energy plants

Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)Tags: agriculture | commodities | corporate social responsibility

Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)Tags: corporate social responsibility | finance

Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD)Tags: corporate social responsibility | finance

UNEP Finance InitiativeTags: United Nations | sustainable development

United Nations Global CompactTags: United Nations | human rights

Dodgy Deals

ANZ is linked to a number of companies and projects that BankTrack considers controversial (so called Dodgy Deals), e.g. as a current or past financier or through an expression of interest. The profiles below provide more details on the nature of ANZ's link to these deals.

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Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) approach

ESG policies and practices

Energy Policy

Extractives Industry Policy

Approach to Climate Change 2022

ESG Supplement

Water Policy

Hydroelectric Power Policy

Forestry and Forests Policy

Military Equipment Policy

Anti-bribery and anti-corruption policy

Human rights statement

Anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing policy

Land Acquisition Position Statement

Climate change commitment

Modern Slavery Statement 2021

Code of Conduct

Carbon policy

Supplier Code of Practice

Equal Opportunity, Bullying and Harassment Policy

Health and Safety Policy

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Banking Climate Failure

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Climate groups call on Shell’s bankers to stop Jackdaw gas field

New report: Despite ‘net zero’ rhetoric, world’s biggest banks continued to pour billions into fossil fuel expansion in 2021

Repeat offenders NAB, ANZ and Westpac bankrolling “bet against the Paris Agreement”

#StopEACOP: 11 banks say “no” to Total in 2021

ANZ forced to address heavy fossil fuel funding at 2021 AGM

ANZ climate complaint ruling highlights need for Australia to follow other countries and pass new climate finance laws

Banks failing to address severe human rights impacts transparently, finds BankTrack research

ANZ will keep lending to oil and gas

ANZ fails to rule out funding fossil fuel expansion amidst climate crisis

New Hope Corporation doubles down on coal during farcical 2021 AGM

ANZ launches human rights grievance mechanism in a first for the global banking sector

Equator Banks involved in financing at least 200 fossil fuel projects since Paris

Banks and biodiversity: are banks moving towards Kunming?

Shareholders push for Australia's banks to stop fossil fuel funding

Fossil Banks No Thanks demands banks commit to end fossil fuel finance before Glasgow Climate Summit

Banks called upon to take action to protect biodiversity ahead of UN Biodiversity Conference in Kunming

Gov’t not bothered about banks refusing to finance EACOP

‘Silence not an option’: ANZ refuses to sign letter condemning Myanmar violence

ANZ rules out supporting East African Crude Oil Pipeline

ANZ labelled ‘worst in Australia’ on climate over fossil fuel loans

Banking on Climate Chaos 2021: World’s 60 largest banks have poured USD 3.8 trillion into fossil fuels since Paris Agreement

Over 260 organisations call on banks not to finance Total’s East African Crude Oil Pipeline

Climate risk sees ANZ divest from Port of Newcastle, the largest thermal coal terminal in the world

Corporate accountability and the just transition: Frameworks for holding corporations accountable for climate change

Citi, Deutsche Bank, ANZ committed for trial in Australian criminal cartel case

Bushfire survivors and Friends of the Earth’s response to Initial Assessment of ANZ climate complaint under OECD guidelines

ANZ's climate policy reveals steps away from coal to support net zero emission by 2050

Nationals call for ANZ boycott after bank's push for net zero emissions

ANZ commits to exit thermal coal, but rewards climate-destructive companies

New BankTrack Equator Principles reporting tracking tool launched

Equator Principles requirements missing for most projects, finds new BankTrack study

ANZ agrees to landmark settlement with Cambodian farmers displaced by sugar company it financed

Bushfire survivors join claim against ANZ for financing climate crisis

Bushfire survivors launch claim against ANZ under international law for financing climate change

4 out of 5 banks failing on human rights, new BankTrack Human Rights Benchmark shows

Too little, too late

ANZ and Westpac boosted new lending to fossil fuel projects last year, figures show

NAB, ANZ and Westpac hit with climate risk shareholder resolutions

Big Australian banks face shareholder vote on coal lending

BankTrack 2019 Human Rights Benchmark: criteria and scope announced

Australian Prudential Regulation Authority demands banks, insurers act on climate risk

Our Future: Clean energy a test for banks’ rehabilitation

Banks massively financing fossil fuels unclear about future of ... fossil fuels

ANZ Declines to ‘Do the Right Thing’ for Displaced Cambodian Farmers