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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.

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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:

Information about ANZ's extractives industry policy

Bank policy

2024-05-05 00:00:00 | ANZ

Modern Slavery Statement 2023

Bank policy

2024-02-22 00:00:00 | ANZ

ESG Supplement 2023

Bank policy

2023-11-13 00:00:00 | ANZ

Energy Policy

Bank policy

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

ESG supplement 2023

Bank policy

2023-11-10 00:00:00 | ANZ

Approach to Climate Change 2022

Bank policy

2022-11-25 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

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

Information about ANZ's extractives industry policy

Modern Slavery Statement 2023

ESG Supplement 2023

Energy Policy

ESG supplement 2023

Approach to Climate Change 2022

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

Code of Conduct

Carbon policy

Supplier Code of Practice

Equal Opportunity, Bullying and Harassment Policy

Health and Safety Policy

Energy supply financing ratios: the next milestone in banks’ climate strategy

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BankTrack’s set to publish 2024 Global Human Rights Benchmark in November

Big four Australian banks pour $3.6 billion into fossil fuels in 2023

Banks financed fossil fuels by $6.9 trillion dollars since the Paris Agreement; $705 billion provided in 2023 alone; JPMorgan Chase, Mizuho, and Bank of America are worst 3 funders

ANZ rules out Papua LNG, leaves the door open to fund climate wrecking companies

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Financiers warned of huge risks to communities and biodiversity as Rio Tinto approves world’s biggest mining project

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67 organisations call on banks to cease financing metallurgical coal

Big four banks make strides, but action still dangerously slow in a climate emergency

ANZ in court over climate and nature risk failure

Westpac takes two steps forward, one big step back

Decarbonization: steel not making the cut

Banking Climate Failure

New report: Canadian bank RBC the #1 financier of fossil fuels, world’s biggest banks continued to pour billions into fossil fuel expansion

Australia’s big four banks face human rights complaint over Santos Barossa financing

JFM cautiously welcomes ANZ exit and calls for responsible disengagement

New human rights assessment of banks shows slow progress and lack of action to address key gaps on reporting and remedy

Santos announces refinancing of syndicated debt facilities

Finance groups risk being kicked out of Mark Carney-led climate coalition

Jackdaw shows once again Shell is failing on climate. So why are its bankers failing to act?

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