Environment

ANZ’s purpose is to ‘shape a world where people and communities thrive’ – ‘kia hanga i te ao e ora ai, e tupu ia te tāngata me te kainga’.

Our purpose includes supporting Aotearoa New Zealand’s transition to a low-emissions, climate-resilient economy. We do this by: 

• Reducing emissions from our own operations, and building our climate expertise 
• Supporting our customers’ transition and resilience
• Transitioning our lending portfolio 
• Collaborating with stakeholders to support an economy-wide transition.

Learn about our approach to climate change in our latest climate report:

Previous reports:

ANZ’s ultimate parent company, ANZ Group Holdings Limited, has the ambition to transition its lending portfolio to net zero financed emissions by 2050 in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement. ANZ Group’s approach is set out in its Climate Change Commitment.

As part of the ANZ Group, ANZ NZ supports and contributes to ANZ Group’s Climate Change Commitments; however, we do not have an independent net zero 2050 ambition in respect of our financed emissions.

ANZ NZ works to manage and reduce our operational emissions. We’re proud to have achieved Toitū net carbon zero certification for our operations in 2025.

We provide lending products that are designed to support our customers’ sustainability goals:

Read about our Environmental, Social and Governance progress.

See a range of articles and videos under ANZ New Zealand’s sustainability news.