Background - our aspiration to be 'best in class'
Background - our aspiration to be 'best in class'
ANZ's Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy - Bringing EDI to Life
Our organisational values and behaviours
At ANZ equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) are core components of our organisational values and behaviours.
ANZ Aotearoa New Zealand’s Leadership Team aspire to be best in class in equity, diversity and inclusion, and having reviewed where their business is currently at, they therefore understand what it might take to close the gap.
In support of this goal, the leadership team have already agreed to the following new EDI organisation behaviours:
- Shift in focus from being an equal opportunity organisation to an equal outcome organisation.
- Adopt the use of an equity analysis tool (EIA) on key products, services and change processes.
- Collect and use a broader range of diversity data.
- Make greater use of real time diversity reports when making hiring decisions.
- Make greater use of positive action – including the formalised use of targets.
How we developed our EDI strategy
This EDI strategy has been developed through involvement, consultation and engagement with a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders. Engagement within ANZ was heavily focused on listening to really understand concerns, aspirations, expectations and challenges.
The EDI strategy includes actions and outcomes that reflect the consistent messages which were fed back from internal stakeholders which are very much aligned with ANZ’s behaviours, “create, deliver, together,” to deliver on our purpose “to shape a world where people and communities thrive”.
Collective ownership
Whilst the Talent & Culture Team will provide subject matter expertise and coordination, the EDI strategy will require collective ownership and the active participation of leaders, managers, employee Affinity Network Groups and all colleagues across the business in order to achieve the goal of being ‘best in class’.
Setting a clear road map
The purpose of this three-year EDI strategy – ‘Bringing EDI to Life’ – is to set out a clear road map of how ANZ intends to bring to life its EDI commitments and priorities, the role key stakeholders will play and the key measures that will be used to track our success.
This document sets out the vision (where the culmination of our effort and investment will take the bank), objectives and outcomes (the broad areas we need to develop and embed across the bank and the people and organisational benefits of undertaking this), and the priorities where we will focus our energies (the specific actions and changes that will be taken forward to achieve the objectives).
Our leadership team
Sir John Key
Chair ANZ New Zealand Board
Our vision “to help shape a world where people and communities thrive” can only be possible if we build and create a workforce which brings to play the diversity of its people and our customers.
Every individual is unique in their own right and it’s their experiences both within and outside of the workplace that means they have a diverse range of views. By fostering these views in an inclusive environment, encouraging our people to share their ideas and challenge each other to be better every day, our decisions for both our customers and Aotearoa New Zealand are more likely to be the rights ones.
This is core to the values of ANZ where we are continuing to ensure we provide fair access, opportunity and advancement for all.
Our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy continues to enable this for us.
Antonia Watson
Group Executive and CEO, New Zealand
ANZ’s People Agenda is critical to the performance of our bank.
This agenda supports our business to create an equitable and inclusive workplace where the diversity of our workforce in its broadest sense can be leveraged to the benefit of our customers and Aotearoa New Zealand.
We are striving to be an equal outcome employer, which will take the courage of all our leaders to be willing to play a role in addressing the barriers experienced by some in our society, for the benefit of all of Aotearoa New Zealand. Our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, coupled with our Te Ao Māori Strategy Tākiri-ā-Rangi, support the achievement of this agenda and the transformation of our business for the long term.
Michelle Russell
General Manager, Talent & Culture, New Zealand and Pacific
I am proud to lead and be part of a team that is passionate about making change both within ANZ and for the benefit of Aotearoa New Zealand as a whole.
As an organisation we know we need to help our people lead differently, make bolder and different decisions and embrace all the amazing benefits that equity, diversity and inclusion can bring to our business.
I see this as an important part of my role to enable, provide thought leadership and upskill our leaders with the necessary tools to drive this change.
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