External recognition for our diversity and inclusion program

Our commitment to diversity and inclusion means our workplace environment is supportive of equal opportunity and equal access to career development and other benefits, and is inclusive, allowing everyone to thrive.

In 2020, we received the following external recognition:

•    Silver status at the Australian Workplace Equality Index Awards in recognition of the continued work we are doing to create a welcoming, safe workplace that embraces all of our people. This saw us move up from Bronze status in 2019

•    endorsed as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality for the third consecutive year by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency

•    recognition for the second consecutive year as one of 10 Australian companies on the Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index with an improved score of 78.76 per cent

•   citation with the Workplace Gender Equality Agency annual report submission

•   Job Access, a government body, has asked to use our draft Workplace Adjustment Policy as a benchmark standard to show other companies how they can balance the imperative of inclusion with commercial needs

•   awarded the Accessibility Tick for workplace accessibility and inclusion across our New Zealand portfolio.