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Good corporate governance and transparency are fundamental to achieving our vision of becoming Australasia's leading, most respected and fastest growing major bank.
Corporate governance is an important focus for ANZ's Board and Governance Committee, and we continually aim to ensure that we achieve the highest standards appropriate to our business.
ANZ's 2007 Corporate Governance Report can be accessed below:
As a company listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), ANZ is required to disclose how it has applied the Recommendations contained within the ASX Corporate Governance Council's Principles of Good Corporate Governance and Best Practice Recommendations (ASX Governance Principles) during the financial year, explaining any departures from them. In August 2007, the ASX Corporate Governance Council issued a revised version of the ASX Governance Principles which will be effective in respect of ANZ's 2009 reporting period.
ANZ has complied with each of the Recommendations contained within the current ASX Governance Principles throughout the financial year, and also complies with each of the Recommendations contained within the revised ASX Governance Principles.
Full details of the location of the references in ANZ's 2007 Corporate Governance Report (and elsewhere in the Annual Report) which specifically set out how ANZ applies each Recommendation of both the current and revised ASX Governance Principles can be found in the documents below:
Copies/Summaries of some of ANZ's key documents related to Corporate Governance can be found on this webpage below:
ANZ's codes of conduct draw upon our company values to guide our everyday business practice and decision-making throughout the Group.
The Board is responsible to shareholders for the governance of the Group, and oversees its operations and financial performance.
The Charters below highlight the purpose, powers, and specific responsibilities of ANZ's Board and its Committees.
ANZ has a suite of company policies that support and promote honest and ethical behaviour at all levels of the organisation. Summaries of these policies are provided below:
- Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Compliance Statement (PDF, 40kb).
- ANZ Continuous Disclosure Policy (PDF, 32kb)
- ANZ Directors Disclosure of Interest Policy and Policy for Handling Conflicts of Interest (PDF, 24kb)
- ANZ Employee Indemnity Policy (PDF, 6kb)
- ANZ Equal Opportunity, Bullying & Unlawful Harassment Policy (PDF, 28.9kb)
- ANZ Health and Safety Policy (PDF, 52kb)
- ANZ Privacy Policy (PDF, 371kb)
- ANZ Relationship with External Auditor policy (PDF, 36kb)
- ANZ Securities Trading Policy (PDF, 32kb)
- ANZ Significant Accounting Policies (PDF, 1.09mb)
- ANZ Whistleblower Protection Policy (PDF, 38kb)
- Public policy advocacy and political donations policy (PDF, 24kb)
Other key corporate governance matters include:
ANZ is a member of the Code of Banking Practice, a voluntary code which sets standards of good banking practice.
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