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Our commitment

We want our people to feel respected, safe and included at work and our Gender Equality Action Plan outlines our commitment through:

  • Challenging gender stereotypes to promote equality. For example, our Parental Leave Policy is inclusive of all genders and we encourage gender neutral parental care, men’s participation in caring, and recognise a broad definition of families.
  • Strengthening positive and equal relationships through our Next Chapter Program, supporting employees and customers affected by domestic and family violence and financial abuse.
  • Championing equal opportunities at work by educating our leaders about equitable decision-making, pay equity analysis, and monitoring gender equality in leadership.
  • Listening to our people to understand their experiences through regular listen and learn sessions, and by analysing data from our Your Voice engagement survey.
  • Gender equality in governing bodies with the CommBank Board and other boards to achieve 40% female membership, 40% male membership, and 20% of any gender that holds the relevant skills and experience.

 

Our commitment

We want our people to feel respected, safe and included at work and our Gender Equality Action Plan outlines our commitment through:

  • Challenging gender stereotypes to promote equality. For example, our Parental Leave Policy is inclusive of all genders and we encourage gender neutral parental care, men’s participation in caring, and recognise a broad definition of families.
  • Strengthening positive and equal relationships through our Next Chapter Program, supporting employees and customers affected by domestic and family violence and financial abuse.
  • Championing equal opportunities at work by educating our leaders about equitable decision-making, pay equity analysis, and monitoring gender equality in leadership.
  • Listening to our people to understand their experiences through regular listen and learn sessions, and by analysing data from our Your Voice engagement survey.
  • Gender equality in governing bodies with the CommBank Board and other boards to achieve 40% female membership, 40% male membership, and 20% of any gender that holds the relevant skills and experience.

 

We can. Together.

  • Having achieved our 2020 goals, we now aspire for Executive Manager roles and above to reflect the Australian working population. We have set a goal of achieving 47%-50% gender equality in Executive Manager and above roles by 2025 – a goal that is inclusive of people who do not identify with a binary gender (male or female).

Key Representation Stats

  • Employees who accessed parental leave: Females 1345; Males 978
  • Women in workforce: 54.4%
  • Female graduate hires: 40%
  • Women in EM+ roles: 44% 
  • CEO Executive Committee: Female 41.7%; Male 58.3%

These statistics are for FY 2023.

Employee-led diversity networks

Our six employee-led diversity networks play a vital role in creating an inclusive culture. They do this by:

  • Elevating the voices of our people to ensure their experience at work is heard
  • Promoting respect and inclusion on days of significance
  • Supporting the Group Inclusion and Diversity strategy and action plans, which includes partnering with community organisations and academic experts to inform our approach.

Yana Budjari: Our network supporting our commitment to the Reconciliation Action Plan

WeCan: Changing the conversation about gender equality because it benefits everyone

AdvantAge: Life-stage and age inclusion

ENABLE: Accessibility and inclusion

Mosaic: Cultural diversity and inclusion

Unity: LGBTI inclusion (sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression)

Learn more about

    • Women In Focus – We empower women-led businesses with access to the resources, skills and supporters you need for success.
    • Next Chapter – Our commitment to support people in Australia affected by financial abuse to begin their next chapter and achieve long-term financial independence.

Awards & recognition

2023 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index logo

We are proud to be included in the global 2023 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index (GEI) for the fifth consecutive year, which recognises our commitment to transparency in gender reporting. The GEI is our primary gender equality benchmarking source to measure our performance against global best practice in five areas: leadership and talent pipeline, equal pay and gender pay parity, inclusive culture, anti-sexual harassment policies, and external brand.

Family Inclusive Workplace certified

As one of the first organisations to be certified as a Family Friendly Workplace, we are proud to be recognised for the depth and breadth of support options we provide for families and carers. This includes a diversity of leave options, such as Sorry Business Leave; workplace support for domestic and family violence; resources for LGBTI families; aged caring support; wellbeing guides for new and single parents; and guides to assist with navigating miscarriage, stillbirth and infant loss.

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