Inclusion and diversity is integral to our culture, our values and the way we do business.
Understanding and responding to the needs of our customers is best accomplished when our people and leaders reflect the diversity of our customers and their diverse views are encouraged and valued.
Our Global Diversity and Inclusion strategy aims to foster an inclusive culture where our people have a sense of connection and belonging. It has three key pillars:
Our targets support our strategy and aim to advance gender and cultural representation across leadership roles, indigenous employment parity and accessibility and inclusion for people with a disability. Our targets may be reviewed and changed from time to time. Our current targets are as follows:
As part of our commitment to transparency and disclosure around our Inclusion and Diversity activities, we report our progress against our key goals, initiatives and measures, including targets for the previous financial year in our annual report.
2019 Financial Year: Key Diversity Metrics
As at 30 June 2019:
Refer to our 2019 CBA Annual Report for more information on our progress and diversity metrics.
1 As self-nominated in the Group’s annual people and culture survey
We are proud to be included in the global 2019 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index which recognises our commitment to transparency in gender reporting and advancing women’s equality for our people, our customers and communities.
Gender equality - We are compliant with the Australian Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012 for all of our relevant reporting entities, being: Commonwealth Bank of Australia, AHL Investments Pty Ltd, BWA Group Services Pty Ltd, Colonial Services Pty Ltd, Commonwealth Securities Limited and Commonwealth Insurance Limited.