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Regular and ongoing dialogue with our Stakeholders helps us determine our priorities. Our formal stakeholder engagement framework includes interaction with a wide range of external and internal groups to help us stay on top of emerging trends and sensitive issues, and just some of the issues to which we are responding are detailed below. Read more about our approach to Stakeholder engagement and check our progress against the issues in our Stakeholder Impact Report.

Indigenous issues

Noel Pearson, Director, Cape York Institute for Policy and Leadership believes that while there is no lack of constructive engagement between corporate Australia and indigenous people, meaningful and mutual opportunities for the private sector also need to be explored. These could include time lent providing expertise, mentoring and advising indigenous people.

Climate Change

The challenge for financial institutions is to understand the impacts of emissions trading, says John Conner, CEO of The Climate Institute, as well as other physical repercussions, and start to make serious efforts to reflect this future in present day thinking and decisions.

As the uncertainty of climate change grows and the emotional, environmental and financial effects of the drought take hold, professional services, banks and those that shape government policy have a critical role to play in helping to maintain the fabric of our regional communities, according to Paul Fisher, Director, Boyce Chartered Accountants in Moree, NSW

Climate Change has quickly become one of the most significant issues on the agenda for many companies and organisations. Brian Scarsbrick, Chief Executive of Landcare Australia, believes that, despite the many challenges we face from global warming, the opportunities are just as compelling.

Workplace flexibility

The capacity of an organisation to find the sweet spot between business requirements and flexibility to employees is becoming more critical as the race for skilled labour intensifies, says Leon Carter, National Secretary of the Finance Sector Union


Responsible banking

Consumers, banks and debt have an uneasy relationship. Peter Kell, Chief Executive of the Australian Consumers' Association talks us through the current realities – and what it means to be a responsible bank.