Sustainability news and ratings

Westpac reaches major milestone following financing of three solar farms in regional New South Wales. 

COP26 in Glasgow may not have delivered everything for everyone and there’s undoubtedly a lot to do, but there were positives, including around disclosure standards, and the path to net zero is getting clearer.

Getting Australia’s energy grid right for a cleaner energy future will take significant investment, and more local and international super and pension fund investors are taking notice.

Westpac is supporting a three-year impact campaign in association with ‘The Children in the Pictures’ documentary. 

We are pleased to announce the next 26 organisations to receive $9.2 million in funding over three years through our Safer Children, Safer Communities grants program.

This month Westpac Scholars Trust will celebrate its first 500 Westpac Scholars, recognising a number of everyday Australians leading innovation and social change across Australia.

After meeting randomly in Kenya, Australian couple Loretta and Daniel Bolotin have co-juggled the mammoth tasks of starting a family while realising their dream to create a food-sharing social enterprise.

Like many professionals, the thought of joining a board wasn’t top of mind for Julia Shtepa because she didn’t really know where to start – until she came across Westpac Foundation’s Board Observership Program.

In the 30 years since “reconciliation” between Indigenous Australians and the wider community was formally introduced, I’ve come to realise that despite good progress there are two key sticking points holding us back.