Throughout our 191 years, Westpac has been a part of the interplay between the financial, social and environmental factors that have driven Australia’s development and contributed to our ongoing prosperity.
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Involvement in the community and doing the right thing by the environment is embedded in the way we do business and in our culture.
People rightly see banks as a vital part of the fabric of society and have high expectations of them. They believe that banks can, and should, lead beyond their corporate walls when it comes to doing the right thing for communities and the environment. We agree, and we find that it makes good business sense to do so.
After all, successful and prosperous businesses cannot sustain if the communities in which they operate are not successful and prosperous. There is a mutual flow of benefits as we all have one thing in common: our desire that the next generation should live better than the last.
For us, our commitment to sustainability and to the community is simply a matter of enlightened self interest. But it is also gratifying to be recognised for our efforts. Recently, we received the initial Corporate Volunteering Award for Excellence, recognising our initiatives to support and encourage employee volunteering.
We trust that you find the information on our community and sustainability programs, detailed on these pages, of value in understanding the vital role banks play in society.