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Sustainable communities

Sustainable and resilient communities

Our vision is to be Australia’s bank of choice. Our purpose is to feed into the prosperity of customers and communities, not off it. With more than 162 years’ experience in providing financial services, Bendigo and Adelaide Bank has remained true to its fundamental purpose of helping customers and communities succeed by securing prosperous futures. We therefore:

  • support long term strategies that aim to reduce our carbon and environmental footprint;
  • improve our resilience; and
  • better understand the dependencies we have on the natural environment.

We provide disclosure of our carbon emissions, and, we consider and improve the social and environmental and social outcomes of the business decisions we make. We're also:

  • developing and participating in initiatives that reduce our impact on the climate and wider environment;
  • educating and encouraging others to do the same; and
  • working to improve the systems we are part of.

While the Bank has no lending directly to fossil fuel or native forest logging projects, we continue to work to understand and reduce the emissions intensity of our asset portfolio by working with our business, farming and residential customers to cut their emission.

We know that climate change is already impacting and will continue to impact our customers, the communities in which they live, and the industries in which they earn a livelihood. We also know that some of our customers are leaders in renewable energy and climate resilience and we will work to learn from and enhance these efforts. We’ll therefore:

  • enhance our understanding of these impacts and risks; and
  • increase the support we provide to our customers and their communities to mitigate, adapt and respond to climate change.
As a corporation we have an obligation to the environment and society. But it’s more than that.

We are working hard towards creating a significant difference because we recognise the serious impact climate change is having on the world.

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Climate change

As a corporation we have an obligation to the environment and society. But it’s more than that. We are working hard towards creating a significant difference because we recognise the serious impact climate change is having on the world.

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Climate change policy statement

Bendigo and Adelaide Bank recognises climate change has far-reaching risks for the environment, the economy, society, our customers and their communities and we're committed to climate change action. 

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Our locations

Find out how we're making a positive difference to the environment with our award winning head office locations.

Bendigo and Adelaide Bank acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Peoples of this nation and the Traditional Custodians of the land where we live, learn and work. We pay our respects to Elders past and present as it is their knowledge and experience that holds the key to the success of future generations.

Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Limited, ABN 11 068 049 178 AFSL / Australian Credit Licence 237879. Any advice provided on this website is of a general nature only and does not take into account your personal needs, objectives and financial circumstances. You should consider whether it is appropriate for your situation. Information on this page can change without notice to you.
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