Accounting for gender: analysis of Australian bank annual reporting on gender equity at home and in offshore Indonesian subsidiaries

This study explores how corporate communication supports or detracts from achieving gender equity. Focusing on two Australian banks, Australia and New Zealand Banking Group and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, as well as their offshore Indonesian subsidiaries, the study analyses the presence, extent and representation of gender equity disclosures over a decade of annual reporting and through a sample of other communication channels such as websites and sustainability reports. The study captures how these banks communicated gender equity as relevant to their operations, variations over time/ between countries, and highlights opportunities to further support gender equity through corporate communication.