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ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, GOVERNANCE

Automic's ESG Strategy

A Platform for Impact  

With our role across Australia’s financial and capital markets, we embrace the privilege and responsibility to demonstrate sustainability leadership and where possible, support companies and funds in the shift to a more sustainable world. 

How we manage our impact

Every business makes an impact, negative or positive, on its ecosystem of stakeholders.
At Automic Group, we look to minimise our negative impacts, reinforce and enhance our positive impacts by incorporating ESG considerations into our operations and decision-making. 

Environmental Stewardship
Community Impact
Secure Technology
Responsible Business

How we help our clients

With three powerful driving forces behind ESG, the Automic ESG team partner and work collaboratively with clients to meet investor, regulators, and customers' expectations.
Our bespoke offerings ensure that our clients’ ESG goals are well-aligned with their corporate targets. 

ESG Advisory
Sustainability Reporting
Climate Services

Our influence across the sectors of the Australian economy 

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Materiality Assessment

Understanding where we need to manage our impacts and risks to improve our own sustainability performance
Environmental
Social
Governance
  • Climate and emissions
  • Waste Management

  • Community giving
  • Diversity, equality, inclusivity
  • Talent attraction, retention, and development
  • Client satisfaction
  • Ethical business
  • Data security and privacy
Environmental Stewardship
Community Impact
Secure Technology
Responsible Business

Our commitment

We take responsibility for our environmental impacts through understanding and minimising them.

Our commitment

We will be a great place to work, celebrate the value of diversity, develop careers and contribute to our communities in which we operate.

Our commitment

We ensure cyber security and data privacy remains paramount and is a guiding focus in everything we do. 

Our commitment

We will work ethically, transparently and in the best interests of our stakeholders always. 

Automic's ESG Strategy

Purpose

At Automic, we make it easier for our clients to do business.

Vision

We act responsibly, to empower our clients’ sustainability, through great people and technology.

Pillars

Environmental Stewardship
Community Impact
Secure Technology
Responsible Business

Our Commitment

We take responsibility for our environmental impacts through understanding and minimising them.

We will be a great place to work, celebrate the value of diversity, develop careers and contribute to our communities in which we operate.

We ensure cyber security and data privacy remains paramount and is a guiding focus in everything we do. 

We will work ethically, transparently and in the best interests of our stakeholders always. 

Our Offering

Our Automic ESG team leading change from within and partnering with clients to support them in their ESG endeavours.

ESG Advisory

Sustainability Reporting

Climate Services

Enablers

Engaged Automic team | Leadership commitment

Our Alignment to the UN SDGs

Our contributions to the UN SDGs that serves as a global blueprint to guide us towards a peaceful and prosperous planet for all to live in
Environmental Stewardship
Community Impact
Secure Technology
Responsible Business

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SDG 5 & 10: Gender Equality & Reduced Inequalities

Automic believes deeply in the value of diversity, equity and inclusion. We also recognise the sustained focus it entails. Through investing in female employees and fostering a diverse recruitment process, we continue to improve the diversity of our own workforce and aim to demonstrate leadership in the Australian business community.


SDG 9: Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure

Automic’s modern purpose-built tech combined with its dynamic and experienced team is redefining the standards for our clients. Continued investment in our leading technology and value-added professional services  supports an efficient and sustainable economy.


SDG 8: Decent Work & Economic Growth

Automic is proud to have achieved a 39% growth in headcount since CY23. As a growth focused business, this symbolises our dedication to providing meaningful work for our growing workforce and contributing to Australia’s prosperity. 

SDG 11 & 13: Climate Action & Sustainable Communities

Automic’s climate action includes staff education, collaboration with partners, and reducing our own operational emissions and environmental impact. Our journey towards Climate Active certification reflects our determination to create a greener, brighter future.

Environmental Stewardship

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Our commitment

We take responsibility for our environmental impacts through understanding and minimising them.
Our Achievements
Carbon Neutral for Scope 1 & 2 emissions for Sydney and Melbourne offices
Engaged our major suppliers on ESG efforts to manage Automic’s impact beyond our four walls
Introduced waste management process for eligible beverage containers
Finalised our e-waste policy

 

Our Actions
01
Achieve Carbon Neutral status through Climate Active Certification
02
Empower Automic employees to minimise their workplace environmental impacts through knowledge  
03
Integrate environmental screening questions in supplier due diligence process
04
Set waste reduction and recycling  targets 

 

Community Impact

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Our commitment

We will be a great place to work, celebrate the value of diversity, develop careers and contribute to our communities in which we operate.
Our Achievements
Great Place to Work Certification (Sept ‘23)
Continuous support for ReachOut (raised $2,927 in CY23), The Smith Family (donated $10,280 in CY23) and Take 3 for the Sea (donated $5,000)
eNPS score for Employee Engagement Survey of +35 (Jan ‘24) from +38 (Jul ‘23) 
Expanded staff benefits through introduction of Flare
42% of our managers identify as female 
Achieved 30% internal promotion/horizontal transfer
94% of our employees believe that Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are valued at Automic (Jul ‘23)
Increased paid parental leave from 12 weeks (from 8 weeks) for primary carer and 2 weeks (from 1 week) paid for secondary carer

 

Our Actions
01
Submit culture audit for Best Workplaces List - Great Place to Work (May ‘24)
02
Improve staff accessibility for participation of all community initiatives (e.g. Laps for Life, Take 3 for the Sea) to increase uptake. 
03
Explore the feasibility of Work from anywhere week
04
Conduct 2 skill-based networking sessions/mentoring programs
05
Improve gender diversity in our leadership team from 42% to 45% female 
06
Introduce initiatives to encourage pre-tax workplace giving to Automic approved charities 
07
Ensure our recruitment process drives gender equality and diversity at all levels of the organisation
08
Increase knowledge of Automic team through education sessions (i.e., GPTW sessions, FYM, etc)

 

Secure Technology

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Our commitment

We ensure cyber security and data privacy remains paramount and is a guiding focus in everything we do. 
Our Achievements
Onboarded a dedicated in-house penetration tester to ensure the highest levels of cybersecurity
Deployed Netskope and Cloud Access Security Broker solutions that strengthen data loss prevention tactics and provide advanced security for cloud applications
Completed 12 phishing simulation tests 
Conducted 1 external penetration and external social engineering tests
Implemented Mimecast that enhanced email security and filtering
Continued to enhance and improve secure software development practices

 

Our Actions
01
Maintain continuous strengthening of cyber security systems through system upgrades and external penetrations
02
Invest in comprehensive staff education programs to educate on the responsible use of AI and equip our employees with relevant skills to leverage AI
03
Further strengthen our disaster recovery practices by adding a real-time read-replica of our registry database
04 Increase the number of Availability Zones from 3 to 6 by adding the Melbourne region to our infrastructure

 

Responsible Business

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Our commitment

We will work ethically, transparently and in the best interests of our stakeholders always. 
Our Achievements
Introduced mandatory compliance online training modules and achieved 100% completion rate for all eligible employees
Achieved ISO27001 certification for Automic’s technology platform
Achieved ISO9001 certification for Automic’s Registry platform
Established 3 lines of defence in risk governance model
Completed privacy data mapping exercise and published revised Privacy Policy
Achieved +50 NPS score 

 

Our Actions
01
Maintain annual ISO27001 and ISO9001 certifications for technology and registry, respectively
02
Extend ISO27001 certification to Automic Registry and Professional Services
03
Publish Automic’s Modern Slavery Statement
04 Produce Automic’s Risk Appetite Statement
05 Publish Automic Human Rights Policy 
06 Achieve ISO37301 certification for Automic’s compliance management system 
07 Expand Automic’s AFSL licence to support expansion in ESP services
08 Promote a robust ‘Speak Up’ culture at Automic by educating employees about the Whistleblower Policy 

 

Download Automic’s ESG Strategy

ESG Performance Data

Pillar 
Material Topic
Metric
CY23 Data
Environmental Stewardship
Climate and Emissions
Scope 1 Emissions (tCO2-e)
0.16
Scope 2 Emissions (tCO2-e)
In progress
Scope 3 emissions (tCO2-e)
In progress
Waste management
Waste diverted away from landfill (%)*
48%
Community Impact
Diversity, equality, and inclusivity
Women in workforce (%)
48%
Women in senior leadership positions (%)
39%
Talent attraction, retention, and development
eNPS score (Jan’24)
+35
Employees promoted (%)
19%
Attrition rate (%)
29%
Community giving
Total amount donated to/raised for community initiatives (AUD)^
  • Donated $15,280 to The Smith Family and Take 3 for the Sea
  • Raised $2,927 for ReachOut
Participation rate for Take 3 for the Sea (%)
24%
Security Technology
Data privacy and security
Number of cyber security tests conducted
  • External penetration – 1 test
  • External social engineering – 1 test
  • Phishing simulation – 12 tests
Number of impersonation attempts blocked
2,500
Number of application disaster discovery tests and exercises conducted
12
Number of cyber security breaches recorded
0
Responsible Business
Client satisfaction
Client NPS score
+50
Ethical business
Employees trained on Code of Conduct and Cybersecurity Awareness (%)#
100%
Modern Slavery Statement published
To be published by 30th June 2024
ISO certification compliance:
  • ISO27001
  • ISO9001
  • ISO37301
Achieved
*Note that data here reflects the Sydney head-office only due to data availability from the Melbourne and Perth offices.
^Community initiatives that Automic Group donated to are ReachOut, Take 3 for the Sea, and The Smith Family.
#Employees refer to eligible employees which excludes employees on maternity leave and on casual contracts.