Heartland is dedicated to sustainable practices which minimise its environmental impact, positively contribute to its communities and enhance the lives of its people and customers. Heartland’s sustainability strategy is built on three key pillars:
1. Social equity
2. Environmental conservation
3. Economic prosperity.
Download Heartland's 2021 sustainability update, or continue on to learn more about some of the organisation’s main achievements in the sustainability space.
Caring for Heartland’s people, customers and community
The Manawa Ako internship programme has completed its fifth intake, virtually this year due to COVID-19. Manawa Ako was established in 2017 through Heartland’s partnership with the InZone Education Foundation and is designed to provide opportunities for the next generation of Māori and Pasifika to experience working in the financial sector and a corporate environment.
Heartland supports its new and future leaders through leadership programmes dedicated to new people leaders, networks to support women as they grow in their careers, emerging Māori leaders, and aspiring leaders under 35.
Heartland has various committees to enable its people to contribute to its inclusive culture.
We are dedicated to creating a workplace that is welcoming and inclusive for all people, including becoming New Zealand’s first Hearing Accredited Workplace in 2020, and becoming Rainbow Tick Accredited in 2021.
Heartland has an equitable recruitment strategy, recruitment policy and practices to ensure an equitable hiring process, including training for hiring managers and people leaders on unconscious bias, among other topics.
Heartland’s commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion extends to ensuring we are providing fair pay to our people. In New Zealand, some of the ways we do this is by being a Living Wage Accredited Employer, and through our participation in Mind the Gap pay gap reporting.
Current pay gaps are as at 31 January 2022 and will be reported on an annual basis in our Annual Report. Heartland’s pay gap reporting includes pay for all New Zealand employees, including base pay and discretionary payments.
Acting as kaitiaki of the natural environment
Heartland is dedicated to reducing our direct impact on the environment, creating business practices that support good environmental outcomes, and creating an internal culture of environmental awareness and conscientiousness.
As a member of the Climate Leaders Coalition, Heartland is measuring and publishing its GHG emissions and has set a reduction target of 35% over the next five years.
Mandatory GHG emissions reported for FY2020 were 955 tCO2e. This is an absolute reduction of 17% from the 1,157 tCO2e reported for FY2019, plus a significant reduction per business unit once the growth in the overall business is considered.
The reduction can be attributed to both the initial activities in our emissions reduction plan, as well as the inadvertent reduction in our travel emissions due to COVID-19.
Read more about our GHG reduction progress in the articles below
Heartland’s vehicle fleet is the single biggest contributor towards its overall GHG emissions. In FY2022, it began the phasing out of its petrol- and diesel-engine fleet, beginning with the replacement of all internal 4WD vehicles (equating 23% of the total fleet) with hybrid alternatives.
The first of the new hybrids were delivered in January and February 2022, with the remainder expected to arrive by June 2022.
The 4WD vehicles being replaced are the highest polluters in Heartland’s current fleet. The remaining 77% of the vehicles (2WD petrol cars) will be considered for replacement with hybrid and electric vehicles in the second half of 2022.
Other achievements in environmental conversation are listed below.
In FY2021, Heartland contracted for certified renewable energy for all New Zealand electricity consumption
The Heartland Green Team was established in 2020, consisting of Heartland employees who are keen to spearhead sustainability initiatives, both internally within the company and externally to suppliers and customers.
Through digitalising the signing of documents by customers, Heartland has made the following potential impact:
o 328,004 sheets of paper saved
o 39 trees protected
o 132,854 L of water conserved
o 13,390 kg of CO2 emissions averted
o 878 kg of waste avoided
Creating sustainable economic outcomes for our stakeholders
Heartland recognises the importance of positive contributing to the New Zealand and Australian economies, enhancing economic outcomes for customers through digitalisation, and creating sustainable economic value for shareholders.
In FY2021, digitalisation was a significant focus for Heartland, most notably:
Total shareholder return (TSR) was 128.9% over the last five years (17 February 2017 – 17 February 2022) compared with the NZX50 Index TSR of 80.7% in the same period. In FY2022, Heartland declared an interim dividend of 5.5 cps (1.5 cps up on the first half of FY2021), despite the economic challenges presented by COVID-19, including the RBNZ restrictions on dividends by banks.
Maximum loan-to-value ratios (LVR) were increased on Heartland’s New Zealand and Australian Reverse Mortgage products – the first time LVR limits have increased since 2004, providing customers with increased opportunity to live a more comfortable retirement.
Other achievements and initiatives in economic prosperity are listed below.
Posted 16th March 2022
Heartland is pleased to announce that it is phasing out its petrol- and diesel-engine fleet, beginning with the replacement of all internal 4WD vehicles (equating 23% of the total fleet) with hybrid alternatives. This comes off the back of the 7% reduction in overall fleet size that Heartland achieved in FY2021.
Posted 05th October 2021
Heartland’s mandatory GHG emissions reported for FY2020 were 955 tCO2e – this is an absolute reduction of 17% from the 1,157 tCO2e reported for FY2019.
Posted 28th September 2021
As part of the FY2021 Annual Report, Heartland has shared some goals and updates around sustainability, including the organisation's latest GHG emissions reduction figures.
Posted 13th July 2021
Heartland has partnered with Auto Distributors NZ Limited (ADNZ), the importers and distributors of Peugeot and Citroen vehicles in New Zealand, to launch iOWN, which aims to make owning EVs easier than ever before.
Posted 31st March 2021
Heartland is pleased to announce its Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions reduction targets – an important milestone towards the sustainability goals published in its FY2020 Annual Report.
Posted 26th February 2021
Heartland is committed to supporting social equity initiatives at all levels of the organisation to foster diversity, including our work towards gender balance and inclusivity.
Posted 02nd February 2021
Heartland is pleased to announce that eight new members have been accepted to its Rangatahi (Youth) Advisory Board, bringing the board to 16 members.
Posted 03rd December 2020
To help us reach our sustainability goals, we’ve established a Green Team made up of Heartland employees who are passionate about the environment.
Posted 15th September 2020
Heartland believes it’s important to acknowledge Māori culture within the workplace. We recognise that when we get it right for Māori, we build a foundation to improve the social equity of our workplace.
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