Annual Report - AWB Limited

People and communityPeopleThe business continued to realign teams to meet new market imperatives in the grains industry in Australia, with a change in staffinglevels as we integrated National Pool and AWB International operations. The business also outsourced its payroll operations duringthe year.Safety, health and environment (SH&E) and compliance remain a key area of focus for the business. Manual handling, fatigue, livestockhandling on-farm and in saleyards remain our biggest activity risk factors. A new National SH&E manager was appointed to increasethe focus on employees behaving and operating safely in the workplace.Our development of people processes this year saw the introduction of an improved talent identification and development program,which feeds into business succession planning. Landmark also offered graduate programs - the cadetship program and the graduateagronomy program. The cadetship program offers broad exposure to all Landmark activities including wool, merchandise, financialservices, real estate, livestock and agronomy over a 12 month rotation. The graduate agronomy program focuses on agronomy andalso offers some exposure and understanding of other activities over a 12 month period.The business launched its business principles + ways of working, an updated version of the code of conduct. The updated versionincorporates our values more explicitly to provide a robust framework for how we do business and a clear link to specific group,country and business unit policies.These principles apply to each person who works for the AWB Group of companies, in each country where we conduct business.Each of us – as an employee, contractor, agent, representative or director of the AWB Group – is expected to conduct business in linewith our principles, values and all relevant laws and regulations.The business principles + ways of working explain in a practical way the basic principles that apply to all employees and talks aboutconsequences if employees choose to operate outside of our agreed framework. It provides an insight into an employee’s role andthe expectations for acting responsibly and ethically in the workplace.20 www.awb.com.au