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REFLECT RECONCILIATION ACTION PLAN


<strong>Reflect</strong> <strong>Reconciliation</strong> <strong>Action</strong> Plan March 2022 – March 2023<br />

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CONTENTS<br />

01 Acknowledgement of Country 03<br />

02 CEO statement 04<br />

03 <strong>Reconciliation</strong> Australia welcome 05<br />

04 Our business 06<br />

05 The story behind our artwork 07<br />

06 Our RAP 09<br />

07 Why now ? 11<br />

08 Partnerships & current activities 14<br />

09 Governance 16<br />

10 Supporting the Indigenous Carbon Industry Network 17<br />

11 Our priority areas 18


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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT<br />

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF<br />

COUNTRY<br />

<strong>JCDecaux</strong> Australia acknowledges the 60,000 year-long connection<br />

between First Nations Peoples and the continent now known as Australia.<br />

In this acknowledgement we also pay our respects to all Traditional Owners<br />

and Elders past, present, and emerging.<br />

We thank them for their care and custodianship over land, sea, and<br />

community and acknowledge the rich growth and innovation that their<br />

ancestral cultural knowledge has provided for this country.<br />

<strong>JCDecaux</strong> is honoured to operate on traditional Aboriginal<br />

and Torres Strait Islander lands across Australia and we are proud to be<br />

embarking on our reconciliation journey.<br />

Every day, no matter where we work, live, or play,<br />

we at <strong>JCDecaux</strong> remember:<br />

Always was, always will be, Aboriginal land.<br />

Uluru ( Ayers Rock) Australia


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MESSAGE FROM CEO<br />

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CEO STATEMENT<br />

I am proud to present <strong>JCDecaux</strong> Australia’s first ever<br />

<strong>Reconciliation</strong> <strong>Action</strong> Plan (RAP). Our organisation has<br />

already made great headway with initiatives in 2021<br />

prior to us formalising and lodging this RAP. I look forward<br />

to continuing our journey in contributing to reconciliation<br />

in Australia in 2022 and beyond and delivering on the<br />

initiatives set out in this plan.<br />

Our first RAP is a <strong>Reflect</strong> RAP which sets out the<br />

deliverables our RAP committee feels we, as a business,<br />

can successfully accomplish as we commence our journey<br />

and duty to support reconciliation efforts. One of the<br />

keys to success of our RAP journey is to develop and<br />

promote cultural understanding and awareness within our<br />

organisation. Not only do we want to grow understanding<br />

and awareness internally, but we also want to work with<br />

At <strong>JCDecaux</strong> our purpose is to connect brands with<br />

communities, enriching urban life and we acknowledge<br />

our work is on lands that Australia’s First Nations people<br />

have been living on for millennia. With that comes the<br />

responsibility to ensure we are committed to reconciliation<br />

in Australia, as a leader in the media industry and our<br />

sphere of influence with all the communities we serve<br />

our partners in the media industry to uplift knowledge<br />

and practices to take a step in the right direction towards<br />

meaningful reconciliation. The publication of this RAP<br />

makes <strong>JCDecaux</strong> the first Out-Of-Home media company in<br />

Australia to make this commitment. We look forward<br />

to our RAP journey and working with our people, our<br />

industry and First Nations organisations.<br />

including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.<br />

We employ around 500 people across Australia in offices,<br />

warehouses, and depots with employees from all walks of<br />

life, who we want to feel included and supported in their<br />

employment with us. Having an inclusive workforce is a<br />

priority for <strong>JCDecaux</strong> and by taking our first steps into our<br />

RAP journey, we have the foundation for our vision of our<br />

Steve O’Connor<br />

Chief Executive Officer<br />

<strong>JCDecaux</strong> Australia and New Zealand<br />

long-term commitment to diversity and inclusion.


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RECONCILIATION<br />

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WELCOME<br />

<strong>Reconciliation</strong> Australia welcomes <strong>JCDecaux</strong> to the <strong>Reconciliation</strong><br />

<strong>Action</strong> Plan (RAP) program with the formal endorsement of its<br />

equality and equity; institutional integrity; unity; and<br />

historical acceptance.<br />

inaugural <strong>Reflect</strong> RAP.<br />

It is critical to not only uphold all five dimensions of reconciliation,<br />

<strong>JCDecaux</strong> joins a network of more than 1,100 corporate, government<br />

and not-for-profit organisations that have made a formal<br />

commitment to reconciliation through the RAP program.<br />

but also increase awareness of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander<br />

cultures, histories, knowledge, and leadership across all sectors of<br />

Australian society. This <strong>Reflect</strong> RAP enables <strong>JCDecaux</strong> to deepen its<br />

understanding of its sphere of influence and the unique contribution<br />

Since 2006, RAPs have provided a framework for organisations to<br />

leverage their structures and diverse spheres of influence to support<br />

the national reconciliation movement. The program’s potential for<br />

impact is greater than ever, with close to 3 million people now working<br />

it can make to lead progress across the five dimensions. Getting<br />

these first steps right will ensure the sustainability of future RAPs<br />

and reconciliation initiatives, and provide meaningful impact toward<br />

Australia’s reconciliation journey.<br />

or studying in an organisation with a RAP.<br />

Congratulations <strong>JCDecaux</strong>, welcome to the RAP program, and I look<br />

The four RAP types – <strong>Reflect</strong>, Innovate, Stretch and Elevate – allow<br />

forward to following your reconciliation journey in the years to come.<br />

RAP partners to continuously develop and strengthen reconciliation<br />

commitments in new ways. This <strong>Reflect</strong> RAP will lay the foundations,<br />

priming the workplace for future RAPs and reconciliation initiatives.<br />

Karen Mundine<br />

Chief Executive Officer<br />

The RAP program’s strength is its framework of relationships, respect<br />

<strong>Reconciliation</strong> Australia<br />

and opportunities, allowing an organisation to strategically set its<br />

reconciliation commitments in line with its own business objectives,<br />

for the most effective outcomes. These outcomes contribute towards<br />

the five dimensions of reconciliation: race relations;


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ABOUT US<br />

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OUR BUSINESS<br />

<strong>JCDecaux</strong> Australia and New Zealand is part of the<br />

global <strong>JCDecaux</strong> network across more than<br />

80 countries and 3,891 cities around the world.<br />

billboards, street furniture such as bus shelters<br />

and Telstra phone networks, across airports and<br />

train stations, and through our transit network<br />

across buses and trams. The one-to-many<br />

At <strong>JCDecaux</strong> we work in many ways across<br />

Australia. From the locations of our offices in five<br />

major cities in five states, to our signs, screens<br />

medium offers scale, impact, reach, immediacy<br />

and flexibility. It has unrivalled ability to build<br />

brands, deliver mass reach and drive awareness.<br />

and street furniture across urban locations<br />

throughout Australia. Our purpose is to connect<br />

brands with communities, enriching urban life.<br />

Our vision is to be the unrivalled Out-of-Home<br />

leader in Australia and New Zealand, delivering<br />

exceptional experiences for brands, partners and<br />

people.<br />

With over 500 employees across Australia and<br />

New Zealand, <strong>JCDecaux</strong>’s people are its greatest<br />

asset and are at the heart of our business. Our<br />

culture is creative, collaborative, and is built<br />

on strong leadership, respect and excellence.<br />

<strong>JCDecaux</strong> is aware that there are several Aboriginal<br />

and/or Torres Strait Islander employees in a range<br />

We exist to connect people to brands in<br />

meaningful ways and create engaging, relevant<br />

and meaningful experiences wherever we are.<br />

Out-of-Home media is the world’s oldest form of<br />

advertising and includes visual advertising media<br />

found outside of the home. <strong>JCDecaux</strong> owns an<br />

of roles and capacities, but do not know the exact<br />

figure. As such, we have implemented a voluntary<br />

process to record staff who identify as Aboriginal<br />

and Torres Strait Islander people so we can better<br />

understand and grow First Nations representation<br />

across the organisation.<br />

extensive network of advertising across


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ARTIST – BROOKE SUTTON<br />

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THE STORY BEHIND OUR ARTWORK<br />

My name is Brooke Sutton and I am a contemporary<br />

Indigenous artist from the Kalkadoon people from the<br />

Mount Isa area in Queensland. This is my interpretation<br />

vision – to be the unrivalled Out-Of-Home leader in<br />

Australia and New Zealand, delivering exceptional<br />

experiences for brands, partners and our people.<br />

of <strong>JCDecaux</strong>’s story.<br />

The six brown and white dotted circles along the top<br />

In my painting the mountains, leaves, waterholes and<br />

different flowers all represent the different locations and<br />

landscapes around Australia that <strong>JCDecaux</strong> is situated.<br />

right corner of the painting represents the company’s six<br />

attributes, which are connecting brands, experiences and<br />

people, quality and aspirational brand, committed and<br />

passionate team, global innovation and creativity, smart<br />

The large community symbol on the left side of the<br />

painting represents <strong>JCDecaux</strong> today in Australia.<br />

The smaller community symbol in the top right corner<br />

of the painting represents <strong>JCDecaux</strong>’s start in 1964.<br />

data, designs and locations. The three small black and<br />

purple circles and spirit trails connecting them to<br />

the larger community symbol represents <strong>JCDecaux</strong>’s<br />

brand pillars.<br />

The pattern in the centre of the larger community symbol<br />

represents <strong>JCDecaux</strong>’s essence. The three rings that make<br />

up the larger community symbol represent the company’s<br />

three responsibilities – health and safety, sustainability<br />

and social impact.<br />

The four pink, purple, blue and aqua community symbols<br />

represent the brand’s values, which are better together,<br />

bravery counts, take ownership and excellence always.<br />

The five smaller, aqua dotted circles represent the brand’s<br />

personality traits, which are real, intelligent, ambitious,<br />

The different colours beginning from the larger community<br />

collaborative and passionate.<br />

symbol and spreading outwards represents <strong>JCDecaux</strong>’s


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The furniture and transport symbols in the peach circles represent<br />

<strong>JCDecaux</strong>’s status as world number one in street furniture and<br />

transport. The large blue border around the outside of the painting<br />

and the smaller orange rectangle around the furniture and<br />

transport symbols represent <strong>JCDecaux</strong> being the number one in<br />

Australia for large format.<br />

The kangaroo and emu footprints represent the brand’s purpose –<br />

to connect brands with communities, enriching urban life-and how<br />

<strong>JCDecaux</strong> is always moving forwards and never backwards.<br />

The spirit trails throughout the painting represents the brand’s<br />

“value of results, not the illusion of value” and the belief that<br />

“change is inevitable. Change is good.”<br />

The footprints around the outside of the painting represent<br />

<strong>JCDecaux</strong>’s journey from 1964 to the present day. The white dots<br />

behind the footprints represent all the people, brands and cities<br />

that they have worked with and reached over the years and the<br />

boomerang represents the brand’s returning customers. The U<br />

symbols all throughout the painting represent the staff across<br />

Australia and New Zealand.<br />

Brooke Sutton


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RAP WORKING GROUP<br />

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OUR RAP<br />

As part of the largest global Out-Of-Home media<br />

advertising company in the world, <strong>JCDecaux</strong> believes<br />

it has an opportunity to cause significant impact in its<br />

sector by undertaking a RAP. <strong>JCDecaux</strong> is committed to<br />

supporting national reconciliation efforts by developing<br />

targeted initiatives that advance reconciliation for this<br />

country’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples,<br />

communities and businesses. We believe that driving an<br />

understanding and greater awareness of First Nations<br />

histories and perspectives across Australia through our<br />

work is fundamental in reconciling Australia’s past to the<br />

betterment of its future.<br />

<strong>JCDecaux</strong> operates on diverse Aboriginal and Torres Strait<br />

Islander lands across this country. As such, it is important<br />

for us to acknowledge and understand that the nature<br />

of our business directly benefits from lands not ceded by<br />

Australia’s First Peoples. Through the process of learning<br />

and understanding First Nations cultures, we aim to<br />

use our highly visible platforms to spread awareness of


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Country and First Peoples in manners that are expressed<br />

respectfully and afford economic benefits to First<br />

Nations Peoples and business.<br />

Implementation of <strong>JCDecaux</strong>’s RAP will rely on robust<br />

leadership and direction from our RAP Working Group<br />

(RWG). Our RWG enjoys diverse representation, and we<br />

will leverage partnerships and relationships across the<br />

organisation to ensure that the responsibility of<br />

delivering RAP outcomes is shared by all employees.<br />

While members of our RWG will be the leaders and<br />

champions of reconciliation across the broader business,<br />

we know that the success of our RAP will depend on the<br />

whole of the organisation getting on board and driving<br />

reconciliation efforts. Committing to this RAP aligns<br />

with the personal values of <strong>JCDecaux</strong>’s employees and we<br />

are confident that we have the right people and culture<br />

to achieve meaningful and impactful outcomes on our<br />

reconciliation journey.<br />

Our organisation is not naïve about the challenges<br />

and complexities we will face along our reconciliation<br />

journey, but we are proud to report several initiatives<br />

and strategies currently underway across our business in<br />

advancing reconciliation.<br />

Steve O’Connor Tess Phillips Katie Morgan<br />

RAP Working Group Committee Members<br />

Champion: Steve O’Connor, CEO<br />

Chair: Tess Phillips, Executive General Manager<br />

Government Relations & Public Affairs and Katie<br />

Morgan, Director of Communications<br />

Working Group Members: Marvin Bayley – Assets<br />

Executive; Paulina Bolaira – Graphic Designer; Victoria<br />

Dalzell – National Airport Sales Manager; Harrison<br />

Geier – Commercial Manager; Brad Lindsay –<br />

General Manager Smart Phone Network; Cordelia<br />

Maxwell-Williams – Development Executive; Katie<br />

Morgan – Director of Communications; Marie Norman<br />

– Head of Product and Brand Marketing; Steve<br />

O’Connor – CEO; Christopher Riley – Maintenance<br />

Supervisor; Rhiannon Van Zyl – Strategic Insights<br />

Manager; and Jessica Wong – Senior HR Generalist.<br />

As an organisation, we<br />

constantly strive to connect<br />

with communities to<br />

enrich urban life. There is<br />

a strong alignment in the<br />

work that we do and our<br />

ambition in acknowledging<br />

First Nations cultures as<br />

integral to urban life. We<br />

aspire to celebrate First<br />

Nations cultures across our<br />

organisation because we<br />

believe it benefits not just<br />

Australia’s First Peoples,<br />

but all Australians.”<br />

JCDECAUX AUSTRALIA


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OUR COMMITMENT TO RECONCILIATION<br />

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WHY NOW?<br />

2020 was an unforgettable chapter in modern history.<br />

The COVID-19 pandemic, global Black Lives Matter<br />

movement, and continued struggle for diversity,<br />

inclusion, and representation both isolated and separated<br />

the world. While the widespread impacts from loss, fear,<br />

and global unrest are yet to be fully realised, recent times<br />

also presented the opportunity to explore and challenge<br />

how we connect with our family, friends, communities, as<br />

well as the wider world around us.<br />

As a significant global business with a 20-plus year<br />

As an organisation, <strong>JCDecaux</strong> strives to connect with<br />

communities to enrich urban life and in the wake of all<br />

the noise around us, it is becoming increasingly clear that<br />

we cannot deliver on our purpose without acknowledging<br />

and celebrating the strength, diversity, and value that<br />

First Nations cultures offer modern Australia.<br />

history in this country, we have a responsibility to<br />

play our part in acknowledging, celebrating, and<br />

respecting First Nations cultures and lands. We<br />

have a long way to go but it’s very exciting to know<br />

that we are making progress.”


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To confirm our commitment to reconciliation, we first<br />

needed to assess that our organisation was ready to<br />

take on this challenge. We understand that <strong>JCDecaux</strong>’s<br />

• Over 90% of employees surveyed expressed<br />

an interest in undertaking cultural awareness<br />

training.<br />

reconciliation journey is only going to be as successful as<br />

the internal drive of those championing and delivering our<br />

commitments. During National <strong>Reconciliation</strong> Week 2021,<br />

<strong>JCDecaux</strong> Australia ran a National <strong>Reconciliation</strong> Week<br />

Survey to assess:<br />

• The current level of cultural awareness, knowledge,<br />

and education held by <strong>JCDecaux</strong> Australia employees<br />

regarding First Nations histories, cultures, and initiatives,<br />

• The internal appetite for developing and adopting a RAP,<br />

• The importance of RAP outcomes, and<br />

• The willingness to participate in cultural awareness<br />

training.<br />

More than 50% of <strong>JCDecaux</strong> employees completed the<br />

survey with results highlighting that:<br />

• 90% of employees surveyed believe a RAP is important,<br />

• A more culturally aware and diverse workforce was<br />

identified as the most important RAP outcome,<br />

• Only 9% of employees surveyed have participated in<br />

cultural awareness training in the past five years,<br />

• More than half of employees surveyed felt they had no<br />

knowledge or would benefit from further training and<br />

education on key First Nations topics, and<br />

When asked why it is important for <strong>JCDecaux</strong> to<br />

implement a RAP, employees commented:<br />

I believe that for <strong>JCDecaux</strong><br />

to call themselves a proud<br />

Australian business, we have<br />

an obligation to Australia’s<br />

First Nations People. At the<br />

very least, this should include<br />

ongoing educational practices<br />

that help dismantle the<br />

systemic oppression that we,<br />

as non-Indigenous citizens,<br />

maintain and benefit from.”<br />

<strong>JCDecaux</strong> is committed to<br />

enriching urban culture for<br />

our audiences and delivering<br />

exceptional experiences for<br />

brands, partners, and our people.<br />

I think that the only way that<br />

we can authentically do this<br />

is through a comprehensive<br />

understanding of the cultural<br />

identities and the challenges that<br />

First Nations communities face.<br />

Otherwise, we are simply paying<br />

lip service to a genuine issue<br />

within our country, rather than<br />

enacting change which can have<br />

a long-term impact. We only have<br />

half of the story if we do not have<br />

an action plan.”


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The results of our National <strong>Reconciliation</strong> Week<br />

Survey revealed a strong employee desire to<br />

support the national reconciliation agenda<br />

and confirmed that now is the right time for<br />

<strong>JCDecaux</strong> to make a public commitment to<br />

the internal drive and values of our people will<br />

be key in achieving meaningful reconciliation<br />

outcomes opposed to undertaking reactive<br />

commitments formed under public perception<br />

and scrutiny.<br />

reconciliation. We believe that recognising<br />

The land belongs to<br />

Australia’s First Peoples<br />

and we are using the land<br />

for our business venture.<br />

As a result, it is essential<br />

that we pay our respects to<br />

both land and community.<br />

A <strong>Reconciliation</strong> <strong>Action</strong> Plan<br />

will allow us to be aware of<br />

the land and community<br />

and create a harmonious<br />

<strong>JCDecaux</strong> operates within<br />

a vast range of diverse First<br />

Nations communities across<br />

this nation. Understanding<br />

our benefits, consequences,<br />

and cultural impacts on those<br />

respective communities is<br />

vital in understanding how<br />

our business can proceed<br />

and improve in different<br />

areas.”<br />

relationship with First<br />

Nations communities.”<br />

Yirrganydji Aboriginal woman play Aboriginal music with<br />

Clapstick, percussion musical Instrument made out of wood,<br />

during Aboriginal culture show in Queensland, Australia.


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COMMITMENT TO RECONCILIATION<br />

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PARTNERSHIPS &<br />

CURRENT ACTIVITIES<br />

In formalising our commitment to reconciliation,<br />

<strong>JCDecaux</strong> joins a cohort of more than 2,000 organisations<br />

who have already begun their own RAP journeys. These<br />

organisations include several of our clients as well as sector<br />

and industry leaders in <strong>JCDecaux</strong>’s own network. We will<br />

explore opportunities to collaborate and partner with these<br />

organisations in driving greater impact and momentum in<br />

reconciliation within our own sphere of influence.<br />

While this is <strong>JCDecaux</strong>’s first RAP, our organisation’s<br />

commitments and strategies to advancing reconciliation<br />

outcomes for Australia, have been growing in recent years.<br />

These commitments demonstrate a cultural shift within our<br />

organisation; a shift that enables us to be a more inclusive<br />

business as well as greater advocates for social change.


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Beyond the case studies highlighted in our RAP,<br />

recent initiatives include:<br />

• Developing a 2022 media partnership with<br />

Bangarra Dance Theatre.<br />

• Hosting an internal panel event during National<br />

<strong>Reconciliation</strong> Week 2021 with Michael<br />

O’Loughlin, former AFL star and Narangga<br />

Ngarrindjeri man.<br />

• Contracting Aboriginal-owned cleaning company<br />

ARA Indigenous Services to provide facilities and<br />

cleaning services to <strong>JCDecaux</strong> Australia offices.<br />

• Displaying physical and digital AIATSIS maps<br />

across all national offices.<br />

• Donating media space to support NAIDOC<br />

Week’s 2021 Heal Country campaign.<br />

• Creating an Acknowledgement of Country<br />

Protocols document available to all staff and<br />

promoting its use and purpose to all employees.<br />

• Introducing the use of Acknowledgements of<br />

Country at staff meetings and events as well as<br />

on staff email signatures and public website.<br />

• Where relevant, highlighting reconciliation<br />

announcements and achievements in <strong>JCDecaux</strong><br />

Australia’s fortnightly staff newsletter.


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CASE STUDY<br />

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GOVERNANCE<br />

As a business we are acutely aware that<br />

commitments such as undertaking<br />

a RAP are not likely to be successful in<br />

the absence of strategic oversight,<br />

genuine commitments from diverse<br />

human capital, and formalised<br />

governance structures.<br />

It is our vision that our RWG are<br />

seen as key leaders and champions<br />

in driving reconciliation across the<br />

business. However, we also believe that<br />

reconciliation cannot be truly achieved<br />

without building greater cultural<br />

understanding, awareness, and empathy<br />

across the business and its people.<br />

In March 2021 we developed <strong>JCDecaux</strong>’s<br />

RWG to explore our organisation’s key<br />

opportunities, strengths, and challenges<br />

in undertaking a RAP. Our RWG was<br />

formed 12-months prior to when we<br />

intended to launch our first <strong>Reflect</strong> RAP<br />

in March 2022. Membership of our RWG<br />

represents a diverse and inclusive cohort<br />

of employees across Australia including<br />

To ensure that our RWG are best placed<br />

to be informed leaders to all employees,<br />

each RWG committee member will<br />

undergo cultural awareness training prior<br />

to the formal launching of <strong>JCDecaux</strong>’s<br />

inaugural <strong>Reflect</strong> RAP. This training will<br />

be rolled out across the business to all<br />

employees throughout 2022.<br />

senior leadership, key business units, and<br />

First Nations staff. Our RWG is supported<br />

by a Terms of Reference.


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CASE STUDY<br />

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SUPPORTING<br />

THE INDIGENOUS<br />

CARBON INDUSTRY<br />

NETWORK<br />

In January 2022, <strong>JCDecaux</strong> announced the launch of its first certified<br />

carbon neutral product across our Transit network. All parts of the<br />

Transit product produced by our in-house printing service GSP Print is<br />

now carbon neutral. We selected two Indigenous carbon projects in the<br />

Indigenous Carbon Industry Network to offset our carbon neutral Transit<br />

offering including the Thaa-Nguigarr Carbon Project in Queensland and<br />

the Nyaliga Fire Project in Western Australia – both savanna burning<br />

carbon projects.<br />

For <strong>JCDecaux</strong>, reducing our environmental impact has always been a<br />

priority and we are proud to be the first Out-Of-Home media company<br />

globally to join the RE100, a worldwide organisation that advocates for a<br />

commitment to 100% renewable energy.


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APPROACH AND DELIVERY<br />

11<br />

OUR PRIORITY<br />

AREAS<br />

Our <strong>Reflect</strong> RAP is a guiding framework that will anchor<br />

our approach and delivery to RAP commitments across<br />

the next 12 months.<br />

We have identified three priority areas which will lay<br />

the foundation for <strong>JCDecaux</strong>’s ongoing reconciliation<br />

journey and ensure that our approach and achievements<br />

are sustainable and meaningful. We have spent the<br />

preceding 12-months preparing our organisation for<br />

undertaking a RAP as to best set <strong>JCDecaux</strong> up for<br />

success. We believe that the time spent preparing our<br />

business and its leadership for undertaking a RAP will<br />

mean we are well-positioned to be an innovative and<br />

progressive reconciliation leader in our sector.


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In addition to the commitments within our <strong>Reflect</strong> RAP, our three priority<br />

areas include:<br />

1. Education<br />

We understand that a culturally aware and<br />

competent workforce and environment is<br />

vital in achieving reconciliation. We commit to<br />

providing internal educational opportunities for<br />

all employees across Australia to upskill their<br />

cultural awareness and competence and drive<br />

greater culturally inclusive practices across<br />

the organisation. We also commit to learning<br />

and understanding barriers to First Nations<br />

employment, recruitment, and procurement<br />

opportunities and developing strategies to<br />

overcome these barriers.<br />

2. Diversity<br />

<strong>JCDecaux</strong> has a strong commitment to<br />

diversity, and we commit to increasing diversity<br />

across all elements of the business. We will<br />

develop innovative and creative employment<br />

pathways for First Nations candidates, identify<br />

opportunities for First Nations leaders,<br />

professionals, and community organisations<br />

to be involved in projects and initiatives, and<br />

focus on supplier diversity through identifying<br />

procurement opportunities for First Nations<br />

businesses.<br />

3. Engagement<br />

We will build genuine and reciprocal relationships<br />

with peak bodies, leadership, and Elders in local<br />

First Nations communities across all offices.<br />

By attending events, providing opportunities<br />

for First Nations organisations to engage in our<br />

office spaces or activities, hosting fundraisers,<br />

sponsoring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander<br />

organisations by providing free promotional<br />

space, and encouraging staff to involve<br />

themselves in local activities in and outside of<br />

work, we hope that our engagement efforts will<br />

be strengthened and our relationships with key<br />

First Nations stakeholders will be greater.


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RELATIONSHIPS<br />

<strong>Action</strong> Deliverable Timeline Responsibility<br />

1. Establish and strengthen<br />

mutually beneficial relationships<br />

with Aboriginal and Torres Strait<br />

Islander stakeholders and<br />

organisations.<br />

Identify Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander stakeholders and organisations within our local<br />

area or sphere of influence.<br />

Research best practice and principles that support partnerships with Aboriginal and Torres<br />

Strait Islander stakeholders and organisations.<br />

April 2022<br />

April 2022<br />

Maintenance Supervisor,<br />

Commercial Manager<br />

Head of Product and Brand<br />

Marketing<br />

2. Build relationships through<br />

celebrating National<br />

<strong>Reconciliation</strong> Week (NRW).<br />

Circulate <strong>Reconciliation</strong> Australia’s NRW resources and reconciliation materials to our staff. May 2022 Development Executive<br />

RAP Working Group members to participate in an external NRW event. 27 May – 3 June 2022 Assets Executive<br />

Encourage and support staff and senior leaders to participate in at least one external event<br />

to recognise and celebrate NRW.<br />

27 May – 3 June 2022 CEO<br />

3. Promote reconciliation through<br />

our sphere of influence.<br />

Communicate our commitment to reconciliation to all staff through regular channels<br />

including employee newsletter, intranet, leader communications, staff events.<br />

May 2022<br />

Director of Communications<br />

Identify external stakeholders that our organisation can engage with on our reconciliation<br />

journey.<br />

March 2022<br />

Head of Product and Brand<br />

Marketing<br />

Identify RAP and other like-minded organisations that we could approach to collaborate with<br />

on our reconciliation journey.<br />

June 2022<br />

Account Manager<br />

4. Promote positive race relations<br />

through anti-discrimination<br />

strategies.<br />

Research best practice and policies in areas of race relations and anti-discrimination. September 2022 Senior HR Generalist<br />

Conduct a review of HR policies and procedures to identify existing anti-discrimination<br />

provisions, and future needs.<br />

September 2022<br />

Senior HR Generalist


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RESPECT<br />

<strong>Action</strong> Deliverable Timeline Responsibility<br />

5. Increase understanding, value<br />

and recognition of Aboriginal<br />

and Torres Strait Islander<br />

cultures, histories, knowledge,<br />

and rights through cultural<br />

learning.<br />

Develop a business case for increasing understanding, value and recognition of Aboriginal<br />

and Torres Strait Islander cultures, histories, knowledge, and rights within our organisation.<br />

March 2022<br />

EGM Government Relations &<br />

Corporate Affairs<br />

Conduct a review of cultural learning needs within our organisation. March 2022 Strategy Insights Manager<br />

Develop and implement cultural awareness training for all new and existing employees that<br />

meets the needs of all employees across <strong>JCDecaux</strong> (online, face to face, workshops).<br />

May 2022<br />

Strategy Insights Manager<br />

6. Demonstrate respect to<br />

Aboriginal and Torres Strait<br />

Islander peoples by observing<br />

cultural protocols.<br />

Develop an understanding of the local Traditional Owners or Custodians of the lands and<br />

waters within our organisation’s operational areas.<br />

Increase staff’s understanding of the purpose and significance behind cultural protocols,<br />

including Acknowledgement of Country and Welcome to Country protocols.<br />

May 2022<br />

June 2022<br />

GM Smart Phone Network<br />

Director of Communications<br />

7. Build respect for Aboriginal and<br />

Torres Strait Islander cultures<br />

and histories by celebrating<br />

NAIDOC Week.<br />

Raise awareness and share information amongst our staff about the meaning of<br />

NAIDOC Week.<br />

July 2022<br />

Director of Communications &<br />

Strategy Insights Manager<br />

Promote NAIDOC Week to staff through external events in our local area. July 2022 Director of Communications &<br />

Strategy Insights Manager<br />

RAP Working Group to participate in an external NAIDOC Week event. First week in July 2022 Assets Executive


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OPPORTUNITIES<br />

<strong>Action</strong> Deliverable Timeline Responsibility<br />

8. Improve employment outcomes<br />

by increasing Aboriginal and<br />

Torres Strait Islander<br />

recruitment, retention, and<br />

professional development.<br />

Develop a business case for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employment within<br />

our organisation.<br />

Build understanding of current Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staffing to inform future<br />

employment and professional development opportunities.<br />

April 2022<br />

April 2022<br />

Senior HR Generalist<br />

Senior HR Generalist<br />

Investigate a partnership with an external First Nations consultant to support First Nations<br />

employees (such as pastoral care, cultural support, etc).<br />

April 2022<br />

Maintenance Supervisor and<br />

Senior HR Generalist<br />

Develop and implement a voluntary process to record Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander<br />

employees, including current staff and future applicants.<br />

December 2022<br />

Senior HR Generalist<br />

9. Increase Aboriginal and Torres<br />

Strait Islander supplier diversity<br />

to support improved economic<br />

and social outcomes.<br />

Develop a business case for procurement from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander<br />

owned businesses.<br />

June 2022<br />

Investigate Supply Nation membership. March 2022 CEO<br />

CEO


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GOVERNANCE<br />

<strong>Action</strong> Deliverable Timeline Responsibility<br />

10. Establish and maintain an<br />

effective RAP Working Group<br />

(RWG) to drive governance of<br />

the RAP.<br />

Maintain the RWG to govern RAP implementation. March 2022 CEO/ EGM Govt Relations &<br />

Corporate Affairs<br />

Review and update Terms of Reference for the RWG. March 2022 EGM Govt Relations &<br />

Corporate Affairs<br />

Establish Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander representation on the RWG. March 2022 EGM Govt Relations &<br />

Corporate Affairs<br />

11. Provide appropriate support for<br />

effective implementation of<br />

RAP commitments.<br />

Define resource needs for RAP implementation. March 2022 Director of Communications<br />

Engage senior leaders in the delivery of RAP commitments. March 2022 CEO<br />

Define appropriate systems and capability to track, measure and report on RAP<br />

commitments.<br />

March 2022<br />

Strategy Insights Manager<br />

12. Build accountability and<br />

transparency through reporting<br />

RAP achievements,<br />

challenges, and learnings both<br />

internally and externally.<br />

Contact <strong>Reconciliation</strong> Australia to verify that our primary and secondary contact details are<br />

up to date, to ensure we do not miss out on important RAP correspondence.<br />

Contact <strong>Reconciliation</strong> Australia to request our unique link, to access the online RAP Impact<br />

Measurement Questionnaire.<br />

June 2022<br />

August 2022<br />

Director of Communications/<br />

EGM Govt Relations &<br />

Corporate Affairs<br />

Director of Communications/<br />

EGM Govt Relations &<br />

Corporate Affairs<br />

Complete and submit the annual RAP Impact Measurement Questionnaire to<br />

<strong>Reconciliation</strong> Australia.<br />

30 September 2022 Director of Communications/<br />

EGM Govt Relations &<br />

Corporate Affairs<br />

13. Continue our reconciliation<br />

journey by developing our<br />

next RAP.<br />

Register via <strong>Reconciliation</strong> Australia’s website to begin developing our next RAP. December 2022 EGM Govt Relations &<br />

Corporate Affairs


Contact details<br />

Katie Morgan<br />

Director of Communications<br />

0420 231 790<br />

katie.morgan@jcdecaux.com

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