Investment committee: 	Compliance committee: 	Nomination committee: 	Board and director evaluation 	Remuneration 	Directors 	Secretaries, senior managers, executive directors and group executives 	Performance-based remuneration and company performance 	Remuneration Details 	 Table 	Economic, environmental and social policies 	Australian Ethical’s vision 	Australian Ethical’s mission 	Short form 	Australian Ethical Charter 	Code of conduct 	Risk management and identification 	 Commitments to external initiatives 	Precautionary principle 	External initiatives 	Association memberships 	 Stakeholder engagement 	Stakeholder identification 	Approaches to stakeholder engagement and response to concerns 	Engagement with employees 	Staff advocate 	Employee satisfaction and surveying employees 	Sustainability committee 	Volunteering 	Engagement with shareholders 	Engagement with enquirers, trust unitholders, superannuation members 	Engagement with broader stakeholders 	Management approach and performance indicators 	Economic performance indicators 	Economic performance 	Table 7: Economic performance indicators for the financial years 2003–04, 2004–05 and 2005–06 	Economic performance indicator 	Table 8: Economic performance indicators as at 30 June 2004, 2005 and 2006 	Australian Ethical’s community grants 	Financial implications of climate change 	Superannuation obligations 	Financial assistance from government 	Market presence 	Suppliers 	Hiring 	Indirect economic impacts 	Environmental performance indicators 	Choosing clean energy 	Reducing resource consumption 	Australian Ethical purchasing policy 	Eco-efficient practices 	Materials 	Paper 	Stationery 	Table 11: Stationery costs for the financial years 2003–04, 2004–05 and 2005–06 	Energy 	Electricity 	Table 12: Electricity usage for the financial years 2003–04, 2004–05 and 2005–06 	Gas 	Table 13: Gas usage for the financial years 2003–04, 2004–05 and 2005–06 	Total energy 	Table 14: Energy usage for the financial years 2003–04, 2004–05 and 2005–06 	Water 	Table 15: Water usage for the financial years 2003–04, 2004–05 and 2005–06 	Transport 	Figure 5: Primary transport used by Australian Ethical staff to commute to work in the year to 30 June 2006 	Emissions, effluent and waste 	Waste 	Table 16: Waste for the year to 30 June 2006 	 Table 17: Waste for the year to 30 June 2005 	Greenhouse gas emissions 	Table 18: Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for the year to 30 June 20061 	Table 19: Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for the year to 30 June 20051 	Products and services 	Compliance 	Labour practices and decent work performance indicators 	Employment 	Australian Ethical workforce 	 	Table 20: Australian Ethical’s workforce by status, employment type, employment contract and location for the financial years 2003–04, 2004–05 and 2005–06 	Employment location 	 	Staff turnover and employment creation 	Table 21: Staff turnover for the financial years 2002–03, 2003–04 and 2004–05 	Staff turnover1 	Employee benefits 	Employee assistance program 	Annual leave 	Table 23: Average annual leave accrued (days) per FTE staff as at 30 June 2004, 2005 and 2006 	Annual leave accrued 	Occupational health and safety 	Table 24: Sick leave taken (days) during the financial years 2003–04, 2004–05 and 2005–06 	Training and education 	Training and development 	Figure 6: Average hours of training undertaken by staff during the financial years 2003–04, 2004–05 and 2005–06 	Skills management and lifelong learning programs 	Severance pay and job placement services 	Performance appraisal 	Diversity and equal opportunity 	Equal opportunity policy 	Gender breakdown for employee categories and governance bodies 	 Table 25: Composition of corporate governance bodies and employee categories as of 30 June 2005 and 2006 	Ratio salaries of female to male by employee category 	Table 26: Ratio of female to male basic salaries per hierarchy level during the financial years 2003–04, 2004–05 and 2005–06 	 Table 27: Ratio of female to male salary packages per hierarchy level during the financial years 2003–04, 2004–05 and 2005–06 	Human rights performance indicators 	Investment and procurement practices 	Non-discrimination and indigenous rights 	Freedom of association and collective bargaining, child labour, forced and compulsory labour, and security practices 	Society performance indicators 	Community 	Corruption 	Public policy 	Political donations 	Australian Ethical’s code of conduct prohibits unauthorised political donations and states that political donations may only be made by the board.