Kate Carroll
Sustainability Manager, Beyond Bank
Kate will deliver an overview of Beyond Bank as a values driven organisation, what is our operating business model and our purpose. What is a mutual bank and how are we different. What does sustainability within the Australian Finance Industry look like and what impact can we have.
Kate Carroll commenced as Sustainability Manager at Beyond Bank in May 2017. Her role is to manage and embed the organisations innovative sustainability program to help solve social and environmental problems whilst returning tangible value back to the organisation and its customers.
Kate holds a degree in Environmental Science at the University of Adelaide and has extensive prior experience working in environmental management within the mining industry.
Kate is also currently completing a MBA through the University of Adelaide.
Beyond Bank Australia is one of Australia’s largest customer owned banks with over 200,000 customers and more than $5 billion in assets under management. We operate in South Australia, Western Australia, ACT and the Hunter Valley and in the Riverina region of NSW.
Beyond Bank is a values-driven bank that puts people before profits and supports communities, using our ‘business as a force for good’.
We have always considered the economic, social and environmental effects of our actions and we became the very first bank in Australia to become B Corp certified. More recently we were awarded the Best Financial Institution in Australia in Corporate Social Responsibility at the Retail Banking Awards.
We will continue to strive to become the best bank for our customers and communities.