Diversity & Inclusion
While every role has direct and accountable areas of responsibility and you’re given ample autonomy, our culture encourages diversity and inclusion and teams are a great way to do this.
We know that diversity and inclusion helps us bring together a range of people with different skills. Dexus already has great diversity in its people and ensures everyone is treated equally. There’s no particular type of person across the business - we look for self-starters and pro-active people who can work together and keep an eye out for each other.
Demographics
Board
Dexus set a target to reach 33% female representation on our board by 2015. Dexus achieved this in 2014, and has continued to since to maintain and exceed our target.
Our industry benchmark is only 16.7%¹.
Women in Management
Dexus is proud that 34.4% of our Senior Managers are women, against the industry benchmark of 26.2%¹. We actively support diversity and ensure our approach internally and to the external market enables a diverse pool of applicants to continue our journey for a very diverse workplace.
Flexible Work Hours
Dexus actively caters for our employees work life balance, and where the business can accommodate flexible working hours or arrangements, we will actively support it.
Backgrounds
During our recruitment process, Dexus actively seeks potential new employees outside the property industry, bring new values, ideas and methods to our business. We believe this makes Dexus a better company, learning from other industries and challenging the status-quo.
Industry Support
Dexus is committed to being a leader in Diversity and Inclusion throughout the property industry. We actively participate in the industry and community to facilitate and lead the property industry with Diversity and Inclusion.
Property Council of Australia - Property Male Champions of Change
The Property Council established the Property Male Champions of Change to drive gender equality in the historically male‐dominated property industry and achieve a significant and sustainable increase in the number of women in senior leadership roles.
The initiative builds on the transformational work achieved by the founding Male Champions of Change group, established in April 2010 by Elizabeth Broderick, former Sex Discrimination Commissioner of the Australian Human Rights Commission.
Convened by Carol Schwartz AM, Dexus CEO, Darren Steinberg is an active and supporting member of the Property Male Champions of Change.
Property Council of Australia - Property Male Champions of Change
Property Council of Australia - 100 Women in Property
The 100 Women in Property is a program running concurrently around the country between April and December providing sponsorship by an experienced colleague.
The Sponsor will assist the participant to grow their industry networks, gain visibility in their organisation, role model and advocate together with key influencers with a view to enhancing the participant’s future opportunities and career growth. Participants also gain valuable insights into the role of a committee member through attendance at a committee meeting of their preference during the year.
Dexus has sponsored 5 Women in this program in the last 12 months and varying focus areas within the Company.
Property Council of Australia – 100 Women in Property
Superannuation Gap for Parents
Dexus has remain committed to bridging the gap for parents. Taking significant time off in your career can have large effects on your superannuation at retirement. Dexus will continue to contribute to your superannuation whilst you are on unpaid primary parental leave.
Superannuation Gap for ParentsDiversity Principles
Dexus believes that decision making is enhanced through diversity, creating a business environment that encourages a range of perspectives and fosters excellence in the creation of security holder value. By diversity we mean an individual's race, colour, gender, age, creed, ethnicity, cultural background, economic circumstance, human capacity, sexual orientation and expression of thought.
Dexus believes that diversity is a competitive advantage that creates real value for its security holders and it supports and encourages diversity at all levels; in its Board of Directors, senior management team and throughout our organisation.
Dexus has a socially and culturally diverse workplace which helps create a culture that is tolerant, flexible and adaptive to the changing needs of our environment. Dexus also believe that an inclusive and diverse workforce will assist us to attract and retain the best people.
Dexus strives to create a workplace that is free from discrimination or harassment and we are committed to ensuring all our people have an equal opportunity to succeed. Dexus's Employee Code of Conduct sets out policies and guidelines that aim to ensure our employees meet the highest ethical and professional standards and it conduct regular training on our Code of Conduct.
Download Dexus's Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) Report for 2015-2016