Sustainability
Sustainability
In keeping with our purpose of helping people live more fulfilling and productive working lives and helping organisations succeed, SEEK is committed to operating sustainably and having a positive impact on people and the communities in which it operates.
Our commitment
SEEK’s approach to sustainability continues to focus on areas where SEEK can have a positive impact and address key areas important to stakeholders. The sustainability risks and opportunities that could impact SEEK’s ability to sustain future financial performance and deliver on its long-term strategy, along with those that further SEEK’s purpose.
SEEK's material sustainability topics are:
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
SEEK supports the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). SEEK’s sustainability approach aligns with and contributes to four of the 17 SDGs: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Gender Equality, Climate Action and Partnerships for the Goals. These four goals are most relevant to SEEK’s business and material topics.
Goal | SDG Targets | SEEK's contribution towards the Target |
| 8.5 By 2030, achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all women and men, including for young people and persons with disabilities, and equal pay for work of equal value. | As a leader in online employment marketplaces, SEEK delivers access to employment opportunities to millions of people. Economic growth is positively associated with job creation. SEEK provides its employees with meaningful work and equal access to opportunities. SEEK is committed to an inclusive culture which values diversity of thought, opinion and background. | |
8.7 Take immediate and effective measures to eradicate forced labour, end modern slavery and human trafficking and secure the prohibition and elimination of the worst forms of child labour, including recruitment and use of child soldiers, and by 2025 end child labour in all its forms. | SEEK is committed to doing what it can to ensure that its employment platform does not enable or facilitate unfair or unethical hiring practices or modern slavery of any kind. SEEK’s fair hiring program aims to improve working lives by preventing exploitative recruitment and modern slavery. SEEK applies a Supply Chain Risk Framework across its global operations to identify and address modern slavery risk within its supply chains. | |
5.5 Ensure women’s full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in political, economic and public life | SEEK recognises that achieving diversity in all forms is important for an innovative and high performing business. SEEK has a specific focus on gender balance given the significant under-representation of women in professional roles in the technology industry. | |
13.1 Strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards and natural disasters in all countries | SEEK is committed to supporting the transition to a lower-carbon economy. This is demonstrated through SEEK’s Climate Change Strategy and SEEK’s emissions reduction targets. | |
17.17 Encourage and promote effective public, public-private and civil society partnerships, building on the experience and resourcing strategies of partnerships | SEEK believes in working collaboratively to support the communities in which it operates. SEEK invests to connect volunteers to opportunities with not-for-profit organisations, works with charity partners to provide financial and in-kind support, is a long-term sponsor of LGBTIQA+ community events and committed to its First Nations Strategy. |
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