Table of contents

Executive summary 1 1. Introduction 2 2. Motivating factors for companies to publish sustainability reports 2
3. Key features of effective sustainability reports 3 3.1 General standard disclosures 3 3.2 Specific standard disclosures 3
3.3 Sector specific disclosures 4 4. The evaluation of Westpac’s sustainability report 4 4.1 General standard disclosures 4
4.2 Specific standard disclosures 5
4.3 Sector specific disclosures 5 5. Conclusion 5 6. Reference 6

Executive Summary
This article is going to explain the reason for companies to present their sustainability behaviors and highlight the key feature of an effective sustainability report. Sustainability reports refer to disclose companies’ social and environmental performance. It is essential for the financial service industry to convey their sustainability profile and integrate this to their financial report. This article also makes an evaluation about Westpac’s sustainability report. Westpac’s sustainable reporting has used the table and bar chart to illustrate their sustainability performance accurate and transparent. Therefore, this report has a good quality.

1. Introduction
Since the environmental and social problems have become the focus of public concern, a considerable of companies have laid emphasis on disclosing their sustainable performance. Especially under the great depression caused by global financial crisis, a number of financial service industries