EBOS Group Limited Reflect Reconciliation Action Plan July 2020 – July 2021 EBOS GROUP LIMITED Reflect Reconciliation Action Plan July 2020 - July 2021

Gavin Wanganeen Gavin began exploring his ancestral links Gavin Wanganeen is an Australian on canvas, recreating memories and Football League (AFL) legend, acclaimed capturing the beauty of the Australian contemporary Aboriginal artist, outback. Today Gavin’s astonishing natural a businessman and an advocate for talent continues to blossom, attracting Indigenous empowerment. national attention and acclaim and firmly establishing him as a contemporary The artist Aboriginal artist to watch. Born in Mount Gambier, , Gavin is a proud descendent of the About the painting Mula people of the Western Desert “This painting is called Shooting Star. in South Australia. The Kokatha people Imagine you are sitting at the highest point hold the Tjukupa (lore) and have a strong of the universe, looking through the stars, connection to country, the night sky and and even through the Milky Way, to Country stories in the stars – a deep source of or home. For me, home is my mum’s inspiration for Gavin’s paintings. Country, my Kokatha heritage over on the West Coast of South Australia. Growing up, Gavin spent time on South Australia’s west coast where his maternal But in this instance, it’s the view down to great-grandfather, Dick Davey, was a EBOS and a recognition of all the great respected leader of the people of work that EBOS is doing in the healthcare Mission and the community at large. and animal care industries.” Davey was one of the first Indigenous – Gavin Wanganeen people to be “permitted” to purchase land, and was a talented footballer, playing for the Koonibba Football Club, today recognised as the country’s oldest surviving Aboriginal football club. From a young age, Gavin embraced a love of colour and storytelling through art. Yet it wasn’t until his twenties, through a friendly competition with his Indigenous Port Football Club teammates to produce an artwork from their respective regions, that Gavin made the life changing decision to start painting.

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Contents

Artwork Statement 2

Our Vision for Reconciliation 5

Our Objectives 5

Message from the CEO, John Cullity 6

Our Business 7

Our RAP 8

Relationships 9

Respect 11

Opportunities 13

Governance 14

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Our vision for reconciliation is to create a society that is fair, equal and just for all Australians, where relationships are strengthened between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and non-Indigenous peoples, for the benefit of all Australians.

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Our Vision for Reconciliation

Our vision for reconciliation is to create The key objectives of our RAP are to: a society that is fair, equal and just for • Build organisational awareness of all Australians, where relationships are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander strengthened between Aboriginal and Torres peoples, cultures, histories, knowledge, Strait Islanders and non-Indigenous peoples, rights and achievements. for the benefit of all Australians. • Support career opportunities for Aboriginal We seek to understand and embrace and Torres Strait Islander peoples in our reconciliation at EBOS Group and develop businesses. a greater understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and their • Build relationships with Aboriginal and cultures. Torres Strait Islander peoples, communities and organisations to support our Our Objectives reconciliation journey. EBOS Group’s first Reconciliation Action Plan seeks to demonstrate our commitment to • Recognise dates of significance relating to reconciliation between Aboriginal and Torres Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples Strait Islander peoples and the broader and participate and celebrate National Australian community. Aboriginal and Islander Day Observance Committee (NAIDOC) Week to promote awareness of histories and communities. • Establish and maintain a RAP Working Group to implement the initiatives outlined in our Reconciliation Action Plan.

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Message from the CEO John Cullity

I am very pleased to present our Aboriginal and Torres EBOS Group’s first Reflect Strait Islander peoples. These Reconciliation Action Plan. inequalities have existed for too long and only by all sectors of our Community is central to society acting together will we be everything we do at EBOS Group, able to provide our Indigenous and our RAP further underpins our commitment to make a community with a meaningful difference in the communities in movement and program for which we operate. change. I look forward to raising EBOS is proud to have developed awareness amongst our staff its first Reflect Action Plan of the strong cultural heritage under the stewardship of our of Australia’s First Peoples, and RAP Working Group (RWG) that to building strong partnerships includes members of senior with Aboriginal and Torres management and representatives Strait Islander communities and from across our business. The task organisations as we commence of the RWG will be to drive the our reconciliation journey. EBOS Vision for Reconciliation and initiate the many activities listed The EBOS Group Board and on the following pages to meet the Executive teams are committed objectives we have set ourselves in to reconciliation and our RAP making a meaningful contribution is an opportunity to turn ideas, to the reconciliation process. initiatives and intentions into actions and outcomes to I look forward to witnessing the support the Australian national positive contribution our Reflect reconciliation movement. For a RAP will make to EBOS, to our long period of time, actions to people, to the reconciliation of the improve the inequality, living nation and to the communities we standards, health and society bias serve in Australia. against Australia’s First Peoples have been left predominantly to the public sector. EBOS, as the clear industry leader, recognises that it also must play its role to assist the reconciliation John Cullity movement and thereby improve Chief Executive Officer – the inequalities that exist with EBOS Group Ltd

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Our Business

EBOS Group is the largest and most diversified Australasian marketer, wholesaler and distributor of healthcare, medical and pharmaceutical products. It is also a leading marketer and distributor of recognised consumer products and animal care brands.

Servicing the needs of thousands of EBOS Group strives for leadership in its customers across Australia, New Zealand business segments and continues to pursue and more recently across Asia, EBOS Group a robust strategic investment plan designed is committed to building better communities to strengthen its core business and target through an unwavering commitment to the new opportunities that extend the Group’s provision of high-quality healthcare and capabilities and enables it to deliver more animal care products. for its stakeholders. Our staff of 2400 employees in 33 locations EBOS Group is publicly listed on the New across Australia positively impact the lives Zealand and Australian stock exchanges. of millions of people and animals across the region every day through the timely delivery of healthcare and animal care products to metropolitan, regional and remote locations. As at June 2020, there were five staff who identified as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people at EBOS Group (Australia) following the results of the 2020 EBOS Group Staff Engagement Survey.

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Our RAP

Community is central to everything we do at EBOS Group. It is built into the values of every EBOS business and lived each day by our teams across Australia and New Zealand.

Throughout the year, EBOS, across its recognition and acknowledgment of many offices and locations, promotes and Australia’s First Peoples. It was from this activates a number of initiatives focused moment that the organisation commenced on health and wellbeing, the environment, the process to produce the EBOS Group family and community. Further, from Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP). a charitable perspective, EBOS Group EBOS acknowledges that, by focusing on the matches funds raised by staff who organise three core pillars of relationships, respect events or activities for charitable causes. and opportunities, this will encourage our EBOS Group places a great deal of organisation to turn ideas, initiatives and importance in supporting our staff intentions into deliberate actions to support community with such initiatives. In 2019, the national reconciliation movement. it was acknowledged that one area which It will be our objective to focus on our area had not been integrated into the EBOS of expertise in the sector of healthcare and community was a formal framework how we can integrate health into our RAP regarding a vision for reconciliation actions and deliverables throughout our and importantly engaging staff in the RAP journey.

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Relationships

Action Deliverable Timeline Responsibility

1. Promote • Research best practice and policies 1 September Executive General positive race in area of race relations and anti-discrimination. 2020 Manager - Human relations Resources (EGM HR) through anti- discrimination • Conduct a review of HR policies and procedure 1 September EGM HR strategies. to identify existing anti-discrimination provisions, 2020 and future needs.

2. Raise internal • Develop and implement a plan to raise awareness 30 August Head of Comms awareness of amongst all staff across the organisation about 2020 and Corp Affairs EBOS Group RAP. our RAP commitments.

• Develop and implement a plan to engage 30 October Head of Comms and inform key internal stakeholders of their 2020 and Corp Affairs responsibilities within our RAP.

• Incorporate reference to RAP in staff induction 1 September EGM HR pack. 2020

• Initiate discussion in the workplace around 1 September EGM HR the concept of reconciliation and, in doing so, 2020 seek out representatives who may be suitable candidates for the formation of a RAP Working Group.

• Communicate Group-wide on EBOS’ decision to 1 August 2020 Head of Comms develop a RAP and encourage feedback from and Corp Affairs staff on ideas or experiences they may have had regarding reconciliation.

• Develop an EBOS Group ‘Vision for reconciliation’. 1 August 2020 Head of Comms and Corp Affairs

• Include a reconciliation focused section on the 1 August 2020 Head of Comms intranet including publishing the RAP for ready and Corp Affairs access by staff.

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Action Deliverable Timeline Responsibility

3. Participate and • Introduce our staff to NRW by encouraging staff to 1 April 2021 Head of Comms celebrate National attend a NRW event. and Corp Affairs Reconciliation Week (NRW).

• Ensure our RAP Working Group participates in an 1 April 2021 Head of Comms external event to recognise and celebrate. and Corp Affairs

• Circulate Reconciliation Australia’s NRW resources 1 April 2021 Head of Comms and reconciliation materials to our staff. and Corp Affairs

• Selected EBOS Group representatives including one 1 April 2021 CEO Symbion senior leader to participate in at least one external NRW event.

4. Build internal • Develop a list of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander 1 October 2020 Head of Comms and external peoples, communities and organisations within and Corp Affairs relationships. our sphere of influence that we could approach to connect with on our reconciliation journey.

• Identify organisations and communities with whom 1 October 2020 Head of Comms we can engage and build relationships to support and Corp Affairs the EBOS Group reconciliation efforts and journey.

• Develop a list of RAP and like-minded organisations 1 October 2020 Head of Comms within our sphere of business. and Corp Affairs

• Investigate opportunities to expand existing 1 October 2020 Head of Comms (started 2014) EBOS Group relationship with and Corp Affairs MALPA Young Doctors programme.

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Respect

Action Deliverable Timeline Responsibility

5. Increase • Hold one organisational workshop/lunch and 1 October 2020 EGM HR understanding, learn/guest speaker session each year to bolster value and organisational cultural awareness. recognition of Aboriginal and Torres • Develop a business case for increasing 1 October 2020 Head of Comms Strait Islander awareness of Aboriginal and Torres Strait and Corp Affairs cultures, histories, Islander cultures, histories and achievements knowledge and within our organisation. rights through • Capture data and measure our staff’s current 1 April 2021 EGM HR cultural learning. level of knowledge and understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander cultures, histories and achievements.

• Conduct a review of cultural awareness training 1 October 2020 EGM HR needs within our organisation.

• Explore opportunities for cultural awareness 1 October 2020 EGM HR training for all staff.

6. Raise internal • Explore who the local Traditional Owners or 1 September Head of Comms understanding Custodians of the lands and waters within our 2020 and Corp Affairs of Aboriginal organisation’s operational area concentrating and Torres Strait in the first instance on Docklands, Melbourne Islander people’s Victoria and then other EBOS Group facilities cultural protocols. nationally.

• Scope and develop a list of local Traditional 1 September Head of Comms Owners of the lands and waters within our 2020 and Corp Affairs organisations sphere of influence.

• Acknowledge the Traditional Land Owners in the 1 October 2020 Head of Comms reception area of EBOS Group Docklands head and Corp Affairs office and other EBOS Group facilities nationally.

• Develop and implement a plan to raise 1 October 2020 Head of Comms awareness and understanding of the meaning and Corp Affairs and significance behind Acknowledgement to Country and Welcome to Country protocols.

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Action Deliverable Timeline Responsibility

7. Participate in and • Raise awareness and share information amongst our 1 November Head of Comms celebrate National staff about the meaning of NAIDOC Week. 2020 and Corp Affairs Aboriginal and Islander Day • Introduce our staff to NAIDOC Week by promoting 1 November Head of Comms Observance external events in our local area. 2020 and Corp Affairs Committee (NAIDOC) Week. • RAP Working Group to participate in an external 1 November CEO Symbion NAIDOC Week event. 2020

8. Ensure dates • Recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander 1 September Head of Comms of significance dates of significance internally by creating and 2020 and Corp Affairs relating to placing on the dedicated RAP section on the intranet Aboriginal and a calendar of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Torres Strait dates of significance. Islander peoples are recognised internally.

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Opportunities

Action Deliverable Timeline Responsibility

9. Investigate • Investigate Supply Nation membership. 1 October 2020 Head of Comms opportunities for and Corp Affairs procurement of goods/services • Develop a business case for procurement from 1 October 2020 Head of Comms from Aboriginal Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander owned and Corp Affairs and Torres Strait businesses. Islander suppliers.

• Develop an understanding of the mutual 1 October 2020 Head of Comms benefits of procurement from Aboriginal and and Corp Affairs Torres Strait Islander owned businesses.

10. Investigate • Identify current Aboriginal and Torres Strait 1 April 2021 Head of Comms Aboriginal Islander staff via the Staff Engagement Survey and Corp Affairs and Torres to inform future employment and development Strait Islander opportunities. employment. • Develop a business case for Aboriginal and 1 April 2021 EGM HR Torres Strait Islander employment within our organisation.

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Governance

Action Deliverable Timeline Responsibility

11. Provide • Define internal resources needs for RAP 1 August 2020 Head of Comms appropriate implementation. and Corp Affairs support for effective • Engage EBOS Leadership Team in the delivery 1 August 2020 CEO Symbion implementation of RAP commitments. of RAP commitments. • Define appropriate systems and capability to track, 1 September Head of Comms measure and report on RAP commitments. 2020 and Corp Affairs

12. Build • Complete and submit the annual RAP Impact 30 September Head of Comms accountability Measurement. 2021 and Corp Affairs and transparency through reporting RAP • Questionnaire to Reconciliation Australia by achievements, 30 September annually. challenges and learnings both internally and externally.

13. Establish and • Form a RWG to govern RAP implementation. 1 August 2020 CEO Symbion maintain an effective RAP Working Group • Draft a Terms of Reference for the RWG. 1 August 2020 CEO Symbion to drive governance of the RAP. • Establish Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander 1 September CEO Symbion representation on the RWG. 2020

14. Continue our • Submit Innovate RAP to Reconciliation Australia’s May 2021 Head of Comms reconciliation for formal review and endorsement. and Corp Affairs journey by gaining endorsement for • Liaise with Reconciliation Australia to develop April 2021 Head of Comms the EBOS Group a new RAP based on learnings, challenges and and Corp Affairs Reflect RAP. achievements.

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