The EEO Trust

The Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) Trust is a not-for-profit organisation tasked with providing EEO information and tools to employers and raising awareness of diversity issues in New Zealand workplaces.

The EEO Trust assists employers in introducing and managing proven EEO thinking and practices, encourages diversity by promoting the recruitment and development of people on the basis of merit and generates awareness of the business benefits and rewards of an inclusive workplace.

Based in Auckland, the EEO Trust works with employers around New Zealand providing the latest resources, ideas and information to support workplaces to achieve success through effectively managing diversity. The EEO Trust is resourced by fees from member organisations and Government contributions. It is governed by a Board of Trustees.

The EEO Trust's commitments

Promote equal employment opportunities

Good management practices and initiatives to New Zealand workplaces.

Provide relevant EEO information

Current ideas and findings from businesses and thought-leaders around the world to help New Zealand employers develop versatile workplaces.

Acknowledge and recognise workplaces

Organisations that achieve business success by effectively managing a diverse workforce are celebrated each year at the EEO Trust's Work & Life Awards and in EEO Trust publications and other communications.

Develop EEO projects

Develop and implement projects that promote EEO/diversity.

Research EEO/diversity

Commission research on EEO/diversity issues.  

Develop and maintain a database of EEO resources

The new on-line EEO Library catalogue is accessible and easy to use.

Foundation Members

AFFCO Holdings Limited
Air New Zealand Limited
ANZ Banking Group (NZ) Ltd
ANZ National Bank Ltd
ASB Group
AXA New Zealand
Bank of New Zealand
Bendon Ltd
BP Oil New Zealand Limited
Business New Zealand
Carter Holt Harvey Limited
Countrywide Bank
DB Breweries Ltd
ECNZ - Electricity Corporation of NZ Ltd
Fay Richwhite & Co Ltd
Fisher & Paykel Appliances Ltd
Fletcher Building Ltd
Fonterra
Goodman Fielder (NZ) Ltd (now Effinance (NZ) Ltd)
Independent Newspapers Limited
Lion Nathan Australia
LWR Industries Limited
National Australia Bank (NZ)
New Zealand Post Limited
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Progressive Enterprises Ltd
Telecom New Zealand Ltd
Tenon Ltd
Toll NZ Consolidated Ltd
Trust Bank New Zealand Ltd
Westpac Banking Corporation
Woolworths (NZ) Ltd (now Progressive Enterprises Ltd)

Trust members who are not EEO Employers Group members

Environment Southland
Institute of Chartered Accountants of New Zealand
Merial New Zealand Limited
New Zealand Federation of Voluntary Welfare Organisations
Office of the Controller & Auditor-General
Otago Museum
Rimutaka Kindergarten Association Incorporated
Soar Printing
Southland District Council
The Correspondence School
The National Foundation For The Deaf Inc
TMP Worldwide Advertising and Communications
Waikato Bay of Plenty District Law Society

The full list of EEO Employers Group members.