ESG & Human Rights Risk Exposure

Subject: Formal Notice of ESG and Human Rights Risk Exposure – TCDD (Agent Orange) Redress Failure

26/07/2025

Dear Commonwealth Bank Executive Team,

I am writing to formally notify you that your institution may be financially entangled in an ongoing international human rights and environmental case involving the denial of redress for second-generation harm caused by TCDD (Agent Orange) exposure.

This includes not only relationships with Australian government departments currently denying compensation and toxic harm, but also any commercial, investment, or financial relationships with chemical manufacturers named in my case — specifically Bayer AG, Dow Inc., and their subsidiaries. These corporations are identified in multiple international complaints, including my submission to the International Criminal Court under Article 15 of the Rome Statute for crimes against humanity.

As a signatory to the UN Principles for Responsible Banking, and a financial institution operating under global ESG standards, Commonwealth Bank has a duty to ensure it is not enabling or profiting from systemic human rights violations, environmental harm, or intergenerational trauma. That includes indirect exposure through clients, contracts, or financial products linked to toxic legacy cover-ups, corporate shielding, or government containment strategies.

If Commonwealth Bank continues to provide financial services to these actors without immediate risk review and mitigation, your institution may be considered complicit under international ESG, financial ethics, and human rights frameworks.

All relevant correspondence is being documented and made publicly available on my website as part of the formal record. Your response will be included in that archive for transparency and accountability.

Please note: I will not hesitate to raise this matter with your ESG auditors, investor network, and international financial regulators. Any legal professionals involved in shielding this matter — through action or omission — will be referred to the Australian Bar Association for misconduct as required.

You are now on formal notice.

Warm Agent Orange Burns regards,

Danielle Stevens

26/7/2025