Westpac Legal Notice

Subject: Formal Notice of ESG, Financial, and Human Rights Risk Exposure – TCDD (Agent Orange) Redress Failure (Second-Generation Impact)

To: Westpac Executive Risk & Compliance Team

Dear Westpac Executive Team,

This is a formal notice regarding Westpac Banking Corporation’s potential financial, ethical, and reputational exposure to an ongoing international legal case involving the denial of redress for second-generation harm caused by TCDD (Agent Orange) — a chemical weapon linked to war-related intergenerational trauma and systemic health damage.

I am the direct complainant in a formal submission to the International Criminal Court (ICC) under Article 15 of the Rome Statute, which addresses crimes against humanity committed through denial, suppression, and obstruction of justice for victims of inherited toxic exposure. My case specifically targets the failure of multiple Australian government departments to provide recognition, compensation, or screening for second-generation civilians — children of Vietnam War veterans — harmed by this chemical legacy.

Your institution may now be financially entangled in that cover-up through:

• Relationships with Australian government departments actively denying TCDD-related compensation and suppressing second-generation harm;

• Exposure to Bayer AG, Dow Inc., or related chemical manufacturers through Westpac’s wealth products, ETF offerings, or corporate investment channels;

• Lack of due diligence or escalation despite being placed on formal notice of legal and human rights risks.

As a signatory to the UN Principles for Responsible Banking, and given your public ESG commitments, Westpac has a duty to ensure it is not enabling or profiting from systems that perpetuate war-linked trauma, environmental crimes, or human rights violations — particularly when these impact civilian descendants of conflict.

Given Westpac’s 2020 AUSTRAC case — in which your institution was fined $1.3 billion for systemic failures involving transactions linked to child exploitation — this current scenario represents a parallel compliance risk. Second-generation victims of Agent Orange exposure are not theoretical. We exist. I am one of them. And your financial support of actors involved in the ongoing cover-up now raises serious ESG and reputational concerns.

If Westpac continues to provide financial services to implicated actors without immediate risk review and mitigation, your institution may be considered complicit under international ESG, human rights, and anti-financial crime frameworks.

Please be advised:

• This correspondence will be included in my OECD complaint, which has now been transferred from the Australian NCP to the Netherlands National Contact Point due to conflict of interest.

• Your response — or lack thereof — will be documented, published, and submitted as part of a growing international legal and financial archive.

• Any legal professionals involved in shielding this matter through action or omission may be referred to the Australian Bar Association and associated misconduct channels.

You are now on formal public record. Silence will be treated as complicity.

Please respond in writing by the close of business on the 30th of July 2025 

Warm Agent Orange Burns regards,

Danielle Stevens

We will always be a child of a Vietnam Veteran

https://agentorangechild.wixsite.com/agent-orange-child

A formal complaint has been lodged with the International Criminal Court for Crimes against Humanity. The final submission was the 1st of July 2025.

Australia ratified International treaties but failed to implement them into domestic laws

30/07/2025

Dear Miss Danni Stevens,

Complaint Reference Number: CS120030120

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