2022-23 Annual Report

• We launched our 'Slow Down for Yellow' campaign to help keep you, your family and our patrols safe.
• We continued to reiterate road safety messaging, including during National Road Safety Week and our 'Too many South Australians taken from our roads' campaign. 
• We had a consistent voice in the media, earning more than $22m of coverage speaking out on issues that matter most to our members.
• Our members saved an estimated $28m sourcing cheaper fuel through the RAA app, which was accessed over 3 million times.
• We engaged with our online communities through social media, responding to thousands of enquiries and comments and generating a reach of 13.1m.
• We reached all pockets of the community through our sa move (previously samotor) magazine and RAA Daily website.
• We helped to educate South Australians about the benefits of electric vehicles and their role in the sustainability of our future transport network and decarbonising our state.
• We received more than 2,500 nominations for risky road locations.
• We received more than 1,000 nominations for risky ride locations.
• Our experts travelled more than 4,300 kilometres to conduct road investigations.
• We had more than 50 meetings with industry, governments and politicians.

We continued to focus our activities aligned with our selected seven United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs). We're proud to report on how we're acting on climate change.

We fully implemented our first Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP).

• We donated $25,000 through our Grassroots Giving program to support reconciliation activities in South Australia.
• We delivered 400 hours of free driving lessons to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students.
• We supported 14 Aboriginal students to get their driver’s licence.
• Our 'Licence to Work' program won an award as we helped disadvantaged students get their licence.
• We educated South Australians about the Uluru Statement from the Heart and our Board and Executives' support for the Statement.

We implemented new measures and continued to deliver programs to reduce our carbon footprint and protect our natural environment.

• We reduced our carbon emissions by 195 tonnes by transitioning our Mile End office to Greenpower.
• We diverted approximately 230 tonnes of waste from landfill.
• We replaced 100,000 sa move magazine plastic wraps with 100% certified compostable wraps.
• We recycled 55,000 car batteries.
• We recycled 1,310 car seats.

Through our grant programs we helped grow and support local communities across the state, with a focus on those who needed it most. 

• We contributed $350,000 to community organisations and causes.
• We helped Foodbank deliver more than 359,000 meals for South Australians in need. 
• We supported Tjindu Foundation’s Aboriginal AFL Academy and mission to improve the lives of Aboriginal children. 
• We supported firefighting volunteers on the frontline and their families, through our partnership with the CFS Foundation.
• We granted $93,000 to not-for-profits and community organisations through our Grassroots Giving program.
• We donated $72,000 to community organisations through our Regional Safety Grant program.

We helped to keep children safer on our roads.

• We visited 303 schools and educated more than 24,000 children through our Street Smart Primary program.
• We hosted a record 9,000 students from 77 schools at our annual Street Smart High event.
• We visited more than 152 preschools through Street Smart Preschool to help educate even the youngest South Aussies.

• We also delivered 119 Years Ahead presentations to almost 3,000 attendees – with more than 30% being held in regional SA.  
• And to celebrate our longest serving and most loyal members, we held Gold 50 events for around 400 members in Mt Gambier, Kingston and Murray Bridge. 

Great people make a great workplace and at RAA we pride ourselves on being an employer of choice. 

• 87% of our people are proud to work at RAA.
• 80% of our people would recommend working at RAA.
• 75% of our team enjoys working flexibly.
• 138 employees were trained in wellbeing and resilience.
• 216 employees received Cultural Awareness Training as part of our reconciliation journey.
• We were recognised as having one of the Top 5 Graduate Programs and Top 3 Internship Programs in Australia.

We launched and supported several initiatives as part of our Inclusion, Diversity and Belonging Program.  

• We sponsored the Making Her Mark program.
• We launched our inaugural LGBTQIA+ Employee Resource Group.
• We held events to celebrate International Women’s Day and International Men’s Day.

As our workforce continues to grow and diversify, we’re expanding our office footprint.

• RAA will be back in the heart of the city where we belong. We secured office space and the signage rights to the city’s most iconic building, 91 King William Street, which is now known as RAA Place.
• We secured space at Lot Fourteen, enabling our innovation team to collaborate with industry and start-ups to explore better products and solutions for our members.
• We sold our Mile End location to the State Government as part of the North-South Corridor project.