2023
Sustainability Progress
Our role in creating a better tomorrow
When it comes to Sustainability,
everything is connected.
As the largest retailer and employer in Australia, we have the privilege of
employing over 200,000 team members and serving almost every community
through our retail and wholesale network supported by our suppliers.
We want to create a better tomorrow by making shopping more sustainable, so that together we can leave the planet in a better place. In the last year, we remained focussed on supporting and giving back to our customers, team and the communities we serve, working together to drive meaningful action and solutions towards collective challenges.
We're all in this together
2023 at a glance
Supporting our communities
$122M
in donations
to support natural disaster resilience, hunger relief, education and health
Providing hunger relief
Sustainability to us means having a positive impact on our people, our planet and through our products.
Reducing our emissions
36%
emissions reductions
across our operations via renewable electricity, refrigeration and energy efficiency
Making healthier easier
Greener deliveries
27
new electric home delivery vehicles
hit the road this year, as we work towards 100% electric home deliveries by 2030
100% electric truck for greener delivery
Donated
>34M
meals
to our food rescue partners to help meet growing demand
Australia's
healthiest supermarket own brand range
for the fourth year in a row 1
1 The George Institute for Global Health's FoodSwitch: State of the Food Supply report (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022) based on mean Health Star Rating compared with Coles, Aldi and IGA.
Positive impact on our communities
We work with our teams, customers and partners in order to create positive change in our communities. Our community programs are diverse, including providing meals to those in need, children's health and wellbeing and supporting farmers and regional Australia.
Gender equality
39.8% senior leadership in
Australia are women
LGBTQ+
First nations
$355,000 raised
for the Yothu Yindi Foundation through reusable Art Bags sold at Woolworths, supporting the education of Yolngu students
Launched our innovate Reconciliation Action Plan and committed $10 million to a national First Nations residential college at the University of Technology.
Read more about our
Reconciliation Action Plan
Food rescue
$78.5M
in surplus food and groceries donated
Children's health and wellbeing
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Cultural inclusion
Refugees Employment Program
245 refugees provided with employment
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2,800kids
in need supported by the Breakfast Library a partnership initiative of BIG W and the Australian Literacy and Numeracy Foundation
Aussie farmers
$3M in grants
supporting our suppliers through our Organic Growth and Dairy Innovation funds
Together with Fujitsu we're providing hands-on learning experiences for students and job candidates living with disabilities. With Mini Woolies in 41 locations we've offered experience to more than 3,000 young Australians.
See more on our
Mini Woolies program
Creating a truly inclusive workplace
We believe in creating a safe and inclusive workplace where diversity is valued, and everyone can be their 'best self'. Our approach focuses on gender; LGBTQ+; First Nations; disability; and cultural inclusion.
Reducing hunger and food waste
We are at the heart of our communities and are determined to positively impact food security across Australia, an issue of increasing importance in the face of cost of living pressures. We aim to redistribute all edible surplus food to people in need and reduce food waste across our supply chain.
Watch how we're working towards 100% renewable electricity
Launched our transport
decarbonisation strategy with 27 new electric home delivery vehicles as we work towards 100% electric home deliveries by 2030.
Powered by green electricity
231 solar systems installed
Net positive carbon emissions
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>34M meals
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Nurturing nature across our supply chain
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sustainably sourced | Woolworths own |
single product tea, coffee, | brand seafood |
cocoa and sugar | responsibly sourced |
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food waste saved since 2015 |
TowardsWatch our Making a difference video about OzHarvest
net positive
We recognise that Woolworths Group and our suppliers rely on the health of our climate and nature to meet our customers' needs. We aspire to reduce our emissions to be a net positive business by 2050 - working with our partners to remove more carbon than we emit.
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