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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1st retailer awarded Platinum Employer Status by Australian Workplace Equality Index

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

Emissions

Working with

36%

55

reductions

suppliers

since 2015

on understanding their

own emissions profile and

the actions to reduce it

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Donated

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Nurturing nature across our supply chain

100% 100%

sustainably sourced

Woolworths own

single product tea, coffee,

brand seafood

cocoa and sugar

responsibly sourced

Food waste

To meet the growing demand

diverted from landfill

for food relief, in August 2023,

from Woolworths

80%  Supermarkets

we provided an immediate

financial boost to our hunger

relief partners, equating to more

than 13 million additional meals

for Australians in need.

Odd Bunch program

See how we're partnering

>300,000t

with OzHarvest

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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