- Climate change impacts (shifting weather patterns and extreme weather events)
- Food waste
- Shrinking land suitable for farming
- Increasing water scarcity
- Packaging waste, particularly plastic waste
Woolworths Group
Greenhouse gas emissions & sustainability report data
Figures are as stated in the company's own report and may use different boundaries, units or methods (for example market-based vs location-based Scope 2), so compare with care.
Renewable Energy
100% by 2025
of total energy
📈 Emissions by Report Period
| Report period | Headline emissions figure reported |
|---|---|
| 2023-07 to 2024-06 | 1.8M tCO2e (Scope 1 & 2) |
| 2021-07 to 2022-06 | 2.0M tCO2e/year |
| 2020-07 to 2021-06 | 2.31 million tCO2e/year (Scope 1 & 2) |
| 2019-07 to 2020-06 | 2.4 million tonnes of CO2e |
Each row is the headline figure extracted from a different report; scope coverage and methodology can change between years.
✅ Reported Environmental Achievements
- Significant progress in becoming more energy efficient
- Donating the equivalent of 18 million meals every year to feed Australians and New Zealanders in need
🎯 Climate & Sustainability Targets
🔜 Short-term
- 100% Green electricity by 2025
- Zero food waste to landfill by 2025
- Halve the use of virgin plastic packaging by weight against our 2018 baseline by 2024
📅 Medium-term
- Reduce emissions from our operations by 63% compared to a 2015 baseline by 2030
- Reduce scope 3 emissions by 19% compared to a 2015 baseline by 2030
- Achieve an average of 60% recycled content in our Own Brand packaging by the end of 2025
🔭 Long-term
- Net positive carbon emissions by 2050
🌱 ESG Focus Areas
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