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Woolworths Ltd

Headquarters : 540 George St., 5th Fl. Sydney 2000 Australia

web www.woolworths.com.au tel. 61-2-9323-1555 analytics

Brands

name

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ALH Group

BIGW, BWS

countdown

Dan Murphy, Dick Smith

Everyday Money, Everyday Reward

Flemings, Food For Less, Foodtown

fresh choice

Power House

supervalue

Tandy, Thomas Dux Grocer

Woolworths

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« Ethical » rating of Woolworths Ltd , group and subsidiaries

Labor 1 Sales 18 Bn $.€ /year Profit 1 Bn $.€ /1998 Infocom 1

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Shareholders
Business & market
Subsidiaries (1)
Locations & production (2)

subsidiary

country

source

The Warehouse Group

Bloomberg

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country

address & contact : production type

incentive source

China

Woolworths Limited's Asian buying office to help increase the amount of direct sourcing. : Achat,

India

partnership with the Tata Group : Production,

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Executives (2)

Labor conditions (3)

Environmental impact

Human impact

year

name

photo position; compensation

source

2001Strong, James Alexander

Chairman of the Board;

1999Corbett, Roger

Chief Executive Officer;

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year

employees

social impact : country

source

2007

180000

2003

145000

2002

ILO violation 138 : illegal child labour: United Kingdom

BBC News

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year

employees

social impact : country

source

3 informations, access to subscribers

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Financials (5)

Lobbying & corruption

Subsidy

Advertising & marketing (3)

year

sales

income

source

2003

17,55

0,43

billion US$

2002

13,79

0,32

billion US$

2001

10,91

0,24

billion US$

2000

12,28

0,18

billion US$

1998

11,47

0,19

billion US$

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year

financial misdemeanor

sales

income

assets

buyback

source

5 informations, access to subscribers

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year

dubious practice : image

source

2007

slogan: The Fresh Food People;

2007

slogan: Passionate about retail;

2007

Deceptive advertising: Woolworths has withdrawn a range of tissue products after being outed for using a "Sustainable Forest Fibre" logo on products sourced from a notorious Indonesian forestry company. The packaging on Woolworths' "Select" tissues claimed they were sourced "from a certified environmentally managed company that is environmentally, socially and economically responsible." However, environmental groups had never heard of a "Sustainable Forest Fibre" certification scheme. Following widespread reporting of Asia Pulp and Paper's track record in logging Indonesian rainforests, Woolworths withdrew the product range.:

Australian Associated Press

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