A new batch of industry associations has been uploaded onto the InfluenceMap system and the relationship scores recalculated accordingly.
We adjusted the terminology used to describe the queries running down the left-hand side of our scoring matrix and added additional explanatory text to the info-boxes. This has no impact on the scores and methodology. It has been done following user feedback to improve clarity.
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Woolworths is a member of National Business Initative, and has a representative on board, and on the Advisory Committee on Environment and Society. Woolworth's Group Head of Sustainability Feroz Koor also chairs the NBI Western Cape Provincial Membership Advisory Council (NBI Website, April 2022)
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InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Woolworths is a member of National Business Initative, and has a representative on board, and on the Advisory Committee on Environment and Society. Woolworth's Group Head of Sustainability Feroz Koor also chairs the NBI Western Cape Provincial Membership Advisory Council (NBI Website, April 2022)
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InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Woolworths Group Ltd is one of more than 100 full members of the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry as of January 2022.
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InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Woolworths Group Ltd is one of more than 100 full members of the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry as of January 2022.
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InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Woolworths Group is a member of Ai Group. It holds an unspecified position on one or more of Ai Group's working groups, although no detail is provided. (Up to date as of January 2022)
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InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Woolworths Group is a member of Ai Group. It holds an unspecified position on one or more of Ai Group's working groups, although no detail is provided. (Up to date as of January 2022)
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InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Woolworths Group is one of over 100 direct members of BCA
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InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Woolworths Group is one of over 100 direct members of BCA. It holds an unspecified position on one or more of BCA's committees and working groups. In [563294 response to a shareholder question] at the 2018 AGM, Woolworths Group Chairman Gordon Cairns told a shareholder that the company does not agree with all of BCA's positions on climate change, but prefers to engage with them privately.
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InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Woolworths Group is one of over 100 direct members of BCA
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InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Woolworths Group is one of over 100 direct members of BCA
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InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Woolworths Group is one of over 100 direct members of BCA. It holds an unspecified position on one or more of BCA's committees and working groups. In [563294 response to a shareholder question] at the 2018 AGM, Woolworths Group Chairman Gordon Cairns told a shareholder that the company does not agree with all of BCA's positions on climate change, but prefers to engage with them privately.
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InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Woolworths Group is one of over 100 direct members of BCA
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In this section, we depict graphically the relationships the corporation has with trade associations, federations, advocacy groups and other third parties who may be acting on their behalf to influence climate change policy. Each of the columns above represents one relationship the corporation appears to have with such a third party. In these columns, the top, dark section represents the strength of the relationship the corporation has with the influencer. For example if a corporation's senior executive also held a key role in the trade association, we would deem this to be a strong relationship and it would be on the far left of the chart above, with the weaker ones to the right. Click on these grey shaded upper sections for details of these relationships. The middle section contains a link to the organization score details of the influencer concerned, so you can see the details of its climate change policy influence. Click on the middle sections for for details of the trade associations. The lower section contains the organization score of that influencer, the lower the more negatively it is influencing climate policy.
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Climate Lobbying Overview: Woolworths Group appears to be engaging positively on climate change policy, but with limited engagement. The company has shown top-line support for climate action and a number of key climate policies in Australia, however, the company has had limited detailed engagement with specific climate-related policy or the energy transition.
Top-line Messaging on Climate Policy: Woolworths Group supports action on climate change in its top-line communications . In its 2021 Sustainability Report, published in December 2021, the company clearly endorsed the IPCC science on climate change and supported emissions reductions in line with 1.5°C. Woolworths Group has consistently supported Australia's participation in the UN Paris Agreement, although it did not rule out the use of Kyoto carryover credits in response to a shareholder question at Woolworth Group's 2019 AGM. Woolworths does not appear to explicitly support government regulations in response to climate change.
Engagement with Climate-Related Regulations: Woolworths Group appears to take mixed positions on climate regulations. InfluenceMap has found no evidence of recent engagement with specific climate policy between 2020-2022. Previously, the company expressed basic top-line support for a number of Australian climate and energy policies including the federal carbon tax in a statement by its Chair in November 2018, the Emissions Reduction Fund and state-level energy efficiency legislation such as the NSW Energy Savings Scheme and the Victorian Energy Efficiency Target in its 2018 Climate Change Disclosure response.
Positioning on Energy Transition: In its 2021 Sustainability report, Woolworths Group was clearly concerned with phasing fossil fuels out of its energy usage in its own operations, but the company does not appear to have a clear position on the broader energy transition.
Industry Association Governance: Woolworths Group does not disclose a full list of its industry association memberships and indirect climate-related lobbying activities, nor has it published a full audit disclosure of its industry links. The company retains membership of industry associations that have broadly negative engagement with climate change policy, including the Australian Chamber of Commerce & Industry and Energy Users Association of Australia, and membership to the Business Council of Australia, which has mixed engagement with climate policy.