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Woolworths Ltd


Headquarters location: 540 George St., 5th Fl. Sydney 2000AustraliaTel. 61-2-9323-1555 Job offers, investor relations: www.woolworths.com.au


Woolworths owns

subsidiary
country     %
source
The Warehouse Group New Zealand10Bloomberg

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« ETHICAL » RATING OF WOOLWORTHS , group and subsidiaries
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1
Labor: 1 violation(s) of fundamental labor rights
18
Sales: more than 18 billion(s) dollars/euros in annual sales
1
Net profit: more than 1 billion(s) dollars/euros in cumulated net profit since 1998
1
Advertising & marketing: 1 dubious practice(s)

Woolworths is managed by

year name
photo position; compensation
source
2001Strong, James Alexander
See the photo of: Strong, James Alexander Chairman of the Board;
1999Corbett, Roger
See the photo of: Corbett, Roger Chief Executive Officer;

Advertising & marketing

year
dubious practice : image
source
2007Deceptive advertising: Woolworths has withdrawn a range of tissue products after being outed for using a "Sustainable Forest Fibre" logo on products sourced from a notorious Indonesian forestry company.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.:

Made by

year
employees
<>
social impact : country
source
2003
145000
2002
ILO violation 138 : illegal child labour: United Kingdom
BBC News

Financials

year  salesincome source
2003   17.550.43   billion US$
2002   13.790.32   billion US$
2001   10.910.24   billion US$
2000   12.280.18   billion US$
1998   11.470.19   billion US$

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