The bulk of Pride in Diversity members are in the private sector. Woolworths is listed in the category Retail & Consumer Goods alongside retail giants such as:
- Australia Post
- Bunnings
- Coles
- Endeavour Group
- Kmart
- Luxottica Retail Australia Pty Ltd
- Officeworks
- Reece Group
- Retail Prodigy Group
- Temple & Webster
- Woolworths Group
Platinum Project 2022
Woolworths submitted a ‘platinum project’ to the 2022 AWEI awards. This means that they have been at GOLD level for over 5 years and were able to waive part of their AWEI submission and complete a project instead.
Internal Comms Reveal Key Facts
ACON Exposed has received these internal communications from an anonymous Woolworths employee.
Gender Affirmation
- There are currently 700 Woolies staff identifying as transgender
- 150 have already accessed “transition leave” provisions
- Woolworths will put the team through a “Gender Inclusion Workshop” to support a team member through a “gender affirmation journey”
Multiple Days of Significance
- Woolworths observed – IDAHOBIT, Trans Day of Visibility and Wear It Purple Day in 2022
Gender Identity
- Woolworths have updated their internal systems to accomodate ‘non-binary’ gender identity options
- Options conflate “man or male”, “woman or female” and gives both “non-binary” and “another term” as options.
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