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.