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Woolworths Holdings

  • Retail, Supermarkets & grocery
  • South Africa

  • Woolworths Holdings Limited is a publicly traded company that owns and operates a chain of retail stores across Africa, Australia and New Zealand. Its stores offer clothing, footwear, accessories and homewares.

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Indicators

Transparency Pledge ? Company has fully aligned or committed to aligning with the Transparency Pledge standard, by publicly disclosing information about their supplier factories.

Global Framework Agreement ? Company has signed a Global Framework Agreement, negotiated on a global level with a trade union.

567

Global Apparel Facilities on OAR ? Global apparel facilities on Open Apparel Registry
Indicator last reviewed 26-12-2024

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Benchmark rankings

Fashion Transparency Index 2020
? A review of the biggest global fashion brands and retailers ranked according to how much they disclose about their social and environmental policies, practices and impacts.
48.5 / 250
Fashion Transparency Index 2021
? A review of the biggest global fashion brands and retailers ranked according to how much they disclose about their social and environmental policies, practices and impacts. These scores have been rounded to one decimal place.
61 / 250
Fashion Transparency Index 2022
? A review of the biggest global fashion brands and retailers ranked according to how much they disclose about their social and environmental policies, practices and impacts. These scores have been rounded to one decimal place.
66 / 250
Fashion Transparency Index 2023
? A review of the biggest global fashion brands and retailers ranked according to how much they disclose about their social and environmental policies, practices and impacts.
73.5 / 250
KnowTheChain Apparel & Footwear 2023
? KnowTheChain is a resource for companies and investors to understand and address forced labour risks within their global supply chains.
11 / 100

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