business recognition

• Winner – International Responsible Retailer of the Year at the World Retail Awards – held during the annual World Retail Congress in April 2008;
• Winner of the Mail and Guardian Greening the Future Award for companies with innovative environmental strategies – June 2008;
• Included again in the JSE Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) index for 2007/8;
• Ranked 11th (2006: 20th) in the annual UNISA Accountability Rating of South African companies (Top retailer);
• Ranked 14th in the 2008 Top Companies survey conducted by the Financial Mail. This survey considered a company’s earnings track record over five years as well as how the company is managed, its corporate governance procedures, its culture and the quality of communications with shareholders and stakeholders; and
• The Real Simple Green Innovation Awards
  2008: Green Fashion for Woolworths Green Label. (Real Simple magazine)