This project provides support to the development of a measurement model to assess progress on the Woolworths ‘Good Business Journey’. This is in response to a commitment made in April 2007 by the CEO of Woolworths, Simon Susman, to a “five-year plan, changing the way we do business, and incorporating a series of challenging targets and commitments, centred on four key priorities: accelerating transformation, driving social development, enhancing our environmental focus, and addressing climate change.”

In order to assess the company’s progress on these targets and commitments and thus provide continuous guidance on the evolving sustainability management system, a measurement model is being developed. This model takes as its point of departure the Barometer for Sustainability (initially developed by the IUCN / World Conservation Union for the assessment of regional progress to sustainability), adapted for application to a corporate retail organisation.