A refined look at Healthier Choices: Updates to your Supplier Connect Scorecard
At Woolworths, our commitment to helping customers make healthier choices is a key priority. We’ve heard your feedback on our initial Healthier Choices metrics, and we’re excited to announce some important updates.
We’ve refined these metrics to give you a deeper view of your performance, helping us partner more effectively to meet our shared goals. The metrics will be scored to assess the Trade Partner relative to the subcategory average, but will not be weighted towards monthly or partnership tiers.
A more accurate view of healthier performance
Last year we launched two Healthier Choices metrics in the Supplier Connect scorecard, to help our Trade Partners better understand how they sit relative to others in the subcategory. These metrics are scored but are not weighted towards monthly or partnership tiers. You might have noticed in your June scorecard, released in July, that the Healthier Choices metrics had changed. These changes are designed to provide a clearer, more stable picture of your performance.
Here’s a breakdown of the key updates:
Why these metrics matter
The Health Star Rating (HSR) system is a crucial tool for our customers. A large proportion of shoppers use it to make informed decisions, and they want to see it on more products. While ~100% of our own-brand products in intended categories display the HSR, there’s a significant opportunity for branded products to increase their coverage. Currently, just over 31% of branded SKUs in these categories display the HSR. By working together to increase this number, we can not only meet government uptake targets but, more importantly, better serve our customers’ expectations.
Positive momentum has been building so far this year, as 60% of participating Trade Partners have Scope 1 & 2 goals, and 48% have Scope 3 goals. Second-year participants recorded higher ‘average climate KPI scores’. 56% of greenhouse gas emissions intensity assessments showed a year-on-year decrease, with reductions mainly occurring in the value chain’s manufacturing and/or processing stage.
Where to find the updated scorecard
You can find the updated metrics in your monthly Supplier Connect Scorecard, which is available through the Supplier Connect in the Quantium Portal. We encourage you to use it to have data-driven discussions with your Category teams about opportunities to partner on enhancing these metrics over time
For any questions about these changes, please reach out to your Category Manager or the Supplier Connect team at [email protected].
Please note: This article is relevant to branded vendors only and is not applicable to own brand suppliers.
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