Community and Sustainability

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When you join Coles, you’re joining a team where your contribution can make a difference for our customers and communities across Australia.

Thanks to the breadth and scale of our businesses and brands, we’re able to drive partnerships and influence supply chains locally and globally, to create a positive impact in the community.

Guided by our purpose of ‘Helping Australians eat and live better every day’, we support charities and community organisations through partnerships, fundraising, food donations and disaster relief.

Our community team manages our national partnerships and programs, while our store teams lead hundreds of local initiatives to directly support community groups across Australia.

Learn more about our community partnerships

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Our community partners

Sustainability

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Our approach to sustainability is focused on building business resilience for the long term and delivering stakeholder value.

Learn more about our sustainability efforts

Our sustainability pillars

Our FY26–FY30 Sustainability Strategy is focused on three strategic pillars - climate, nature and circularity. These are the areas in which we aim to have the most significant impact, enhancing long-term business resilience and delivering shareholder value. Supporting these three strategic pillars is our ongoing commitment to human rights, enable and develop teams, diversity and inclusion, health, safety and wellbeing, community support, and healthy, safe and affordable food. These are the foundations of our sustainability strategy, integral to our operations and aligned with our purpose and values.