Sustainability Awards

Woodside recognises outstanding sustainability performance by its employees through an awards process.

Each category winner receives $5,000 to donate to their nominated charity. The overall winner is recognised with the Woodside Chairman’s Award and receives an additional A$10,000 for donation.

In 2009 the Chairman’s Award was presented to “Pluto Trunkline Dredging”. Find out more about our 2009 categories winners by clicking on each project.

• Community - Mirnuwarnigu-Yirdiya operations support traineeship
• Economic - operational reliability improvement process
• Environment - Pluto trunkline dredging
• Health and safety - Pluto Thailand team safety program
• Innovation and Technology - Angel “not normally manned” gas platform
• Leadership and Capability - Pluto assurance framework

In 2008 the Chairman’s award was presented to “Offshore smoke-free workplaces”. Find out more about our 2008 categories winners by clicking on each project.

• Environment – Torosa 6, drilling an appraisal well
• Our people - health and safety – Offshore smoke-free workplaces
• Our people - leadership and capability – Indigenous cadetship program
• Sustainable communities – Roebourne Pathways program
• Innovation and enterprise – Karratha Gas Plant evaporation pond trial

In 2007 the Chairman’s Award went to “North West Australian climate change study”. The category winners were:

• Environment - Pluto LNG Cultural Management
• Our people - health and safety – Establishing a safe shipping fairway from Dampier to Glomar Shoal
• Our people - leadership and culture – Gender Diversity Initiative
• Sustainable communities – Mokowe Hospital upgrade, Lamu, Kenya
• Innovation and technology – North West Australian climate change study