SWOT Analysis of Sustainable Goals in an Australian Context
Goal Key targets
Responsible Consumption and
Production.
12.3 By 2030, halve per capita
global food waste at the retail and
consumer levels and reduce food
losses along production and supply
chains, including post-harvest
losses.
(Australian Government, 2023a).
Sustainable cities and communities.
 11.4 Strengthen efforts to protect and
safeguard the world’s cultural and
natural heritage
(Australian Government, 2023b).
Strength
12.3.1
Food loss index (Australian
Government, 2023a)
11.4.1 Total expenditure
(public and private) per capita
spent on the preservation,
protection and conservation
of all cultural and natural
heritage, by type of heritage
(cultural, natural, mixed and
World Heritage Centre
designation), level of
government (national,
regional and local/municipal),
type of expenditure (operating
expenditure/investment) and
type of private funding
(donations in kind, private
non-profit sector and
sponsorship) (Australian
Government, 2023b).
Weakness
Currently Australian retailers
have programs such as the odd
bunch and oz harvest in place to
ensure not all food is going to
waste (Woolworths, 2023a).
Food waste in Australian
households that is sent to landfill
has decreased by 17% over the
past 2 years and therefore they
are either buying less or finding
other, more sustainable ways to
discard (Gjorgievska, 2023).
Australia is protecting significant
heritage sites by not allowing the
public to walk over and erode
them (E.g. Uluru) (Hamman,
2022).
Some heritage sites require an
entry fee which goes towards the
maintenance and protection of
these sights (Hamman, 2022).
Sights are monitored to ensure
they are not disrupted/
destroyed (Hamman, 2022).
Opportunities
On average 314kg of food waste is
generated per person over a year
which currently all goes into landfill in
Australia (Gjorgievska, 2023).
Over buying leading to food waste in
households (Baker, et al., 2005, pg.9).
Currently marked as a grey target
meaning that data has not been
reported (Australian Government,
2023a).
Currently marked as a grey target
meaning that data has not been
reported (Australian Government,
2023b).
Threats
Due to inflation, most Australian
households are buying only what they
need (Food and Agriculture
Organisation, 2013, pg. 7).
Australia is recognising more cultural
heritage areas through protests and
discussions with indigenous Australians
(Hamman, 2022).
Natural disasters such as floods and
hurricanes contribute to a large amount
of food waste on harvest, retail, and
consumer levels (Food and Agriculture
Organisation, 2013, pg. 60).
More food is going to waste in
transportation due to issues like unsafe
roads and other means of transport
(train derailments) which causes supply
issues in more remote places, causing
panic over consumption by consumers
(Food and Agriculture Organisation,
2013, pg. 60).
Some government agencies and leaders
have negative perspectives on
indigenous cultural heritage (Hamman,
2022).
Natural and/ or man-made disasters
can destroy these both cultural and
natural heritage significantly (Hamman,
2022).