Sodexo Takes a Bold Step in its Corporate Responsibility Journey with Better Tomorrow 2025
June 29 2017 - 7:30AM
Better Tomorrow 2025 Outlines
Nine Commitments Covering Sodexo's Positive Impact on Individuals,
Communities and the Environment
Paris, June 29, 2017 -
Sodexo, world leader in Quality of Life Services, unveils Better
Tomorrow 2025, the next step in the Group's corporate
responsibility journey that started in 1966 at the company's
founding. This corporate responsibility (CR) roadmap is Sodexo's
response to an evolving world and focuses on nine clear commitments
covering all impacts of the Group's business as it pursues its
mission of ensuring a better Quality of Life for all.
In today's world, marked by population growth,
environmental issues and social shifts, it is more important than
ever for organizations to strive for positive impact. To create
true value, large companies must act for the benefit of everyone.
Better Tomorrow 2025, Sodexo's CR roadmap, builds on the Group's
long track record of CR leadership and its 50 years of commitment
to the communities in which it operates and the people it
serves.
Michel
Landel, CEO of Sodexo, declares: "Sodexo has
been a value led organization since it was founded in 1966. Better
Tomorrow 2025 is the latest evolution reflecting the current
environmental and social challenges. With ambitious targets across
our business I am proud Sodexo is continuing to build on its legacy
as a leader in responsible business."
Better Tomorrow 2025 consists of nine robust
commitments designed to reinforce the culture of responsible
behavior throughout Sodexo's business. These nine commitments are
fully aligned with the UN's Sustainable Development Goals and each
commitment is underpinned by a hard measurable objective allowing
the Group to constantly monitor progress. Due to the nature of
Sodexo's activities, Better Tomorrow 2025 particularly addresses
the Group's important role in tackling three issues:
Hunger
Sodexo aims to contribute its expertise to
eradicating world hunger, both through its own operations and
through the charitable work and employee activism it supports. The
Group provides advice and support for people at risk of
malnutrition, redistributes surplus food, and funds community
gardens to encourage food autonomy. Sodexo also supports Stop
Hunger Worldwide, a non-profit organization and global movement to
address hunger founded 20 years ago by Sodexo employees.
Gender
As the world's 19th largest
employer, Sodexo has a large-scale impact on gender equality and is
already leading the gender-balance debate: 50% of Sodexo's board
and more than 30% of the Group's senior executives are women.
Sodexo also created the Sodexo Women's International Forum for
Talent (SWIFt), an advisory board dedicated to achieving equality
at all levels of the company.
Waste
Sodexo is committed to continuing to reduce waste
in its operations and through the services it delivers: In 2011,
the Group created "WasteWatch powered by LeanPath," a global food
waste prevention programme that helps identify causes of waste and
define plans to reduce it. Sodexo also shares its expertise and
collaborates with other businesses and NGOs to reduce food waste.
In 2015, it co-founded the International Food Waste Coalition.
Better Tomorrow 2025 gives Sodexo, as well as its
partners, a shared focus on the long-term future, and empowers
Sodexo's 425,000 employees to continue making every day better,
safer, and healthier for 75 million consumers around the world.
About Sodexo
Founded in 1966 by Pierre Bellon,
Sodexo is the global leader in services that improve Quality of
Life, an essential factor in individual and organizational
performance. Operating in 80 countries, Sodexo serves 75 million
consumers each day through its unique combination of On-site
Services, Benefits and Rewards Services and Personal and Home
Services. Through its more than 100 services, Sodexo provides
clients an integrated offering developed over nearly 50 years of
experience: from food services, reception, safety, maintenance and
cleaning, to facilities and equipment management; from Meal Pass,
Gift Pass and Mobility Pass benefits for employees to in-home
assistance and concierge services. Sodexo's success and performance
are founded on its independence, its sustainable business and
financial model and its ability to continuously develop and to
engage the commitment of its 420,000 employees throughout the
world. Sodexo is a member of the CAC 40 and DJSI Indices.
Key figures (as of
August 31, 2016)
20.2 billion euro in consolidated
revenues
425,000 employees
19th largest
employer worldwide
80 countries
75 million consumers served
daily
17.3 billion euro market capitalization
(as of April 12, 2017)
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