Social Impact Pledge 2030 - a foreword from Jean Renton

At Sodexo, our history is rich with purpose.

For 60 years, since Pierre Bellon founded the company, we have worked to improve the quality of life for our people and those we serve, contributing to the economic, social and environmental progress in the communities where we operate.

Pierre understood that people’s daily environment – whether at work, in school or in hospital – has a profound impact on their wellbeing, productivity and happiness.

He created Sodexo to provide services that add true value to those daily environments – from serving nutritious and sustainable meals, to delivering welcoming and functioning spaces.

It’s just how we do business. It’s deep-rooted in our culture.

But this culture extends beyond our walls and into our communities, where we engage local suppliers and form partnerships with local charities to actively support the areas where we live and work.

In 2015, in the UK and Ireland, we decided to consolidate all these positive actions and programmes into a Social Impact Pledge, making clear our commitments to our colleagues, customers, and communities.

The Pledge therefore explained how we, as a strategic partner to Government and the private sector, would also be helping them to achieve their societal goals.

Our new Pledge, launched ten years on, builds on that legacy, evolving to meet today’s complex societal challenges.

It reflects our mission to foster a more sustainable, equitable and inclusive future. With every one of our 30,000 colleagues supporting the delivery of our varied services, taking collective responsibility for the positive change we can make together everyday.

Our vision for 2030 is clear and ambitious:

• We will continue to lead our industry on social mobility. We will offer all our people equitable opportunity and support them to develop and be who they want to be, in a truly inclusive environment. One where they belong, and which inspires them to act with purpose and thrive in their own way.
• Net Zero 2040 will be within reach. By 2030 we will have decarbonised a large proportion of our business, reducing our emissions across all three scopes by 55%.
• Sodexo’s Stop Hunger Foundation will, by then, have supported over 12.5 million people across the UK and Ireland.
• And we will continue to provide valuable support to our supply partners, sharing our expertise, encouraging increased supply chain diversification, sustainable practices and innovation.

Accomplishing all this will give us every reason to be confident of a better tomorrow.

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