Fostering a culture of environmental responsibility through protecting and enhancing our planet
Our journey to net zero by 2040
Sodexo UK & I has set out an ambitious new target to be carbon neutral by 2025 and has launched the roadmap to net zero by 2040. The targets were set after working in partnership with international experts, the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), to ensure that our net zero strategy is thorough, impactful, and transparent.
Social impact pathway: our planet
Our fight against food waste
A third of all food produced globally ends being wasted, making food waste one of the greatest contributors to climate change and biggest scandals of our time. Whether it’s during the ordering, storage, preparation, or serving process, we are working together with our teams, clients and suppliers to reduce food and collateral waste across Sodexo sites.
Tackling food waste – Sodexo Live! launches Full Circle Farm
Reducing food waste is a key part of our sustainability plans and Sodexo Live! is making great progress here in an innovative way. It has its own regenerative farm in Sussex where suitable food waste from its events is used to grow crops and produce for future events with venue partners.
Plastics and recycling
The challenge single use plastics presents is large and we continue to ensure we are doing all we can to reduce the impact of our operations on the environment. We aim to prevent waste where we can but where disposables are still necessary we have intoduced a number of environmentally friendly initiatives.
Supporting a shift to innovative energy solutions
Sodexo believes it is vital to increase energy awareness and to deploy best practices around energy efficiency. We are proud to have switched our estate electricity supply in the UK to renewable sources, helping to reduce our carbon footprint by over 6,000 tonnes of CO2 every year
Increasing local and small business engagement and responsible sourcing
Today, more than half of our carbon emissions come from our supply chain. We are continuing our collaborative efforts with our suppliers and the WWF to reduce the emissions associated with the products we use, particularly carbon intensive commodities such as beef, dairy, palm oil, soy and paper that can also have an impact on deforestation.
Creating a positive impact on society and our environment
Our 2021 social impact pledge
Our social impact pledge sets out our priority areas and commitments as part of our wider social value strategy over the next three years. It sets out how we will deliver our pledges to create a healthier, greener, safe and more prosperous society across the UK and Ireland.
844,600
We have now deployed WasteWatch at 354 sites; preventing over 437 tonnes of food waste, equating to over 3,230 tonnes of CO2 and 844,600 meals