50,000 hours of volunteering offered by Sodexo
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A day of volunteering for everyone
Sodexo offers its employees one paid day a year to volunteer for Stop Hunger or another local cause focused on combating hunger and food insecurity. In 2022, more than 8,000 employees took part in charitable activities as part of this initiative, which represented almost 50,000 hours of volunteering. In the same volunteering spirit but over longer periods of time, 4 missions were undertaken as part of Stop Hunger’s YEAH! (Your Engagement Against Hunger!) program in partnership with the World Food Programme (WFP) in 2022. 81 Sodexo experts have already taken part in a YEAH! mission in 23 countries since 2016
Sodexo and Stop Hunger
Through its unique philanthropic cause, Stop Hunger, Sodexo is firmly embedding its social impact and footprint in the most vulnerable communities in the strong belief that empowering women and younger generations is central to delivering solutions for a better future.
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A global campaign in support of food banks and a white paper
Food insecurity, an issue that has been exacerbated by the unprecedented inflationary crisis, is affecting more than 828 million people worldwide. Faced with a massive increase in demand, food banks have been sounding the alarm since the start of the year. In response to this emergency, Stop Hunger and Sodexo launched a joint “Show your heart, Play your part” campaign in some 10 countries. In addition, Stop Hunger, in partnership with the Brunswick agency, published a white paper entitled “Food insecurity: the urgent need for a paradigm shift” to raise awareness among all stakeholders and call on them to take action to combat the unacceptable scourge of hunger. Sodexo supports Stop Hunger’s initiative to highlight the issues surrounding this problem. Finally, this year, the Servathon, Sodexo’s annual volunteer rallying initiative, brought together 4,800 committed and enthusiastic volunteers from 38 countries and helped support more than 384,000 beneficiaries.
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Empowering women, a key lever in the long-term fight against food insecurity
This year, in partnership with Women in Africa, Stop Hunger designed a signature program, Women for Zero Hunger, to support outstanding initiatives to combat hunger and food insecurity in Africa. More than 600 applications were received, and three finalists were selected by a panel of committed public figures. This enabled Women Smiles (Uganda), FarmSahel (Burkina Faso) and Childvoice (Uganda and Nigeria) to benefit from financial support, development workshops and a tailor-made mentoring program with Sodexo and Women in Africa experts.
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Long-standing solidarity at the annual Stop Hunger event
The 2023 “Sowing Golden Seeds” event brought to a close a successful fundraising campaign, which raised over a million euros in donations. This memorable evening was a great opportunity to bring together Sodexo leaders, consumers, clients, suppliers, and volunteers around issues relating to food insecurity. Sodexo and many of its partners attended this event to support the fight against hunger and food insecurity. Other fundraising events were organized around the world, thus amplifying the impact and reach of this cause. Events in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Spain and Singapore raised 4 million euros in donations. Through Stop Hunger’s 300 NGO partners, 100% of these funds will be used directly to support food aid and women’s empowerment programs.
36,000beneficiaries from the Empowering women projects