Fiscal 2020 Universal Registration Document

2. Management report

2.2.3 Investment in employee skills development

2.2.3.1 Employee development

BETTER TOMORROW 2025 OBJECTIVE 

100% of our employees are trained on sustainable practices

Sodexo is convinced that the satisfaction of its clients and consumers depends largely on the skills and talents of its employees.

The Learning and Development Teams off er Sodexo employees a wide range of professional and learning programs.

In today’s environment, it is more essential than ever to focus on talent development.

With the pandemic, we reinforced our empowerment and self-learning strategy, which is anchored in our continued investment in digital learning pathways. During the crisis, we launched a new Learning & Support Hub  intended for particular employees. We also continued to work with our executives to enhance their leadership skills through the platform Praditus.

Moreover, training our employees about environmental issues is an essential lever for improving our services, raising awareness, and changing behaviors towards sustainability. In order to reach our ambitious 2025 target, we decided to implement and deploy a global training program starting in fiscal year 2020.

The decline in the number of hours of training per employee over the fiscal year can be mainly explained by the number of employees on furlough, part-time working or taking time off work during the health crisis.

For the first time we are reporting on sustainable practices training.

 

FISCAL 2020
FISCAL 2019
CHANGE
Total number of training hours

Total number of training hours


FISCAL 2020


3,976,387

Total number of training hours


FISCAL 2019


4,017,650*

Total number of training hours


CHANGE


- *

Average number of hours of training per employee

Average number of hours of training per employee


FISCAL 2020


8.8

Average number of hours of training per employee


FISCAL 2019


12.4*

Average number of hours of training per employee


CHANGE


- *

Number of employees trained on sustainable practices

Number of employees trained on sustainable practices


FISCAL 2020


57,279

Number of employees trained on sustainable practices


FISCAL 2019


-

Number of employees trained on sustainable practices


CHANGE


-

 

*    For FY 2019, the number of training hours excluded the United States due to data quality and Germany due to constraints imposed by trade unions.

Our desire to promote the training of our employees unfortunately did not produce the expected results this fiscal year. The decline in the number of hours of training per employee over the fiscal year can be explained namely by partial unemployment or stoppage in activity during the health crisis .employee over the fiscal year can be explained namely by partial unemployment or stoppage in activity during the health crisis.

2.2.3.2 Internal promotion at the heart of Sodexo’s model

Since its creation, Sodexo encourages its employees to give the best of themselves and off er opportunities for advancement. This policy encourages them to develop a career plan, explore new professional horizons and take on new responsibilities.

 

FISCAL 2020
FISCAL 2019
% of off-site managers promoted internally

% of

 off-site managers promoted internally
FISCAL 2020

5.8%

% of

 off-site managers promoted internally
FISCAL 2019

7.6%

% of on-site managers promoted internally

% of

 on-site managers promoted internally
FISCAL 2020

7.3%

% of

 on-site managers promoted internally
FISCAL 2019

8.8%

% of employees promoted internally

% of employees promoted internally


FISCAL 2020

2.9%

% of employees promoted internally


FISCAL 2019

2.2%