Fiscal 2021 Universal Registration Document

2. Corporate responsibility at Sodexo

2.3.3 Impact on communities – key performance indicators

Workforce by category

  FISCAL 2021 FISCAL 2020
  TOTAL % FEMALE TOTAL % FEMALE
Board of Directors ☑ (1)

Board of Directors ☑

(1)
FISCAL 2021

10

Board of Directors ☑

(1)
FISCAL 2020

60%

10 60%
Executive Committee ☑

Executive Committee ☑

FISCAL 2021

17

Executive Committee ☑

FISCAL 2020

29%

20 30%
Group Senior Executives ☑ (2)

Group Senior Executives ☑

(2)
FISCAL 2021

185

Group Senior Executives ☑

(2)
FISCAL 2020

43%

204 40%
Managers ☑

Managers ☑

FISCAL 2021

47,473

Managers ☑

FISCAL 2020

44%

49,296 44%
Employees ☑

Employees ☑

FISCAL 2021

364,615

Employees ☑

FISCAL 2020

57%

373,416 56%
Total Worforce ☑ Total Worforce ☑FISCAL 2021412,088 Total Worforce ☑FISCAL 202055% 422,712 55%

(1) Excluding the 2 members of the Board who are employee representatives.
(2) Group Senior Executives include the key functions reporting directly to Group Executive Committee members, higher-level sales and operations and high potentials.

On August 31, 2021, the Executive Committee was composed of 5 women and 12 men. As of October 1, 2021, following Sophie Bellon’s nomination as Interim Chief Executive Officer, and Annick de Vanssay’s nomination as Chief People Officer during the transition period, the Executive Committee is composed of 7 women and 11 men, making it 39% female.

The percentage of women in senior management positions has also increased this fiscal year, creating a talent pool of potential future Executive Committee members.

Diversity and inclusion as a catalyst for societal change
  FISCAL 2021 FISCAL 2020 CHANGE
Empowered women in communities

Empowered women in communities

FISCAL 2021

54,768

Empowered women in communities

FISCAL 2020

45,495

Empowered women in communities

CHANGE+ 16,9%
% of Group revenues of countries with initiatives to improve the quality of life of women

% of Group revenues of countries with initiatives to improve the quality of life of women

FISCAL 202195,4 %

% of Group revenues of countries with initiatives to improve the quality of life of women

FISCAL 202094,8%

% of Group revenues of countries with initiatives to improve the quality of life of women

CHANGE+ 0,6 pt
  FISCAL 2021 FISCAL 2020
% of employees working in countries that respect gender balance in their management

% of employees working in countries that respect gender balance in their management

FISCAL 2021

46,7%

% of employees working in countries that respect gender balance in their management

FISCAL 2020

46,0%

Lastly, the percentage of employees working in countries that respect gender balance in their management has increased in Fiscal 2021, in line with the Better Tomorrow 2025 objective.

Gender Professional and Pay Gap

Sodexo is committed to decreasing the gender pay gap across our United Kingdom and Ireland entities to 10% by 2025. Since 2016, Sodexo United Kingdom and Ireland publishes the diff erence between gross hourly earnings for all men in an organization versus gross hourly earnings for all women. The latest report published in 2020 revealed a mean 14.4% overall gender pay gap.

In France, the Women-Men Professional Equality Index ranks companies’ progress on closing the gender professional gap based on criteria including promotions, pay increases, maternity leave and the top ten salaries for women. In 2020, Sodexo obtained a score of 99 out of 100 across its 11 French entities.