# Partner SMEs
By forming strong local partnerships
Everywhere around the world, Sodexo develops partnerships with players from local communities to create virtuous new work, lifestyle and consumer models that benefit all stakeholders. In the United States, for example, Sodexo helped create and continues to assist the Gullah Farmers Cooperative, which supports local agriculture while meeting a growing need for supplies of fresh produce for schools in the county of Beaufort, in South Carolina. Committed to supporting the economic and social development of the regions in which it operates, the Group has set itself the ambitious goal of achieving 10 billion euros in commercial value benefiting SMEs by 2025.
7.8 billion euros of our business value benefiting SMEs in Fiscal 2022
# Employee safety
By working every day to ensure the health, safety and well-being of our teams
The Group is fully committed to the health, safety and well-being of its employees, a factor that safeguards the quality of the services it delivers to its clients and consumers. The Group has adopted a “zero harm” mindset with the goal of making safety a mindset that all of its employees share. To this end, Sodexo strives to create an environment in which its staff feel comfortable reporting dangerous behavior and expect to be listened to if they feel they do not have the right training, equipment, know-how or environment to perform their work safely.
8.5% reduction in the frequency of work-related accidents (with absenteeism)