Delivering quality services with engaged teams
Sodexo makes employee well-being and engagement key drivers of its performance, built on a strong employer promise and concrete actions in recruitment, training, recognition, and team cohesion. The three pillars of this employer promise—Belong to a team, Act with purpose, Thrive in your own way —structure initiatives that have a positive impact on employees and set the company apart from its competitors.
These values and commitments also enable Sodexo to build trusting relationships with its clients. This distinctive human-centered approach proved particularly valuable in forging a lasting partnership with teams at the East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) in the United Kingdom. The integration, engagement, and development programs offered by Sodexo to 1,000 new employees clearly contributed to winning this contract to provide food service and soft facilities management services at 22 sites, including two hospitals.
VITA, A GLOBAL EMPLOYEE BENEFITS PROGRAM
Taking care of employees when it matters most. This is the vision behind Vita, a fair and inclusive benefits program created by Sodexo in 2023, the first of its kind in the sector, providing a core set of financial and social protections and personal support. Each employee* is entitled to parental leave, life insurance, paid care leave, and personal assistance, including psychological support (free, anonymous, and available 24/7).
* Subject to seniority within the company.
NOURISHING THE TALENTS OF TOMORROW
The international program “The Seed Project 2040“ unites 170 talented young professionals from various countries and fields to collaborate on the Group’s vision for 2040, building on Sodexo’s core values. Through workshops and collaborative sessions, the project stimulates the Group’s strategic thinking and showcases its capacity for reinvention in anticipation of tomorrow’s challenges.
VOICE 2025, THE GLOBAL EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT SURVEY
Addressed to almost 365,000 Sodexo employees, the Voice 2025 survey reveals their strong commitment by showing an overall engagement rate of 80% and a participation rate of 68%, representing nearly 250,000 respondents.
Teams identified health and safety, culture and belonging, and social and environmental responsibility as the main priorities, showing that the Group’s commitments and values resonate strongly within the organization.
80%employee engagement rate