Universal Registration Document - Fiscal 2023

2. Corporate responsibility at Sodexo

2.5.8 Driving diversity and inclusion as a catalyst for societal change

  FISCAL 2023 FISCAL 2022 CHANGE
Empowered women in communities

Empowered women in communities

FISCAL 2023

108,029

Empowered women in communities

FISCAL 2022

74,133

Empowered women in communities

CHANGE

+45.7%

% of workforce of countries with initiatives to improve the quality of life of women

% of workforce of countries with initiatives to improve the quality of life of women

FISCAL 2023

97.9%

% of workforce of countries with initiatives to improve the quality of life of women

FISCAL 2022

92.1%

% of workforce of countries with initiatives to improve the quality of life of women

CHANGE

+5.8 pts

 

The number of women in empowered communities continues to grow, mainly due to the actions of the Stop Hunger teams and the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion teams in the countries.

2.5.9 Championing sustainable resource usage

  FISCAL 2023 FISCAL 2022 CHANGE
Food waste Food wasteFISCAL 2023

 

% of food waste reduction in sites having already deployed the WasteWatch Program ☑

% of food waste reduction in sites having already deployed the WasteWatch Program ☑

FISCAL 2023

37.6%

% of food waste reduction in sites having already deployed the WasteWatch Program ☑

FISCAL 2022

41.5%

% of food waste reduction in sites having already deployed the WasteWatch Program ☑

CHANGE

 

% of WasteWatch Sites Deployment Coverage as a % of Group Raw Material Cost

% of WasteWatch Sites Deployment Coverage as a % of Group Raw Material Cost

FISCAL 2023

57.0%

% of WasteWatch Sites Deployment Coverage as a % of Group Raw Material Cost

FISCAL 2022

45.6%

% of WasteWatch Sites Deployment Coverage as a % of Group Raw Material Cost

CHANGE

+11.4 pts
% of Group revenues of countries working to deliver on the United Nations’ food waste objective

% of Group revenues of countries working to deliver on the United Nations’ food waste objective

FISCAL 2023

90.4%

% of Group revenues of countries working to deliver on the United Nations’ food waste objective

FISCAL 2022

91.6%

% of Group revenues of countries working to deliver on the United Nations’ food waste objective

CHANGE

-1.2 pt

% of Group revenues of countries having one or more ISO 14001 certification

% of Group revenues of countries having one or more ISO 14001 certification

FISCAL 2023

93.7%

% of Group revenues of countries having one or more ISO 14001 certification

FISCAL 2022

96.1%

% of Group revenues of countries having one or more ISO 14001 certification

CHANGE

-2.4 pts

Water WaterFISCAL 2023

 

Direct water withdrawals - offices and owned production units (in m³)

Direct water withdrawals - offices and owned production units (in m³)

FISCAL 2023

3,411,298

Direct water withdrawals - offices and owned production units (in m³)

FISCAL 2022

3,807,457

Direct water withdrawals - offices and owned production units (in m³)

CHANGE

-10.4%

Direct water consumption - offices and owned production units (in m³)

Direct water consumption - offices and owned production units (in m³)

FISCAL 2023

784,331

Direct water consumption - offices and owned production units (in m³)

FISCAL 2022

834,970

Direct water consumption - offices and owned production units (in m³)

CHANGE

-6.1%

 

In Fiscal 2023, Sodexo decided to focus its efforts on WasteWatch program deployment and increased its deployment performance by 11.4 points. However, this had a negative impact on the waste reduction, mainly due newly engaged countries (Brazil, Chile, Peru, and Colombia) which face structural causes of food waste generation like the prioritization of fresh food within menus (around 100% Healthy Menu Attribute Target in Brazil), self-service buffet model or food safety laws. Excluding these countries, waste reduction would have reached -42.5%. Sodexo will take corrective action for those countries, along with continuing its other actions to achieve its objective of halving food waste in its Foodservices activities by 2025.

Our direct water withdrawals and consumption remain stable, the slight decrease being due to the total or partial closing of offices in countries like Canada or Belgium. China’s offices were also under-occupied due to Covid lockdowns. In 2022, Sodexo resumed its water workstream with WWF to enhance the resiliency of its operations and contextually reduce the pressures on freshwater.