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chemical sourcing and to raise awareness on the
use of both paper disposables and office paper.
Sodexo also added the sustainable sourcing of
its new Global Uniform Collection to its list of
priorities and started the collection roll-out in
North America;
• efforts to reduce the carbon footprint involve
all Sodexo units and the Company focuses on
briefing senior management and raising awareness
of teams on climate change. The Group decided
to invest in new information tools for monitoring
energy use and implementing reduction measures
at sites. In Fiscal 2011, Sodexo disclosed risk and
emissions through the Carbon Disclosure Project;
• Sodexo analyzed its global site inventory of
environmental action to assess water-saving
efforts. The survey shows that 67% of sites
surveyed have taken steps to reduce water
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consumption, 9% have instituted water
conservation programs, but only 23% have water
consumption sub-metering. To date, efforts and
reporting have been associated with awareness
and behaviour actions. Sodexo also worked
to develop client specific best practices and
innovative solutions and engaged major suppliers
and clients to better understand their strategies
and requirements;
• the Group worked to create a global tool kit on
waste reduction and focus on awareness and
behavior change. Sodexo has been looking to trial
pre-consumer food waste reduction technology
used successfully in some of its operations in the
UK. In addition, the Group continued to build
relationships with key suppliers on packaging
redesign and waste reduction so that materials
and waste are designed out of products before
they even enter Sodexo operations.
In 2011, Sodexo signed a worldwide agreement with the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) for
wild-caught fish, with the view to promote MSC-certified seafood across the 80 countries where it
operates and maximize awareness and collaboration with both our clients and consumers.
Sodexo has a considerable number of actions and initiatives in place to reduce our water
consumption throughout the Group including a Site Managers’ toolkit, which includes a “Call to
Action” document, a “What Can I Do ….?” guide, internal team and client presentations, and a
“What Dan I Do Next…?” guide.
Sodexo’s European sourcing teams have worked with supply partners to define a range of certified
sustainable cleaning chemicals that are available to all European countries.
Sodexo in Europe has selected a range of margarine products supporting the sustainable production
of palm oil through GreenPalm certificates. These products are now in use in our business in
France, Belgium and the Netherlands.
In both the United Kingdom and Ireland, all core suppliers receive an annual corporate citizenship
questionnaire, which was developed in 2010 in collaboration with Business in the Community
(BITC). The questionnaire is based on the commitments outlined in the Better Tomorrow Plan
and addresses areas such as diversity and inclusion, the environment, and health and nutrition.
In addition, core food suppliers are issued with a questionnaire on additives and ingredients
that enables the Group to identify products that need to be delisted or reformulated due to the
inclusion of undesirable ingredients such as hydrogenated vegetable oil.
As part of the Resource Recovery program, Sodexo collects used cooking oil from its remote
sites kitchens and sends it away to be processed and sold as biodiesel. In some remote Sites, site
vehicles are currently running on 100% biodiesel, reducing carbon emissions by 95%.
Sodexo develops its local sourcing by matching local farms to distributors, using a database that
features more than 600 farmers. In addition, Sodexo requires that regional produce distributors
purchase locally grown products, which has resulted in local produce being used for over 60% of
total sales in certain regions.
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