SODEXHO ALLIANCE Act as a corporate citizen Report 2005-2006

Vision and strategy Profi le Overview of our initiatives Overall performance
Progress report
ENCOURAGING RESULTS
Assessing progress
At the request of the Group Executive
Committee, an assessment was
conducted in 2005 to measure
the Group’s progress in meeting
its sustainable development goals.
The assessment provided us with
a detailed picture of our many
international initiatives and revealed
the need for a more structured approach.
A DETERMINATION
TO MOVE FORWARD
1. An action plan to support
our initiatives
An action plan to capitalize on existing
momentum and to make progress
by pursuing several objectives:
Develop a sustainable development
network within the Group.
Enhance our indicators
and the ethical charter.
Establish common tools.
2. A management tool to serve
sustainable development strategy
In 2006, the Group introduced
a sustainable development reporting
and analysis tool which aims to:
Facilitate the reporting of sustainable
development initiatives.
Share best practices and develop
an internal benchmark.
Respond to the expectations
of external audiences.
3. An initial Sustainable
Development Report
In 2006, Sodexho published its fi rst
sustainable development report, which
presents an overview of initiatives
developed within the Group and our
performance. In 2007, Sodexho is
stepping up its communication policy
by publishing a second report that
“Our initiatives are part of an improvement-oriented approach and are
tailored to the specifi c cultural, economic, environmental and social
features of the countries where we operate. These initiatives are applied
in the fi eld, allowing us to move forward and establish our values
within the Group and in our relationships with stakeholders.”
Clodine Pincemin, Group Executive Vice President, Communications and Sustainable Development, Member of the Group Executive Committee
confi rms the commitments made
in its previous report.
4. Working on a coordinated and
determined basis on the operational front
Since 2005, Sodexho has collected
information about the best initiatives
within the Group and leveraged
synergies to develop expertise in
Corporate Citizenship, as well as
promoting exchanges of know-how
among the different coordinators in
charge of stimulating their respective
networks. In this way, we have been
able to roll down our best initiatives
across all areas and businesses.
5. An open dialogue with institutions
Our commitment is demonstrated in our
partnerships with institutional players
and other associations with which we
organize regular meetings, such as the
FAO, the United Nations Organization
for Agriculture and Food, and APAS, the
Association of Sodexho’s Shareholders
and Employees.
6. Incorporating Corporate Citizenship
goals in our corporate strategy
This year, the Group Executive
Committee drew up a roadmap
describing fi ve core strategic goals. They
included the goal of “living our values”,
supported by a Corporate Citizenship
initiative. A steering committee made up
of several Executive Committee members
meets three times a year to guide the
Group’s Corporate Citizenship strategy.
7. Areas for improvement identifi ed
in September 2006
The Group Executive Committee has
set four priorities for the deployment
of the Group’s Corporate Citizenship
strategy. Three of these are linked
to the Corporate Citizenship initiative:
• Fight malnutrition throughout the world
- Develop and promote an offer based
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on a balanced diet to overcome obesity.
- Deploy and extend our STOP Hunger
program.
• Improve the quality of working life
of our employees
- Guarantee their safety and protect
their health.
- Provide them with the means for
personal and professional
development.
• Protect the environment
- Set up a global waste sorting and
recycling program.
- Set up a global energy-saving program.
The fourth priority concerns our
strategic goal of “making our human
resources policies a genuine source of
competitive advantage” and our initiative
to promote Diversity and Integration.
The identifi ed areas of improvement
concern gender equality, the integration
of disabled workers, the creation of
opportunities for different generations
to enter the job market and to remain
in employment, and respect for
and inclusion of ethnic minorities.
EXTERNAL RECOGNITION
Sodexho is included in four
Sodexho has been included in the FTSE4Good
index since its creation in 2001.
www.ftse4good.com
In 2004, Sodexho was included in the ASPI
Eurozone index on the basis of sustainable
development criteria defi ned by the Vigeo
rating system. The Group ranks fi rst among
companies in the index for its commitment
to stakeholders. The Vigeo survey carried
out this year shows that Sodexho’s strongest
areas are business behavior and community
involvement. www.vigeo.fr