SODEXHO ALLIANCE Act as a corporate citizen Report 2005-2006

Vision and strategy Profi le Overview of our initiatives Overall performance
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Our STOP Hunger program
Regardless of their scale, all STOP Hunger
solidarity initiatives enable us to take
action to improve the Quality of Life of
those who are hungry and malnourished.
The program has evolved into four major
components since its inception more than a
decade ago:
1. Volunteering: encouraging and
supporting Sodexho employees’ spirit
of service to support hunger relief
initiatives in local communities.
2. Sharing Sodexho’s Knowledge: providing
nutrition, food safety and food waste
education, and job and life skills training
for the unemployed and homeless.
3. Food donations: donating perishable
and non-perishable food to hunger relief
organizations.
4. Financial contributions: sponsoring
and supporting programs to combat
hunger and malnutrition.
www.stophunger.sodexho.com
Blakey Burr,
STOP Hunger
International
Development Director
Our efforts to eradicate hunger
and poverty around the world are continuing
to gather momentum. We are helping to
break the cycle of poverty and our ongoing,
multi-faceted programs and partnerships
are truly making a difference.
MEET…
Belgium
Each year since 2004, employees
organize a Christmas dinner for
400 homeless people in partnership
with Un Cœur dans la Ville. In
2005, they began distributing meal
boxes and equipment to Les Rayons
du Soleil, while also volunteering to
distribute meals to their clients. By
participating in Knorr’s 4 th Annual
“Soup Week” in 2006, Sodexho
helped to provide 2,500 bowls of
soup to organizations including
Comptoir du Cœur, Les Rayons
du Soleil, Petits Riens, Resto
du Cœur, Kamiano, and CAW
Artevelde. During the summers
of 2004 and 2006, teams volunteered
at summer camps for disadvantaged
children in association with
the Belgian Red Cross and CEMO.
Employees also participate in
a STOP Hunger Soccer Cup each
spring and in June took part in
a STOP Hunger BBQ, raising
awareness and funds for
STOP Hunger.
Brazil
In 2005, Sodexho Service Vouchers
and Cards, together with the
Brazilian social solidarity fund
Fundo Social de Solidariedade,
began a program to donate bakery
equipment to provide families in
the poor districts of São Paulo
the means to prepare their own
bread as well as develop small local
businesses. 50 bakery equipment
kits were donated to help
5,250 disadvantaged people.
Canada
Since 2000, the STOP Hunger
program has focused on three major
initiatives in Canada: the Sodexho
Foundation Canada, Feeding Our
Future, and Servathon. Since 2001,
the Sodexho Foundation has
collected donations from employees
and suppliers and fi nancially
supports the Feeding Our Future
program, in addition to providing to
68
hunger relief organizations in Canada
such as Second Harvest. Thanks
to Feeding Our Future, 83,000 meals
were served during the summer
of 2006 in 6 major Canadian cities.
During the Sodexho Servathon held
each April, employees volunteer
at their local hunger relief
organizations. Hundreds of
STOP Hunger activities take place
throughout the year, including
ongoing food donations, volunteer
activities, and fundraising events
like the Sodexho Foundation Golf
tournament, held each fall since 2004.
Finland
In 2004, in partnership with
the Finnish Salvation Army,
Sodexho subsidized summer camps
for disadvantaged children.
Since 2004, teams worked with the
Christmas Path Society to provide
a Christmas Eve celebration
for 3,000 underprivileged children.
France
Since 2004, Sodexho’s partnership
with hunger relief organization
Les Restos du Cœur has developed
a series of initiatives involving,
training, meals, product sharing,
access to the Sodexho supplier
network (particularly for the
purchase of fruit and vegetables)
and employment opportunities
for individuals through training
sessions run by Les Restos du Cœur.
Since 2004, 1,193,000 hot meals
have been provided to Les Restos
du Cœur by Sodexho thanks
to widespread involvement:
• The Dessert du Cœur operation,
which took place at key account
restaurants, generated
considerable participation from
customers, clients and teams.
In all, the equivalent of
200,000 warm meals was collected
and in addition, donations were
received from Sodexho clients
corresponding to the equivalent
of 33 750 meals.