SODEXHO ALLIANCE Act as a corporate citizen Report 2005-2006
SODEXHO ALLIANCE Act as a corporate citizen Report 2005-2006
SODEXHO ALLIANCE Act as a corporate citizen Report 2005-2006
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Romania<br />
Since 2003, Sodexho Service<br />
Vouchers and Cards h<strong>as</strong> been<br />
providing food aid and medicinal<br />
products to three Romanian<br />
organizations, Valentina<br />
Assocation, Sf. Andrei and<br />
Sf. Dimitrie. Teams purch<strong>as</strong>e<br />
specifi cally requested food items<br />
for these organizations that help to<br />
provide more than 80 healthy meals<br />
a month. Sodexho also donated<br />
a truck to Sf. Dimitrie to facilitate<br />
transportation. In <strong>2006</strong>, Sodexho<br />
initiated a partnership with local<br />
authorities to support low income<br />
single parents. Each month Sodexho<br />
delivers food packages to fourty<br />
families through a social center.<br />
Singapore<br />
Participation from Singapore began<br />
in December <strong>2005</strong>, marked by<br />
a volunteer program to benefi t<br />
the Bukit Batok Home for the Aged<br />
(BB Home), a Sodexho client.<br />
Employees volunteer at le<strong>as</strong>t four<br />
times a year at BB Home, a 200 bed<br />
welfare home.<br />
Spain<br />
In 2004, proceeds from STOP Hunger<br />
greeting cards were used to buy food<br />
for the Spanish Federation of Food<br />
Banks (SFFB), providing meals<br />
for 7,000 needy people in Spain.<br />
The “Kilo Campaign” w<strong>as</strong> launched<br />
in November <strong>2005</strong> to promote<br />
awareness about hunger in Spain<br />
and to encourage employees, clients,<br />
customers, and suppliers<br />
to volunteer and provide food<br />
and equipment donations to SFFB<br />
affi liates around the country.<br />
United Kingdom and Ireland<br />
Since 2003, Sodexho h<strong>as</strong> supported<br />
a breakf<strong>as</strong>t program that provides a<br />
healthy meal to needy children in<br />
the United Kingdom in partnership<br />
with Feed the Children. A healthy<br />
eating program h<strong>as</strong> reached more<br />
than 4,000 children from<br />
underprivileged communities<br />
throughout the United Kingdom<br />
and Ireland for the l<strong>as</strong>t three years.<br />
Sodexho employees introduce<br />
children to new fruit and vegetables<br />
and use games to show the benefi ts<br />
of healthy eating. Collection bins<br />
in onshore and offshore accounts<br />
of Universal Sodexho in Scotland<br />
benefi t the local chapters of<br />
the Salvation Army and have<br />
been in place since 2004.<br />
In <strong>2005</strong>, partnerships with<br />
FareShare, NCH, and St. Vincent<br />
de Paul were formally announced<br />
and encourage employees to<br />
volunteer with each organization’s<br />
affi liates. The Sodexho Foundation<br />
United Kingdom w<strong>as</strong> also<br />
established in <strong>2005</strong> and receives<br />
funding from Sodexho employees<br />
through payroll giving and<br />
hundreds of fundraising events<br />
throughout the year. Teams hold<br />
special fundraising dinners, <strong>as</strong>k<br />
for pledges to run marathons and<br />
sky dive, and continue to inspire<br />
others to join STOP Hunger<br />
efforts through creative events.<br />
In December <strong>2005</strong>, the Foundation<br />
made its fi rst donation of £5,000<br />
to FareShare in support of their<br />
“Christm<strong>as</strong> Meal Appeal.”<br />
Sodexho Alliance / <strong>Act</strong> <strong>as</strong> a <strong>corporate</strong> <strong>citizen</strong> / Sustainable Development <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2005</strong>-<strong>2006</strong><br />
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Cocina en la Cuenca event, Peru.
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