2. SODEXO
IS THE WORLD’S LEADING
QUALITY OF LIFE SERVICES
COMPANY
On-site
Services
Benefits
and Rewards
Services
Personal
and Home Services
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3. The Sodexo’s D&I challenge
428 000 employees
36 000 sites
50 000 managers
370 000 Front line employees
80 countries
132 nationalities
75 millions consumers/day
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5. Sodexo’s engagement towards Diversity & Inclusion: Why?
A challenge: recruit the best
talents
A wish: to resemble the
world we live in and respect
all those who make it up
A business imperative:
Meet our clients’ and
consumers’ expectations
A fact: Diversity is a spring
of innovation and
progress
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6. Our choice : Respecting the mosaic
Business case by country
Involvement of the local management
Country Action plans
Sharing tools and best practices
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Sodexo, only company having signed all E.U. charters
France
Belgium
Germany
Spain
Italy
Sweden
Austria
Poland
Luxemburg
Ireland
Finland
Czech
Republic
8. Our areas of focus
Our areas of focus
Gender
Cultures & Origins Sexual
Orientations
Disability
Generations
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10. At Sodexo, Women represent….
54 % of total workforce
42 % of our managers
31 % of our executives
23 % of top 300
43 % of Group COMEX
38 % of the board
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12. Created in 2009
at the initiative
of Michel Landel
A WORD OF BACKGROUND
« to accelerate the attainment
of gender balance within Sodexo, through
the personal drive, commitment and leadership
of high level leaders »
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13. SWIFt is an Advisory Board
o Advisory board reporting to the Group
Comex
o Umbrella organization for all gender
initiatives at Sodexo
o 35 Senior leaders
• 2 Sponsors
• 2 Co-leads
• 5 Steering committee members
• 17 Members in Regions
• 9 Alumnis
o 17 nationalities
o 5 continents
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14. Increase the number of women in Group
Senior Leaders
Reach 25% by end of 2015
Increase the number of women in
operations
Create a culture of Inclusion
A CLEAR SET OBJECTIVE & A STRONG COMMITMENT
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15. TWO LEVELS OF ACTIONS
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1. At global level with the Sodexo Women’s
International Forum for talent SWIFt
2. At local level reflecting to the needs
and the priorities of each country
OUR
TARGET
Top Management
Middle Management
Site Management
Front Line Employees
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