The Executive Committee of Sodexo Spain womens been presumably 13% to 25% in five years.

Diversity and inclusion have been key pillars in development of Sodexo for years. Convinced that gender equality is an asset to the company, Sodexo has given high priority to the development of women with a wide range of global agreements, awareness programmes and initiatives.

One of these initiatives in Spain is a Spirit of Inclusion, a program to educate employees about the importance of diversity and the inclusion of women as strategic value. It takes place with workshops where participants can learn about the importance of diversity in the company and develop action plans to maximize its use.
Sodexo has an equality Plan, which includes policies and practices to facilitate equal treatment in addition to other measures, for example, in order to facilitate the work-life balance, against sexual harassment or gender violence in Spain.

In 2009, Sodexo launched the SWIFT program (Sodexo Women ’ s International Forum for talent), a team of 25 women with profile management, responsible for promoting a better representation of women by identifying the main obstacles to their development and implement initiatives to overcome these barriers. As part of the strategy of gender of Sodexo, are implemented operational networks dedicated to the diversity of gender throughout the group, as well as Mentoring programs, focused on exchanges between disciplines aimed at structuring the personal and professional development of women with high potential.

SWIFt focuses on three main objectives: strengthen the commitment of the Organization to gender equality, promoting a culture of inclusion, and promote women’s leadership, removing organizational barriers.

The great achievements of 2013 in diversity and inclusion

Sodexo is 20 °-largest employer in the world, with 420,000 employees. In Spain, the template consists of 4,500 people of which 74% are women and more than 40 different nationalities.

Indeed, women now represent 25% of the Executive Committee of Sodexo Spain, a relationship that duplicates the data from five years ago, it stood at 13%. In our country, the proportion of women in the position of operations managers has gone from 40% in 2007 to 54%. The greater increase in the presence of da in the Middle, which have gone from 26% to 44% in our country.

At the international level, initiatives of the group have enabled Sodexo achieve great progress in diversity and inclusion. In 2013, the women represent 38% of the members of the Board of Directors and 40% of management positions.

The proportion of women in the top 300 from the group management fee has risen to 23% (about 16% in 2007), in line with the objective of reaching 25% in 2015, target fixed by the Director General Michel Landel under the SWIFt approach

Michel Landel, Sodexo CEO, said: “I am personally convinced that the society has much to gain through the promotion of diversity and inclusion, both in the business world and the public sector. We will not see real progress unless we set specific goals. At Sodexo, we have measurable objectives in the field of diversity, the organization works to achieve them, and I am proud of the progress made. However, the road is long and we must stay the course. Sodexo serves 75 million consumers a day, half of which are women. «Our capacity to respond effectively to their expectations also depends on the progress that we are able to achieve in the field of diversity and inclusion. “

On Sodexo

Sodexo in figures (August 31st)

Sodexo worldwide

18.2 billion euros in consolidated revenue

420,000 employees

20 °-largest employer in the world

80 countries

34,300 centres

75 million consumers served daily

10 billion € in market capitalization (January 8, 2013)