Sodexo recognized for the feminization of its Board of Directors by European Women on Board and Ethics & Boards
29 Novembre 2018 - 11:02AM
Paris, November 29, 2018 - Sodexo, world
leader in Quality of Life Services, has received the "Woman Chair
Prize," which recognizes a company chaired by a woman with the
highest percentage of women directors on its Board among the 200
largest companies of the Stoxx Europe 600. The prize was presented
on November 28 during the launch of the first edition of the
European Gender Diversity Index organized by European Women on
Boards and Ethics & Boards.
Sophie Bellon, Chairwoman of Sodexo's Board
of Directors, said: "This award is a very powerful
recognition of the collective efforts towards constantly promoting
diversity and inclusion taken by the entire Sodexo Community: our
employees, our leaders and managers, our partners, our clients and
our consumers. It gives us encouragement to continue to pursue and
accelerate the journey to promote gender balance within our
leadership and within our management, in all roles and not only
functional ones. We are humbled by this award and energized to work
harder on this important societal issue."
Sodexo's Board of Directors is now 54% women,
while the Group's Executive Committee stands at 37% women, and 33%
of executives are women. Overall, women make up 55% of Sodexo's
460,000 employees.
Looking beyond numbers, Sodexo believes that
gender equality is a strategic imperative. Sodexo surveyed 50,000
of its managers from over 70 entities as part of its Gender Balance
Study, which revealed that teams with a male-female ratio of
between 40 percent and 60 percent out-performed on financial and
non-financial indicators. Sodexo's goal is that by 2025 women
will represent at least 40 percent of its senior leadership staff.
To ensure that all senior executives-both men and women-understand
the value placed in reaching this goal, 10 percent of their annual
bonus is impacted by their progress toward meeting it.
To reach this goal, Sodexo has established a
global strategy for gender equality, in order ensure opportunities
for the advancement of women. This strategy forms the basis
for a number of initiatives, including inclusive workplace
training, mentoring, and gender networks throughout the Group. The
cornerstone of this strategy is the SoTogether advisory board,
which is dedicated to promoting women's professional advancement,
and more broadly, gender equality on the global scale.
About the European Gender Diversity
Index
European Women on Boards (EWoB) and Ethics &
Boards published their first European Gender Diversity Index. The
comparative ranking analyses the 200 largest companies of the Stoxx
Europe 600 registered in nine European countries (*) with regards
to gender diversity in corporate top positions on Boards and
Executive committees. Three criteria have been applied to establish
the 2018 Index:
· The percentage of
women on Boards · The presence of a woman
serving as Chair of the Board · The
presence of women serving as Chief Executive Officer or Chair of
the Executive Board
About Sodexo
Founded in Marseille in 1966 by
Pierre Bellon, Sodexo is the global leader in services that
improve Quality of Life, an essential factor in individual and
organizational performance. Operating in 72 countries, Sodexo
serves 100 million consumers each day through its unique
combination of On-site Services, Benefits and Rewards Services and
Personal and Home Services. Sodexo provides clients an integrated
offering developed over more than 50 years of experience: from
foodservices, reception, maintenance and cleaning, to facilities
and equipment management; from services and programs fostering
employees' engagement to solutions that simplify and optimize their
mobility and expenses management, to in-home assistance, child care
centers and concierge services. Sodexo's success and performance
are founded on its independence, its sustainable business model and
its ability to continuously develop and engage its
460,000 employees throughout the world.
Sodexo is included in the CAC 40, FTSE 4 Good and DJSI
indices.
Key figures (as of August 31, 2018)
20.4 billion euro in consolidated revenues 460,000
employees 19th largest employer worldwide72 countries
100 million consumers served daily 13 billion euro in
market capitalization (as of November 7, 2018)
Contacts
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Dalila ElluinTel: +33 1 57 75 80
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- Sodexo Woman Chair Prize.pdf
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