Sodexo is a French food services and facilities management company headquartered in Issy-les-Moulineaux; Sodexo SA is registered from 1975 and its roots go back to 1966.
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Sodexo's total emissions fell 3% in fiscal 2025 and 19% since 2017, short of its interim 2025 goal and behind the path to its SBTi-validated 2030 target. Its electricity is 97% renewable, but renewables are only a quarter of its total energy because its vehicle fleet runs on fossil fuel. It has no group-wide water target.
Sodexo scores 42/100 (Below expectations) on SINK's independent climate assessment, scored from public data only. Fees pay for the review, never the result. Last verified October 2026.
That places Sodexo joint 335th of 883 companies scored, and 14th of 50 in Food Service / Restaurants.
Where Sodexo sits among food service / restaurants peers.
Among the 50 major food service / restaurants brands we've scored, Sodexo sits 14th of 50.
Its three lowest-scoring questions, and what the evidence didn't show.
No group-wide water target, no disclosure of consumption in high-stress areas.
No third-party-verified deforestation-free status or quantified nature footprint found.
Missed 2025 interim goal of 34% reduction; Scope 3 only 19.1% reduced.
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“SCOPE 1 & 2 GHG EMISSIONS - MARKET-BASED FISCAL 2025 94,132”
“Sodexo monitors and reports its GHG emissions in accordance with the GHG Protocol”
“the Group engaged 24 major suppliers to begin tracing beef supply chains in Brazil, Chile, Peru, and Australia”
“Share of renewable sources in total energy consumption (%) FISCAL 2025 24,8 %”
“% of physical certified sustainable palm oil (Mass Balance, Segregation and Identity Preserved)”
“While no group-wide target has been set, several group and local initiatives are already in place”
“Sodexo does not currently engage in GHG removals or finance GHG mitigation projects through carbon credits”
“Sodexo is a member of AFEP”
“In 2025, food waste reduction reached -47.6% on sites that have implemented the program.”
“Sodexo’s short and long-term science-based emissions reduction targets have been validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi)”
“SBTi approved Net Zero target by 2040”
“Sodexo UK & Ireland has announced that it has achieved a 37% reduction in absolute greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across scopes 1, 2 and 3”
“All below targets are science-based, compatible with limiting global warming to 1.5”
“Only 4% of the more than 22,000 companies assessed in 2025 received this top score”
“11% of all its meals sold at UK and Ireland sites in 2023 were vegan or vegetarian”
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Sodexo is a French food services and facilities management company headquartered in Issy-les-Moulineaux; Sodexo SA is registered from 1975 and its roots go back to 1966. It had about 426,500 employees and €24.1 billion revenue in the year to August 2025.
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