Water and Effluents

We will reduce our water footprint in all the countries where we operate and at clients’ sites by 2020.

Water and Effluents

Why Does Sodexo Engage?

Despite the fact that most of our planet is covered in water, less than 1% is available for people to drink and for agriculture. As an international company we are aware of the community and business impacts of water scarcity and the need to conserve potable water.

How Does Sodexo Engage?

Sodexo has defined an understanding and ability to measure Sodexo’s water footprint (defined as the total amount of water used for the production or the consumption of goods and consumed services). In partnership with the WWF, we have identified “hot spots” where we need to focus our attention and define the actions to be taken. And we continue to train our employees on water-related issues.

More commitments on natural resource consumption:

Energy and Emissions

Reducing emissions linked to climate change is important for our clients, consumers, and communities as well as for the environment.

Organic Waste

The Earth produces enough food for everyone to have enough to eat, yet one third of the food produced for human consumption is never eaten and one in five people around the world are at risk of hunger on a daily basis.

Non-Organic Waste

When you compare the ecological footprint with the human development index it is very obvious that we have a development path which requires more resources than we have available to us.

 

Corporate Responsibility

In Fiscal 2016,

40.6%

of client sites were implementing awareness and behavior steps to reduce water consumption.

Source: Sodexo Fiscal Year 2016

Reducing Water Use in Drought-Stricken California

Sodexo’s campus-wide water conservation initiatives at the Athenian School, a private prep school with 473 students in Danville, California resulted in a nearly 30% decrease in water use and a yearly savings of $15,000 by educating students on water use, the installation of low-flow faucet aerators and by replacing sod on the sports fields with synthetic grass. Nearly two million gallons of water are saved annually by irrigating the school’s grounds during the summer months, instead of year-round.

Contact Us

Do you want more information about our corporate responsibility efforts and/or the Better Tomorrow Plan? Contact the Group Corporate Responsibility Team by email.