Providing opportunities for people with disabilities

Our objective

We want 100% of our workforce to have access to initiatives supporting the inclusion of people with disabilities by 2025. This means that each country where Sodexo operates will have: 

• A non-discrimination policy regarding people with disabilities (PWD)
• Communications to support the inclusion of PWD 
• An established disability champion responsible for the roll-out of initiatives

Our global approach to disability inclusion is driven by a global Disability Voice Taskforce comprised of employees from around the world and sponsored by two Comex members.

An active partner:

ILO Global Business and Disability Network
Sodexo originally signed the International Labour Organization Business Charter on Disability Inclusion on June 29, 2016. We are an active member of the International Labor Organization’s Global Business and Disability Network for promoting the inclusion of people with disabilities in workplaces around the world.

“The Valuable 500” Initiative 
Sodexo is a member of “The Valuable 500”, an international initiative that strives to put disability on the business leadership agenda in order to unlock the business, social and economic value of people living with disabilities around the world.

Invisible disability: making mental health and well-being a priority

One in seven people are impacted by a disability, and of those impacted, 70% have non-apparent or invisible disabilities. Since 2017, we’ve broadened the awareness of persons with disabilities to include “invisible disabilities” as part of our commitment to zero harm in the workplace.

Specifically:

• We launched a specific e-learning module to understand how to better respond to signs of illness, given that mental health conditions are the leading cause of absenteeism in the workplace.
• We created Mental Healthy Safety Moments, available to our managers to start meeting in order to pursue this commitment of raising awareness in our daily lives.