Workforce Diversity
Sodexo and its employees embrace their diversity in many ways. Our community involvement, partnerships, and internal Network Groups allow employees to celebrate their diversity and welcome it as a personal and business advantage.
At Sodexo employees embrace diversity in many ways. Through community involvement, partnerships, and internal Network Groups, employees come together to celebrate and contribute to our many diversity initiatives.
Recent Awards:
- A Top Ten Company for Executive Women
- A Top Company for Diversity, DiversityInc magazine
- A Top Employer by Black Collegian
- A Top Company for Hispanics
- Sodexo Among Top U.S. Companies for Asian Americans
- Among Top Companies for Latinas
- Among Top 25 Companies for African Americans, Black Professionals Magazine
- Defense Services honored with NISH Award recognizing our commitment to employing persons with severe disabilities
- Among the Top 10 Companies for People with Disabilities
- A Top Ten Winner of Profiles in Diversity Journal's International Innovation in Diversity Awards
- Employer of the Year, The Autism Services Association
- A Top Company for Asian Americans, Asian Enterprise magazine
- Among DiversityInc's Top Ten Companies for Supplier Diversity
- Black Collegian Top 100 Employers for College Graduates. Awarded by Black Collegian Magazine to companies based on their anticipated hiring needs for college graduates
- People and Performance Awards (PAPA). Awarded by The Nation's Restaurant News, honoring multi-unit operators for excellence in recruiting, retention, and recognition of hourly and management team members.
- Diversity Best Practices CEO Leadership Award. Awarded by Diversity Best Practices and Business Womens Network to the Top 10 CEOs demonstrating innovation and leadership in diversity and inclusion
- Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA) Employer of Choice, Mid-Atlantic Region. Awarded by the Minority Corporate Counsel Association to companies that demonstrate a commitment and progress to the recruitment, retention, and promotion of women and people of color in their legal departments
Selected Diversity Memberships and Sponsorships:
- American Association of People with Disabilities
- Catalyst, Inc.
- Minority Business Roundtable
- MultiCultural Foodservice and Hospitality Alliance
- National Minority Supplier Development Council
- National Society of Minorities in Hospitality
- Women's Foodservice Forum
Diversity Celebrations at Sodexo:
- February - Black History Month
- March - Women's History Month
- March - Irish American Heritage Month
- May - Asian Pacific Islander American Month
- June - Gay and Lesbian Pride Month
- September 15th- October 15th - Hispanic Heritage Month
- October - National Disability Employment Awareness Month
- November - National American Indian Heritage Month
- December - Universal Human Rights Month
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