STOP Hunger Program
We refuse to accept the fact that 854 million people around the world suffer from hunger and malnutrition.
We are committed to expanding our STOP Hunger program to all of our host countries. It has evolved into four major components since 1996:
- Volunteering: encouraging and supporting Sodexo employees' spirit of service to support hunger relief initiatives in their local communities.
- Sharing Sodexo's knowledge: providing nutrition, food safety, food waste education, and job and life skills training for the unemployed and homeless.
- Food donations: donating perishable and non-perishable food to hunger relief organizations.
- Financial contributions: sponsoring and supporting programs that combat hunger and malnutrition.
22 countries conduct around 229 major initiatives and developed partnerships with more than 153 NGOs, associations, and charities.
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France
Since 2004, Sodexo's partnership with the hunger relief organization Les Restos du Cœur has developed a series of initiatives involving training, meals, product sharing, access to the Sodexo supplier network and 38 employment opportunities for needy people. In 2007, the “Chèque du Cœur” operation raised a total of 513,885€. Since 2004, Sodexo has donated 1,847,000 meals and 1,348,800€ to Les Restos du Coeur.
For more details, read our Act as a corporate citizen against malnutrition and hunger booklet.
