Business Integrity & Human Rights

Conducting our business ethically

As a community, we’re only as strong as the impact we make. Our ethical principles enable us to care for the people we help and the people we work with. We are very proud to have been recognised among Ethisphere’s list of “2025 World’s Most Ethical Companies®”.

Read the “2025 World’s Most Ethical Companies®” press release

Our ethical principles

Loyalty: Being a service company means making trust central to relationships with all stakeholders. Sodexo is built on a solid foundation of loyalty to its clients, employees and shareholders, and on honest and open relationships with them.
Respect for people: People are central to our business. Sodexo is committed to acting in favor of equal opportunity, regardless of ethnicity, age, gender, beliefs, religion or sexual orientation. Ensuring an inclusive workplace means treating each individual with respect, dignity and consideration.
Transparency: This is one of Sodexo's key principles that applies consistently to all stakeholders: clients, consumers, employees, shareholders and the general public. We ensure that everyone is informed in a clear and precise manner about our services, commitments and performance.
Integrity: We condemn any practices that are not based on honesty, integrity and fairness, regardless of where our company operates in the world. We make our position clear to our clients, suppliers and employees, and expect them to reject corrupt and unfair practices.

“Those who work for and with Sodexo should always be respected and confident about the integrity of their relationship and engagement with us. I encourage everyone to read and live our Code of Conduct.”

Sophie BellonChairwoman of the Board of Directors

Speak Up Ethics Line

We expect our high standards to be met, we want everyone to be able to raise ethical concerns. Our Speak Up Ethics Line allows everyone (employees, business partners, suppliers, clients, etc.) to report possible abusive practices in a confident and confidential way.

Speak Up Ethics Line

Our Code of Conduct: we’re all on board to create a better every day

Our senior leaders, executives and frontline employees have one thing in common: they all feel responsible for doing the right thing every day. Whether we’re fighting corruption, providing accurate financial statements or protecting privacy, our teams can always refer to our Code of Conduct. As ethics is often complex and there may be no simple answers or solutions, the Code provides employees the resources and support, including practical tools, to apply our principles and standards of business integrity.

Read the Code in 30 languages

Sodexo Ethics App

Accessible to the general public, along with our employees and our stakeholders, Sodexo Ethics App provides digital access to Sodexo Code of Conduct, key policies and statements, as well as interactive content and a direct access to Speak Up Ethics Line.

Available in the Apple Store or in the Play Store in 16 languages.

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Our Supplier Code of Conduct: starting positive chain reactions

We’re proud of our role as a global group operating in 45 countries. As such, we help our suppliers, vendors and contractors take the necessary steps to comply with our ethical principles. Our Supplier Code of Conduct ensures that everyone on our chain respects people and the planet, whether by ensuring equal pay or by managing waste sustainably. We mean it.

Read the guidelines our suppliers have agreed to follow

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Making sure we’re doing better

Logo Ethisphere 2025 We have been recognised among Ethisphere’s list of “2025 World’s Most Ethical Companies®”. Ethisphere is a global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices. We are proud to be one of the 136 honorees as well as the only honoree in the Food services industry. Find out more

Our Ethics and Compliance Committee deploys our ethical and compliant culture, programs and policies in all operating countries. It supports regional committees and reviews specific issues brought to its attention, checking that we practice what we preach.

To keep doing better, we also seek guidance from experts and are a member of business ethics organizations such as the Institute of Business Ethics, The Business Ethics Circle, and the Business Ethics Leadership Alliance (BELA) . That way, we can learn from the best..

We constantly raise awareness through training campaigns about ethical business conduct and train our managers to combat sexual harassment, ensure human rights or steer away from conflicts of interest.

Finally, we take risk management seriously. In accordance with France’s Duty of Vigilance Act, our Vigilance Plan identifies risks and prevents hazards linked with human rights, the environment, as well as health and safety. Both our operations and business partners’ activities are taken into account.