The Better Tomorrow Plan
Debbie Petitpain, MS, RD, LD
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Sodexo’s Carbon Intensity Reduction Commitment
What is Our Commitment?
As part of our commitment to a Better Tomorrow, Sodexo
has pledged to reduce the carbon intensity of our
business, our client sites, and our supply chain.
What is Carbon Intensity?
The average carbon (and other gases with significant climate impacts)
produced per $1 million in revenue. Sodexo’s goal is to reduce our intensity
(lbs of emissions per $1 earned) of our overall business, thereby reducing
our footprint (absolute emissions) of our corporate operations.
What are Sodexo’s major sources of carbon intensity?
Electricity, gas, food, refrigerants, district heat, logistics and business
travel. Sodexo will focus on reducing the emissions in spaces we own and
manage. As capabilities develop, we will measure emissions in the logistics
and at the farm level in our value chains.
Reduce your
carbon intensity:
aim to leave your
car at home once
a week.
Wash your clothes
with cold water.
Lower the
thermostat on
your water
heater.
Turn electrical
appliances off at
the wall.
Don’t over-heat
or over-cool your
home. A
difference of one
degree can reduce
energy
consumption and
greenhouse
pollution by up
to 10%.
Turn off fans
when you leave
the room.
Sodexo’s Water Intensity Reduction Commitment
What is Our Commitment?
As part of our commitment to a Better Tomorrow, Sodexo
has pledged to reduce water intensity across all our
operations and clients’ sites.
What is Water Intensity?
The average gallons of water used per $1 million in revenue. We are
measuring intensity instead of total water use, because as we grow, we
may take over already existing facilities and have the opportunity to
reduce their water footprint, thus reducing our total intensity as well.
What are Sodexo’s major sources of water intensity?
Kitchens, food preparation, dishwashing, laundries, facilities, landscaping,
restrooms. Sodexo’s first focus is to reduce our water intensity in the
spaces we own and manage and in water scarce regions. As capabilities
develop, we will reduce water use in our supply chain, primarily in the
production of the food we serve.
Reduce your water
intensity:
Take showers
instead of baths.
Take shorter
showers.
Eat more fruits,
veggies and
grains and less
meat and dairy.
Install a water
saving toilet.
Wash only on a
full load in the
dishwasher or
washing machine.
Turn the faucet
off when brushing
your teeth.
Collect rainwater
to use to water
your lawn or
garden.
Use warm drinking
water or cooking
water to water
plants or wash
things.
Sodexo’s Waste Reduction Commitments
What are our commitments?
As part of our commitment to a Better Tomorrow, Sodexo
will reduce our organic and non organic waste generated
at our sites and in our operations.
Definition
Sodexo’s Major
Sources
of Waste
Notes
Organic Waste
Non Organic Waste
Waste that is directly
derived from plant or
animal sources and is
therefore compostable or
bio-degradable.
Waste that is not directly derived
from plant or animal sources.
Food waste and
disposable paper ware.
Packaging, containers, and
disposable ware made from
plastic, metal, foam and glass.
Primary means of
reducing environmental
footprint of these items is
composting
Primary means of reducing
environmental footprint of these
items is reducing their use,
reusing, and recycling that which
can no longer be used.
Office paper is organic however it is included in the non organic
commitment because it is ideally recycled rather than
composted.
Reduce your
waste:
Say no to junk
mail and
catelogs.
Take your own
shopping bags.
Purchasing
products with
reusable
packaging and
avoid products
that are
excessively
packaged.
Recycle
everything you
can!
Start composting
food scraps.
Print only when
you have to.
Print on both
sides of paper.
Use old paper for
notepads
Sodexo’s Sustainable Equipment & Supplies Commitment
What is Our Commitment?
As part of our commitment to a Better Tomorrow, Sodexo has pledged
to source and promote sustainable equipment and supplies.
What does this include?
•Sustainable Cleaning Supplies
•Sustainable Equipment
•Sustainable Packaging & Disposables
•Sustainable Paper Products
Make a non-toxic home cleaning kit
Reach for this non-toxic tool kit made from simple materials as your first line of
defense against everyday household dirt.
Baking soda for cleaning sinks, tubs, and toilets, and for freshening drains.
Vinegar in a pump spray bottle for mirrors and shining chrome. For cleaning
windows, use vinegar or soap and water, and dry with rags, a squeegee or old
newspaper.
Plant-based detergents for cleaning countertops in the kitchen, bathroom or
office, tile, fixtures, appliances and walls. Look for those that disclose all of their
ingredients.
Rags and non-scratch sponges for all-purpose cleaning. You don't need
throwaway towels made from bleached paper.
Vegetable oil with lemon juice makes a good furniture polish.
Borax is a simple laundry detergent that can be used along with "washing soda"
to clean clothes.
Use
environmentally
responsible
products:
Read the labels
of cleaners and
look for the
signal words —
caution, warning,
danger, poison —
which indicate
the level of
hazard. Use the
least hazardous
product to do the
job. Caution" is
least hazardous,
followed by
“warning” and
"danger" is most
hazardous.
Extremely toxic
products must
also include the
word "poison."
Sustainable Fish and Seafood Commitment
What is Our Commitment?
As part of our commitment to a Better Tomorrow,
Sodexo has pledged to source only sustainably
certified fish and seafood.
Our goal is to have 50% of our contracted fish and
seafood certified as sustainable by 2012 and 100% by
2015.
What is sustainable mean?
Sustainable fish and seafood are raised or harvested in ways that
protect the environment and do not destroy wild populations. Sodexo
will determine which products are sustainable with the Group
Sustainable Seafood Policy, which is regularly updated in accordance
with the latest scientific recommendations. Current accepted
certifications include Marine Stewardship Council and Best Aquaculture
Practices.
Eat sustainable
fish and seafood:
Look for the MSC
Certified
Sustainable
Seafood label
or visit their
website to
sustainable
seafood in shops
and restaurants
near you.
Also, really neat
recommendations
here:
http://www.monter
eybayaquarium.org
/cr/seafoodwatch.
aspx
Fairly and Responsibly Certified Sourcing Commitment
What is Our Commitment?
As part of our commitment to a Better Tomorrow, Sodexo has
pledged to increase the purchase of products sourced from
fairly and responsibly certified sources.
What Makes a Product Fairly and Responsibly Certified?
Fairly and responsibly traded products are those that contribute to
sustainable development by offering better trading conditions to, and
securing the fair labor conditions of, marginalized producers and
workers and/or ensuring the condition under which those products are
produced is environmentally responsible (current qualifying
certifications include Fair Trade and Rainforest Alliance). The
products available in these categories include coffee, cocoa, sugar,
tea and tropical fruits.
Procure fair and
responsibly
produced
products:
Purcahse products
with Fair Trade
or Rainforest
Alliance
certifications,
particularly
when choosing
coffee, cocoa,
sugar, tea and
tropical fruits.
Sodexo’s Local, Seasonal, and Sustainably Grown and
Raised Products Commitment
What is Our Commitment?
As part of our commitment to a Better Tomorrow, Sodexo
has pledged to source local, seasonal or sustainably grown
and raised products.
How is this defined?
•Local Food - Produced, processed, and distributed close to where it is
consumed.
At Sodexo NORAM, local is defined as within your state, province, or
geographic region
•Seasonal Products - Grown primarily in natural conditions in the same state
or geographic region where they are consumed and are either fresh or stored
in natural conditions for short periods of time.
•Sustainably Grown - Products for which producers provide for human
welfare, are making verified long-term improvements in soil organic carbon
and yield per acre, and annual reductions in water energy, synthetic fertilizer,
and synthetic pesticide use per unit of output.
•Sustainably Raised - Producers with 3rd party verified animal welfare
standards, judicious and FDA approved use of antibiotics and hormones,
minimized energy use, working to reduce carbon footprint and packaging and
implement waste and water quality management systems.
Procure local,
seasonal and
sustainably grown
products:
Join a CSA
(Community
Supported
Agriculture).
Shop local
farmers markets.
Buy locally grown
or organically
grown foods.
Grow your own –
from veggies in
the backyard to
herbs in an
indoor pot.
Have your friend
to the same and
swap edibles.
Eat seasonally.
Freeze or can the
season’s bounty.
Sodexo’s Healthy Foods Commitments
What is Our Commitment?
As part of our commitment to a Better Tomorrow, Sodexo has
pledged to Promote Choices with Reduced Sugar, Salt, and
Fats.
How is this being done?
•Recipes meet Sodexo’s cross-divisional nutrition criteria limiting calories,
sodium, fat and sugar.
•Target top 100 most often purchased recipes, redesign under these
guidelines:
•Added sugar is limited and dietary fiber is increased
•Added salt is reduced and taste enhancers (herbs, spices) used as
alternatives
•Added trans fats are eliminated and the use of other fats,
particularly saturated fats, in cooking methods and processes are
reduced
•Choices must be provided AND promoted
Highlight healthy
options:
Provide nutrition
information at the
point of selection
and on the
website.
Sodexo’s Wellness
and You campaign
allows customers
to choose healthy
options that meet
determined
criteria for
calories, fat,
sodium and
cholesterol.
Provide education
material, recipes
and cooking
demonstrations.
Sodexo’s Healthy Foods Commitments
What is Our Commitment?
As part of our commitment to a Better Tomorrow, Sodexo has
pledged to Provide and Promote Varied and Balanced Food
Options.
How is this being done?
•Increase the availability of fresh and cooked fruits and vegetables
•Offer selections that meet various dietary preferences, including
vegetarian and vegan options
•Provide point of selection nutritional information
•Ensure that varied and balanced options are available in catering and
vending
•Utilize your staff registered dietitians
Promote variety:
Sodexo’s Meatless
Monday campaign
highlights
delicious
vegetarian
options available
in the cafeteria.
Daily vegetarian
and vegan options
are also easily
identifiable.
Sodexo’s Health and Wellness Solutions Commitment
What is Our Commitment?
As part of our commitment to a Better Tomorrow, Sodexo has
pledged to develop and promote health and wellness solutions
for our employees, clients and customers.
What does this include?
•Creating healthy buildings, environments and surroundings
•Improve (sustainable) cleaning techniques and products
•Promote the use of renewable materials in wall coverings and
furnishings
•Promote the use of low VOC (volatile organic compound) materials
•Promote improved acoustics and aesthetics
•Promote improved air/odor quality (no smoking, outdoor air)
•Promote adequate day lighting
•Promoting healthy lifestyle choices
•Offer learning modules for staff on physical activity, weight
management, health screenings, accident prevention and home
health and safety awareness.
•Offer these same learning opportunities to clients and customers for
a fee, where appropriate.
•Offer additional solutions that facilitate easy and healthy age
appropriate lifestyle choices of individuals.
Promote wellness
by providing:
Educational
materials on all
attributes of
wellness
(nutritional,
physical, social,
spiritual, safety,
environmental, and
intellectual).
Healthy cooking
classes and Weight
management
programs like
Create Your
Weight.
Menus that provide
education recipes
and nutrition
analysis.
Sodexo’s Global Sustainable Supply Chain Code of
Conduct Commitment
What is Our Commitment?
As part of our commitment to a Better Tomorrow, Sodexo has
pledged to ensure compliance with a Global Sustainable Supply
Chain Code of Conduct.
What are the highlights of the Code of Conduct?
•NORAM Code developed in 2004; adopted globally in 2007
•Sets forth Sodexo’s desire to do business with those suppliers, vendors,
contractors, and partners (“Suppliers”) that conduct business utilizing
sound and responsible ethical, social and environmental practices.
•The Code of Conduct establishes the minimum requirements that
Suppliers must meet to do business with Sodexo.
•Code is integrated into the terms and conditions of Sodexo’s standard
contract for all our Suppliers.
•Supply Management communicates with Suppliers quarterly to ensure
compliance with the Code.
•By enforcing the Code with our supply chain, we can increase
sustainable and ethical business practices above and beyond the
millions of customers and clients we serve each day.
Code of Conduct
covers:
Child Labor
Forced Labor
Wages and Benefits
Working Hours
Health and Safety
Freedom of
Association
Non-discrimination
Disciplinary
Practices/Coercion
Environment
Guidelines
Community
Involvement
Ethical Standards
Conflicts of
Interest
and
Communications.
Sodexo’s Local Community Development Commitment
What is our commitment?
As part of our commitment to a Better Tomorrow, Sodexo will
support local community development.
How do we support local community development?
•Work with local authorities or associations/organizations who are active in
the development of their local communities
•Assist local businesses to build their capacities through mentoring and, if
possible, lead to the achievement of recognized accreditation
•Help to boost existing livelihoods by improving agricultural practices or
finding connections to contracted distributors for local products, and/or
purchases from contracted Minority or Women Owned Business Enterprises
(MWBEs)
•Promote actions to support education and health in local communities
•Participate in initiatives to reintegrate people who are in a situation of
economic or social difficulty
•Participate in initiatives to reduce the impact of humanitarian crises
resulting from natural or other disasters
Support your
local community:
Volunteer with a
local non-profit,
school or
community garden.
Purchase products
or services from
local businesses.
Become active in
a local
organization,
working with
others toward a
common goal.
Spend time
getting to know
your neighbors.
Stay informed
about local
happenings.
Write or call
your local
politicians on
pertinent issues.
Sodexo’s STOP Hunger Commitment
What is our commitment?
As part of our commitment to a Better Tomorrow, Sodexo will fight
hunger and malnutrition by engaging the entire Sodexo community,
including employees, customers, clients, and suppliers.
How do we fight hunger and malnutrition?
•STOP Hunger: Key Initiative of Sodexo Foundation, STOP stands for “Sodexo
Teams Our People” because it’s a company-wide team effort
•Sodexo is one of the largest donors of surplus perishable and non-perishable
food to Feeding America
•Engage with client to determine if there is an existing relationship with local food
bank/kitchen/shelter
•Annual Events:
•January-February: STOP Hunger Scholarship Applications
•January-mid March: Heroes of Everyday Life Nominations
•April: Sodexo Servathon
Help Stop Hunger:
Volunteer to
support hunger
relief
initiatives in
your local
community.
Share your
expertise by
providing
nutrition, food
safety, food
waste education,
and job and life
skills training
for the
unemployed and
homeless.
Donate perishable
and nonperishable food
to hunger relief
organizations.
Financially
sponsor programs
that combat
hunger and
malnutrition.
What the Better Tomorrow Plan is NOT
A separate offer or program.
An optional path.
Something to be done at some
client sites, but not others.
The Better Tomorrow Plan
http://www.sodexousa.com/usen/citizenship/citizenship.asp