Sodexo sustainability score: 42/100
Better than 75% of Food Service / Restaurants
Making progress starts at 46. The highest score on SINK is 71.
Sodexo is a French food services and facilities management company headquartered in Issy-les-Moulineaux; Sodexo SA is registered from 1975 and its roots go back to 1966. It had about 426,500 employees and €24.1 billion revenue in the year to August 2025.
Founded 1975Head office Issy-les-Moulineaux, FranceStaff ~426,464 (FY2025)Revenue ~€24.1B (FY2025)Website ↗
Sodexo's total emissions fell 3% in fiscal 2025 and 19% since 2017, short of its interim 2025 goal and behind the path to its SBTi-validated 2030 target. Its electricity is 97% renewable, but renewables are only a quarter of its total energy because its vehicle fleet runs on fossil fuel. It has no group-wide water target.
Sodexo scores 42/100 (Below expectations) on SINK's independent climate assessment, scored from public data only. Scores are free. Nobody can pay to change a score, speed it up or hide it. Last verified October 2026.
That places Sodexo joint 362nd of 1,023 companies scored, and 14th of 53 in Food Service / Restaurants.
What is Sodexo doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Carbon Footprint: Supply Chain and Targets & Commitments (8/10, 8/10). Weakest on Water Impact and Nature & Biodiversity Impact (4/10, 5/10).
Where Sodexo lost points
For each question that lost points, the evidence our public rubric looks for that we didn't find.
What would raise this score
- Its effect on waterMeasure its water footprint and set reduction targets.
- Its effect on natureMeasure its effect on nature and have it independently verified.
- Whether its emissions are fallingShow a consistent fall over several years across its operations and supply chain.
Every question that lost points
- Emissions from its own operations7/10Its own emissions aren't independently verified or tracked over several years.
- Emissions from its supply chain8/10Its Scope 3 emissions aren't fully verified or falling year on year.
- Whether its emissions are falling6/10No consistent fall over several years across its operations and supply chain.
- How clean its energy is6/10Less than 90% of its energy shown to be renewable.
- Its effect on nature5/10Its effect on nature isn't measured or independently verified.
- How it uses materials and handles waste6/10No verified figures for reuse and recycling across the business.
- Its effect on water4/10No measured water footprint with reduction targets.
- Its climate targets8/10No validated long-term net zero target.
- How openly it reports8/10No mission-locked structure, such as B Corp certification.
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How is Sodexo's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleWhat evidence is Sodexo's score based on?
16 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
56% of them were published by Sodexo itself; the rest come from independent sources.
“SCOPE 1 & 2 GHG EMISSIONS - MARKET-BASED FISCAL 2025 94,132”
“Sodexo monitors and reports its GHG emissions in accordance with the GHG Protocol”
“the Group engaged 24 major suppliers to begin tracing beef supply chains in Brazil, Chile, Peru, and Australia”
“Share of renewable sources in total energy consumption (%) FISCAL 2025 24,8 %”
“% of physical certified sustainable palm oil (Mass Balance, Segregation and Identity Preserved)”
“While no group-wide target has been set, several group and local initiatives are already in place”
“Sodexo does not currently engage in GHG removals or finance GHG mitigation projects through carbon credits”
“Sodexo is a member of AFEP”
“In 2025, food waste reduction reached -47.6% on sites that have implemented the program.”
“Sodexo’s short and long-term science-based emissions reduction targets have been validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi)”
“SBTi approved Net Zero target by 2040”
“Sodexo UK & Ireland has announced that it has achieved a 37% reduction in absolute greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across scopes 1, 2 and 3”
“All below targets are science-based, compatible with limiting global warming to 1.5”
“Only 4% of the more than 22,000 companies assessed in 2025 received this top score”
“11% of all its meals sold at UK and Ireland sites in 2023 were vegan or vegetarian”
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How does Sodexo compare with other food service / restaurants companies?
Where Sodexo sits among food service / restaurants peers.
Among the 53 major food service / restaurants brands we've scored, Sodexo sits 14th of 53.
Who scores higher in Food Service / Restaurants?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Sodexo.
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