Awards and Recognition

Sodexo was named to Forbes’ America’s Best Employers for Tech Workers 2025. This award highlights our commitment to a people‑first, tech‑forward culture by investing in upskilling, flexibility and digital innovation across our sites. We’re honored to be among the 300 companies recognized.

For the second year in a row, Sodexo has been recognized 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. This annual recognition honors Sodexo’s continuous commitment to business integrity. We are proud to be one of the 136 honorees, and the only honoree in the Food services industry. 

Sodexo has earned its place on the prestigious A List for climate, confirming our ambitious and committed work on climate action. For the second time, Sodexo has received CDP's highest rating — placing us among the top 4% of more than 22,000 companies assessed in 2025, and the only company in our sector to reach this level. This recognizes Sodexo as a global leader in environmental transparency, based on our Climate Change Discloser.

Sodexo, a global food services and facilities management leader, has been awarded an A+ by the Humane World for Animals on its Protein Sustainability Scorecard for our commitment to embracing plant-based proteins.

In 2025, Sodexo was ranked in the top 3% of all companies assessed across all industries and within the top 2% of its sector. With an overall score of 82 out of 100, Sodexo improved its overall rating by 3 points compared with the previous year.

Sodexo has been recognized as a 2024 Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT) Black Equity at Work Silver Certified Partner. This certification highlights our ongoing progress and dedication to advancing racial equity in the workplace.

Sodexo was recognized as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies by FORTUNE. Specifically, we ranked #1 in our industry (Diversified Outsourcing Services) for innovation. We also secured second place for Corporate Responsibility and Global Competitiveness.

Sodexo was recognized as one of the 2024 Best Companies for Multicultural Women by Seramount. This honor recognizes organizations that create and use best practices in hiring, retaining and promoting multicultural women in the United States.

Sodexo was recognized for the fifth consecutive year in Workplace Pride's 2024 Global Benchmark results, achieving top status as "Advocate."

Sodexo was recognized in the Fair360 Hall of Fame, which is made up of companies that have ranked #1 on Fair360’s annual Top 50 Companies list since 2012. The recognition affirms Sodexo’s long-standing dedication to diversity, equity and inclusion. 

Sodexo received a 5-star award in the area of procurement from the Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility (HACR). The 2024 HACR Corporate Inclusion Index measures Hispanic inclusion in corporate America.

Sodexo received a score of 100 percent on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2023-24 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), the nation’s foremost benchmarking survey and report measuring corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQ workplace equality. This is the sixteenth consecutive year Sodexo has been honored on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s CEI.

Sodexo was recognized by U.S. Veterans Magazine as one of the Top Veteran-Friendly Companies who are trailblazing leaders in their respective industries and who commit to championing equality and shaping a more inclusive society.

The Best of the Best designation honors corporations for their commitment to America’s diverse employees and business owners, including LGBTQ+ people, people of color, women and people with disabilities.

Sodexo was recognized as a Leading Inclusion Index Company by Seramount. The Inclusion Index helps organizations understand trends and gaps in demographic representation, creates a road map to drive internal change, and identifies diversity, equity, and inclusion solutions to close the gaps.

Sodexo scored 100 on the Disability Equality Index (DEI), earning the title as one of the “2023 Best Places to Work for People with Disabilities” for the ninth consecutive year.

Sodexo received a SEAL Sustainable Innovation Award for our Better Tomorrow Certification Program, supporting an environmentally responsible workplace culture. Sodexo’s GOALympics Waste Reduction Games also received a SEAL Environmental Initiatives Award for making measurable sustainability contributions and developing initiatives with positive long-term environmental impacts. 

The Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) recognizes Sodexo as one of America's Top Corporations for Women's Business Enterprises (WBEs). The America’s Top Corporations award is the only national award honoring corporations for world-class supplier diversity programs that reduce barriers and drive growth for women-owned businesses.

For the 19th consecutive year, we have been ranked among the top-rated companies of the Restaurants & Leisure Facilities on the S&P Global Dow Jones Sustainability World Index.

Sodexo is proud to have been named a Business Equality Excellence Award Recipient for 2022-2023 by the Business Equality Network. The award recognizes organizations fostering economic stability in the LGBTQ+ community through the fair treatment and inclusion of LGBTQ+ employees, suppliers, consumers and partners in business.