International facilities management company Sodexo has announced a global programme to help its clients re-establish confidence and adapt to the ‘new normal’ amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The rise with Sodexo initiative will help clients to meet the health, operational and confidence challenges as a result of the worldwide global COVID-19 pandemic.
“As many countries emerge progressively from confinement, employees expect to feel safe within the workplace and cared for when remote working, and consumers want to make sure they can count on the companies they trust to adopt the highest health and safety standards,” said the company. “In this context, convinced the value of our expertise and services, and our commitment in Corporate Responsibility are essential to regain trust in this extremely volatile environment, Sodexo developed rise with Sodexo to help our clients resume, adapt and thrive each day with a comprehensive range of essential and innovative services.”
PRIORITISING SAFETY
“It is clear that safety is the number one priority across facilities management services, food services, employee benefits and rewards services, and personal home services in the industries we serve,” according to Sodexo CEO Denis Machuel. In the video below, he shares the five elements of Sodexo’s systematic and comprehensive approach to help clients not only reopen and recover with confidence, but to seize opportunities to do business in new ways.
RE-ESTABLISHING CONFIDENCE
Drawing on lessons learned from its businesses based in China during the restart of their activities, Sodexo teams and experts have identified the new needs of clients and employees from all sectors of activity. This approach aims at having a positive impact today and every day and re-establishing confidence, bringing together five specific solution areas. These include:
- Preparing with an expert, risk assessments and restart processes.
- Protecting people and places through services ranging from disinfection to contactless services.
- Enabling teams to perform at their best with services for both on-site and home workers, with healthy and sustainable food offers grab-and-go solutions, retail and digital convenience and meal cards.
- Supporting employee wellness and communication.
- Optimising workplace experience and energy management for maximum efficiency – applying world class sustainability principles, while respecting commitments in terms of environmental responsibility.
RECREATING TRUST
Commenting on the initiative, Bruno Vanhaelst, Sodexo Chief Sales and Marketing Officer stated: “I am convinced that trust is the cornerstone of the successful adaptation to this new reality ‘with Covid’ which we and our clients are experiencing. Thanks to rise with Sodexo, a programme that we have defined to address the needs of our clients and consumers, we seek to recreate the conditions of trust. Our unique expertise as well as the lessons recently learned from our experience in Asia, will allow our clients to conduct their operations with confidence and security.”
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The programme, currently implemented in the US, France, Ireland and the UK, will be rolled out worldwide across client segments, confirmed Sodexo.
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