Energy Saving Tips for Winter
It’s cold in here! Can’t we turn up the heat a little? That’s a great question – one that we hear often this time of year. Although it doesn’t seem like increasing the temperature in your home by one...
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Sustainability: A Progression of Simple, Meaningful Traditions
Sustainability is not a call for reform any more than it is a call for regression; it is a reminder of considerations we may easily forget. History paints the story of civilizations whose growth...
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Sodexo’s Commitment to Action: $1 Billion to Support Small to Medium Sized...
As a Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) member, Sodexo is proud to support and grow local businesses around the world. I was proud to be at the 2014 CGI Annual Meeting this week, where Sodexo announced...
View ArticleXOXO to Sodexo – For Taking a Stand for Millions of Hens
Today, with Sodexo, we are announcing that the giant food service company has committed, over the next five years, to switch all 20 million pounds of its liquid eggs to cage-free. The company manages...
View ArticleImproving Retirement Living with Energy-Efficient Technology
Energy conservation is both a personal and professional passion for me. I am always looking for new ways to reduce energy consumption. I believe each one of us has the capacity to change, to look in...
View ArticleThe Bumpy Path to Sustainability
I grew up on a small family farm in South Georgia. Small family farm is code for hard work and community. On our farm, we didn’t own all the farm equipment we needed, nor did the surrounding...
View ArticleUnderstanding Sustainable Seafood
Eating fish is a smart choice. It’s a lean protein with great health benefits. But some varieties of seafood have been overfished or caught in ways that may cause lasting damage to our oceans and...
View ArticleFeed People, Not Landfills
The fight against food waste just got some powerful allies. The USDA and EPA joined with Sodexo and other private sector organizations to set the first national goal for reducing the food waste sent to...
View ArticleNature-Friendly Workspaces Benefit Employees and Business
Sustainable work spaces are becoming more prominent. Investing in sustainability benefits business, employees and the environment; it’s a win-win. By recognizing the value in sustainability,...
View ArticleThe Workplace as Consumer and Producer of Energy: A Global Perspective
This is the fourth in a continuing blog series based on insights and findings from the Sodexo 2016 Workplace Trends Report. The Report examines nine key trends affecting business outcomes and the...
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Food Donation Can Significantly Reduce Hunger in Local Communities
The holiday season can be a great time to reflect upon the many blessings for which we are thankful: nutritious food, the gift of friends and family and good health. But it can be a difficult time for...
View ArticleFighting Climate Change: The Time for Action Is Now
The COP21 in Paris last December achieved a remarkable accord—for all 196 countries attending to sign the agreement is unprecedented. That’s the good news, and everyone involved should take pride in...
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How Sodexo’s Commitment to Small Businesses Helps Communities
Small and medium enterprises, or SMEs, are the engines of economies all over the world. In developing nations, they often account for more than 60 percent of the gross national product and more than 70...
View ArticleWhen Big Companies Make Small Changes to Benefit the World
Every day both families and companies are presented with myriad choices that affect the environment and the globe as a whole. With each decision, come both rewards and consequences. A single family can...
View ArticleWhy We Need your Support to help Reduce Food Waste
Imagine, for a moment, that you get your lunch from the same café every day. You get a turkey sandwich that’s a little too big for you to finish, but it’s a good value. Then one day, you come in and...
View ArticleOvercoming our Fears of “Disappointing Customers” to End Food Waste
In a previous blog post, we explored a concept called “social license” as it relates to food waste. This concept describes the need for our customers to support decisions we make to reduce waste. I bet...
View ArticleHow Caterers can Help Reduce Food Waste
This is the third in a series about food waste and the social license. You might recall from our first post that the concept of social license is about asking our customers to accept practices in the...
View ArticleQuality of LifeHacks for Keeping Your Energy Costs Low in the Workplace
Winter brings long nights, cold temperatures—and high energy bills. All of that artificial heat and light uses up energy resources and costs a lot. While we’re often focused on not running up our...
View ArticleWaste is a Wonderful Thing to Mind
Waste is a crucial issue for businesses; reducing waste doesn’t just prevent pollution and conserve energy, it saves companies money. This is especially evident in the food service industry, where...
View ArticleBreaking the Cycle of Food Waste
Food waste is the third largest waste category in our landfills. Approximately 133 billion pounds of food from U.S. retail food stores, restaurants, and homes goes uneaten every year and ends up in...
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Five Ways Sustainability Can Drive Employee Engagement
Only 33 percent of US workers report being engaged in their jobs according to a report issued earlier this year by Gallup. A whopping 51 percent of U.S. employees say they are actively looking for a...
View ArticleRecycling at Work: Unleashing Employee Activism
More and more, employees expect their employers to share their commitment to the environment. A study released last month showed that 69 percent of U.S. employees surveyed want to see their employers...
View ArticleAnimal Welfare and the Food Service Industry
How do we decide what to eat every day? Most of us would probably say that we consider our health when we’re selecting food. But our food choices are also influenced by how much time and money we have,...
View ArticlePartnering to Address the Challenge of Food Waste
Imagine if every year Apple threw out one third of its Iphones. Made them, shipped them, threw them out. Or imagine if Toyota threw out a third of the cars it made. Samsung a third of its TVs. Its...
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Sustainability Champions Are Younger Than You Think
I feel like I just returned from the future. It was actually a trip to visit clients, teams and partners in Asia, but there were elements of campus life at primary and secondary schools that, I think,...
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Energy Management for Earth Day Year-Round
As we celebrate Earth Day this year, I feel proud that Asbury Communities can point to our contribution in helping preserve the planet’s resources. Much of that is thanks to our partnership with...
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