Knowing where the things we buy come from is becoming increasingly important to more and more of us. We want to know; Who made it? Were they treated well? How much were they paid? What ingredients are used? Is it safe?

At Sodexo Canada, responsible sourcing means ensuring that the choices we make about what we buy and how we work with our suppliers benefit the health of our consumers, and the livelihoods of our suppliers, and protect the planet.

Our Approach to Responsible Sourcing Focuses on Three Priorities

Improving Health, Nutrition and Well-Being

Four essential criteria determine our approach to food procurement: safety, quality, proximity, and sustainability. Our ingredients are selected according to strict nutritional requirements and are subject to a rigorous and objective testing process.

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Fostering a Diverse and Inclusive Supply Chain

Our Supply Chain Inclusion Program was launched in North America in 2001. Its goal is to include and promote more small businesses in our ecosystem of suppliers: small/medium enterprises, women or other underrepresented groups, as well as vendors that embrace DE&I.

Learn more about our Supply Chain Inclusion Program

Creating Low Carbon Emission Supply Chains

By promoting low carbon emission products we choose suppliers that share our commitment to reducing emissions and involve them in our efforts as much as possible. We have strict rules about monitoring where our products come from and we regularly evaluate our suppliers’ efforts.

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19% Spend on Supporting Local SME's*

For the support of local, fair, equitable business practices. Our Better Tomorrow 2025 commitment is 25% of spending globally to support SME’s by 2025.

Explore our Better Tomorrow 2025 Roadmap

Local Sourcing Initiatives

Sourcing from local suppliers is key to our responsible sourcing commitment. We have renewed our local sourcing strategy to focus on purchasing close to home as much as we possibly can. We work closely with our clients, vendors and operators to reach our targets for inclusion and to improve our responsible sourcing performance.

Sourcing Responsibly

Sourcing from local suppliers is key to our responsible sourcing commitment. We have renewed our local sourcing strategy to focus on purchasing close to home as much as we possibly can. We work closely with our clients, vendors and operators to reach our targets for inclusion and to improve our responsible sourcing performance.

Local Sourcing Mapping Tool

This innovative tool gives our stakeholders access to live, interactive data on our supply chain footprint. It also gives our clients and customers access to traceability metrics. Our Supply Management and Corporate Responsibility teams work together to collect and review our current supply data and encourage our suppliers to provide data from their sources.

Get Local

Get Local is Sodexo Canada’s new branding material to showcase our local sourcing efforts and initiatives to our consumers. We want to engage our consumers to get local with us!

Rooted in New Brunswick

Explore alongside Executive Chef Leanne English from Sodexo Campus- the journey from farm to table and the full cycle journey of local sourcing. Leanne creates a delicious recipe for the students of the University of New Brunswick with produce harvested from Sussex Valley Farms.

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