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Sodexo UK and Ireland has been named as one the Top 25 companies for race and ethnic inclusion in the workplace score as part of Investing in Ethnicity's Maturity Matrix.

This benchmarking tool assesses how organisations are making progress towards improving ethnic diversity and inclusion within their organisations.

The Top 25 index recognises organisations that have gone above and beyond to break down barriers to improving racial diversity while creating cultures and implementing inclusive policies that support increasing representation from diverse ethnic groups.

Sodexo scored highly in the areas of insights and supporting strategy receiving praise for the work of its Origins employee network in building awareness and the inclusion in the 10,000 Black interns programme aimed at championing under-represented talent by offering six-week paid internships within Sodexo.

Sodexo joined the 10,000 Black interns programme in early 2023. In the first year eight of the 24 interns placed at Sodexo secured a position after the programme, and last year 40 interns took part in the six-week programme - at the end one in four of the interns seeking positions with the organisation received a job offer.