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In recognition of its commitment to tackling food waste, Sodexo UK & Ireland has been named Best Resource Management Business of the Year and awarded the Best Food Waste Prevention Project Award at the 2025 waste2zero awards.
Both awards were given to Sodexo for its pioneering WasteWatch food waste prevention programme and the outstanding impact it has had on reducing food waste and driving sustainability across Sodexo’s food services sites across the UK and Ireland.
In the 12 months to 31 August 2025 food waste has been reduced by 50.2 per cent – five years ahead of the UN Sustainable Development Goal 12.3 – which is the equivalent of over 560 tonnes of pre-consumer food waste.
Deployed at over 500 sites, the WasteWatch programme, a data-driven initiative intended to minimise avoidable food waste throughout the value chain through operational and behavioural changes, empowers Sodexo’s kitchen teams to track, analyse, and reduce food waste in real time.
Sodexo’s delivered-in workplace food services business, Fooditude was highly commended in the Best Food Waste Prevention Project category for its own food waste management project tailored to its central production model and enabling site-specific analysis.
Claire Atkins Morris, Sustainability Director at Sodexo UK & Ireland said: “We are delighted to have received not one but two awards at this year’s waste2zero awards for our focus on reducing food waste through WasteWatch. Recognition and thanks should go to our catering teams at our client sites who have embraced WasteWatch and are making a significant difference in reducing the impact of our operations and engaging our clients and customers.
“Congratulations also to our colleagues at Fooditude, for championing food waste reduction at our central production unit and directly on client sites embracing the ethos of food waste and loss across the value chain.”
The waste2zero awards are organised by Footprint Media, a leading voice on sustainability in the food service sector.
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