Sodexo ME reduces food waste by 20% preventing 400 tons of carbon emissions

Sodexo Middle East, the leader in services that improve the Quality of Life, is committed to reducing waste as part of its ‘Better Tomorrow 2025’ initiative and has prevented over 400 metric tons of carbon emissions across 31 sites in the Middle East since August 2021. This has been made possible via Sodexo’s state-of-the-art food waste reduction programme, WasteWatch powered by Leanpath.

According to Dubai Carbon, approximately 38% of food produced in the UAE ends up in waste daily. Currently operating in UAE, Qatar and Oman across 31 onshore and offshore sites across the region, WWxLP provides a sustainable solution to the food wastage crisis by compiling data on food wastage areas and identifying real-time waste areas. The artificial intelligence platform enhances organisations’ food waste reduction objectives by using smart data to set waste reduction goals and shares operational and behavioural changes required to eliminate the waste.

The innovative programme also shares in-depth real-time insights on the financial and environmental impact created by food wastage. Organisations can easily implement the recommended changes and goals within the operational processes to reduce their overall food wastage, resulting in lower costs and higher efficiency.

Launched in Q3 of 2021, across Energy and Resources, Defence, Healthcare, Corporate and Education, sectors in the region; WWxLP has reduced waste by 20% aligning with Sodexo’s aim to attain a 50% reduction in food wastage as part of its ‘Better Tomorrow 2025’ initiative. Driven by artificial intelligence, WWxLP has saved over 57,459 kilograms of food waste. The Quality of Life services provider across the region has omitted 400 metric tons in carbon emissions reduction – equivalent to 285 homes’ electricity consumption for one year

Colm O’Mahoney, CEO of Sodexo Middle East and Africa said, “Sustainable best practices are part of the ethos at Sodexo. As food waste is one of the most concerning issues in the region, and across the globe, we are extremely proud of our teams and their commitment to reduce food waste in the UAE and the wider Middle East. We are confident that with the support of WWxLP, we will have a greater impact in the coming year as we expand our scope to cover close to 80 sites across the region; thus, contributing towards the country’s sustainable development goals as part of the UAE Vision 2030.”