Fortune named Sodexo to its World's Most Admired Companies.
Sodexo, a food services and facilities management company committed to improving Quality of Life, announced today that it has been named to FORTUNEs World's Most Admired Companies list for the 11th consecutive year.The company ranked first for global competitiveness, second for corporate responsibility and third overall.
The chair of Sodexo North America said that the company was honored to be named to the World's Most Admired Companies list.The values we were founded on are what drives Sodexo to live out its definition of a quality of life company.The fact that we are continually recognized in this list of admired companies is a testament to our teams in the field and our extreme focus on ensuring that how and why we get the job done is just as important as getting it done well.
Fortune and Korn Ferry collaborated on a survey of corporate reputations.There were about 1,500 candidates and the 1,000 largest U.S. companies were ranked by revenue.In 30 countries, it wonnowed the assortment to the highest-revenue companies in each industry.The executives who voted on the companies in that group picked the top-rated ones.
To determine the best-regarded companies in 52 industries, Korn Ferry asked executives, directors, and analysts to rate enterprises in their own industry on nine criteria, from investment value and quality of management and products to social responsibility and ability to attract talent.To be listed, a company must rank in the top half of its industry survey.Visit fortune.com for complete rankings.
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