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Sodexo Rewarded for Their Work With P&G in Europe

^{Published on 2010-06-11 01:40:39 - Market Wire}
 

ISSY-LES-MOULINEAUX, France--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Regulatory News:

Sodexo (PARIS:SW) (OTCBB:SDXAY), world leader in Quality of Daily Life solutions, and Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG), won the prestigious EuroFM Award in the aPartners Across Bordersa category.

The award recognizes excellence in delivering facilities management services across Europe. Members from Sodexo and P&G attended the awards ceremony held during the European Facilities Management Conference in Madrid on June 1-2.

To select the winners, the EuroFM jury took into consideration:

• The partnership between a corporate client and service provider
• The achievement of the partnership towards agreed goals
• The innovation introduced to deliver facilities management consistently and effectively across European boundaries

Following a site visit organized as part of the evaluation process one judge commented:

aNot only was the relationship working well at all levels in the partnership, but you could see that P&G had learnt they could rely on their Sodexo counterpart and this now meant that Sodexo were being asked to provide support in the production process a" a very good sign of a growing relationship.a

Starting in 2004, Sodexo and P&G worked together to improve plant management within several P&Ga™s manufacturing sites in Europe which lead to a Europe-wide agreement. The partnership has been extended to North and South America as well as to a number of Asian countries, for a total of a fifty sites.

About Sodexo

Sodexo, world leader in Quality of Daily Life Solutions

Quality of Life plays an important role in the progress of individuals and the performance of organizations. Based on this conviction, Sodexo acts as the strategic partner for companies and institutions that place a premium on performance and employee well-being, as it has since Pierre Bellon founded the company in 1966. Sharing the same passion for service, Sodexoa™s 380,000 employees in 80 countries design, manage and deliver an unrivaled array of On-site Service Solutions and Motivation Solutions. Sodexo has created a new form of service business that contributes to the fulfillment of its employees and the economic, social and environmental development of the communities, regions and countries in which it operates.

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About EuroFM

EuroFM is a Network of more than 80 organizations, all focused on Facility Management. They are based in over 15 European countries and represent professional (national) associations, education and research institutes and corporate organizations. EuroFMa™s Mission is the advancement of knowledge in Facility Management in Europe and its application in Practice, Education and Research. Each year EuroFM co-organizes the European Facility Management Conference (EFMC), the main FM conference and research symposium in Europe. The EFMC 2010 took place in Madrid, Spain on June 1-2 2010.

For more information: [ http://www.eurofm.org/about.php ]

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