Creating social value for a brighter future
At Compass Group UK & Ireland, we're committed to creating Social Value across our group of companies. We contribute to communities across the UK and Ireland, bringing about positive societal, environmental, and economic benefits through our group of companies’ work.
Our recent report explores the Social Value generated by Compass Group UK & Ireland through direct corporate initiatives and activities in 2024. This includes the Social Value delivered by CH&CO who joined Compass in April 2024.
Robin Mills, Managing Director of Compass Group UK & Ireland
"Our teams work across thousands of sites across the country every day, providing essential food and support services. Climate, social mobility, health and wellbeing and working with our supply chain, have been central to our business for many years. I have always believed that you can run both a successful business with an ambitious growth agenda, while also doing the right thing."
Sophie Smith - Chief People Officer, Compass Group UK & Ireland
"We are seeing some fantastic progress that not only benefits our people but also the local communities in which we work too. We will continue to strive for more. This report is a welcome, quantifiable way to bring all our work together, showing the value we bring.
It is inspiring to see the impact across the board and I am very proud to join an organisation that leads the way in doing the right thing."
Our social impact in numbers
We have measured TOMs related to Economy, Work, Community and Planet.
As a large employer of 50,000 employees, we generate a social value of £993m. Over 30% of our workforce live locally to where they work. As an employer of 10,000 employees - CH&CO creates a further £1.3m in relation to jobs, and have X% of employees living locally.
*(Excluding Jobs NT1)
Diversity & Inclusion
Our employee networks play a vital role in ensuring we live and breathe our diversity and inclusion commitments. Run by colleagues, for colleagues, they work together to develop meaningful initiatives that raise awareness of key topics and include:
Our Climate Promise
Compass Group UK & Ireland is committed to reaching climate Net Zero by 2030.
Our Wellbeing Promise
Our goal is to build a culture that encourages healthy eating and supports mental wellbeing for the millions of people we feed, as well as our people – enabling them to bring their best selves to work.
Our Social Promise
Our Mission to a Million campaign is focused on enhancing people’s opportunities and changing their lives through job creation, community outreach, charitable engagement and gender pay parity.
Our Memberships
To further demonstrate our commitment to delivering on our company promises, Compass UK & Ireland is an active member of task forces and professional bodies that are focused on corporate initiatives that bring about social value.
