The Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation has won the Foundation of the Year award and a 'Grand Prix' accolade at this year's Corporate Engagement Awards.
Support provided by the UK-registered charity extends beyond food aid to fundraising, awarding grants, volunteering, and partnering with national and hyper-local charities to ensure financial support reaches those with the greatest need and brings a positive social impact to local communities.
Judges noted it is “deeply embedded", and has grown from providing direct aid to tackling many of the structural causes of hunger and inequality - leveraging high-impact partnerships, scale and internal engagement to achieve its objectives.
2025 marks the 20th anniversary of the Stop Hunger Foundation.
Over the last two decades, the Foundation has supported more than 9.6 million beneficiaries through 230 charity partners across over 56 cities and regions, distributing more than £6.4 million in grants.
Thanks to Sodexo’s financial support, 100 per cent of the donations made to Stop Hunger are directed towards charitable partners.
In January 2025 the Foundation announced Asma Khan as its first patron.
Owner of the Darjeeling Express restaurant in London, Asma is also the chef advocate for the UN World Food Programme.
As patron, Asma brings valuable support and inspiration to the Foundation’s work.
Corporate charitable foundations are emerging as powerful engines of social impact and brand integrity, they are reshaping how organisations engage with communities, support causes, and demonstrate long-term commitment to societal wellbeing.
Asma and the Foundation are committed to championing initiatives that address the root causes of food insecurity, including skills development, resource accessibility, and community empowerment.
The work the Foundation supports through our many charity partners is changing lives, creating stronger communities, and laying the groundwork for sustainable solutions to food insecurity.
“Corporate charitable foundations are emerging as powerful engines of social impact and brand integrity, they are reshaping how organisations engage with communities, support causes, and demonstrate long-term commitment to societal wellbeing.
The Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation is a great example of a corporate foundation making a meaningful and tangible difference.
With two decades of experience, it has led a transformative philanthropic movement since 2005 to combat food insecurity and its root causes.”
The foundation’s work sits within Sodexo’s Social Impact Pledge 2030 and is focused on empowering the most disadvantaged communities across the UK and Ireland to tackle the root causes of food insecurity, going beyond providing immediate food aid.
