Sodexo, Inc., world leader in Quality of Daily Life solutions, was ranked first on the 2010 DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity® list, cementing its position as a benchmark employer in leveraging diversity and inclusion expertise as a competitive advantage in business.

This marks the fifth consecutive year that Sodexo has been recognized on DiversityInc's Top 50 list, and its steady climb to the top spot mirrors the consistent progress the company has made in its ongoing diversity journey. According to DiversityInc, Sodexo leads all companies in its ability to implement, measure and assess strong internal diversity initiatives. The publication cited Sodexo's Spirit of Mentoring program as an example for all organizations of a "focused, practical and extremely comprehensive mentoring effort" that includes advanced training, and benchmarks at regular intervals, to examine how mentoring pairs are relating to each other and accomplishing the goals of the mentoring partnership.