| | 9 DECEMBER 2025and qualitative data. We compute, analyze, measure, and interpret all this information.We attach great importance to all the indicators we produce because we use them to direct our work and become increasingly guided by this precious information, which also feeds back into our global database. This global sharing through our internal platforms helps us improve our performance on a daily basis, enables us to import solutions that other regions have already tested, and exports what is working well locally.In addition to encouraging intrapreneurship practices, which are driven by the team's proximity to customers for responding quickly and effectively to specific demands, we also invest in a strong open innovation agenda. Sodexo was born as a startup more than 50 years ago and has transformed and adapted over time, and today, as a multinational with different business models, it understands and values startup skills and abilities. Through open innovation, we gain more dynamism in transformation processes, product development, and innovation, which results in more agility and increased adaptability to the most varied scenarios and customer realities.To support the company's evolution along those lines, we have developed a solid open innovation ecosystem and have been making challenges in the market, seeking collaboration from startups and universities for building new solutions. An example of this is Sodexo's partnership with ACATE - Associação Catarinense de Tecnologia (Catarinense Association of Technology, in free translation), which has helped us to share our internal demands and challenges identified through an innovation and technology ecosystem. In addition, we also have Sodexo Accelerator in several countries around the world, where we work in collaboration with local incubators, enabling us to meet the most different business needs. Currently, there are 14 accelerators in seven regions, including countries such as France, Brazil, China, India, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States.We need to be connected with all the technological advances taking place globally, but more than that, we need to be close to our customers to understand their expectations. For this, it is essential that we continue to encourage teams to perform their activities with an entrepreneurial vision so we can innovate with purpose, meeting needs and also experimenting in the workplace because whatever the focus of the company's activities, only one thing is certain for us: transformation will continue to happen, and innovation is a key factor for increasingly providing value, both for people and for the business. Focusing on compliance and security during technology integration allows organizations to build a strong framework for their Compliance Programs, ensuring they meet regulatory requirements while also enhancing overall operational efficiency.
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