"Diversity mentoring in particular creates an environment of trust like no other, where employees are equally empowered to voice concerns and contribute breakthrough ideas." According to DiversityInc, Sodexo earned this honor by being a pioneer of formal, cross-cultural mentoring, with its Impact program demonstrating effective implementation, metrics and results that are often models for other companies. Top executives are required to be mentors as part of their compensation-based performance reviews, and more than 60 percent of mentoring pairs are cross-cultural. Mentors receive cultural-awareness training, including LGBT, disability and veterans' issues. The mentoring programs last for a year and are fully assessed. Sodexo also has peer-to-peer mentoring managed directly by its employee resource groups. In addition, Sodexo's Spirit of Mentoring Bridge Programs pair newly hired and frontline managers in further efforts to expand professional development.