The global food service industry experienced a 21% drop in new job postings related to environmental sustainability in Q2 2023 compared with the previous quarter, according to GlobalData’s Job Analytics. This compares to a 44% decrease versus Q2 2022. Environmental Sustainability is a priority in most of the industries today including foodservice. GlobalData’s ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) Top Trends by Sector – Thematic Research report assesses the impact of ESG by identifying key trends, company filings, and hiring pattern across 16 key sectors. Buy the report here.
Notably, Management Occupations jobs accounted for a 33% share of the global food service industry’s environmental sustainability-related total new job postings in Q2 2023, down 9% over the prior quarter.
Management Occupations drive environmental sustainability-related hiring activity
Management Occupations, with a share of 33%, emerged as the top environmental sustainability-related job roles within the food service industry in Q2 2023, with new job postings drop by 9% quarter-on-quarter. Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations came in second with a share of 21% in Q2 2023, with new job postings dropping by 26% over the previous quarter.
The other prominent environmental sustainability roles include Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance Occupations with a 5% share in Q2 2023, Transportation and Material Moving Occupations with a 3% share of new job postings.
Top five companies in food service industry accounted for 64% of hiring activity
The top companies, in terms of number of new job postings tracked by GlobalData, as of Q2 2023 were Raising Cane’s USA, Domino's Pizza Enterprises, Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Brunning & Price, and Sodexo. Together they accounted for a combined share of 64% of all environmental sustainability-related new jobs in the food service industry.
Raising Cane’s USA posted 900 environmental sustainability-related new jobs in Q2 2023, Domino's Pizza Enterprises 454 jobs, Dave & Buster's Entertainment 317 jobs, Brunning & Price 304 jobs, and Sodexo 190 jobs, according to GlobalData’s Job Analytics.
Hiring activity was driven by the US with a 66.18% share of total new job postings, Q2 2023
The largest share of environmental sustainability-related new job postings in the food service industry in Q2 2023 was in the US with 66.18% followed by Australia (17.15%) and the UK (12.08%). The share represented by the US was two percentage points lower than the 68.30% share it accounted for in Q1 2023.
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