Benefits & Engagement

Edenred offers more than 100 programs for companies that wish to make life easier for their employees and improve their purchasing power in many areas: food, transport, health, training, personal services or purchase of ecological products. As the global leader in the sector, Edenred provides a range of solutions that are fully digital and highly flexible.

Historically, Edenred has been renowned for its solutions related to employees' lunch breaks, such as Ticket Restaurant®, invented by Jacques Borel in France in 1962. The Group subsequently expanded more broadly into Benefits and Engagement, encompassing gifts and commuting. As part of its Beyond_22-25 strategy and building on the success of its flagship programs, Edenred has extended its offering to fully embrace the employee engagement dimension.

Edenred's new positioning, "Power up your joie de vivre", reflects a broader and more ambitious mission: to act on essential engagement drivers such as purchasing power, well-being, communication and self-esteem.

The "Beyond" solutions, resulting from this diversification beyond traditional benefits, account for approximately 36% of the Group's operating revenue.

A diversified portfolio of solutions for HR departments: breakdown of operating revenue for the "Benefits & Engagement" business between traditional benefits and other benefits (Beyond solutions)

Added value for all stakeholders

Encouraged in many countries by a favourable legislative framework, Edenred's solutions enable public authorities to implement their social policies effectively, strengthen economic attractiveness and combat the informal economy.

For corporate clients, these benefits enhance their attractiveness and foster employee loyalty. They add value to the benefits-in-kind component of compensation policies, contribute to employee wellbeing and increase their engagement.

They thus significantly improve employees' purchasing power, which they use across a wide network of affiliated merchants.

From the lunch break to the "2.0 canteen"

Deployed in more than 30 countries, Edenred's digital solutions dedicated to food and catering improve the daily working lives of millions of employees. They promote access to quality products and services that are better for health and the environment. Digital and tax-exempt, these solutions are in line with changing eating habits and directly increase employees' purchasing power as well as the turnover of restaurants and merchants.

Through their Edenred account, users are automatically credited each month and can pay to the nearest euro at all affiliated establishments on site (via contactless payment or directly at the table via a QR code) as well as on numerous meal delivery platforms (online or in-app). They can thus freely enjoy the lunch break of their choice at a restaurant, at the office or while working from home.

Edenred already offers a 100% dematerialised meal voucher solution in several countries. Usable directly on a smartphone, it offers the same functionalities as a payment card, only plastic-less.

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Engagement, well-being and responsibility

To attract the best talent, strengthen ties with their employees and reward their contributions, companies have access to a wide range of Edenred digital solutions in the field of well-being, going well beyond food.

Edenred now offers employee engagement platforms in many countries. Modular and tailor-made, these solutions enable corporate clients to aggregate numerous services for employees.

They are built around four modules:

Purchasing power, with exclusive partner discounts;
Health and well-being, with dedicated resources covering physical, mental and financial aspects;
Better internal communication, through interactive tools such as polls and surveys;
Employee recognition, enabling leaders to thank and reward employees for their performance and engagement.

Flexible benefits programmes even allow employees to freely choose those they wish to benefit from according to their specific needs, such as health, leisure or personal services.

Maslow's hierarchy of needs with benefits and engagement

Since 2023, Edenred has developed strongly in this area, in particular through two major acquisitions.
Reward Gateway, a leading employee engagement platform, supports more than 4,000 customers, representing 8 million employees in the United Kingdom, Australia, and the United States. As part of the Beyond_22-25 plan, Edenred aims to roll out this offer in new major countries in continental Europe. In 2024, Edenred Engagement was launched in France, Belgium and Italy.

In Latin America, GOintegro enables more than 500 companies in 7 countries to improve their organizational culture and position themselves as employers of choice; 1.2 million users already benefit from these innovative solutions.

Constance Le Goff, Head of Edenred Engagement in France: "Our platform is a true catalyst for employee engagement"
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Taking care

Health, childcare, personal services, gifts, leisure, culture: Edenred's digital solutions offer their users access to a wide range of everyday goods and services, from major store chains to smaller independent shops. These solutions improve purchasing power and thus contribute to the personal work-life balance of employees, in a world of work where the boundary between the private and professional spheres can sometimes become blurred.

Edenred solutions are also good for the planet: in Belgium, Edenred offers a benefit dedicated to the exclusive purchase of eco-responsible products and services. Thanks to this solution, recognized at European level as a benchmark for promoting virtuous consumption, each euro spent reduces CO₂ emissions by 1 kg compared to a standard purchase.

Getting around

In Europe or the United States, via a digital account and an Edenred mobile app, employees can already benefit from the payment by their employer of their daily commuting expenses. This budget can be used in an extensive network of partners, such as public transport operators, carpooling services or self-service bicycle, scooter, or electric car rental applications. In 2024, Edenred continued this development in Brazil through the acquisition of the RB platform, a leading player in the issuance and management of transport cards.

By promoting access to these new forms of mobility encouraged by public authorities, Edenred contributes to more responsible behavior for daily fares, true to its purpose: "Enrich connections. For good."