Case Study: Hays achieves accurate, transparent global carbon reporting across 33 countries with Ecometrica

Hays - Customer Case Study

Hays is a FTSE 250 specialist recruiting business operating in 33 countries with FY20 revenue of £5,929 million and around 10,000 staff. The company had been outsourcing its environmental footprint reporting to a third‑party consultancy and relying on manual spreadsheets and a two‑month annual data collection window that coincided with CDP cycles, which made it hard to get accurate, timely UK office and country‑level carbon figures and to spot energy inefficiencies. In January 2020 Hays engaged Ecometrica to address these issues using Ecometrica’s SaaS sustainability platform.

Ecometrica implemented its PwC‑assured, end‑to‑end Ecometrica Platform to collect, calculate and report Hays’ global footprint across 33 countries, consolidated on a single system and supported by a dedicated sustainability analyst. The move eliminated spreadsheets, provided year‑round visibility of regional performance (rather than a two‑month annual snapshot), increased stakeholder confidence in published data, and improved data accuracy, transparency and engagement for Hays — enabling faster, more reliable action on carbon and energy issues thanks to Ecometrica’s solution.

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