Annual Report and Accounts 2012 - Speedy Hire plc

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Over 70% of our carbon footprint
comes from transport fuels, so we have
undertaken a range of activities to reduce
fuel use. These include a company car
policy that not only restricts the choice of
company cars to low-emission models,
but also rewards employees who choose
the car with the lowest emissions in its
class. We also promote conference
calls instead of travelling to meetings.
On our delivery fleet, we have been
moving to vehicles with leaner engines,
using speed limiters, trialling electric vans
and encouraging better driving through
a driver training programme.
Health and safety is a key issue for
Speedy and also for our customers.
Speedy’s multi-award-winning ‘Safety
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Speedy has reduced its CO 2 e per capita to 7.69 tonnes per
year, down from 7.95 tonnes in 2011. Over 1,500 toolbox talks
have been delivered on customers’ sites. Our top 50 suppliers
are now signed up to the Supplier Charter and the GO product
range now has 50 products within it.
Speedy’s employee engagement score has increased to 69%
in 2012, up from 61% in 2011, and 12,384 training days have
been delivered to employees.
Speedy’s One Plan roadmap, which consolidates over 40 KPIs
covering commercial, environmental and social impacts, can
be found at www.speedyhire.plc.uk/kpis
5 Awards
Speedy is delighted to have been
awarded Gold status in the 2012
Business in the Community (BiTC) CR
index, increasing its overall score from
88% in 2011 to 92% in 2012. The index
aims to ‘challenge and support
companies to integrate responsible
business practice’. The result establishes
Speedy’s position as a leading company
in understanding the relationship
between transforming business
practices and operating sustainably.
from the Ground Up’ programme
continues to target areas of industry-wide
concern, such as working at height,
hand-arm vibration, dust control and
manual handling. The programme
focuses on getting safety messages
simply and effectively to where they are
most needed – people working onsite
– via posters, brochures, pocket guides
and toolbox talks.
We recognise that to be a true partner to
our customers and to have the ability to
offer industry-leading products, services
and solutions, we also need to have
a close working relationship with our
suppliers. We achieve this through our
Supplier Excellence Programme, which,
through a number of workshops, aims to
Speedy has also been awarded a Green
Apple award by the Green Organisation
for its sustainability strategy One Plan.
The judges commented, “Speedy already
has a series of more efficient tools that
people can hire, with the data to back up
their claims. The One Plan initiative follows
this up and gives customers all the
information they need to make informed
rental decisions based on efficiency and
sustainability as well as cost.”
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help suppliers reduce their environmental
impact, make efficiency savings and
identify innovative product and process
solutions. We sign suppliers up to our
Supplier Charter and encourage them
to contribute to our Green Options (GO)
product range.
Our employees are vital to Speedy’s
success. To enhance their skills and
knowledge further, we have implemented
a number of programmes such as training
depot employees to NVQ levels 2 and 3,
establishing Employee Forums across the
business, training managers on ‘what
good looks like’ and working with the
Chartered Management Institute to have
all Speedy people managers accredited
as qualified leaders by 2014.
The benefits of One Plan are numerous and tangible.
It ensures Speedy focuses on increasing profit, reducing cost
and improving efficiencies. It enables us to have a more
sustainable supply chain, which in turn assists our customers.
It provides us, and our customers, with a safer and more
engaged workforce, as well as minimising our impacts on the
environment and the communities we interact with. And One
Plan also enhances our brand and reputation with our
customers and other key stakeholders.
We also won the Excellence in Training
award from Hire Association Europe
(HAE) in recognition of our investment
in training covering internal personal
development and the courses available
to our customers.
Speedy Hire Plc Annual Report and Accounts 2012
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