Speedy Hire Plc, the UK’s leading construction equipment hire and specialist service provider, today celebrates World Environment Day (5th June 24) by unveiling their Nature Positive Roadmap 2030 in a further step towards achieving their ambitious 2040 Net Zero Target.
Speedy Hire launched its strategy for reaching Net Zero by 2040 ‘The Decade to deliver’ in 2022, however the business recognises the critical importance of nature for economies and societies to thrive, and the part businesses can play for a Nature Positive future. Publishing their Nature Positive Roadmap 2030 today, Speedy Hire plan to work with their value chain to make a difference to the environment and create more places for nature to thrive.
By launching the roadmap, Speedy Hire aims to avoid and reduce its environmental impacts on nature by and taking action to enhance nature as part of its day-to-day business activities, and then sharing those learnings for the benefit of the whole value chain, creating a step-change across the industry.
Speaking at Speedy Hire Live Expo 24, Dr Julia Baker, Nature Services Lead at Mott MacDonald and Speedy Hire’s ESG Director Amelia Woodley discussed how the industry must play their part in fighting climate change not only through decarbonisation, but through working towards a nature positive future.
Dr Baker said:
“Speedy Hire’s Nature Positive 2030 Roadmap is a significant milestone for both nature and the industry. Mott MacDonald’s work on this project has been as part of a very successful partnership with Speedy Hire driven by collaboration and innovation to deliver a strategically important initiative.”
Amelia Woodley, ESG Director at Speedy Hire said:
“I’m extremely proud of our Nature Positive 2030 Roadmap and how Speedy Hire is leading the way for nature. We’re moving from considering nature on our sites to thinking about enhancing nature throughout our value chain. Nature Positive is not only a step-change, it’s essential.”
To hear more of the discussion between Julia Baker and Amelia Woodley about how our industry relies on nature, but is only beginning to realise how business-critical the protection of nature is to its success, view the video here.
