Sustainability
This is the Decade to Deliver
Speeding up on sustainability
Speedy Hire is supporting the UK’s green transition by delivering practical, evidence‑based solutions that help customers reduce their environmental impact, while bringing colleagues with us through our Decade to Deliver. We’re equipping teams with the training, tools, and opportunities they need to drive meaningful change, making sustainability a shared responsibility. Together, we’re focused on delivering measurable improvements across the hire sector and building a more sustainable future.
Angela Hughes
Head of Sustainability & Governance, Speedy Hire
Decade To Deliver
Find out more about our award winning ESG strategy and our ambitious targets to become a net zero business by 2040.
Sustainability is core to Speedy Hire’s vision, mission and Velocity strategy
Our ambition is to become the most efficient and sustainable UK hire business, supported by our sustainability strategy, The Decade to Deliver – reflecting our belief that the next ten years will define the next 100. Our purpose is to drive a hire revolution, inspiring people to make hire their first choice by bringing this sustainable option to more people, places and products.
Highlights FY2026
57% eco products by volume
99.24% renewable electricity
21.02% women in the workforce
% profit invested in community projects
Sustainability Report FY26
Discover how Speedy Hire is delivering against its Decade to Deliver ESG strategy, making progress on sustainability targets, expanding lower-carbon solutions, and creating positive environmental and social impact for customers and communities.
ACCELERATING INNOVATION
We're making hire even more sustainable by working for even better designed products. Built to last, designed to be repaired, and made to be recycled.
CLIMATE SOLUTIONS
We're going net zero carbon fast and helping our customers to do so the same, with a low carbon fleet, innovative products, and sustainable services.
PART OF THE COMMUNITY
Our people are part of local communities all over the country and it's in our nature to join in and help solve the challenges we face.
INCLUDING EVERYONE
We need great people working on shared goals, looking out for one another and helping us grow. At Speedy Hire, we can help people be the best they can be, and make this the decade to count.
Governance
Our work to achieve our sustainability targets and ensure a fair and inclusive transition to a low carbon economy is overseen and guided by a robust governance framework to enable timely, informed and integrated decision making. This is supported by senior leadership oversight and sustainability expertise.
Latest News
Speedy Hire Joins Sedex
Speedy Hire Awarded EcoVadis Gold
Speedy Hire Awarded CDP A- Ranking
