A Place Where I Can Be Me

At Speedy Hire we promote diversity, equity and inclusion (‘DEI’) at all levels of our business, to better equip our business for the future and supporting social mobility by providing fair opportunities for people from all backgrounds.

Our work has included refreshed policies and procedures, dedicated training, talks, events and communications, and collaborations with organisations such as Women in Construction and Engineering.  Our People Like Us (‘PLUS’) colleague-led, affinity networks continue to thrive, supporting the delivery of our social value objectives in relation to race and ethnicity, wellbeing and gender balance.

As we continue our work to increase female representation from 22% to achieve our target of 30% women by 2030, Speedy Hire has adopted the United Nations Women’s Empowerment Principles (UN WEP) and is one of 197 UK signatories of the UN Global Compact to have completed the nine-month Target Gender Equality programme.

 

2024 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT

Download our 2024 Sustainability Report for more detailed information on our Including Everyone pillar.

Since becoming a signatory of the UN WEP, our gender score has more than tripled, demonstrating the hard work and commitment of our gender affinity group. We are proud that our work to drive social value through the United Nations Target Gender Equality programme featured as a case study in a Supply Chain Sustainability School (SCSS) webinar in December 2023, focused on social value initiatives outside of the mainstream.

To continue our journey, we are embedding our DEI values through our supply chain working with MSMEs (‘Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises’), VCSEs (‘Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprises’) and female and ethnic minority-owned businesses.

Our gender pay gap has increased slightly in FY2024 in comparison to April 2023 but remains well below both the national median average and the gap for the construction industry for the year ending April 2023. Our full gender pay gap report is available here.