Hays, the leading recruiting experts has announced a new 18-month partnership with the charity Trees for Cities in the UK & Ireland.
Joining forces with the leading environmental charity means Hays staff across the UK&I have the opportunity to donate hundreds of trees per month to the charity to plant in cities across the UK & Ireland. The partnership also provides staff members the opportunity to use their “Hays Helps” volunteering time to support Trees for Cities projects by planting trees, pruning edible playgrounds in schools, and supporting local community gardens and projects.
So far, nearly 40 Hays staff have taken part in tree planting days as part of the Hays Helps initiative in Blackpool, Hull, Ramsgate, East London, and Edinburgh. The partnership comes after Hays became a carbon neutral business at the end of 2021 and in April 2022 announced that its targets for carbon reduction have been approved by the Science-based Targets initiative (SBTi) – an important milestone in towards its commitment to reach Net Zero.
Karen Young, a Director at Hays, commented: “We’re really excited to be providing staff across the UK and Ireland with the opportunity to not only take some time out to support a good cause – but to also be doing good for the environment at the same time. Playing our part to safeguard the natural environment in which we both live and work is one of our key strategic priorities, as part of our Hays Helps global programme of work.”
Under our Hays Helps framework, this new partnership aligns to our commitment to protect the environments where we operate so we can be a more sustainable business going forwards. So far in the new partnership for UK&I we’ve collectively donated 8,000 trees for planting – with plenty more to come!”
In nearly 30 years, with over 1million trees planted, Trees for Cities works throughout the UK and around the world to improve lives by creating greener cities through planting urban trees. A key focus of the project work is educating the community, using a holistic approach to raise awareness about sustainability, social mobility, community cohesion, education, and health initiatives.
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Helen Flannery, PR Manager, Hays
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About Hays
Hays plc (the "Group") is a leading global professional recruiting group. The Group is the expert at recruiting qualified, professional and skilled people worldwide, being the market leader in the UK and Australia and one of the market leaders in Continental Europe, Latin America and Asia. The Group operates across the private and public sectors, dealing in permanent positions, contract roles and temporary assignments. As at 31 December 2021 the Group employed c.12,100 staff operating from 254 offices across 20 specialisms. For the year ended 30 June 2021:
– the Group reported net fees of £918.1 million and operating profit of £95.1 million;
– the Group placed around 60,000 candidates into permanent jobs and around 220,000 people into temporary roles;
– 17% of Group net fees were generated in Australia & New Zealand, 27% in Germany, 22% in United Kingdom & Ireland and 34% in Rest of World (RoW);
– the temporary placement business represented 61% of net fees and the permanent placement business represented 39% of net fees;
– Technology is the Group’s largest specialism, with 26% of net fees, while Accountancy & Finance (14%) and Construction & Property (12%), are the next largest
About Trees for Cities
Trees for Cities is the only UK charity working at a national and international scale to improve lives by planting trees in cities. We get stuck in with local communities to cultivate lasting change in their neighbourhoods – whether it’s revitalising forgotten spaces, creating healthier environments or getting people excited about growing, foraging and eating healthy food.
Web: https://www.treesforcities.org/
Tags: @treesforcities
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