Hays Travel wins honour for ‘impressive’ carbon reduction achievements

Hays Travel has become the first business to receive a Yu Energy sustainability award, thanks to the agency’s success in cutting carbon emissions.

 

Founded by chief executive Bobby Kalar in 2014, Yu Energy is a leading business energy supplier of green electricity, smart meters and carbon-neutral gas.

 

Vilpa Lillie, senior lead at Yu Energy, travelled to Hays Travel’s Sunderland head office to present the award.

 

Yu Energy hailed the agency’s initiatives, such as EV charging points and PV panels installed at head office and being a ‘Renewable Energy Guarantees of Origin’ green-power customer for many years.

 

The agency also has reached a level of 97% for the installation of smart meters – to enable monitoring and targeting – and gas is close to being replaced across the retail estate.

 

Vilpa said: “With temperatures rising as they are, it’s impressive to see the commitment of companies as large as Hays Travel to reducing their impact on the environment.

 

“It was a real pleasure to present the award to the team in person and acknowledge their sustained effort and commitment to sustainability and producing less carbon.

 

“From refurbishing branches to be more energy efficient, to installing food bins, the team is always coming up with something new.”

 

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Ken Campling, Hays Travel’s group finance director, said: “Hays Travel is committed to being carbon neutral by 2030, and this award is testament to a brilliant team who are always coming up with new ideas to achieve that.

 

“In our head office and in our branches, teams are consistently innovating around green initiatives, recycling and continuous improvement.

 

“Vilpa went above and beyond to support us in our ambitions, and we look forward to continuing our relationship with Yu Energy, thanks to the excellent service they provide.”

 

Ben Allen, strategic account manager at Yu Energy, added: “Over the last few years on supply with Yu, we’ve seen really impressive carbon reduction and energy management from Hays Travel.

 

“They have proactively installed smart meters across 97% of their national retail estate and are close to completely moving away from gas.

 

“Their approach shows a real commitment to monitoring and reducing carbon, at a pace of progress we don’t typically see with large nationals.”

 

Andy Hughes, chief operating officer of Yu Energy, congratulated Hays, saying: “It’s great to see YuSmart metering across a national estate enabling real impacts on carbon monitoring and reduction.”