Haymarket’s inaugural Global Impact Report reveals sustainability progress

Haymarket Media Group, the publisher of Campaign, What Car?, MyCME and GP, has produced its first Global Impact Report, which shows how sustainability commitments have accelerated across all operations in the past 16 months. 

Part of a redefined Impact strategy “Shaping a better future with Remarkable Content”, Haymarket Impact has been designed to align with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, in particular around quality education, gender equality, climate action and partnerships.

Highlights include measuring Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions across its global business, marking the first milestone in reaching net zero. The UK operations became one of the first media companies to become ISO 20121 certified on live events, with the group sustaining that accreditation after a one-year surveillance audit.

Haymarket has also put in place a global content audit across editorial workflows and live events “to better understand how its external voice aligns with Impact and the role Haymarket’s brands play in positively influencing its specialist audiences”. In the past year, Haymarket brands have attained more than 2.5 million views across its Impact content and more than 10,000 attendees at Impact-tagged events.

Lastly, Haymarket extended its UK gender pay gap analysis across all locations, sharing data with staff and becoming a “disability confident employer." “Mandatory sustainability training has been rolled out to employees across the globe, with follow-up action plans to help colleagues navigate how Impact feeds into everyone’s role,” the company said.

Kevin Costello, Haymarket’s global chief executive, added: “Today’s report showcases our commitment to doing the right thing, holding ourselves accountable to internal and external stakeholders and demonstrating how we are working really hard to live by our purpose.

“Impact has been a huge undertaking and I’m incredibly proud of our global workforce with just how quickly, proactively and effectively they have got behind our initiatives, and the results are reflected in our many milestones and achievements.

“The next 12 months have some important milestones ahead for Impact as we continue our work to reduce our negative impact, increase our positive impact and strive to do the right thing for our audiences, clients, partners, employees, the future of our planet and the next generation of talent.” 

Haymarket owns more than 70 brands, including Campaign, What Car?, MyCME, GP and Asian Investor. It has offices in the UK, US, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, Hong Kong, Singapore and India.

It operates across disciplines including live events, digital, education, data, tech services, audio/video and print.

Its Impact agenda has earned recognition externally, winning a PPA award for Sustainability Initiative of the Year 2024 and a Employer Excellence Award at the AOP Digital Publishing Awards.