Sykes Cottages Ltd
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Cheshire West and Chester, United Kingdom
May 2023
Accommodation
Service with Significant Environmental Footprint
Ireland,
New Zealand,
United Kingdom
Sykes Holiday Cottages is an independent holiday property rental agency with over 30 years’ experience in the industry. We represent more than 22,500 properties, available across the UK, Ireland and New Zealand, and help millions of holidaymakers make lasting memories each year. After starting life on a kitchen table in the Yorkshire Dales in 1991, the company has grown – employing more than 1,000 people across 23 regional brands; working with tens of thousands of owners; and taking more than 3 million people on holiday each year. While our head office is based in Chester, the Sykes Holiday Cottages family spans regional brands with local offices throughout the UK and in New Zealand. We believe in teamwork, a commitment to excellence and treating our colleagues, property owners and holidaymakers with the same respect as if they were sharing our kitchen table. Our purpose is to create lasting holiday memories and we intend to do so both responsibly and sustainably to make a positive impact for our people, community and planet. Find out more about our Impact commitments at www.sykesholidaycottages.co.uk and follow our journey on our social channels @sykescottages.
Overall B Impact Score
Governance 19.0
Governance evaluates a company's overall mission, engagement around its social/environmental impact, ethics, and transparency. This section also evaluates the ability of a company to protect their mission and formally consider stakeholders in decision making through their corporate structure (e.g. benefit corporation) or corporate governing documents.
Governance 19.0
Governance evaluates a company's overall mission, engagement around its social/environmental impact, ethics, and transparency. This section also evaluates the ability of a company to protect their mission and formally consider stakeholders in decision making through their corporate structure (e.g. benefit corporation) or corporate governing documents.
Workers 27.4
Workers evaluates a company’s contributions to its employees’ financial security, health & safety, wellness, career development, and engagement & satisfaction. In addition, this section recognizes business models designed to benefit workers, such as companies that are at least 40% owned by non-executive employees and those that have workforce development programs to support individuals with barriers to employment.
Community 16.1
Community evaluates a company’s engagement with and impact on the communities in which it operates, hires from, and sources from. Topics include diversity, equity & inclusion, economic impact, civic engagement, charitable giving, and supply chain management. In addition, this section recognizes business models that are designed to address specific community-oriented problems, such as poverty alleviation through fair trade sourcing or distribution via microenterprises, producer cooperative models, locally focused economic development, and formal charitable giving commitments.
Environment 24.8
Environment evaluates a company’s overall environmental management practices as well as its impact on the air, climate, water, land, and biodiversity. This includes the direct impact of a company’s operations and, when applicable its supply chain and distribution channels. This section also recognizes companies with environmentally innovative production processes and those that sell products or services that have a positive environmental impact. Some examples might include products and services that create renewable energy, reduce consumption or waste, conserve land or wildlife, provide less toxic alternatives to the market, or educate people about environmental problems.
Customers 2.7
Customers evaluates a company’s stewardship of its customers through the quality of its products and services, ethical marketing, data privacy and security, and feedback channels. In addition, this section recognizes products or services that are designed to address a particular social problem for or through its customers, such as health or educational products, arts & media products, serving underserved customers/clients, and services that improve the social impact of other businesses or organizations.