Kelly Services

Kelly Services, an Employment Placement Agency based in the US, reported total carbon emissions of approximately 17,821,000 kg CO2e in 2025. This included about 1,131,000 kg CO2e from Scope 1 emissions, 2,817,000 kg CO2e from Scope 2 emissions, and 13,864,000 kg CO2e from Scope 3 emissions. Key contributors to Scope 3 emissions in 2025 were purchased goods and services (5,458,650 kg CO2e), employee commuting (4,275,890 kg CO2e), and business travel (3,223,380 kg CO2e).

In 2024, Kelly Services's total emissions were higher, at approximately 26,473,000 kg CO2e, with 1,260,000 kg CO2e from Scope 1, 2,638,000 kg CO2e from Scope 2, and 22,575,000 kg CO2e from Scope 3. The company has shown a reduction in total emissions between 2024 and 2025.

For 2023, only Scope 1 emissions were reported, totalling approximately 1,283,580 kg CO2e. Similarly, in 2022, Scope 1 emissions were around 1,377,820 kg CO2e. In 2021, the company disclosed Scope 1 emissions of approximately 1,552,780 kg CO2e, Scope 2 emissions of about 6,298,000 kg CO2e, and partial Scope 3 emissions including business travel (1,026,353 kg CO2e), employee commute (4,257,000 kg CO2e), and fuel and energy-related activities (194,000 kg CO2e).

Kelly Services has set ambitious climate commitments. The company has near-term Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) approved targets, aiming to reduce absolute Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions by 58.8% by 2034, against a 2024 baseline. Additionally, the company commits to reducing absolute Scope 3 GHG emissions from purchased goods and services, business travel, and employee commuting by 35.0% within the same timeframe. These targets are consistent with a 1.5°C warming scenario.

The company also has a long-term aspiration to develop a climate strategy to mitigate, remove, and compensate for its impact, and to align emission reduction targets with science to limit global warming to a 1.5°C ambition level by 2050 for Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions. Historically, Kelly Services also had a medium-term goal to reduce Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions by 3% over a three-year period until 2020.