SportCity

About SportCity

SportCity is a Dutch gym chain with more than 115 gyms across the Netherlands. Through its network of gyms, SportCity provides a central hub for communities across the Netherlands to come together and stay active. Not only do they have first-class facilities, including sauna, steam rooms and all the latest cardio and weight machines, they also run hundreds of fitness classes for all fitness levels and activity styles. SportCity is on a mission to provide an affordable, inclusive environment which encourages people to improve their health and well-being. More movement creates more happiness.  

SportCity’s ESG journey so far

SportCity plays a big part on the social level and has a compelling sustainability story to tell on that account. However, due to lack of a centralized platform dedicated to ESG data gathering, storage and calculations, SportCity was not able to harness the full potential of ESG yet. The process to quantify and track SportCity’s sustainability activities was in several cases lengthy and time consuming. KEY ESG’s carbon calculation platform helped SportCity to gather and structure the necessary data and ensure that methodologies were being applied consistently across the different locations.

SportCity uses KEY ESG’s platform to centralise the data and reporting process

SportCity has put a process in place around ESG data collection and reporting and delivers on investors’ data requirements for the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) and the ESG Data Convergence Initiative (EDCI) easily using the KEY ESG platform.

Regarding data gathering, workflows are managed efficiently and tasks and responsibilities are assigned to different data gatherers across the company. The platform also ensures that a consistent methodology is applied to all the carbon calculations and guides business-users on where to collect the data from and how to accurately input it. Having accurate sustainability data for each location enables SportCity to see where there is room for improvement and prioritise sustainability activities effectively.

SportCity uses KEY ESG’s Custom Metric Builder to ensure that they are tracking relevant metrics, as for example those metrics required by their investors for compliance. The KEY ESG platform is now a centralised hub for their ESG management needs.

Joost Puls, Financial Controller at SportCity described how KEY ESG has helped:

“Being able to drill down the data in detail enables us to reveal where our priorities should be. Using KEY ESG, we can easily segment the data to reveal opportunities for improvements regarding sustainability.”

What’s next for SportCity

Joost Puls is looking forward to the improved sustainability performance resulting from the partnership and said:

“KEY ESG is supporting us as we continue to formalise and expand our ESG initiatives and strategy. Working with KEY ESG has enabled us to focus on the key material topics for the business and drive tangible sustainability improvements.”

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