Corporate Sustainability at Kelly

IN THIS SECTION:

Message from Our Sustainability Director

Materiality and Stakeholder Engagement

CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY AT KELLY

Our Approach

At Kelly, we create shared value by delivering on our promise of connecting people to work that enriches their lives while making a positive impact on the communities where we live and work. Our sustainability approach emphasizes conducting business responsibly while strengthening our efforts to attract, retain, and provide growth opportunities for our employees and talent through meaningful work.

As we continue to deliver our specialties and innovative solutions, our clients and business partners play a central role in our success. We actively engage with them to understand their environmental, social, and governance priorities, and they rely on us as a partner to help advance their sustainability and social impact goals. Through these collaborations, we align our initiatives with broader societal and business objectives, creating lasting value for all stakeholders.

CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY AT KELLY

Message from Our Sustainability Director

As Kelly approaches its 80th year, our sustainability journey reflects something deeper than compliance or reporting — it reflects who we are and how we live out our noble purpose.

2025 was a year defined by accountability. We moved from intention to action on our most significant commitments — formalizing our approach to emissions reduction and strengthening our climate risk practices.

At the same time, we scaled the programs that make our sustainability strategy tangible. Our Equity@Work initiative removed barriers to meaningful employment for thousands more individuals than in the prior year. Our inaugural Global Month of Service united employees across multiple countries in a single, coordinated act of community investment. Our supplier network also continued to grow, supporting jobs and economic opportunities across our global footprint.

In 2025 we demonstrated the maturity of our program—sustainability performance that in many areas advanced, driven by disciplined progress and the genuine commitment of our people to our core purpose: connecting people to work in ways that enrich their lives.

We are grateful to our employees, clients, suppliers, and partners, and to the ESG Advisory Committee, whose engagement and trust make this work possible. We remain committed to earning that trust, every year, through action.

Our 2026 focus is on three reinforcing priorities: accelerating our climate action, expanding the reach and impact of our social programs, and embedding sustainability even more deeply into how we operate and make decisions.

Richard Glover

Director, Enterprise Risk, Compliance & Sustainability

Our approach is grounded in strong governance, enterprise risk management, and an integrated Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) framework that supports responsible growth.

Our strategy is organized around seven core pillars that guide priorities, accountability, and performance across the organization.

Sustainability considerations are embedded into enterprise risk management and day-to-day decision-making. Workforce trends, supplier practices, data protection, climate impacts, and evolving regulatory expectations are assessed alongside other business risks—strengthening operational resilience, protecting service continuity, and supporting clients' evolving sustainability expectations.

By aligning sustainability priorities with Kelly’s Enterprise Goals, we ensure that policies, investments, and performance metrics reinforce both responsible operations and business performance.

Through stakeholder engagement, skills-based volunteering, and corporate initiatives, we expand access to opportunity while supporting the workforce needs of the communities and clients we serve.

This integrated approach enables us to deliver measurable sustainability outcomes while supporting our clients’ success.

CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY AT KELLY

Strategic Priorities

Kelly recognizes sustainability as integral to delivering consistent, high-quality service to our clients and creating long-term value for all stakeholders.

CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY AT KELLY

United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

Kelly has been a signatory of the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) since 2019, reporting annually on progress against its Ten Principles. We also actively support the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with emphasis on the nine goals where our business can have the greatest impact.

The content of this publication has not been approved by the United Nations and does not reflect the views of the United Nations or its officials or Member States.

CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY AT KELLY

Materiality and Stakeholder Engagement

Kelly’s sustainability strategy is guided by a clear understanding of what matters most to our business, our people, our clients, and the communities we serve. Through structured assessment and ongoing stakeholder dialogue, we ensure our priorities address significant impacts, support long-term value creation, and adapt to evolving expectations.

Materiality

Our sustainability priorities are informed by continuous engagement with global stakeholders and a structured process for assessing our most significant impacts. Insights from these engagements feed into our Double Materiality Assessment (DMA), which guides our management approach and focus areas for long-term value creation.

Memberships and Associations

Kelly leverages relationships with key industry, professional, and sustainability organizations to inform practices, benchmark performance, and support responsible business leadership.

Industry and Professional

American Staffing Association
Business Leaders for Michigan
Detroit Regional Chamber
Everest Group
Human Capital Institute
International Association of Outsourcing Professionals
OSHA Temporary Worker Initiative
Second Chance Business Coalition
Society of Human Resource Management Foundation
Staffing Industry Analysts
The Conference Board
The World Employment Confederation

Other Associations

Best Buddies International
CDP (formerly Carbon Disclosure Project)
Data Privacy Framework
EcoVadis
Global Reporting Initiative
United Nations Global Compact

Stakeholder Engagement

Regular engagement with a broad range of stakeholders is essential to our business success and community impact. It allows Kelly to understand expectations, anticipate emerging concerns, and integrate stakeholder perspectives into our sustainability strategy.

Key stakeholders include employees, talent, board members, customers, suppliers, investors, community organizations, NGOs, and government bodies. We prioritize stakeholders based on their relationship with our operations and the impact of their insights on our sustainability goals.

To capture a broad spectrum of perspectives, Kelly employs multiple engagement methods: employee and customer surveys, focus groups for
in-depth discussions, and interviews with senior leaders for qualitative insights. Feedback from these engagements informs our sustainability priorities and is integrated into strategic planning.

Kelly is committed to continuous engagement, ensuring that our strategy evolves with emerging trends and stakeholder expectations. Transparent communication and consistent reporting keep stakeholders informed of progress and reinforce our commitment to responsible, responsive business practices.

Double Materiality and Management Approach

To ensure Kelly’s sustainability strategy is grounded in the priorities of both our business and stakeholders, we conduct regular materiality assessments. Since 2018, these assessments have helped us identify the topics with the greatest potential impact, and our approach has evolved over time to reflect emerging best practices in sustainability reporting.

In 2021 and 2024, we completed a comprehensive Double Materiality Assessment, evaluating sustainability topics from two perspectives:

Impact materiality – how Kelly’s operations affect the environment, society, and the broader economy.
Financial materiality – how sustainability topics may influence Kelly’s financial performance and strategic decision-making.

The 2024 DMA was conducted with the support of an independent third-party consultant and included structured interviews with senior leadership, peer benchmarking, and a stakeholder perception survey of 442 respondents spanning employees, talent, board members, suppliers, customers, and financial institutions. Internal leaders assessed the financial implications of each topic through a systematic scoring of magnitude and likelihood.

The results of the latest DMA reaffirmed Kelly’s prior materiality assessments, validating our ongoing focus areas while providing updated insights to guide strategic priorities. These findings inform the management of priority sustainability topics through established policies, programs, and governance structures, with oversight from senior leadership and the Board, and execution by cross-functional teams.

By integrating DMA insights into governance and decision-making, Kelly strengthens accountability, enhances transparency, and ensures we act on priority sustainability topics through targeted programs and metrics that drive long-term value creation.

DMA Highlights – 2024

442 stakeholders surveyed (employees, talent, board members, suppliers, customers, and financial institutions)
Structured interviews with senior leadership
Peer benchmarking for comparative insights
Consistency confirmed with prior materiality assessments