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Heidrick & Struggles | Sustainability Performance

https://www.heidrick.com/en

Provides executive search, leadership consulting, and talent management services, assisting organizations with strategic workforce planning, leadership development, and organizational advisory solutions.

1953

United States

1,001 - 5,000 employees

Management Consulting

$1B - 10B in revenue

$1M - 10M in profitability

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Sustainability Ranking & Industry Benchmark

#225
Overall
#47
in United States
#4
in Management Consulting

Sustainability Maturity

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Sustainability Intent

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Industry Rank

85 out of 188

Overview
Environmental
Carbon emissionsCarbon certificatesNature and biodiversity
Social
Diversity and InclusionPay GapsExternalities
Governance
TargetsSDG ImpactESG scores and Exclusions
Financial Data
Business performanceCapital & innovationAnalyst projections

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CO2 scope 1 + 2

1.8K CO2e tonnes, 2024
Leading

Female employees

56% 2024
Leading

Externalities

146.4K $, 2024
Aligned

Market cap

1.2B $, 2025

Revenue

1.1B $, 2024▼6.6% YoY

R&D intensity

2.06% 2024

Carbon emissions

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Industry rank: 4 out of 188


Total CO2 emissions
(CO2e tonnes)

Industry rank: 4 out of 188

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Scope 2 location based
Scope 3 downstream
Scope 3 upstream
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Intensity


Greenhouse gas intensity Scope 1, 2 (tCO₂e /$M)
Greenhouse gas intensity (Scope 1, 2, 3)(tCO₂e /$M)
Industry Benchmark

1.6

B/M 3.9

22.8

B/M 49.0


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Female employees

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Share of female employees (%)

25
50
75
100
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Controversy level


Very Low
Low
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  • Heidrick & Struggles International, US executive search, has faced multiple US class actions over alleged inadequate disclosure of post-COVID US executive search market normalization affecting institutional shareholders, plus periodic US DOL ERISA enforcement scrutiny on alleged inadequate corporate director recruiting compliance practices at Heidrick US enterprise customers.
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Carbon emissions breakdown

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Biodiversity loss in km²

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Biodiversity loss in CO2e

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Total biodiversity loss as CO2e tonnes

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Potential species loss

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Estimated nature species lost due to corporate activity, expressed as Potentially Disappeared Fraction (PDF)

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Biodiversity impact

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Land use

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Diversity & inclusion

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Pay gap breakdown

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Externalities

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Market cap

1.2B $, 2025▼NaN% YoY

Revenue

1.1B $, FY2024▼6.6% YoY

EBITDA

73.0M $, FY2024▼9.1% YoY

Operating margin

7% Industry: 8▲19.7% YoY

Revenue & EBITDA

$1.1BFY2024 revenue

Total Annual
Revenue & EBITDA
($ B)

Annual revenue
EBITDA
3 year change
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Revenue by region


Revenue by region %

All other countries
Germany
Unites States

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Margin trends


Margin as % of revenue

Gross margin
Operating margin
Net margin

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Free cashflow

124.1M 2024▼132.4% YoY

Capex

26.0M 2024▼50% YoY

R&D intensity

2.1%FY2024

R&D as % of revenue

Return on invested capital (ROIC)
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Return on invested capital

2.0%FY2026

Return on invested capital (ROIC)
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Analyst revenue estimates & actuals


Analyst consensus vs actuals
($ B)

Actual revenue
Consensus estimates
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1.1

▲ 0.2%

2022

1.0

▼ 0.1%

2023

1.1

▲ 0.6%

2024

1.3

2027

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Environmental policy coverage

Carbon reduction policy

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Human rights policy

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Recycling policy

Not available

Workplace health & safety policy

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58%
Independent Directors

7 out of 12 incl. management

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Overall score

79

Environment

65

Social

84

Governance

89

Exclusion screening

Adult content

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Alcoholic

Not available

Animal testing

Not available

Firearms

Not available

Tobacco

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Gambling

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Nuclear

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SDG impact

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SDG impact (historical)

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Reporting

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Sustainability employees


Total sustainability employees

11+


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