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Engaging Employees / Green Teams
Charting the engaged organization, from green teams, self-organized, grassroots efforts to formal, cross-functional employee organizations. In whatever form and by whatever names, employee engagement is a powerful tool for integrating environmental thinking into company operations. Created in partnership with the National Environmental Education Foundation.
Featured Content
- It's a research-heavy week here at ICYMI HQ, with studies detailing everything from profiles of ESG professionals to solutions for sustainable cities.
- In part two of a two-part series, we uncover the ideal umbrella term for the work currently known as sustainability. Or CSR. Or Triple-Bottom-Line.
- CSR. ESG. CS&ER. Triple bottom-line. How can we achieve sustainability if we don't know what to call it? A modest proposal, in two parts.
- Just about every corporate sustainability pro is tweeting these days. We've done some analysis of who's actually getting their message across.
- The Texas capital's program to spur small green businesses is also providing a boost to its economy.
- Training is the common thread in successful safety and diversity changes to corporate culture. So where is the sustainability training?
- Caesars Entertainment has used an initiative that spans its global operations to engage employees on sustainability at every level.
- The 30x30 Nature Challenge is deceptively easy with big payoffs: Encourage your employees to spend 30 minutes a day outside for 30 days.
- Companies realize they must move past a few dedicated green champions to involve more employees to push their sustainability agendas.
- Tools such as video and senior level green champions helped the county amp up its sustainability program.
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Recommended Reading
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This report from the National Environmental Education Foundation offers case studies, best practices, next steps and resources for companies that want to boost employee engagement and save money through sustainability education.
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GreenBiz.com and Green Impact have partnered to release a new report, "Green Teams: Engaging Employees in Sustainability," that includes 10 tips on how to support and guide Green Teams.
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The latest in our series of GreenBiz Reports explores and outlines the 10 best practices for bringing all your employees on board with your company's sustainability projects.
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This survey of more than 750 CEOs conducted by Accenture and the U.N. Global Compact explores to what extent companies are embracing green issues and preparing for a future where sustainability is central to business.
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Earth911's primer on setting up a workplace recycling program covers all the basics that companies need to know and what questions they should be asking.
NEEF Reports
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Forges valuable partnerships among federal and state agencies, corporations, and nonprofit organizations through voluntary environmental initiatives.
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A study by the National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF) finds that environmental and sustainability (E&S) employee education and engagement initiatives help companies achieve a range of business objectives from attracting and retaining employees to boosting the bottom line.
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The National Environmental Education Foundation is developing a program to help companies use employee education and engagement to align corporate environmental values and day-to-day operations while also improving their bottom line.
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How are leading companies taking a strategic approach to employee engagement in corporate sustainability activities?
Videos
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Join Robbie Adler and Matt Kling of Brighter Planet as they present the findings from the report "Employee Engagement Survey: An Analysis of the Extent and Nature of Employee Sustainability Programs".
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Learn how employee engagement in sustainability can be a source of innovation for your company.
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This webcast focuses on the importance of measuring the impact of employe engagement in sustainability initiatives
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Ellen Weinreb identifies companies that have found over $100 million in savings stemming from employee’s suggestions. She highlights sustainability innovations as well as the systems that support the capturing of ideas.
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