Building climate action into workplace culture is good for business
Building climate action into workplace culture is good for business
Written by: James Parkes | 3-4 minute read
The last few years have had a significant impact on the way we work.
As remote, hybrid and asynchronous working models have been pushed by the pandemic to become the norm in most workplaces, it’s highlighted just how much of the way we’ve been working was based in outdated Victorian thinking.
This tumultuous time has also given people a chance to pause and consider the impact that work has been having on their lives, and to think about what they’d like to get out of life as an employee in the future.
Employees are wondering if they’re satisfied with being a resource used by an organisation in fulfilling its business goals… or if there could be something more.
The great resignation and quiet quitting have shown the degree to which people are reassessing the way they work, and more and more we’re seeing people seek out roles that offer fulfilling work, flexibility, diversity, opportunities for growth, and perhaps most importantly, a culture that aligns with personal values.
A culture of sustainability & climate action
One of the values that employees tend to prioritise the most, according to research, is a focus on sustainability and climate action.
The climate crisis is a long-established concern for most employees, who understand the key role that businesses play in either contributing to the problem, or helping to drive the adoption of significant social change.
Research suggests that a workplace culture prioritising sustainability and climate action both attracts greater talent, and increases employee satisfaction.
Whilst in this HP Workforce Sustainability Survey, 70% of employees said that a strong sustainability plan would be a reason for them to stay with a company - and that they’d even be willing to take a pay cut to stick with a company whose sustainability values align with their own.
This shows that while innovative sustainability initiatives are obviously a necessity for achieving ESG goals, they’re also highly effective in attracting, retaining and engaging the business’ most important asset: its people.
So how can businesses use this as an opportunity to address the talent challenge, whilst at the same time furthering their sustainability efforts?
Tangible climate action for every employee
The answer lies in bringing climate action into the daily lives of every individual in an organisation - turning it into a common goal that unites, inspires and empowers throughout every level of the organisation.
And in so doing, taking an abstract, someone-else’s-job kind of function, and turning it into integral part of the everyday.
Small daily habits, as we well know, add up to big long term changes, and if they’re affected by large numbers of people every day, the results can be transformative.
With MyDay, creating an environment that helps to make climate action a daily habit for every employee becomes as simple as downloading an app.
By encompassing employee engagement, wellbeing and climate action in a platform that offers comprehensive ESG reporting, we’re helping to address climate change concerns, to attract and retain great talent, and to achieve ESG goals.
We’re putting the power of the entire workforce behind your climate action efforts, building tangible action into the every day, for every employee, you’re powering up your ESG like never before:
This is ESG 2.0.
Alone, we can do so little. Together, we can do so much.
If you would like to learn more about MyDay and how we can get your entire workforce involved in achieving your ESG goals, reach out to schedule time for a call.
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