An effective sustainability program takes collective effort.
Starting your company’s sustainability journey can seem a bit overwhelming at first, but you don’t have to do it alone! Finding like-minded colleagues that share your motivation is a great way to help get your thoughts organized and brainstorm ideas that will help build a well-rounded and effective sustainability program.
Setting up a green team will help you share the workload, gain new perspectives, establish achievable goals and maintain motivation. Just think of it as a starting point to any effective business-related project, except in this case, yours is to lead change for the good of the planet.
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5 WAYS TO TAKE ACTION
- Recruit a few like-minded and committed colleagues to help form the base of your green team.
- Host a lunch and learn to encourage colleagues to learn more about your green team and get involved.
- Together with your team, set SMART sustainability goals (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, Timely).
- When necessary, engage project teams that have expertise in other disciplines to help you where your team lacks expertise (ex. measuring energy use).
- Share your stories with Living Planet @ Work for the chance to be featured in our communications
Did You Know?
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Grassroots initiatives led by green teams paired with top-down senior leader engagement creates increases the effectiveness of a sustainability program.
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85 percent of employees function below their potential and don’t feel engaged at work. If they are passionate about sustainability, joining a green team could help them feel more engaged!
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83% of employees with opportunities to take on new challenges say they’re more likely to stay with the organization.
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Employee engagement programs can increase profits by $2400 per employee per year.
