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Complete a posting for the attached articles in 100 words or more.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Improve Employee Engagement and Retention Through Sustainability Practices<\/strong><\/p>\n – Here’s a sobering statistic.<\/span> \nResearch shows an engaged employee<\/span> \nRegardless of their staff level or job description,<\/span> There are several ways you can get started<\/span> on beginning to build a strong employee engagement program<\/span> with sustainability as a key driver.<\/span> Share your company’s environmental commitments up front<\/span> in your employee recruiting material<\/span> and on your corporate web site.<\/span> Remember that, given the choice, most people want to work<\/span> at a company with a strong sustainability commitment.<\/span> Add sustainability information<\/span> into your company’s training program,<\/span> including onboarding for new employees.<\/span> Include participating in environmental initiatives<\/span> as a way to earn rewards and recognition within the company.<\/span> <\/p>\n Build opportunities for staff<\/span> to personally lead environmental initiatives<\/span> into career leadership development programs.<\/span> Include environmental goals in performance objectives,<\/span> performance appraisals, and compensation decisions.<\/span> Three examples of sustainability-focused<\/span> employee engagement include green teams.<\/span> These are groups of employee volunteers that work together<\/span> to improve the environment at work and the local community.<\/span> Mostly these groups focus on greening the work environment.<\/span> <\/p>\n However, increasingly these groups<\/span> are taking on bigger responsibilities,<\/span> and green teams are becoming a valued part<\/span> of many companies.<\/span> Skills-based volunteering.<\/span> The concept behind skills-based volunteering<\/span> is to match the employee’s skill set and development needs<\/span> to a volunteer opportunity.<\/span> IBM has been a world leader in this category.<\/span> Personal sustainability plans.<\/span> Walmart, the world’s largest company,<\/span> with more than 2,000,000 employees,<\/span> offers each employee the opportunity to develop<\/span> their own goals in a personal sustainability plan.<\/span> <\/p>\n Its global program, My Sustainability Plan,<\/span> allows every associate<\/span> to choose their own sustainability goals<\/span> and track their progress.<\/span> Whatever you choose to do, make sure the program information<\/span> can be accessible to all employees you hope to engage.<\/span> For many companies, the inclusion of web and mobile access<\/span> is key to widespread adoption.<\/span> Tie your employee engagement strategy<\/span> to your key corporate sustainability goals.<\/span> Make sure that the content and programs<\/span> are updated regularly and are targeted<\/span> to keep engagement high and relevant.<\/span> <\/p>\n And, have metrics in place to showcase the return<\/span> that these initiatives are making.<\/span> Engaging employees in sustainability is a fast-growing trend<\/span> with significant business benefits.<\/span> Not only will the employees who get involved<\/span> help others and the environment,<\/span> they’ll provide benefits to the bottom line.<\/span> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Complete a posting for the attached articles in 100 words or more. Improve Employee Engagement and Retention Through Sustainability Practices – Here’s a sobering statistic. Worldwide, fewer than one in three employees are actively engaged in their work. Worse, nearly one in five are actually disengaged. That’s a lot of compromised productivity, unfulfilled human potential, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_joinchat":[]},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/qualityassignments.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180454"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/qualityassignments.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/qualityassignments.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qualityassignments.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qualityassignments.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/qualityassignments.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180454\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/qualityassignments.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qualityassignments.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qualityassignments.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nWorldwide, fewer than one in three employees<\/span>
\nare actively engaged in their work.<\/span>
\nWorse, nearly one in five are actually disengaged.<\/span>
\nThat’s a lot of compromised productivity,<\/span>
\nunfulfilled human potential, and lost profit.<\/span>
\nA report from Gallup has shown that engaged organizations<\/span>
\nhave growth of 3.9 times earnings per share<\/span>
\nas compared to organizations with lower employee engagement<\/span>
\nin the same industry.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n
\nhas a strong emotional commitment<\/span>
\nto the company and its goals.<\/span>
\nEngagement drives employees to invest<\/span>
\ndiscretionary effort in their work.<\/span>
\nAll of us know engaged employees when we see them.<\/span>
\nWhether they work for an airline, a retail store,<\/span>
\nan accounting firm, or any other organization.<\/span>
\nThey’re the ones who provide great service<\/span>
\nbecause they love what they do,<\/span>
\nbelieve in their company’s products and services,<\/span>
\nand feel proud to work there.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n
\nengaged employees have a greater tendency to be:<\/span>
\nhighly productive,<\/span>
\nstrong brand ambassadors,<\/span>
\ntop revenue generators,<\/span>
\nand drivers of innovation.<\/span>
\nAround 40% of U.S. companies now have programs<\/span>
\nto engage employees on sustainability initiatives.<\/span>
\nThey’ve discovered that when their employees are involved<\/span>
\nin the company’s environmental and social achievements,<\/span>
\nit results in very specific business benefits, including:<\/span>
\nincreased workforce satisfaction and retention;<\/span>
\nattracting millennials,<\/span>
\nwho overwhelmingly prefer working for green companies;<\/span>
\nminimizing waste and unnecessary resource consumption<\/span>
\nfrom transportation, energy, water,<\/span>
\nsupply chain, packaging, et cetera;<\/span>
\nmitigating operational and reputational risks;<\/span>
\nrates of sick days and absenteeism are reduced;<\/span>
\nand other benefits.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n