Employee Engagement Survey
An Analysis of the Extent and Nature of Employee Sustainability Programs by Bright Planet
The shift to sustainability is a cultural shift, and it’s one that must happen at all levels within an organization to be truly effective. Employees represent a critical element in an organization’s efforts to fuse sustainability with profitability.
The results are based on 1055 individual responses to Brighter Planet’s Employee Sustainability Engagement Survey, collected during November 2009.
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The Business Case for Environmental and Sustainability Employee Education by National Environmental Education Foundation
Environmentally educated employees can improve a business’ profitability and help it retain skilled workers, improve community relations and reach its sustainability goals.
This publication takes a more in-depth look at specific examples where companies saved money, improved efficiency, built stronger customer relations — or succeeded in doing all three — through E&S education programs, presenting a compelling business case for knowledgeable employees.
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Comparing Lean, Six Sigma, and Total Quality Manufacturing
Although each of these strategies, when applied, can improve an organization’s sustainability performance through things like reducing waste, increasing stakeholder engagement, and lowering resource consumption, the strategies do not directly address sustainable concerns. In fact, a strategy may lead an organization to make unsustainable decisions if precautions are not taken to address the environmental effects of process changes. However, each strategy can be purposefully aligned with sustainable objectives to help improve a manufacturer’s environmental and social impacts.
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