Communication
Nurturing sustainable mindsetObjectives
- Promoting healthier lifestyle
- Encourage positive lifestyle changes outside the office
- Positive impact on health and well-being, as well as on the environment.
Green Value indicator
Promoting healthier lifestyle can enhance the development of habits among employees aligned with the organisational culture and sustainable goals, which in the long run can play a role in overall efficiency of staff and may help to encourage positive lifestyle changes outside the office, leading to a positive impact on health and well-being, as well as on the environment.As employees internalise these values and implement them beyond their place of employment, in everyday life, different Green Value indicators can be calculated, depending on the specific activities.
"Pay attention to relations in the team. Happy people who work according to their interest are much more prone to be careful about environmental impact of their office work."
Explanation
By establishing a mindset in the organisation and promoting a culture that nurtures sustainable Objectives, we encourage employees to take an active role in the implementation of good green practice in the organisation and thus gain a sense of contributing to improving the organisation and the society as a whole. Also, these good practices and the encouraging culture of the company strengthen the connection between employees as well as the connection of employees with the wider society.Mindset, culture, intrinsic motivation, collaboration, team, individual contribution to a common goal, validation, and implementation of organisation’s values in the field of ecological sustainability, promoting a sense of belonging and contributing - these are all the means to minimise environmental impact by giving your employees an opportunity to be healthier and happier.
Sustainable Objectives and values are very important already in the process of recruitment, with the onboarding, and in everyday life of an organisation.
Examples from CCIS (Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slowenia):
- “Green, Healthy, Lifelong” – subsidising education, conferences, and similar based on the sustainability of transportation
- “Winter-Spring Sports League” – encouraging movement
- “Are you sure you don’t have your own?” – encouraging employees to stop using single-use cups and bottles at individual level
- creative “living room” – an open space with modular furniture to encourage creativity, a space for employees to meet besides and beyond their everyday activities
- green corners – “in-company botanical garden to rest your mind”
- employees participating in different training courses to develop sustainable thinking
PROS/CONS of the action
Pros:- easy to implement
- low cost
- depending on the size of an organisation/company, nevertheless, organisation culture change is a complex process
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Not CertifiedLink to useful sources
9 ways that HR and People teams can drive sustainability www.sage.comSDG Compass - A Guide for Business Action to Advance the Sustainable Development Goals https://sdgcompass.org
TOFINO - Sustainable Event Book https://tofino.civicweb.net
