Sponsored: Empowering employees to champion sustainability initiatives requires a culture where sustainability is ingrained in everyday operations. A warm embrace between two Sodexo colleagues. Image courtesy of Sodexo. This article is sponsored by Sodexo. Employees form the backbone of most organizations - and what they do or don’t do affects progress toward sustainability milestones. Engaging employees on sustainability is an opportunity that organizations must embrace if they hope to succeed with sustainability goals and climate-conscious initiatives. Organizations of all sizes can bridge the gap between corporate goals and individual actions by recognizing the power employees hold and providing them with the tools and motivation to drive sustainability initiatives forward. At Sodexo, we have seen this firsthand - that the everyday actions of our frontline employees have accelerated our success and ability to meet sustainability targets. From preventing waste to eliminating nonessential packaging and sourcing responsibly, we aim to integrate environmental and corporate responsibility across the culture of the company and are committed to achieving our ambition of reducing carbon emissions by 34 percent by 2025. Here are three effective ways you can help your workers to become sustainability champions: When employees feel their daily obligations to their managers and their teams are piling onto their existing work, they’re less motivated to complete additional tasks that help the company overall. Sodexo seeks to design programs and trainings for frontline and salaried workers where sustainability isn’t treated as a separate initiative. Sustainable efforts that contribute to the company’s annual goals are baked into everything from our choice of produce suppliers to best practices for cutting vegetables to handling food waste. When frontline food service employees join us at Sodexo, our goal is to train them... |