Category: Employee Engagement
To lead on climate action, engage your employees—all of them
Photo by Hannah Busing on Unsplash By Aiyana Bodi, Senior Associate, Drawdown Labs We are reaching an important juncture within the corporate climate landscape. In a recent Deloitte survey of over 2,000 C-suite executives, 97 percent said “their companies have already ...
A Company’s Best Asset: Three Ways to Create an Engaging Employee Sustainability Program
By Gretchen Digby, Director of Global Sustainability Programs at Ingersoll Rand’s Center for Energy Efficiency & Sustainability It’s no secret that when it comes to your business, people are your biggest asset. And in the ever-changing marketplace, retaining engaged employees can ...
Meet the Winners of our 2015 Leadership Development Challenge
Nine outstanding leaders from CEF member companies have been chosen from a highly competitive field of applicants from around the world to embark on a life-changing leadership development journey to Chile, led by renowned adventurer and VP of Environmental Initiatives for Patagonia, Rick ...
Three Tips to Gain Employment Mindshare on Sustainability
By Scott Tew, executive director for the Center for Energy Efficiency and Sustainability at Ingersoll Rand At this point, the “sustainability” movement is no longer a passing trend. Cities require it. Hotels request it. Grocery stores reward it. Universities measure it. You can ...
Lessons from Chiapas
Last month, as part of CEF’s annual Leadership Development Challenge, thirteen outstanding leaders from CEF member companies were chosen from a highly competitive field of applicants from around the world to embark on a life-changing journey to Mexico City and Chiapas, ...
Leadership on the Edge
By Robert Swan, Founder of 2041 Having experienced leadership implementation in some of the world’s most hostile environments, I’ve applied the lessons learned in polar exploration to business management practices. In today’s ever-changing world, an effective leader must embody traits and ...
Meet the Winners of the 2014 Leadership Development Challenge
Thirteen outstanding leaders from CEF member companies have been chosen from a highly competitive field of applicants from around the world to embark on a life-changing leadership development journey to Mexico City and Chiapas, Mexico, led by FEMSA Foundation Director Vidal Garza. The winners ...
License to Optimize
By Mitch Jackson, Vice President, Environmental Affairs and Sustainability, FedEx"Nobody can give a good performance unless the authors and composers have written a good part" -Judy HollidayThe license to operate is a familiar concept for most—if not all—sustainability-minded professionals. It essentially involves ...
Four Strategies for Successful Employee Engagement: Lessons from Caesars CodeGreen
By Gwen Migita, Vice President of Sustainability and Community Affairs, Caesars EntertainmentAt Caesars Entertainment Corporation (CEC), we set out to improve the company’s triple bottom line with our CodeGreen sustainability strategy. Since the inception of CodeGreen six years ago, employees at the property, ...
Diana Glassman: Banking on the Environment
This interview originally appeared in Ensia magazine here.The connection between banking and the environment may not seem obvious at first, but it runs deep. To learn more, Ensia recently spoke with Diana Glassman, head of Environmental Affairs for TD Bank, a ...