Employers with a green agenda reap the benefits despite the recession
By David Woods Wednesday, 22 April 2009
Despite the economic downturn businesses around the world are still proving to be committed to the green agenda and staff feel proud to work for environmentally friendly employers.
Further Reading
- Kenexa's acquisition of Salary.com almost complete
- Jobs market and pay are still in decline but at a slower rate
- Businesses will not survive the downturn if managers are pessimistic, claim CEOs
- More than eight out of 10 HR professionals do not measure return on investment
- New Tesco storage centre creates 800 new jobs and is good for the environment too
- Top executive rewards must be redesigned to meet shareholder expectations
- Long-term unemployed make suitable candidates for McDonald's vacancies
- Staff engagement is more important than ever
- Health and safety rules are no longer enough, argue experts
- Employer policies hold back environmentally aware employees
- Recession causes migration from private to public sector
- Two-thirds of staff use social networking to maintain work relationships
- Congratulations to our competiton winners
- BP awards eco-friendly fleet management
- 'Scrooge' epithet for those who worked at Christmas
- Too worried to claim compensation for injuries at work
- Fewer Christmas jobs in retail this year
- Exec rewards must recognise achievement in tough times
- Ethnic minorities urged not to join the Met
- Major 'learning day' at Carlsberg's Leeds brewery
- Recruit graduates to fit business needs
- Alstom Power to recruit 150 overseas staff
- SMEs don't do enough to reward good performers
- Kepner White Paper - August 2008
- Government aims to cut health and safety red tape
- 6 ways white paper
- Environment Agency adopts HR approach to climate change
- Roadchef HR director challenges negative perception
- Masterclass: Look at diversity as an asset
Research from Kenexa, set to coincide with Earth Day today (22 April 2009), shows 71% of employees in the UK feel their organisation has a green or environmentally-friendly business approach, compared to India (85%), Germany (73%),
France (72%), Canada (70%), Spain (64%) and the US (63%).
More than half of UK employees (51%) reported they feel more pride working for an organisation with green credentials - compared to a global average of 49%. And 80% of staff in India feel more pride working for an organisation when it employs green business practices.
Anne Herman, at the Kenexa Research Institute, said: "Even in a time of fairly substantial economic challenges for most organisations, many are still practising green or eco-friendly efforts. Employees who work in organisations that do focus on environmental initiatives and actions report stronger pride in the organisation and this shows that organisations, even while facing challenges through the state of the economy, can reap the rewards of being environmentally conscious."
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