Employee Engagement
Responsibility Matters
We are driving efforts to make Sustainability top of mind for all P&G employees, keeping personal responsibility relevant both at work and at home. At P&G, employees often leave a meeting offering to “take the R” (responsibility) for a next step or action item. Borrowing from this Company vernacular, we frame our engagement efforts around the “Take the R for Tomorrow” program.
Ongoing Events: Maintaining Engagement Year-Round
Earth Day celebrations are only the beginning—truly sustainable employee engagement keeps the spirit of personal responsibility alive throughout the year. In partnership with Jones, Lange, LaSalle, P&G’s property management partner, we have implemented ongoing efforts aimed at educating employees further and influencing more sustainable workplace behaviors.
Earth Day Events: A World of Progress
The signature employee engagement effort of 2008 was our weeklong celebration of Earth Day. Around the world, local events were planned around four primary themes: reducing travel, reducing waste, reducing energy, and volunteering through our Live, Learn and Thrive program.
To drive employee awareness, these themes were brought to life in a sustainable manner through big messages in big places. Many sites offered employee e-training and pledge cards, others planned field trips and training sessions on locally relevant topics, and some locations conducted volunteer days with our Live, Learn and Thrive partners.
Some highlights from the week’s activities:
In Latin America, Site Sustainability Teams educated employees about waste and opportunities for recycling, introducing new recycling bins. 14 metric tons of material are now recycled each quarter.
Some highlights from the week’s activities:
At Miami Valley Technical Center, employees reduced bottled water consumption by 70%, using PUR Pitchers in catering and encouraging everyone to bring a reusable mug. Bottled water consumption has been reduced by 70%.
Some highlights from the week’s activities:
In Beckett Ridge, Ohio, containers were strategically placed to drive cardboard recycling. The volume of recycled cardboard has now increased threefold, from 100 kilograms to 350 kilograms.
In Asia, an Idea Challenge was held to generate practical ideas for reducing energy, water, and paper, with the aim of improving sites’ Sustainability Scorecards. So far, nearly 130 ideas have been collected and some of the best have been implemented.
At several sites in Western Europe, a Beauty & Grooming Sustainability Week was held to increase awareness of Sustainability issues and generate further engagement. Along with educational presentations from senior management and Sustainability experts, employees took part in a number of meaningful activities.
In the Employee Sustainability Challenge, employees earned “drops” of water by participating in activities such as carpooling and switching to re-usable mugs. These drops translated into a two-million-liter donation through P&G’s Children’s Safe Drinking Water program—a year’s worth of water for 700 families. At week’s end, employees gathered at Lake Geneva for a daylong coordinated clean-up effort.
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