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Sustainability initiatives are often led by a few key individuals - and typically people in leadership positions. What happens to the company's sustainability culture when those key individuals leave?
NBS conducted a systematic review of the world's best management research to determine how companies embed sustainability in their corporate cultures. The resulting report is a how-to-guide for executives that answers the following questions:
Read Stephanie Bertels' new report Embedding Sustainability into the Culture of Municipal Government, which promises to help municipal change agents advance sustainability in their organizations and become role models for others in the community.
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What percentage of your employees are “engaged”? Take a guess. A 2011 study of organizations worldwide found that only 31 percent of employees qualify as ... Read More »
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This systematic review synthesizes the entire body of research on organizational culture.
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This report designed for executives and senior HR managers represents a framework for embedding sustainability in organizational culture.
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A strong organizational identity helps improve group cohesion, increase job performance and decrease turnover. But are there dangers to a strong identity? Could employees who ... Read More »
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Rudeness and conflict in the workplace can kill employee productivity. Negative social environments where incivility prevail create vicious cycles where employees reciprocate these behaviours — ... Read More »
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Many companies are setting internal or public goals around sustainability — for example, reducing environmental impacts or increasing employee participation in corporate citizenship activities. Some ... Read More »
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How can an organization develop a greener or more socially conscious culture without tearing apart the existing culture? Past research has suggested that a major ... Read More »
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Achieving a healthy work-life balance is increasingly important to employees and many companies have responded by offering opportunities for child care, job sharing or the ... Read More »
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Manufacturing companies can use two approaches to reduce their environmental impact: control (managing emissions or effluents once released) or prevention (implementing new technologies, products or ... Read More »
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What motivates managers to look beyond regulatory requirements to improve their company’s environmental practices? It may be a matter of perspective. This paper argues that ... Read More »
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A survey of supervisors in a multinational corporation finds only one factor is significant in shaping perceived support for corporate sustainability: commitment from top management. ... Read More »
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Employees working for firms with environmental policies are most likely to implement eco-initiatives. To encourage employee eco-initiatives, managers can adopt a written environmental policy and ... Read More »
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A five-point assessment tool and sample best practices gathered from CSR and HR professionals
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