Turns out, it is easy being green, and not just on Earth Day.
Take Claire Cook, 36, director of brand marketing and management at Atlassian, a global software company in Union Square, who clocks up many hours volunteering with Billion Oyster Project, a nonprofit restoring oyster reefs in New York Harbor.Living up to one of Atlassian’s values, “Be the change you seek,” employees get paid their salary daily rate for volunteering with a charitable organization or effort, for up to 40 hours each year.
“It’s incredible to see the impact that my foundation time has on these organizations,” said Cook, who credits the company’s sustainability strategy as a testament to her five-plus-year tenure.around 70% of employees and job seekers indicated that an employer sustainability program makes the company more appealing.Courtesy of Claire Cook
showed that 91% of American workers would forgo pay or job perks if the same cost was reinvested into reducing their workplace’s environmental impact.“The Empathy Advantage: Leading the Empowered Workforce”“Increasingly, workers are looking for values-aligned employers,” Shipley said. “What some will no doubt see as ‘woke’ perks, these benefits signal that the company is invested in what matters deeply to its employees.
When workers feel a sense of belonging with shared values, they feel supported and safe at work, Shipley said. “They engage more deeply and authentically.”
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