Employee Engagement

Bolstering corporate employee engagement and sustainability strategies

CN employees commit to take action for the environment at an EcoConnexions launch event in Chicago, IL. Image courtesy CN.

Earth Day Canada recognizes that addressing environmental issues requires the participation of all sectors of society. Given this, there are significant opportunities to work with the business community, which is why Earth Day Canada works strategically with its corporate partners to create and deliver customized programs that facilitate behaviour change amongst employees while helping achieve their sustainability and conservation goals.

Earth Day Canada employee engagements programs

Focus on realizing internal corporate goals and the triple bottom line—people, planet and profit
Create positive internal awareness, adoption and recognition of existing and developing environmental solutions
Align business, environmental sustainability and corporate social responsibility goals
Increase employee retention and attract new talent by engaging, empowering and celebrating employee innovation and involvement.

Why employee engagement programs are important

Successful employee engagement programs benefit the triple bottom line while

Creating a feeling of shared ownership by allowing employees to lead peer-driven, bottom-up initiatives
Providing mechanisms for enhanced two-way communication between workers and management
Recognizing efforts, celebrating successes and using incentives to generate real, lasting commitment and change
Strengthening and enhancing employee retention, satisfaction, productivity and recruitment.

For more information on how your company can benefit from employee engagement please contact employee.engagement@earthday.ca.

“EDC has played, and continues to play, an integral role in developing, delivering and evaluating EcoConnexions, a customized employee engagement program at CN. They understand the importance of aligning our employee engagement objectives with our business and sustainability goals—exactly what we need in a partner when reaching out to over 22,000 office and yard employees across North America.”

— Chantale Després
— Director of Sustainability, CN

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