Sustainability initiatives have the potential to yield a number of benefits that build business competitiveness, employee engagement and satisfaction, and community quality of life. What role does HR play in advancing sustainability?
Your Task
In this rotation, you are reporting to the firm’s CSR & Sustainability lead. The team is developing a number of HR materials to serve as reference pieces for clients that are interested in increasing their sustainability. You have been assigned to develop an action plan to address this bullet point from The Business Guide to Sustainability:
Align HR systems to embed sustainability in the culture: Incorporate sustainability into job descriptions, selection and evaluation criteria, employee orientation and training, evaluation and compensation.
Specifically, your task is to develop a 1-page list of specific, actionable recommendations for incorporating sustainability into these materials.