Sustainability-focused organizations need to work collaboratively to align employee interests and expectations around the company’s mission, Luis Paiva, senior vice president of people, technology and operations at software engineering outsourcing firm BairesDev, told HR Dive in an email. Building this type of consensus can ensure staff have a shared mindset around caring for the environment through work, he noted.
“Beyond this approach, challenging employees with projects they are passionate about helps them go above and beyond expectations,” Paiva said. “Employees’ interests play an important role in developing ‘green skills’, and this can be supported with outside speakers and trainers as well as traditional internal training.”
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