Rain gardens, such as this one at Le Cercle de l’Amitié, can help meet ESG goals, address climate change and reduce municipal stormwater charges.
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Work With Us to Achieve Your ESG Goals
What are some of your current goals for your workplace? Do they address climate change?
Many organizations have goals in place, specifically ones that are environmental, social or governance related. Referred to as ESG (environmental, social, governance), these goals collectively measure an organization’s progress in mitigating future risks, such as climate change.
The ESG Goals Framework
Environmental goals focus on an organization’s impact on the environment. These goals can include reducing carbon footprints and water usage, increasing energy efficiency, protecting biodiversity and more.
Social goals look at how an organization embraces diversity and inclusion, employee and community satisfaction, health and safety commitments and more.
Governance goals focus on administrative processes and structures, such as executive compensation and board representation, while also examining whether an organization’s business practices are ethical.
When an organization meets its ESG goals, it becomes more successful in creating a resilient future for themselves and the regions where they operate.
ESG with Greening Corporate Grounds
Our Greening Corporate Grounds (GCG) team provides sustainable landscaping services designed to support your ESG goals. Here’s how:
We begin with a free site visit to assess your property. We’ll then collaborate with you to create a tailored Sustainable Landscaping Assessment Action Plan, designed to support a more resilient future for your business. Following through on the recommended actions can help you advance many of your ESG goals and, where applicable, reduce municipal stormwater charges.
Our project planning and implementation services can support both your environmental and social goals. These include native tree, shrub and wildflower planting events, stormwater management projects, creating a winter maintenance or pollution prevention plan, among other initiatives.
Connect with us to get started on achieving your ESG goals.
Green Teams Make the Dream Work
Sometimes taking action in your workplace starts with you. One effective way to get involved is by forming a ‘green team’ of employees committed to improving the environmental footprint of their workplace.
Why Form a Green Team?
One of the biggest benefits of a green team is the opportunity to connect with others where you work. When you connect with your peers, you create community and a sense of belonging while achieving environmental goals.
How Do I Create a Green Team?
To get started, reach out to your organization’s human resources department to learn about the process for setting up a team.
Next, implement the following four steps:
- Recruit members: Find like-minded colleagues to build momentum. Once you have initial support, you can promote the team more widely to attract additional members.
- Define your mission and goals: Outline your mission and goals and the types of projects that will help you achieve them.
- Establish a budget:Inquire about a budget for projects. Our team can help connect you with funding opportunities for your projects.
- Connect with Greening Corporate Grounds: We can support you in developing a Sustainable Landscaping Assessment and Action Plan to guide projects over time. We also offer Nature at Work and Lunch and Learn sessions to help spark interest and action. Contact us to get started.