Second Nature Consultants
Project: Re-Imagine Toronto
Employee Engagement Strategy for City of Toronto
Re-Imagine Toronto
We collaborated with the City of Toronto to create a comprehensive plan aimed at enhancing employee behavior. This plan is based on thorough research and industry best practices, and it focuses on addressing several factors that influence employee behavior, such as leadership, culture, and communication.
Project Objective and Scope
Creating a sustainable work culture is essential for businesses that want to reduce their environmental impact and promote social responsibility. In a hybrid work model, where employees work both in-office and remotely, creating a sustainable work culture can be challenging.
Identify Challenges
Evaluate staff sustainability attitudes and behaviors to create more efficient sustainability initiatives
Engagement Strategy
Provide effective recommendations crucial to meet the needs of the City
Behavioral Analysis
Provide a holistic understanding of employee sustainability behavior and develop more effective strategies
Methods
Research and Survey
Review existing studies to gain insight into the language and terminology used when discussing sustainability, which helped in developing a relevant survey
International Best Practices
To gain better insight into international practices on employee participation and organizational influence in achieving net-zero goals.
Survey Analysis
To identify trends, relationships, and patterns in the data, & utilize statistical techniques to analyze the survey results.
Final Results
Our project was structured into three phases, with four deliverables overall. We have now reached the final phase and delivered our findings and results as the last deliverable
Deliverables Achieved
Engagement strategies & recommendations as set out below
Survey Analysis
Valuable insights & knowledged gained from 370+ participants
Employee Engagement
Workshop and initiatives have been finalised in a formal report to CoT
Workshop
Becky Valentine - International Guest speaker
We collaborated with Becky who is an expert in education and sustainability within the built environment in the United Kingdom. As an Associate Lecturer at Nottingham Trent University, carbon literacy trainer, and participant in sustainability and leadership expert panels, webinars, and podcasts, & co-owner of Spenbeck. She utilizes her background in teaching to promote sustainability and leadership. She delivered an astounding presentation to City of Toronto employees and provided valuable insight into what best practices are shared between Toronto and Nottingham City.
Engagement Strategies
Employee engagement strategies are essential for creating a positive and productive workplace. Engaged employees are more motivated, committed, and productive, leading to improved business outcomes. Effective employee engagement strategies involve creating a culture of trust, open communication, and collaboration, promoting employee development and well-being, and recognizing and rewarding employees for their contributions.
Employee Appreciations
Workplace partners
Incentive-based Activities
Awareness
Impact Tracker
Engagement Strategies
Sustainability Calendar
A calendar, color-coded according to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals has been created by Second Nature Consultants to assist with sustainability in a hybrid work model. The City of Toronto's Live Green teams has the ability to promote calendar activities by utilizing social media platforms to encourage sustainable lifestyles among staff and residents. One way to achieve this is by sharing meat-free recipes for "Meatless Mondays" as an example of sustainable eating habits. They can recommend local small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that offer fresh and sustainable produce and goods, thereby supporting the growth of the local economy.
Long Term Recommendations
Sustainable Work Stations
These are designed to minimize their impact on the environment and promote sustainable practices
Sustainability Advocates
Employees can play a critical role in creating awareness and promoting sustainable practices at the individual, organizational, and community levels to advocate for environmental protection, social responsibility, and economic sustainability
Management Commitment
It refers to the level of dedication, involvement, and support of the top management toward the goals, vision, and values of the organization
Marketing
It involves understanding the needs of employees, and develop a marketing strategy, to persuade them and engage in sustainable activities
Conclusion
As our project comes to a conclusion, we wish to highlight the importance of organizational culture and practices within the City of Toronto and employee engagement in a hybrid work model.
The City is committed to employee development and engagement through sustainable programs, but changing behavior is complex and requires effort from both management and employees.
We set out to make the City of Toronto a leader in its class and its employees to become ambassadors of change within communities and businesses. We hope to see our vision of a Toronto re-imagined for all who work, live and thrive in it.
About Second Nature Consultants
We are a team of five women with diverse international experience, united by our passion for sustainability and climate change. Our shared destiny led us to establish Second Nature Consultants. Our logo draws inspiration from the chaos theory concept known as "The Butterfly Effect," which highlights the idea that small initial changes can have substantial effects on complex systems over time. As Second Nature Consultants, our goal is to make a significant impact on the environment and ecosystems by promoting the power of small actions and changes.
Our Team
Boost your product and service's credibility by adding testimonials from your clients. People love recommendations so feedback from others who've tried it is invaluable.
- Wendy Salinas, Rolk Inc
Worked in the fashion industry for over three years as an Operations and Marketing Manager, and has a strong background in branding. Graduating soon from Seneca College with a focus on sustainability.
Krishna Thakkar, Seneca SMB
"Small actions, big impact - Embrace the effect with our sustainable solutions."
SECOND NATURE CONSULTANTS
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