The Josh Bersin Company
Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2019, 2021)
Reporting Period: 2019
Environmental Metrics
ESG Focus Areas
- Employee Well-being
- Employee Engagement
- Diversity and Inclusion
Social Achievements
- Improved employee well-being, engagement, and inclusion based on survey results. Employees who felt cared for showed significantly higher rates of intent to stay (60% vs 7%), felt included (95% vs 14%), were likely to recommend the company (90% vs 9%), felt engaged (94% vs 43%), reported higher well-being (94% vs 52%), manageable stress (50% vs 14%), and less burnout (56% vs 16%) compared to those who didn't feel cared for.
Climate Goals & Targets
Environmental Challenges
- Organizations struggle to effectively demonstrate care to employees, despite recognizing the importance of employee experience.
Mitigation Strategies
- Developing a 'whole-person' approach to managing employee experience, integrating well-being, diversity, inclusion, and engagement programs. Creating a 'Care Elements Model' to guide organizations in showing care.
Supply Chain Management
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
Reporting Period: 2021
Environmental Metrics
ESG Focus Areas
- Wellbeing
- Employee Health
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Social Achievements
- Improved employee wellbeing leading to better financial performance, lower healthcare costs, and improved employee retention.
- Launched wellbeing programs encompassing career, physical, financial, and emotional health at Ryan, LLC.
- Implemented a holistic wellbeing strategy at a Fortune 500 healthcare company, resulting in high employee engagement and participation.
Governance Achievements
- Distributed ownership and accountability for wellbeing across the business, not solely within HR.
Climate Goals & Targets
Environmental Challenges
- Disparate and disconnected wellbeing offerings.
- Lack of senior leader participation in wellbeing activities.
- Inadequate understanding of employee needs and preferences.
- Unused wellbeing programs.
- Wellbeing programs losing talent.
Mitigation Strategies
- Developed a holistic wellbeing strategy with four pillars (career, physical, financial, and mental wellbeing).
- Used a digital platform to integrate wellbeing offerings and personalize the employee experience.
- Engaged in active listening and meaningful action to understand employee needs.
- Established cross-functional wellbeing centers of excellence.
- Built networks of local health champions.
- Trained managers on how to have personal conversations with their teams.
- Leveraged data and insights from wellbeing platforms to target areas needing extra support.
Supply Chain Management
Responsible Procurement
- Partnerships with supply chain vendors that share a vision for sustainability and health.