Ep. 17 Employees Care about Sustainability
After completing a Master's Degree in Sustainability Management from the Harvard Extension School and a Bachelor's in Business Administration from Boston University, today’s guest launched Green Buoy Consulting to show businesses exactly how to integrate sustainability to transform their businesses.
Welcome, Eliza Erskine!
Eliza’s work focuses on early-stage, small & mid-size companies across industries and delivers results including 30% average annual energy savings and adding an average of 38 points to clients' B Corp assessments. Green Buoy Consulting clients have been featured on Inc. 5000 and Nevada Top Workplaces Small Companies lists.
A researcher and life-long learner at heart, Eliza draws on her education and previous experience in financial services, ESG research and relationship management to support clients. A Pacific Northwest native, she lives and works in New York City.
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Employees now want to work at companies that are making these changes or doing these things in the same way that a consumer would look… employees are now choosing one company over another because of different sustainability metrics and initiatives. Companies are losing talent because employees are choosing this.
-Eliza Erskine
Eliza’s Tips
Wash and reuse your plastic sandwich bags
At work, make a proposal to show what your company should be doing, how to do it, how much money will be saved, and employees who are becoming disengaged by this. Make a plan! (And connect with Eliza if you need help with that)
Freeze compost waste to keep the smell low
Is Eliza optimistic?
Yes. We have to choose optimism because we need everybody to feel that way in order to make changes. If you feel pessimistic, google “companies working on carbon sequestering” to see some cool innovations.
