An environmentally friendly company, that is?

How can a company make a commitment to the planet? By acting on the very governance of its establishment in order to reduce its CO2 emissions, but also by engaging its stakeholders.

Learn more about how to engage your business in favor of the environment.

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The environmental component of CSR

Ecological approaches in business take many forms: rethinking waste management, questioning the choices of transport or suppliers, extending the life of products... Concrete actions, which must nevertheless be part of a more profound transformation of models.

It is also possible to opt for solidarity actions via the numerous existing associations or on the occasion of an event such as the Sustainable Development Week for example.

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SDGs and the environment, what is the link?

The environment is one of the major themes of Sustainable Development Goals. Within the framework of the company, five of the 17 objectives to be achieved are essentially linked to the environment:

• SDG 6: on the sustainable management of water resources
• SDG 9: on sustainable infrastructures and innovations
• SDG 12: on responsible consumption and production patterns
• SDG 13: on reducing its carbon footprint
• SDG 15: on the preservation and protection of ecosystems

To go further: The CSRD Directive: What is it?

Whether it's climate, biodiversity, energy efficiency or responsible digital technology... businesses have a key role to play in the environmental transition.

Moreover, they are subject to numerous legal obligations on this subject. Beyond the laws, to succeed in a profound transition and permanently change behaviors, it is essential to involve your teams.

Moreover, companies know this, since 86% of them make their employees aware of environmental issues
‍CSR barometer, 2022

Komeet now offers you a selection of 10 concrete actions to mobilize your employees around the protection of the environment.

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Raise awareness among employees about environmental issues

Awareness-raising is the first brick of change: it makes it possible to raise awareness and involve employees (who are also citizens!) in the environmental transition of the company. We offer several actions to implement in your company to raise awareness among your teams.

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1. Organize a Mural

They are no longer presented: frescoes are excellent ways to raise awareness among teams about the environment. These are fun, creative and collaborative workshops. There are several frescoes on various environmental themes:

• Climate fresco : It is the best known fresco. It makes it possible to better understand the mechanisms of climate change and the levers to deal with it effectively.
• Digital fresco : A workshop to raise awareness of the environmental challenges of using digital technology.
• Ocean fresco : To understand marine ecosystems and leave with concrete keys to act and preserve the oceans.

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2. Carry out a poster campaign in offices

This is a good way to make climate issues visible to your employees. You can create your own posters or directly print the work of actors who are specialists in the subject.

For example:

• Les CO2 posters By Vert le Média
• Les infographics From the IPCC report

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3. Suggest thematic courses

Gamifying awareness makes it possible to better popularize subjects and to provide deeper learning and assimilation than top-down awareness. There is nothing better than thematic courses composed of quizzes, podcasts, articles or even videos to train your employees.

For example, Komeet's challenges are composed of numerous environmental courses such as”I am taking the first steps for the climate” or”Carbon footprint: why do we make tons of it”.

You can discover a complete course for free in our Guide to successfully raising awareness among your employees.

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4. Organize a movie debate

Cinema makes it possible to raise awareness while conveying emotions. By letting employees talk at the end of the viewing, great realizations can be triggered.

Examples of movies to be shown:

• Tomorrow (2015) by Cyril Dion and Mélanie Laurent
• The other comfort (2020) of Malaury Morin and Julien Gerbet
• From the plate to the ocean (2022) by Blutopia

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5. Animate an ecological competition

My Little Planet (MPP) is a 3-week competition around ecological challenges to be carried out between colleagues or friends. Organizing an MPP competition in your company makes it possible to raise awareness and get your employees to take action through daily challenges.

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Allow its employees to support environmental associations

Associations are on the front line in the fight to protect our planet. Allowing your employees to get involved alongside them allows you to offer them real support and above all to act directly for environmental causes. Here are some ideas for actions to engage your employees in associations!

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1. Participate in an action for reforestation

With your gloves and spades: the association False-Rest Environment proposes to remove the Caucasian laurels that threaten our ecosystem to allow the original species to regain their place. ‍

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2. Counting birds to save species

With the LPO participatory observatory (League for the Protection of Birds) and the National Museum of Natural History, employees learn to recognize the various species. Then sit in your garden, on the balcony or in the city park for ten minutes and take action.

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3. Carry out a waste collection

Waste collections are a concrete way to act on environmental impact. Organizations like Surfrider and 1 piece of waste per day organize pick-ups and collections all over France It's a great way to strengthen team cohesion and have a concrete impact.

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4. Organize a solidarity team-building

Solidarity team-building is a team activity carried out in association. It is a way to strengthen team cohesion while acting for the environment. For example, La Sauge offers urban gardening workshops to learn the basics of agriculture and eco-construction but also to help them in their action.

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5. Propose skills missions

Many associations are at the looking for qualified volunteers to help them in their project: graphic skills, accounting, accounting, communication, computer skills, legal skills... All skills can be useful! You can set up Skill sponsorship in your company to increase your impact and respond to your employees' quest for meaning.

Of course, all these actions are not enough! Businesses need to transform in depth to reduce their environmental impact.

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Operation “First steps for the climate”: Komeet helps companies to commit to the environment

On the occasion of the high season “First steps for the climate”, Komeet offered its client companies to commit themselves to the planet. The idea was to introduce good ecological practices in business.

Here are the results of this operation:

• 29 companies have activated the collection of missions dedicated to this highlight (including Manitou Group, Crédit Agricole, Bolloré Groupe, Bouygues, Linkcity, Sanofi)
• + 900 employees have signed up for missions related to the theme of the environment. ‍

Komeet proposed simple and concrete challenges during its “First Steps for Climate” operation. The missions that were most successful are:

• “I calculate (and reduce) my carbon footprint with the Our Climate Gestures tool“
• “I am consulting the Calendar of seasonal fruits and vegetables“
• “I am discovering the key points of the last IPCC report”

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Komeet, your partner for a successful social and environmental transition

Komeet, it is the platform that allows you to simply mobilize all your employees around social and environmental issues. Our engagement experts are mobilized all year round to help our 430 partner companies animate their CSR approach.

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