Top Green 30 organizations named by Aon Hewitt

Aon Hewitt, human resource consulting and outsourcing business of Aon Corporation, has identified Canada’s “Green 30” – organizations whose employees are the most positive about their company’s environmental stewardship.

The list was compiled from employee feedback using Aon Hewitt’s Employee Green Index, which focuses on employers’ environmental strategies and activities, and their efforts to consider long-term social, environmental and economic impacts when making decisions.

Aon Hewitt surveyed over 130,000 employees at more than 250 organizations regarding their employers’ commitment to environmental stewardship. At the Green 30 organizations, an average of 82 per cent of employees have a positive perception of their employers’ eco-friendly efforts. At the 30 organizations with the least positive reviews, that figure is 46 per cent.

“Our findings show that employees really see the difference when their employer is focused on developing and implementing environmentally-conscious policies and practices,” said Neil Crawford, Aon Hewitt’s leader of the Best Employers in Canada study. “Effective green programs and practices may persuade certain employees to join or stay with an organization. Certainly employee engagement scores at the Green 30 are higher than those at the 30 organizations that ranked lowest on the Employee Green Index—67 per cent for the Green 30 versus 46 per cent at the 30 lowest ranked employers.”

The Green 30 are more likely to implement practices and programs to support and reinforce their commitment to environmental stewardship, as the following table demonstrates:

“There are significant variations in the use of some of these practices amongst the Green 30,” stated Crawford. “Nevertheless, they all demonstrate real passion and commitment to reducing the impact of their business on the environment in the eyes of their employees.”

The list of The Green 30 of 2011 appears below in alphabetical order.

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