Why does it make Business Sense to drive Social Innovation?
Let's Talk Sustainable Business
English - July 14, 2021 08:00 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MBManagement Business Investing esg conferenceboard sustainability Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Following on from her previous conversation with Uwe Schulte, Kim Dabbs, Global Director Social Innovation at Steelcase explores how the company is profiting from the multitude of social innovation projects they are currently running both in the mid and longer term. All employees have a right to participate and suggest initiatives. Driving communal education improvement projects and equity initiatives, helps to improve the skills and competencies of future employees. Internal employee engagement improves motivation, and engagement to improve environmental performance enables Steelcase sites to operate sustainably. Kim shares advice on how companies can kick-start their own journey to create social initiatives.