Use of the competence of personnel in climate action
- Goal
Summary
EU regulations and Finland’s goal to achieve carbon neutrality by 2030 require companies to take concrete sustainability measures. Companies often fail to achieve their environmental objectives without the competence, understanding and commitment of their personnel. Currently, personnel does not have a legal right to participate or contribute their views to the planning of the company’s sustainability measures.
Effective sustainability measures require the genuine participation of personnel
Companies actively communicate their climate objectives to the outside world. The company’s ability to change and shift towards working methods and processes that mitigate climate change also depends on the attitude and competence of the personnel. Environmental objectives are often not achieved without the understanding and commitment of the personnel, with whom sustainability measures can be made part of the daily company culture. Nevertheless, personnel does not currently have a legal right to participate or contribute their views to the planning of the company’s sustainability measures.
Our reasoning
Benefits to society
EU regulations (the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD)) require companies to report accurate figures on their emissions. At the same time, the Finnish Climate Act determines the guidelines for achieving carbon neutrality by 2035. Employees can best identify unnecessary sources of emissions in their own work, and they can create new innovations. The implementation of sustainability measures will be accelerated and the personnel will be committed to implementing them from the beginning.
Our solution
Sustainability measures as part of regular dialogue
Let’s add the company’s sustainability measures, objectives and plans as a subject of regular dialogue in accordance with the Co-operation Act. Let’s hold companies responsible for providing their personnel with regular information on sustainability measures, their progress and their impacts.
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Joonas Kopra
Special Advisor, financial and commerce sector
The Professionals of Business and Technology
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