HR professionals can help companies achieve a green line down
St. Paul, MN (PRWEB) July 20, 2010
Regardless of where a company starts green initiative, the HR department will probably play a role in its implementation.
“Good for the environment, good for business, HR professionals are looking for quick tips for employers who have launched programs to reduce waste and improve efficiency. The article in the newsletter Minnesota Life Insurance Company Group Insurance, “AWARE.”
Todd Allen, director of human resources for the Howard County Government in Maryland, began his ministry green initiative with self-administration of benefits. When employees go online to name beneficiaries of group life and provide other information, they not only reduce paper waste, they improve accuracy.
“We used to get registration forms were incomplete or illegible,” said Allen. Now, when 2,700 employees are part of the government they need to do more to press a button to make their elections.
Berkeley, Calif., Clif Bar & Co. is based energy bars with natural ingredients and organic. The company’s mission is to reduce its ecological footprint in everything he does. It encourages employees to do the same by rewarding them for making their homes more efficient with Energy Star appliances, added insulation, windows and efficient. Kate Torgersen, Clif Bar spokesman said environmental policies the company for assistance with recruitment.
“Employees want to work for companies that share their values,” Torgersen said: “They want to feel good about where they work, and they want to feel good at work.”
To learn more about how HR departments can encourage green behavior in the workplace, visit the Minnesota Life Insurance Group, LifeBenefits.com and click on the icon in the upper right AWARE. Once subscribed, go to “Good for the environment, good for business.” A free subscription to the monthly newsletter for employers and benefits brokers can access the archive AWARE, which is full of articles on human resources issues facing professional and well-documented suggestions for dealing with them.
Minnesota Life is one of the top five life insurance group in the country. In 2009, in the midst of the Great Recession, Minnesota Life sales of group life increased by 15 percent.
Since 1880, Securian Financial Group and its subsidiaries have provided financial security for individuals and businesses as insurance, investments and retirement plans. Now, one of the nation’s largest providers of financial services, it is the parent holding company of a group of companies which include Minnesota Life Insurance Company.
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