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Meeting its environmental challenge Neil Griffiths, TNT's director for health,
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safety and the environment, UK and Ireland, is currently focusing on employee engagement as the ongoing challenge for its environmental campaign.
TNT calls its environmental campaign, which started in August 2007, 'Planet Me', and it is one of the nine elements of its business strategy.
Planet Me has two key foundatons: the first Code Orange looks at the corporate response to carbon savings. Fuel efficient driving, energy saving in depots, green energy supply (currently at 48% and rising to 60% next month) and an audit of its buildings and functions are all parts of this strategy. Every member of the workforce is trained about Planet Me to build an awareness of the company's objectives.
The Planet Me training also introduces staff to the second element of TNT's focus: Choose Orange. "Choose Orange is about taking it home," says Griffiths. "We see that as being equally important as the corporate improvement," Staff members are asked to consider how the environmental guidance they receive at work could translate to their own lives, and they are provided with a bookletEnergy Savings by Me and a self-assessment section. The selfassessment section generates a score and suggests improvements. "Once they have completed this, if they wish, they can make a commitment to the company to try to achieve those savings.
"So far, 20% of the workforce has done this that's 2,200 people. It's entirely voluntary. We calculate that if they fulfil their pledges, they will save 5.5million kg of CO, a year," says Griffiths.
The advice given is all simple and low-cost, adds Griffiths. He continues: "All it requires from employees is a little thought and effort. And since much of it involves energy saving in the home, most will be glad of the lower bills.
Employees are clearly briefed on their responsibilities for Code Orange in the workplace, too; saving energy and waste reduction are personal choices as well as a corporate directive.
"We have done a lot of work around employee engagement," says Griffiths, "but the challenge is to maintain it We have asked the Carbon Trust to work with us on this and it has just finished a scoping study to benchmark us against industry best practice.