5 tips to be socially responsible and boost employee wellbeing

Social responsibility initiatives can have a positive impact on employee wellbeing. People like to feel proud of where they work, and social responsibility activities that they can get involved with, and that make a positive impact, help to make them feel happy and engaged.

And that makes them less likely to look elsewhere for a job. A recent Nielsen Survey found that 67% of respondents preferred to work for socially responsible companies.

Here are five tips to be socially responsible and boost employee wellbeing:

1) Allow employees to work on side projects during work’s time

Encourage them to get involved with selecting the organisations, groups or causes that will benefit from the various company-supported projects and initiatives.

2) Create long term relationships

Forging long term relationships with these organisations fosters a real sense of commitment and over time will give more employees an opportunity to get involved.

3) Create optional volunteer programmes

This will enable employees to help in the community, whether local or global, but ensure that the company gets feedback and recognises and rewards a job well done.

4) Support training

Provide opportunities for training and skills development in areas not necessarily job-related, but which can be used in social responsibility activities.

5) Communicate

Ensure that the activities are fully communicated throughout the organisation, on intranets, social media, etc., to maximise the feel good factor.

David Walker is chief commercial officer at Personal Group.

This article was provided by Personal Group.