- link Copy URL - [ Share on X ](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Engage Employees When Launching a Workplace Environmental Program https://www.3blmedia.com/markdownify/node/46097?absolute=1&via=3blnews "Share on X") - [ Share on linkedin ](https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://www.3blmedia.com/markdownify/node/46097?absolute=1 "Share on Linkedin") - [ Share on facebook ](https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://www.3blmedia.com/markdownify/node/46097?absolute=1 "Share on Facebook") - [ email Share via email ](mailto:?subject=Engage Employees When Launching a Workplace Environmental Program&body=News from TD Bank Group https://www.3blmedia.com/markdownify/node/46097?absolute=1 "Share via email") [Environment](/categories/environment) # Engage Employees When Launching a Workplace Environmental Program Apr 25, 2014 11:00 AM ET [Engage Employees When Launching a Workplace Environmental Program](http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/232528) [Originally published on Entrepreneur.com](http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/232528) *The following article by Diana Glassman, Head of Environmental Affairs at TD Bank, was published on [Entrepreneur.com](http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/232528)* **Engage Employees When Launching a Workplace Environmental Program** Imagine walking into a meeting of your company’s leadership to present a new program with the goal of encouraging everyone in the organization to embrace the use of environmentally conscientious materials, practices and services. Such a program might be perceived as raising overhead without generating a clear, revenue-generating payoff. Some at the meeting might have healthy skepticism, particularly those responsible for the company’s financial well-being. It’s a tough sell but not an impossible one. Generally, [environmental objectives](http://www.entrepreneur.com/topic/environmental-protection) can be divided into two basic categories: tangible and actionable items. A tangible goal might include developing or leveraging a physical asset, like a LEED-certified office building. An actionable item might be trying to reduce paper use, which requires the collective action of employees across an organization. In either case, employee engagement is the lynchpin of success. Without green behavior inside the LEED-certified building, the investment may not pay off. Likewise, without the conscious adoption of paper reduction by the workforce, use of the consumable will not decrease. Here is how you can build a program to meet both tangible and actionable objectives, based on my experience at TD Bank in setting up an environmental employee engagement program: **Continue reading the article on Entrepreneur.com: ** [![logo](/sites/default/files/Clients/TD.png)](/profiles/td-bank-group) ### More from TD Bank Group ###### [La TD établit des cibles provisoires d'émissions financées d'ici 2030 pour des secteurs à émissions élevées, à savoir ceux de l'énergie et de la production d'électricité](/news/la-td-etablit-des-cibles-provisoires-demissions-financees-dici-2030-pour-des-secteurs) Mar 9, 2022 9:30 AM ET ###### [TD Sets 2030 Interim Financed Emissions Targets for High-emitting Sectors: Energy and Power Generation](/news/td-sets-2030-interim-financed-emissions-targets-high-emitting-sectors-energy-and-power) Mar 9, 2022 9:25 AM ET ###### [La TD classée au premier rang des banques nord-américaines dans le Sustainability Yearbook de 2022 de S&P Global](/news/la-td-classee-au-premier-rang-des-banques-nord-americaines-dans-le-sustainability-yearbook-de) Feb 10, 2022 9:30 AM ET ###### [TD Recognized As the Top Ranked North American Bank in the 2022 S&P Global Sustainability Yearbook](/news/td-recognized-top-ranked-north-american-bank-2022-sp-global-sustainability-yearbook) Feb 10, 2022 9:30 AM ET ###### [Le Groupe Banque TD engage des entreprises issues de la diversité pour piloter activement une émission d’obligations vertes de 500 millions de dollars américains, une première chez les émetteurs canadiens](/news/le-groupe-banque-td-engage-des-entreprises-issues-de-la-diversite-pour-piloter-activement-une) Dec 14, 2021 12:40 PM ET ###### [TD Bank Group Engages Diversity Firms to Actively Lead a US$500 Million Green Bond Offering - a First Among Canadian Issuers](/news/td-bank-group-engages-diversity-firms-actively-lead-us500-million-green-bond-offering-first) Dec 14, 2021 10:00 AM ET ###### [Bharat Masrani : Nous adapter pour atteindre nos buts - Rapport 2020 de la TD sur les enjeux Environnementaux, Sociaux et de Gouvernance](/news/bharat-masrani-nous-adapter-pour-atteindre-nos-buts-rapport-2020-de-la-td-sur-les-enjeux) Mar 5, 2021 12:15 PM ET ###### [La TD publie son Rapport sur les enjeux environnementaux, sociaux et de gouvernance 2020 et son Rapport sur La promesse TD Prêts à agir 2020](/news/la-td-publie-son-rapport-sur-les-enjeux-environnementaux-sociaux-et-de-gouvernance-2020-et-son) Mar 5, 2021 12:00 PM ET