To Make Sustainability Real, Make It Personal
By Neil Hawkins and Joe Árvai
![Dow employees applying real-time learnings from the Sustainability Academy to their team project, designed to support one of Dow's 2025 Sustainability Goals. Photo credit: Marc-Grégor Campredon](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_2x/public/images/dow-erb.jpg)
From the perspective of business, engaging employees is critical to developing and advancing a company’s sustainability goals. The feeling is mutual from the perspective of current, not to mention future employees: A company’s sustainability goals are important to the process of attracting and retaining the top talent.
But meaningful engagement across the entire spectrum of a company’s operations can be challenging. Many employees are often unsure how their job roles connect with a company’s sustainability programs and strategies, and many companies find it challenging to integrate — and inspire — leadership on sustainability in the day-to-day activities in their workforce. The net result: Employees often end up being an underused and undermotivated resource in a company’s sustainability journey.