How do you communicate and report on your employee engagement and sustainability performance?

3 Follow the standards

The third step is to follow the relevant standards and frameworks that guide and benchmark your communication and reporting on your employee engagement and sustainability performance. These standards and frameworks can help you measure, monitor, and disclose your progress and impact in a transparent, credible, and comparable way. Some of the most widely used standards and frameworks include the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC), and the UN Global Compact. You should also align your communication and reporting with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which provide a common language and vision for sustainability.

4 Tell your story

The fourth step is to tell your story in a compelling and authentic way that showcases your employee engagement and sustainability performance. Your story should highlight your vision, mission, values, goals, strategies, actions, results, challenges, and opportunities in these areas. It should also demonstrate how you are creating shared value for your stakeholders and society at large. You should use specific examples, case studies, testimonials, or stories to illustrate your achievements and impact. You should also acknowledge your gaps and areas for improvement, and show how you are addressing them and learning from them.

5 Seek feedback

The fifth step is to seek feedback from your audience on your communication and reporting on your employee engagement and sustainability performance. Feedback can help you evaluate the effectiveness, relevance, and credibility of your communication and reporting, and identify the strengths and weaknesses of your approach. You can collect feedback through various methods, such as surveys, polls, interviews, focus groups, or online platforms. You should also respond to feedback and show how you are incorporating it into your communication and reporting processes and practices.

6 Keep improving

The sixth and final step is to keep improving your communication and reporting on your employee engagement and sustainability performance. Communication and reporting are not one-off or static activities, but dynamic and continuous processes that require constant review and improvement. You should monitor the trends, best practices, and expectations in your industry and sector, and adapt your communication and reporting accordingly. You should also set clear and measurable objectives and indicators for your communication and reporting, and track your performance and impact over time. You should also celebrate your successes and share your learnings with your stakeholders and peers.

7 Here’s what else to consider

This is a space to share examples, stories, or insights that don’t fit into any of the previous sections. What else would you like to add?