Employee development and engagement No one person or single company can advance sustainability initiatives alone. It takes a culture of awareness, inclusion and engagement. Fully engaged employees care about making a difference. They are more productive, innovative and satisfied in their work. Today’s new workforce expects meaningful and engaging work—with opportunities to grow and flourish. That’s why one of the pillars of our sustainability strategy is enlisting and leveraging our employees to multiply our positive impact. We engage our employees through enterprise-wide town halls, by hosting informal listening meetings or surveying groups of employees on specific subjects. Our last survey on employee engagement showed a favorable response from 81.2 percent of employees who completed it. This group said they were proud to work at Eaton, felt personal accomplishment from their work and would recommend Eaton as a place to work. As part of our 10-year sustainability strategy, one of our goals is to consistently achieve an 80 percent or higher favorable employee survey response rate—because we know that when employees are engaged in their work, they are more likely to make a difference.
HIGHLIGHT Active stewardship of the environment We encourage our employees to take sustainability actions at home, at work and in their communities. We host an annual global sustainability challenge called Sustainability Squared, where employees are encouraged to share a project that not only impacts the environment at that specific moment in time, but it continues to make a difference by being self-sustaining. In 2019, more than one-third of our sites participated in the challenge by taking action, measuring the impact of their work and sharing their results. Some examples of the ways our employees made a difference around the world include hosting beach cleanups, tree plantings, restoration projects, energy efficiency and renewable energy projects, and waste minimization and educational programs. We share best practices after the challenge and continue to recognize the employees year-round in our sustainability calendar.
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EATON 2019 Sustainability Report
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of employees who took the survey had a favorable response
