PROGRAM OVERVIEW
V3 launched the V3 Social Responsibility (VSR) Program in 2015 to help address the impacts the firm has on the environment and to inspire employees to make a difference in society. Our program was created to help provide V3 employees a simple path to philanthropic volunteer opportunities and also formally implement sustainable company practices. The VSR Program is comprised of the following two main parts:
Volunteer Opportunities
Sustainability Practices
V3 selected partner organizations with whom we can engage in activities that utilize our professional training, experience and skills. We focus on participation and service in our areas of expertise versus solely financial support. These partners are Centennial Volunteers, Engineers Without Borders, DuPage Habitat for Humanity, Friends of the White River, Junior Achievement, The Parks Alliance of Indianapolis, Verterans Bridge Home, Indianapolis War Memorial Foundation, Licking County Soil and Water Conservation, and The Conservation Foundation.
Did you know that during the process to develop the 2022 Strategic Plan, V3 added a new Core Value to our list? It is – Service to Community. This core value can be displayed in many ways as we perform our work, interact with our clients and engage with community stakeholders. One of the key ways V3 encourages all employees to implement this core value is through the V3 Social Responsibility (VSR) program. This VSR program is a differentiator for V3 as a great place to work – not many firms provide paid time to volunteer in Service to Community! Please join the VSR teams in 2023 and flex your service muscles alongside your V3 peers.
GOALS
The following goals were established for the program in 2022:
Employee Participation: 40%
Program Expansion:
Explore additional partner – Keep Indianapolis Beautiful
Implement program with staff in Canada
Recycle Event: November—Used Coat Drive
2022 ACTUAL ACHIEVEMENT
Employee Participation: 29%
Regional Partners Added: Veterens Bridge Home and Indiana War Memorials Foundation
Chair Transition: Katie LaSalle was appointed the new VSR Chair
Earth Day Virtual Event: Know Better-Do Better
Congrats Again!
Andrew Regnery and Stuart Dykstra taught us about water scarcity on a globel and local level. Thank you to our Earth Day subcommittee members for putting together an awesome event:
Andrea Pini
Chloe Free
Greg Wolterstorff
Katie LaSalle
EVENTS
Keith Jones
Rachael Berthiaume
Andrew Regnery
Stuart Dykstra
2022 Raffle winners were Jaci Coghlan and Erin Mckenna. If you participated in a VTO event in 2021, you were entered into this raffle. We raffled off a Blueland clean essentials + a $50 gift card. Congrats Jaci and Erin!
Centennial Volunteers — Zoo
Woods
March 3rd
We did our part...
Brendan Farnham
Elaine Petkovsek
Jon Shuptar
Kristine Wright
Nick Szymanski
Rachael Berthiaume
EVENTS
Friends of the White River: The White River Cleanup
April 30th
We did our part...
Chris Schipper
Emily Placke
Katie LaSalle
Michael Raun
Ridley Collins
Centennial Volunteers: Chicago River Day
May 14th
We did our part...
Rachael Berthiaume
Indiana War Memorial Foundation: Verteran’s War Memorial Plantings
May 17th
We did our part...
Don Staley
Emily Placke
Gina Boeskool
Jeff Moody
Katie LaSalle
Neil Myers
Olivia Speckman
Tania Strug
Ted Blahnik
Habitat for Humanity: DuPage County
June 16th
We did our part...
Christopher Figus
Christophe Miller
Heidi Voirol
Jason Holy
Lesley Lapinski
Logan Yanisch
Patrick Jennings
Randy Andersen
Stephen Romero
Habitat for Humanity: Mid Ohio
July 15th
We did our part...
Anthony Fornaro
Braydon Putnam
David Haas
Jacob Gardner
Kayla McGuinness
Kevin Baxter
Rima Bauer
Stephen Kopechek
Indiana War Memorial Foundation: Verteran’s War Memorial Plantings
August 16
We did our part...
Corinne Lucas
Grace Morrison
Jeff Moody
Katie LaSalle
Landon Vine
Laura Huggler
Lori Woody
Nate Ibarluzea
Nathan Laframboise
Engineers Without Borders Water distribution design for the Village of Tzaput in Guatemala
We did our part...
Steve Jandick
Andrew Regnery
Peter Wagenmaker
Licking Creek County River
Roundup
September 9th
We did our part...
Brian Coghlan
David Haas
Jamie Bradbury
Josh Miller
Kevin Baxter
Michael Crane
Michael Rebar
Stephen Kopecheck
Tammy Segeith
The Conservation
Foundation: Dayton Bluffs
November 3rd
We did our part...
Brian Korth
Ed Fitch
Elaine Petkovsek
Erin McKenna
Glen Malec
Jake Bauer
Joseph Oremus
Kass Miftari
Keith Butkus
Keith Jones
Mark Iverson
Nathan Barnett
Peter Cappellini
Rick Kipp
William Vegrzyn
Habitat for Humanity: DuPage County
November 10th
We did our part...
Andrew Smith
Hannah Smith
James Bessler
Kelly Roberts
Lesley Lapinski
Mark Iverson
Patrick Jennings
Paul Grassly
Veteran’s Bridge Home
November 10th
We did our part...
Amy Vondra
Anna Edwards
Austin Coleman
Corin Brown
Jennifer Groesbeck
Pamela Ridge
Stephanie Holland
SUSTAINABILITY
SECTION 2 2022 PARTICIPATION
Operation Warm Coat
We did our part...
Chicago
Indianapolis
Columbus
Edmonton
Charlotte
Bikes
We offer bikes at our Woodridge, Chicago and Indy Offices. Any V3 employee can check out a bike during the workday and go for a spin.
Recycling
7 POUNDS! of Terracycle wrappers were properly disposed of in 2022!
Do you have a co-worker who goes the extra mile to be sustainable? Snap a picture of them showing off their love for the environment and email it to klasalle@v3co. Their efforts could be featured in the VSR Newsletter!
2023 ACTIVITIES
Activities will be displayed on the VOX and included on the “Upcoming Events” portion of the VSR Newsletter. They will also be posted on the VSR bulletin board in Alumni Hall (Woodridge) and at kiosks in various Offices.
VOLUNTEER TIME OFF POLICY
V3 employees are offered paid time off to do volunteer work with VSR partner organizations. This paid time off is branded Volunteer Time Off (VTO).
Full-time employees are eligible to take eight hours VTO per year, which can be used in one-hour increments.
Regular part-time employees are eligible to take four hours VTO per year, which can be used in one-hour increments.
While the majority of VSR events take place during the work week; occasionally a VSR event may be offered on a Saturday.
Employees who are eligible for overtime pay (1.5 or 1.0 OT ) will be paid for VTO applied to a Saturday event. Please note, as outlined in the V3 Employee Manual, only hours actually worked count as “time worked” for calculating eligibility for overtime pay (paid absences such as VTO are not counted as “time worked” for calculating OT pay).
Salaried employees, who are not eligible for overtime pay, can apply VTO to a Saturday event; however, it will not change their regular weekly pay. Salaried employees (not eligible for OT) will be allowed (if their schedule permits) to take the same number of hours off earlier in the week equivalent to the number of hours of the Saturday VSR event (must be applied to a day within the same week that the Saturday VSR event is held).
VTO can only be used to volunteer with one of the selected partner organizations identified as a VSR Partner. This allows for V3 to form longterm commitments to our partner organizations. Partner organizations are selected by consensus of the VSR Committee and can be changed at anytime.
2023 VOLUNTEER TIME OFF BANK
A maximum of 16 additional VTO Bank hours may be used by full-time employees, and an additional 8 VTO Bank hours may be used by regular part-time employees. All policies established for using Individual VTO hours also apply to “VTO Bank” hours.
2023 Starting VTO Bank Hours: 2,080 hours
2023 GOALS
The following goals have been established for the program in 2023:
Employee Participation: 40%
Program Expansion:
Expanding organization partnership to all regions (Charlotte and Edmonton)
Diversifying VSR opportunities
Add specialty recycling container to Indy/Ohio Offices.
VSR branded participant shirt
Host Recycle Events in the Spring and Fall