Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria are a set of standards for a company’s operations that will make sure that the company operations went well. The current highlight of any ESG programme in an organisation includes sustainability issues, risks and opportunities.

Every staff needs to develop the confidence to argue the business case for sustainability informed by a comprehensive understanding of the impact of current global economic, social, and environmental pressures. Reading about what is happening in and outside the country is important to provide ourselves with a sense of awareness of ESG.

As an institute of higher learning, we need to identify what are the important ESG (Environment, Social, Governance) focus areas. Again, reading and discussions on this matter is important to create value at the individual and organisational levels. Corporate ESG is also about learning how to set up the governance structure, performance tracking and stakeholder communications all of which are beneficial to any organisation. Once we have understood the meaning of corporate ESG, each of us need to understand the skills and knowledge needed to design, innovation and leadership competencies within your work group.

As an institute of higher learning, we need to identify what are the important ESG (Environment, Social, Governance) focus areas. Again, reading and discussions on this matter is important to create value at the individual and organisational levels.

Corporate ESG is also about learning how to set up the governance structure, performance tracking and stakeholder communications all of which are beneficial to any organisation.

Once we have understood the meaning of corporate ESG, each of us need to understand the skills and knowledge needed to design, innovation and leadership competencies within your work group.

As an introduction to ESG at Vision, the Company needs all staff to be familiar and execute the following actions as part of Vision’s immediate Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) goals:

1. Staff needs to be responsible for the facilities of the Company. This include always make sure that to turn off lights and other equipment such as air conditioner when not in use. The last person that use the equipment are responsible to make sure that this equipment are switch off especially before going back home. Staff are encouraged to use as much as possible natural daylight so that the use of artificial lighting can be reduced

2) Avoid printing files that can be sent via email. There are many ways you can share or store important files today. Tons of options can be used to keep the documents or files, including Google Drive, hard disk and even pendrives. In future, for academicians, attendance of students, marking papers, assessment and even examination need to be conducted online by using the computer and no more use of paper. Aside from reducing paper wastage, this also helps cut the total amount of energy consumed by the printer. Besides that, minutes meeting of all department needs to be signed, shared and kept in Google Drive instead of printing it out and distribute to staff to reduce the use of papers. This meeting minutes as well need to be email to HR Department for record.

3) Every staff member should take full responsibility for their respective workstations. More importantly, every staff must do their part in making sure that they develop a habit of cleaning and caring for their area. Make sure that rubbish is thrown away properly in the dustbin. Maintaining cleanliness in the workplace should be everyone’s responsibility, and therefore, shouldn’t be taken for granted. Every employee’s personal hygiene could impact others in the workplace and could significantly affect the overall atmosphere.

4) Last staff that leave the office and the first staff that come to office must make sure that to lift the roller shutters upwards in a controlled manner up to its full height using the switch to prevent damage. When lowering the roller shutters, staff should also allow it to descend in a controlled manner without allowing it to slam towards the ground and make sure that there is no object under the roller shutter that will make the roller shutter stuck and end up damage.

5) Main doors in the office area need to be closed all the time to prevent any incident from happened such as robbery. Staff can only allow visitors (acknowledged earlier by HR) that required to perform their job functions to access the office area through the main door (in Clinic area). Staff that had been identified to not close the door based on CCTV record will be responsible with any incident that happened.

6) The last person to leave the office at the end of the workday is responsible to check all doors and windows, switch off the lights and air conditioner, check bathrooms, and perform any other tasks including lock the main door of the office. Please make sure to double check with the HR Department about the master key to lock the office main door before you leave the office.

7) Staff are encouraged to keep company valuables such as laptops and hand phones at home or preferably locked in office desks or cabinets.

 

Staff at Vision must be familiar and develop An Action Plan approach to formulating a comprehensive sustainability strategy and integrating sustainability across Vision organisation’s value chain to ensure long-term value creation. Here is an example of 5 Steps to Sustainability adapted for a Small Business such as Vision College. (https://www.constellation.com/solutions/for-your-small-business/goals/developing-a-smallbusinesss-sustainability-plan.html):

Step 1: Learn about Sustainability

  1. Knowledge is power.
  2. Profits, people and planet.
  3. Going green vs. going sustainable.
  4. Out with the old (way of thinking).

Step 2: Assess Areas of Improvement

  1. Learn the laws.
  2. Check your compliance.
  3. Assess global issues.

 

 

Step 3: Find Opportunities

  1. Innovate.
  2. Get employee input.
  3. Self-reflect.

 

 

 Step 4: Create a Vision

  1. Find your company’s passion.
  2. Be specific about your small business’s vision.
  3. Define your sustainability model’s terms.

 Step 5: Implement Changes

  1. Change policies.
  2. Review performance.
  3. Get feedback