“Supporting your employees to do their civic duty is table stakes these days,” J.J. Huggins, a project manager for Patagonia’s Time to Vote program, tells HR Brew.
Highlighting an employer’s commitments to the environment can help attract employees.
The ordinance requires contractors to provide cool drinking water, shade, and air conditioning, as well as conduct training to help mitigate dangerous effects of working in the heat.
The move comes as local governments move to protect workers from extreme heat.
“Every company has an obligation of being more sustainable and pushing their employees to become more sustainable as well,” says its VP of people and DE&I strategy.
Employers should communicate how they’re taking action on the climate crisis, one chief sustainability officer says.
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