Le Jardin de Vosgelis – a garden for the employees |
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Company: | Vosgelis, France |
Key words: | Ecological footprint, gardening, healthy lifestyle, well-being |
Description: | Vosgelis is engaged in a process of social and environmental responsibility, which has resulted in a detailed action plan. A part of this programme, Vangelis created a shared garden for its employees and a possible change of internal practices in a less regulated fashion.
The innovative nature of this experience also contributes to the image of Vosgelis, which can be defined as a modern and innovative company encouraging new working methods and caring for the welfare of its employees. It is the first initiative in the region that goes beyond simple gardening. On the head office terrace, which is easily accessible for all employees (adjoining the refectory), 9 vegetable gardens and 6 planters were made available to the employees as well as the necessary accessories: bins, biological potting soil, rainwater collector, composter, insect hotel, winter feeders and drinkers for birds. The volunteers who are organised in teams of 3, share a vegetable garden and a planter where they plant what they want; the only obligation being to respect the principles of organic farming. Employees bring their seeds and plants and garden during their break time. These gardens are also an opportunity to organise awareness-raising sessions on composting, organic farming and the need for healthy eating. |
Contact: | To find out more on this initiative, please do not hesitate to contact the Coordinator (see contact details in the Members Only Zone). |
Employer branding of Stångåstaden |
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Company: | AB Stångåstaden, Sweden |
Key words: | Communicating, growing |
Description: | The project started with an internal and an external analysis. We analysed our recruitment needs, the strengths of Stångåstaden’s employer brand, the needs and behaviours of Swedish students, and the perception of Stångåstaden’s employer brand.
The next step was to compare the strengths of Stångåstaden’s employer brand with how Swedish students perceive the ideal employer. The common are as in the internal and external analyses were chosen as the main brand messages for Stångåstaden’s employer brand. The second part of the project was to choose the communication channels for the employer branding strategy. We chose three main external communication channels where we could get our messages to student candidates effectively. Job ads in the form of films also work as a type of advertisement for Stångåstaden. The third part of the project was to implement the strategy we outlined. |
Contact: | To find out more on this initiative, please do not hesitate to contact the Coordinator (see contact details in the Members Only Zone). |
Well-being and Fitness Meeting |
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Company: | HABITAT 6 2/59 Picardie, France |
Key words: | Healthy lifestyle, well-being |
Description: | This project focuses on actions relating to colleagues’ physical activity, well-being, healthy life style and diet, through long established practices within the company:
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Contact: | To find out more on this initiative, please do not hesitate to contact the Coordinator (see contact details in the Members Only Zone). |
Mandatory work out for cleaners |
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Company: | Bostadsbolaget, Sweden |
Key words: | Injury prevention, healthy lifestyle, well-being |
Description: | Cleaning is a heavy job and a challenge to the body. To handle the heavy parts of the job you must have good physics. If you don´t, you are at risk to get different kinds of injuries in the long run. Many of those who have, or has had, cleaning as a job suffer from different kinds of pains related to the monotonous movements of the job. Statistically, cleaners is the occupational group with the most absence due to work related problems.
Cleaners often retire with consisting repetitive strain injuries. This is something Bostadsbolaget wants to prevent as we strive to be a responsible employer. We know that regular physical exercise, especially for the muscle groups that are particularly at risk, prevents different kinds of work related injuries. In 2015, Bostadsbolaget introduced a mandatory and joint hour of work out every week for our cleaners. The cleaners are divided into groups depending on where they work. They then attend gyms located near their workplace and are assigned personal trainers who help them set up personal goals. During the semester, they make regular reconciliations with their personal trainer. Great consideration is taken to each and every ones individual condition and goals. |
Contact: | To find out more on this initiative, please do not hesitate to contact the Coordinator (see contact details in the Members Only Zone). |
Style Jobs |
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Company: | Vosgelis, France |
Key words: | Empowering people |
Description: | The aim of this approach is to support managers while increasing their responsibilities in all the managerial and organisational dimensions of their functions. In particular:
To sum up, it’s about helping management become both actors and decision makers within the life of the company. The rapid implementation of this project was made possible thanks to the commitment and evolution of the teams which fully went with the strategic directions and adapted their position. In the space of 3 years, there have been great changes in the company that have led to an improvement in employee skills and the emergence of a real customer driven corporate culture. Midway through this project, it was necessary to dwell on these changes in management style, to ask questions to note the feelings of managers and to accompany them in the “post-project”. Today more than ever, this approach is so important in view of the tremendous reforms that are about to transform social housing in our country. Vosgelis sees this as an opportunity to continue its development and has already made important links with other organizations, while continuing to create new brands and new services. |
Contact: | To find out more on this initiative, please do not hesitate to contact the Coordinator (see contact details in the Members Only Zone). |
HR’s priorities at Mimer |
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Company: | Mimer, Sweden |
Key words: | Corporate values, empowering people, diversity & inclusivity, work-life balance |
Description | Mimer participated in 2016 in the contest “Great Place to Work” and took an honorable 4th place in Sweden and place 18 in Europe for mid-size companies. In 2017 and 2018 we were no. 3 and no. 7 in Sweden respectively.
The following areas are the ones that HR has focused on in recent times: • Company values • Company capability After the competence map is set the employees and managers determines their present situation. Then it´s easy to see which skills gaps that exists. Based on a prioritization matrix and an action plan the skills gaps will be closed in the right order. In the process, each employee has the opportunity to share what skills they are passionate about, and will be given additional possibility to develop the skills, if there is a competence gap. • Diversity and inclusivity The employees have paid time to work with activities for refugees like playing football, and visiting various events together. Employees also get the opportunity to invite newly arrived families to dinner through something called “Invitationsdepartementet”. The newly arrived families who moves in with Mimer will also undergo training in how to live in a rented flat in Sweden. • Work-life balance |
Contact: | To find out more on this initiative, please do not hesitate to contact the Coordinator (see contact details in the Members Only Zone). |