Employees at the Nagel Group are providing ideas for the future
With its sustainability initiative WE.Move – Moving Towards the Future, the Nagel-Group has created a company-wide framework to foster ideas from within the organisation. The aim was to gather suggestions on how to further strengthen resource conservation, efficiency and responsible behaviour in day-to-day working life.
The response to WE.Move was overwhelming: numerous ideas were submitted from a variety of departments and work contexts. These ranged from practical optimisation approaches to new ways of thinking about efficient processes. This clearly demonstrated the depth to which employees engage with sustainability issues and contribute their own ideas to day-to-day working life.
As part of the campaign, five particularly compelling ideas were recognised for their clear link to sustainability, their practical applicability and the added value they bring to the company. They exemplify the innovative strength within the Nagel-Group and demonstrate how modern solutions emerge from the very processes that are carried out on a daily basis.
The winning ideas address the following topics, amongst others:
- Measurability and transparency of sustainability, for example through comparable key figures and location-specific considerations
- Energy efficiency in operations, for example through more conscious use of electricity and temperature control in logistics centres
- Pragmatic solutions in everyday working life that can lead to measurable savings using simple means
- Motivation and participation of employees to promote sustainable behaviour in the long term
The award-winning ideas thus reflect both the technical and the organisational and cultural aspects of sustainable corporate development.
“The campaign demonstrates just how much commitment and responsibility our employees possess. I would like to thank everyone who contributed their ideas and is thereby actively helping to drive the Nagel-Group’s development forward,” says Hendrik Krukow, Executive Director of Sales & Marketing.
WE.Move illustrates that modern development is not a one-off project, but arises from the interplay of many perspectives. The campaign has shown how valuable ideas from day-to-day working life are for adopting new approaches and further developing existing processes.
As a visible symbol of this commitment, a tree is planted for every project idea submitted. In this way, WE.Move links employees’ commitment to a concrete supporting measure.
WE.Move forms part of the Nagel-Group’s comprehensive approach to sustainability. The company pursues a holistic sustainability strategy that gives equal consideration to environmental, social and corporate responsibility. The ideas submitted demonstrate how employees complement this strategy with their own perspectives and insights drawn from their day-to-day work.