Can ESG initiatives help the planet and bring workers together?

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A woman dressed in a blue t-shirt and leggings is walking down a dirt path surrounded by trees and underbrush.
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As discussions around climate change and corporate environmental responsibility intensify, many companies are still trying to figure out how they want to approach environmental, social and governance (ESG) initiatives in the workplace.

The founders of sustainability and wellness platform Treekly believe they can provide some answers. For every 5,000 steps an employee walks, Treekly plants a tree in varying reforestation sites, from Mteza Creek, Kenya to Scotland. Founded in 2020, Treekly was initially intended to help lower the rising obesity rates in the U.K., but the COVID-19 pandemic pushed the company to rethink the purpose of its platform.

Deanna Cuadra
Senior Reporter

Deanna Cuadra is a senior reporter at Employee Benefit News. Her work covers healthcare, U.S. policy and reform, challenges faced by women and parents in the workplace and innovation in work culture … Read full bio


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