ECO Canada was established in 1992 as a part of Canada's sector council initiative. With a solid reputation in the field of human resouce management, ECO Canada's services reach all participants of the environmental sector including employers, practitioners, educators, and students.

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Employee Engagement

Do you want to maximize staff productivity? Are you looking to retain top performers?

ECO Canada provides step-by-step assistance to help your company optimize staff performance, retain top talent, promote a healthy corporate culture, and align HR practices to reflect corporate strategy.

Whether you are an HR professional or simply looking for HR guidance, ECO Canada provides a variety of web-tools and resources to help you plan, identify, and manage your human resource needs.

About the Project

The need to develop effective recruitment and retention practices is becoming a top priority for environmental organizations in Canada, as the industry is challenged with both the retirement of the baby boomer generation and the struggle to retain top talent. One of the top priorities is to identify causal factors impacting the engagement and retention of employees—particularly among mid-to-senior level workers. With the inclusion of stakeholders, ECO Canada will use this understanding to document Human Resource (HR) best practices and develop workplace retention tools and resources for environmental organizations in order to overcome current and future HR challenges. Some of these outcomes include:

HR Best Practices Report
Employee Satisfaction Survey
HR Evaluation Packages and Assessment Survey
Online HR Centre
Benefits and Workplace Practices Report and Survey

These publications, web tools, and surveys will be available through a variety of media to help inform employers on employee engagement methods. The ultimate impact of these initiatives will result in greater engagement of professionals in the workplace and an increased prevalence of transfer of knowledge programs such as succession planning initiatives, mentorship programs, and leadership and talent management strategies.

Project Details

Start Date: August 2008
End Date: February 2011

This project is funded by Human Resource and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC).

Latest Updates

Products and services that are currently available include:

Employee Engagement Survey
Employee satisfaction is vital to the success of an organization because of its direct impact on productivity and engagement. ECO Canada’s online employee satisfaction survey provides organizations with candid employee feedback while measuring satisfaction in six key human resource areas. All companies who successfully complete the survey receive a customized Insights Report. This report helps translate the employee survey data into meaningful information that assesses workplace culture, employee trust and performance, recognition and rewards systems, leadership, and engagement. Included in the report are:

HR Best Practices Report
ECO Canada’s HR Best Practices Report highlights innovative human resource strategies used by Canadian environmental organizations to promote employee engagement. Categorized according to six HR practice areas, this report shares valuable insight while acknowledging several challenges unique to the environment industry such as contexts for learning, organization structures, and types of projects and work.

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