Why a greener office is a more productive office.
Sometimes it can be hard to get the balance right between taking steps to improve your businesses’ sustainability and improving the productivity of your people. Energy use, for example, is a fine balancing act between providing your people with enough heat and light to work effectively and making savings that cut your carbon footprint. But […]
The ideas are flowing at the University of Chichester.
There’s a real buzz around sustainability at the University of Chichester, and it’s largely due to their Jump engagement programme. One of the most interesting things that Jump has uncovered is the fantastic range of ideas that the University population, staff and students, have around sustainability and well-being. Alongside the performance and data monitoring in […]
European Week for Waste Reduction
This week, it’s the European Week for Waste Reduction, getting us all to think a little more about what we waste. To give you some practical advice on what you can do to cut down the amount you throw away, we’re going to hand over to some of the members of the University of Chichester […]
Thoughts on behaviour change.
Last week we held #BCS2014 – our seminar on behaviour change. Not only did our wonderful speakers treat everyone to some great presentations, but we grabbed each of them for a quick chat on why they’re excited about behaviour change. Check out their responses below!
Engagement in Sustainability at Jump’s Behaviour Change Seminar 2014
Yesterday the Jump (Green Rewards) team were out in force for our big event, bringing together local councils, companies and strategic authorities to discuss how behaviour change tools can help their organisations engage residents and employees in positive steps to boost sustainability and wellbeing. Using the hashtag #BCS2014 we tweeted our way through the morning’s […]
On your bike, Copper!
ON YOUR BIKE, COPPER! Copper Consultancy, one of the first businesses to implement a Jump Healthy Planet: Healthy Team scheme, are always keen to go the extra mile for good causes close to their hearts. Up next for Copper comes the ‘Challenge Cancer’ London to Brighton overnight cycle ride! On 20 September, four intrepid members […]
Cycle to Work Week
Cycling to work brings many positives – physical, mental, environmental and financial – so here’s a quick run down of why you should hop on your bike! Cycling is a great way to improve your general health and fitness. According to the British Heart Foundation, around 10,000 fatal heart attacks could be avoided each year […]
Jump in Havering Borough
Residents across the Borough have started being rewarded for wasting less and recycling more through the London Green Points – Havering scheme, with 25 per cent of households in the borough now signed-up. The scheme, which launched in January this year, is free for all Havering residents to participate in. All they have to do […]
Being serious about wellbeing
Your employees are your biggest asset, so by looking after their health and wellbeing you look after the future of your business. According to research by HR magazine, over half of those they surveyed claimed that employee health and wellbeing were ‘important’ to the business. Why is it then that only 17% linked a successful […]
The importance of flexible rewards
Recent research from NHS Employers, see the paper here, highlights the importance of flexibility when it comes to employee engagement. We have developed our Jump scheme with flexibility at its core because we know that each of our clients has particular needs and that these needs are likely to adapt and develop over time. Jump has […]
Boosting employee engagement.
In his regular business development update, this month Robin Farwell talks about the importance of using special dates and events to drive engagement. Jump isn’t a one-off stunt or event; rather it’s a structured employee engagement and reward programme that builds participation on an ongoing basis. However, themed weeks can be great at driving even […]
Engaging employees in sustainability and wellbeing
Our Business Development Co-ordinator, Robin Farwell, is intimately involved in developing our employee engagement platform, Jump Healthy Planet: Healthy Team. With changes being made and new modules being added all the time, it’s been a busy – and exciting – period for him to be involved with the programme. Here is his insight into the […]