At Jump, we aim to motivate and empower both employers and employees to take action for a sustainable future. We’re constantly looking for innovative ways to make that happen. Working together to encourage and drive real day by day actions is the key to changing behaviours and achieving an organisation’s employee sustainability goals.
We understand the power, and convenience, of technology. So, we’re thrilled to be rolling out a range of new features across our programmes, designed to help our users have an even bigger impact. They’ll make it simple for people to put in place achievable, effective behaviour changes that can really support a more sustainable life both at work and at home.
Funding to help us reduce carbon footprints
At the end of 2022, Jump was successful in securing funding to develop a healthcare-specific carbon engagement tool to encourage NHS staff to reduce their carbon footprint. The funding was part of a Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) healthcare competition, run in partnership with the Greener NHS programme which identified new tech innovations that could help the NHS on it’s journey towards net zero.
The potential for increased carbon savings through more effective employee sustainability engagement is very exciting and it will be great to see the new features motivating colleagues across the NHS so that they are empowered to play their part in the journey to net zero.
Jump CEO, Graham Simmonds
And now, this round of developments is about to go live!
What’s new? Introducing our app
From working closely with NHS professionals, we understand how time-poor they are, and that being sat at a desktop is not how the majority of people that work in the NHS spend their working day. Our beautiful new mobile app gives users easy access to all of the tools and information they can typically access on desktop, when and where they need it, on a device that they use all the time at all time.
With slick design and easy to use features, the new app has been designed and built with users at its centre, and will be unique to each and every client we work with, which means content and activities will be customised based the focus of the organisation. The app will be available to download for current client programmes in early 2024 and is available to both iOS and Android users.
We’re empowering and motivating staff; giving them the tools at their fingertips to help them change their actions and reduce their carbon footprint
Josh Cleal, Product Director
New tools and features designed to deliver impact
A key challenge that we come across in NHS Trusts (and other large organisations) is that whilst many employees have an interest in sustainability, they’re unsure how to take action or even where to make a start. Our new features have been designed with exactly that in mind, and will empower more users to have an even bigger impact.
Carbon Calculator
Let’s start with our new Carbon Calculator which is now integrated into the programme. We think it’s probably the world’s first carbon calculator that looks at both personal and work-based activities. By answering a few key questions, it gives employees the knowledge to understand their carbon footprint and the actions to take to improve it.
Smart Integrations
We’ve integrated our app within a wider tech ecosystem. That means it works seamlessly with employee and team go-to tools such as MS Teams. Consequently, people get to engage with activities of their own and their peers, via channels and communities that they’re involved in already.
Role Personalisation
No two jobs are the same, and we know that our content needs to be relevant to be engaging and actionable. For example, a hospital porter has a very different work day to an HR team member or a clinician. The Role Personalisation tool allows us to tailor the user experience so that you’ll receive actions and content that is pertinent to your job.
Activity Feed
The new Activity Feed displays the actions and activities being taken by members on the platform in real time. Using gamification methods often seen in more social based apps we use on a day to day basis, this new feature provide inspiration and motivation whilst adding a healthy dash of competition to the mix. Behavioural change is proven to be more effective if there’s a social element to it.
For managers: fresh, new Impact Reporting
One for the data enthusiasts , this feature takes our overview and management reporting to a whole new level.
Admin users of our programmes can now interact with charts to understand how the actions their people are taking on the platform are relevant to topics including:
- GHG emissions – activities that are related to an organisation’s Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions.
- SDG – activities broken down by the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals
- Sustainability themes – looking at the actions people are taking across your organisation related to your specific sustainability priorities.
This feature provides a visual way by which our clients can both report on and tweak how their staff and therefore organisation can reach their employee sustainability goals more efficiently.
I think that’s huge.
Katie Rees, Programme Director, Jump
Our roll out timeline
These very exciting developments are currently being launched with a number of Jump’s partner NHS clients. The new features will then be rolled out across all existing Jump clients, and any new clients onboarded from January 2024.
Interested in your own customised sustainability engagement program?
If you’d like to find out how we could help you empower and motivate your people for a sustainable future, please book some time with one of our team team, or contact us directly:
Via email: [email protected]
Via phone: 0207 326 5055
On LinkedIn: @jump-engagement
