World Moving & Storage was the workplace winner of the 2013 Sustainable 60 series awards announced last week.
According to Sustainable 60, World Moving & Storage have an upside down company structure where the front line staff are at the top and directors at the bottom.
It says all World Moving & Storage’s workplace initiatives support staff to become excellent ambassadors of the brand, including starting the day with breakfast at work. These initiatives have resulted in a productivity improvement of 11%.
The Sustainable 60 series was developed by Fairfax Media in 2009 and has since been held annually as an Award programme and seminar series.
The objective of the series is to:
- Encourage growth and sustainable business practice amongst all New Zealand public and private sector entities
- Present awards that will celebrate and reward stories of leadership that exemplify sustainable business practice in the five categories
- Showcase innovation that supports sustainable business practice in New Zealand
For the purposes of the series, corporate sustainability focuses on the balance between long term value innovation and social, economic and environmental impacts of business.
