Business Competitiveness and a Thriving NC Economy 1. How is - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Business Competitiveness and a Thriving NC Economy

1. How is economic health connected to natural resource health? 2. What are the benefits of corporate engagement in solutions? 3. What does business engagement look like?

Corporate Partners Conservation Non-Profits

Corporate Partners Conservation Non-Profits

NC’s Economy and Natural Resource Health Tourism Outdoor Recreation • Directly and indirectly • 260,000 jobs supports 280,000+ people • $28 billion in consumer • Leading the state in job spending, 5.5% of creation: up 3.2% in 2016 state’s income Agriculture Clean Energy • • 17% of workforce 1,100 businesses • • 17% of state economy 34,294 jobs, up 31% since 2015

“95% of my assets drive out the gate every evening. It’s my job to maintain a work environment that keeps those people coming back every morning.” -Jim Goodnight, CEO, SAS

Your Business & Natural Resource Health • Happy and Healthy Communities are a Business Advantage Happy Healthy North Carolina workers are Annually, lost work days 36% more productive than the due to air-pollution-related average U.S. worker, due to our illnesses cost businesses state’s higher quality of life. about $16 billion. (U.S. Department of Commerce)

Your Business & Natural Resource Health • Top Talent as a Competitive Advantage Recruitment Retention More than 50% of The cost to replace an employees accepted a job employee 50%-200% of based in part on companies annual salary (Society of engagement in causes Human Resource Management) (Millennial Impact Report 2017, Sponsored by the Case Foundation)

Your Business & Natural Resource Health • Customer Expectations $$$ Millennial Purchasing Power $300 billion on discretionary goods and services Environmental Cause Actions: 1: Vote 2: Change Purchasing Decisions (Millennial Impact Report 2017, Sponsored by the Case Foundation)

EarthShare North Carolina Partners with Businesses to: • Strengthen the Programs that Will Ensure Natural Resource Health • Make a Positive Impact on the Health of the Community • Develop a Corporate Culture around Authentic Engagement

Opportunities Conservation Non-Profits Corporate Partners for Engagement • Philanthropy • Education • Skills Development • Team Volunteerism • Direct Engagement

Nonprofit and Corporate Engagement Ann Camden, G&S Business Communications Margaret Sands, Triangle Land Conservancy Jane Preyer, Environmental Defense Fund

Programs Employee Giving, Green Team Roundtable Corporate Earth Day Education, and Volunteerism

Corporate Earth Day Events “A great bonding experience for our team, and we also got to give back to the community our office lives in.” “I so enjoyed learning and working outside alongside colleagues.” “It was a really rewarding experience to see a measurable impact caused by myself and my coworkers”

www.EarthShareNC.org