Sustainability implementation in organisations is still a Work-in-Progress amid lack of training and employee uncertainty over organisation goals

• Only 6% of business leaders report that their organisation has completed at least one round of sustainability implementation. This is in comparison to 14% from NTUC LearningHub's Special Report on Sustainability 2022.
• Employees perceive possessing the knowledge and skills necessary to understand and implement sustainability initiatives at the workplace (6% to a large extent, 55% to a moderate extent, 34% to a small extent).
• However, more than four in five business leaders say (15% strongly agree, 71% somewhat agree) that there is a gap in expertise and skill sets around sustainability in their organisation. In fact, only one in ten employees (11%) report that they attended sustainability-related training in the past year, while about half (46%) say they are unaware of the programmes available in the market.
• Despite nearly four in five business leaders (17% strongly agree, 63% somewhat agree) agreeing that their organisation has clearly communicated how employees can contribute towards the organisation's sustainability goals, one in three employees (33%) are not confident of their organisation's ability to effectively implement sustainability initiatives citing unclear sustainability goals (41%), insufficient budget allocated to sustainability initiatives (34%), and lack of sustainability training programmes (32%) as primary reasons.

SINGAPORE, Sept. 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Although sustainability is a growing business priority, only 6% of business leaders report that their organisation has completed at least one round of sustainability implementation. This is in comparison to 14% from NTUC LearningHub's Special Report on Sustainability 2022. Nevertheless, a positive outlook remains as nearly three quarters of business leaders (72%) share that their organisation will begin its sustainability journey within the next five years or more, marking a 6% increase from the 2022 report.

Employees perceive possessing the knowledge and skills necessary to understand and implement sustainability initiatives at the workplace (6% to a large extent, 55% to a moderate extent, 34% to a small extent). However, more than four in five business leaders (15% strongly agree, 71% somewhat agree) say that there is a gap in expertise and skill sets around sustainability in their organisation where they seek skills like climate change sustainability (30%), environmental management system framework or policy (29%), risk management (29%), sustainability risk and impact assessment (29%), and Environmental and Social Governance (28%).