Photo credit: Sophie Wood, Australia

Our employees make a difference in their communities through local actions to help people and the planet.

Below are just a few examples of ERM employees working together over a very challenging year in many areas around the world. Although pandemic-related restrictions limited options, our employees persisted in different ways to make a positive difference.

• ERM Sydney office cooked rescued food to make meals for Ozharvest to distribute to people in need. 
• MOVEvember step-up program, a 30-day step-up program conducted for staff in Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore from November to December 2020, raised funds for Salvation Army Singapore.
• Grassroots campaigns took place across ERM offices for encouraging meat-free and plant-based diets and minimizing single-use plastic at work and at home.
• ERM Germany staff participated in a clean up of a nearby forest.
• ERM colleagues from Belgium and Netherlands collected waste during walks and runs with friends and families.
• In our Russia office, "Seedlings in exchange for waste paper" resulted in 30 seedlings planted in Moscow region.
• Employees in our US office in Overland Park, Kansas, planted 50 trees through Carbonfund.org Foundation, which helps fight global warming by supporting reforestation projects. 
• Employees picked up bags of trash from the grounds surrounding our US office in Holland, Michigan.
• Across offices, employees promoted home composting and gardening information by sharing tips and encouraging their collegues' efforts.
• Many employees conducted their own litter clean-ups near their homes, often with the help of family members and neighbors.