Exos, the industry-leading performance coaching company that is helping organizations reimagine the future of work, has released the results of their four-day workweek pilot. Collected in partnership with the Wharton School of Business, the data reveal that pro-recovery practices can support employee well-being and sustain workplace effectiveness.
"); document.write("Last spring, Exos released the evidence-based Readiness Culture Code as a tool to help coach their employees to think differently about how they approach work. Accompanying this was the announcement of a four-day workweek pilot, which was complimented by the implementation of intentional scheduling, meeting auditing, daily microbreaks, and other tactics aimed at maintaining business effectiveness while adding recovery and flexibility into each employee's day.
"); document.write("The pilot results showcase how Exos' data-informed methodology and approach could be a solution for other employers looking to reform their workplace, reverse the exhaustion modern employees are facing, and retain top talent. Key learnings from the study include:
Plant-based Leather: IDTechEx Discusses if It's a Revolution in the Leather Industry
Plant feedstocks are the biggest focus of companies entering the emerging alternative leather market. Companies are utilizing a very diverse selection of input feedstocks, including bamboo, grapes, apple skin, cactus, and pineapple leaves. Additionally, there are several different approaches to the incorporation of plant-based materials and the general manufacturing process.
"); document.write("The emergence of a wide field of competing feedstocks from different sources raises the question of which feedstock comes to dominate the field of plant-based leather and whether the feedstock would support the scale-up of the production of that plant-based leather. The question of whether these are mere eye-catching gimmicks or if these materials can be a serious competitor to the very well-established incumbent leather materials market must be answered.
"); document.write("Answers to this question with an extensive breakdown and analysis of commercial plant-based leathers, market players, and outlook alongside other competing alternative leather materials are available in IDTechEx's market report, 'Emerging Alternative Leathers 2024-2034: Technologies, Trends, Players'.
Grosvenor, an international property owner and developer with a 70+ year track record in North America, has launched its Pathway to Net Zero, a reductions-first approach to help the company achieve a projected 42% decrease in carbon emissions, relative to a 2021 baseline year, by 2030 and reach Net Zero by 2050.
"); document.write("The North American Net Zero Carbon Pathway directly supports Grosvenor's ambition to reduce carbon emissions in line with limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees C, building on and accelerating the organization's progress in curbing its carbon footprint across its global business activities.
"); document.write("In North America, the company has been actively working to reduce its environmental impact and has publicly reported its consumption and carbon emission reduction numbers for over a decade.
"); document.write("Grosvenor signed the World Green Building Council's (WGBC) Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment in 2019 and has been reporting to the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB), an independent group that tracks ESG progress across 2,200 companies, for three years. In 2023, Grosvenor maintained a strong 4 Green Star rating for its Development portfolio with a score of 91 placing it 12 points above its benchmark average. The Investment portfolio scored 77, a 12-point increase since the firm's initial submission to GRESB in 2021.