DOLE bats for green productivity technologies
Recognizing the importance of addressing the impact of climate change in the place of work and in the lives of workers, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) today pushed for the implementation of green productivity technologies in local establishments.
Labor and Employment Sectretary Rosalinda D. Baldoz said the National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC), an attached agency of DOLE, has developed a package of green productivity technologies which are designed to achieve higher levels of workers’ productivity and better environmental performance.
These techniques range from simple housekeeping to designing green products, from process modification to waste management and energy efficiency measures.
Baldoz said green productivity is an advocacy platform of DOLE on green workplaces which calls for the creation of green jobs in response to the growing concern on the need to address the impact of climate change.
She said the green productivity initiative supports the 22-point agenda on labor and employment of President Benigno C. Aquino III which emphasizes promotion of constitutionally protected rights of workers including their right to safe and healthy workplaces.
The Labor and Employment Chief noted that climate change has resulted in the growing awareness on “green” as customers’ tastes and preferences changed drastically over time.
“Nowadays, people put commercial value on green products, green services, green facilities, green processes or anything with a green label or trademark on it,” said Baldoz
She said that this development places pressure on enterprises to shift to green productivity technologies or work practices and processes that are environment-friendly and sustainable.
Baldoz explained that green productivity combines the application of appropriate technology and environmental management tools, techniques and technologies that reduce environmental impact of an organization’s activities, products and services while enhancing profitability and competitive advantage.
The DOLE chief clarified that shifting to green productivity technologies are expected to result in a number of benefits.
For enterprises, these include efficient resource utilization, lower operational and environmental compliance costs, and increase in market and share and profitability.
For employees, this means improvement in health and safety in the workplace, better quality of work life and increase in employees’ share of value added. For consumers, this means high quality products and services.
Baldoz added that since climate change affects the world of work, DOLE is working towards climate change adaptation programs at work through knowledge building, organizational strategies and green jobs advocacy.
Along this line, NWPC will launch a green productivity program during the National Productivity Convention and as part of the productivity month celebration in October this year.
The NWPC green productivity program builds simple environment friendly or environment-sensitive strategies into productivity improvement technologies that would enable enterprises shift to higher efficiency cost strategies and contribute in realizing the goal of sustainable development.
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