Revisiting Performance Pay as a Business Sustainability Driver

Taiga Company blog by Julie Urlaub, Founder and Managing Partner at Taiga Company
Jul 3, 2012 12:00 PM ET
Julie Urlaub, Founder and Managing Partner of Taiga Company

Blog by Julie Urlaub, Founder and Managing Partner at Taiga Company

“Incentive-based pay isn’t new; it’s been around for centuries.  But unless companies begin to connect compensation to sustainable environmental and social performance, they will continue to sacrifice long-term value creation and competitiveness for short-term, unsustainable gains.”  -Why It's Time to Link Compensation with Sustainability 

Traditionally the underlying objective any of compensation structure has been to attract, motivate and retain good staff.  However, choosing the right compensation structure to achieve a specific goal can be difficult.  Our business sustainability consulting believes that an essential component to any program is the link between incentives and desired behavior. Click here to continue reading, Revisiting Performance Pay as a Business Sustainability Driver.   Home to one third of the earth's trees, the Taiga is the largest land-based biosphere and encircles the globe. Its immense oxygen production literally changes the atmosphere and refreshes the planet. It is this continuous renewal that has shaped Taiga Company's vision to drive similar change in the business world. Taiga Company seeks to be the "oxygen for your business".