Sorgenia, a leading company in the energy sector, launched a Learning Challenge, an innovative initiative in collaboration with WildSteps.
The “Sorgenia Citizen Science Challenge” was launched in April 2023. It is a testament to environmental commitment, involving over 300,000 Greeners, Sorgenia’s community of employees and customers dedicated to sustainable living.
This challenge involved participants in terrestrial and marine monitoring activities, contributing valuable data to scientific research.
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The customized Challenge for Sorgenia and the Greeners
The challenge lasted five months and was divided into two phases, requiring the Greeners to engage in nature monitoring activities. During spring, the focus was on researching biodiversity through outdoor sports on land. In summer, the focus shifted to observing marine flora and fauna.
Learning Challenge with Sorgenia: how does it work?
The challenge organized by WildSteps goes beyond traditional training, giving people the opportunity to easily engage in environmental monitoring. In fact, WildSteps provides all the educational materials needed to turn an ordinary person into an extraordinary citizen scientist.
What does this mean? It means that anyone, after the training, becomes able to carry out simple environmental monitoring. During a Learning Challenge, the training takes place easily through WildSteps’ learning platform, with short video pills and fun anecdotes.
Then, participants are ready to take part in the challenge. As for biodiversity, they can easily contribute to scientific research by uploading photos and recordings of different species to a dedicated page on iNaturalist.
The Sorgenia Citizen Science Challenge recognizes the urgent need to address biodiversity loss, a consequence of climate change, and enables individuals to provide valuable information to the scientific community.
WildSteps helps proactive companies like Sorgenia identify a planetary issue. This can range from climate change to biodiversity loss and plastic pollution. And it gives the stakeholders involved the tools to contribute and be part of the solution!
Mapping sustainability with WildSteps in line with ESG standards
Sorgenia, in collaboration with WildSteps, committed to raising awareness among its stakeholders about citizen science in line with ESG standards. This step strengthens Sorgenia’s commitment to transparent and responsible sustainability practices.
Positive impacts of the Learning Challenge
The challenge offers several benefits:
- It increases engagement through gamification
- It contributes to data collection for environmental research.
- It helps your company introduce sustainability topics in a tangible and concrete way.
- It encourages participants to spend more time in nature, improving well-being and productivity. Discover the benefits of nature for our well-being
In fact, the Learning Challenge helps contribute to both environmental and social aspects. It covers several SDGs and monitors KPIs that can be included in the company’s sustainability report or internal and external communication strategy.
Learning Challenge, the perfect team-building experience for large groups
The Learning Challenge with Sorgenia, thanks to the innovative partnership with WildSteps, exemplifies the fusion of technology, environmental awareness, and community engagement.
As the Greeners come together to protect biodiversity, the initiative stands as a beacon of hope, showing the impact that can be achieved when companies and startups collaborate for a sustainable future.
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