Autodesk: That’s a wrap on Global Month of Impact 2022
Not many companies have the unique
opportunity that Autodesk does to help reduce carbon emissions and make a
better world globally. Sixty percent of annual global CO2 emissions[1] are
associated with architecture, engineering, construction, and manufacturing.
With 62 million professionals worldwide working in the industries we serve, the
scale of Autodesk’s influence in the fight against carbon emissions has the
potential to be profound.
Employees gathered virtually and in-person
for Autodesk’s annual Global Month of Impact.
That’s why, for this year’s Global Month of
Impact—our annual employee engagement campaign focused on impact—we shook
things up. In pre-pandemic years, the campaign focused on bringing employees
together for volunteer events during which they often made objects to benefit
others such as 3D printed prosthetic hands, water filters, or solar
lights. This year, however, the events doubled down on the real
opportunities laid out in our new Impact Strategy.
The strategy has three pillars aimed at
advancing sustainability through 1) our own operations, 2) partnering with our
customers, and 3) advancing industry innovation. This year’s Global Month of
Impact sessions focused on the first and second pillars.
During June, over 2,500 employees
participated in ten virtual sessions. Each session included:
an executive introduction
an informative, interactive quiz about
Autodesk’s carbon commitments
a customer sustainability success story
that showcased the impact of Autodesk tools on a buildings carbon footprint
and an opportunity to calculate one’s own
personal carbon footprint
Carbon Program Manager Rahul Barua explains
carbon management at Autodesk during Global Month of Impact
The engagements led to ongoing
conversations around carbon and carbon management on internal social channels.
The experience will also be converted into a self-serve learning pathway
available to all employees on-demand.
In addition, 10 in-person and local volunteer events were organized by local Impact Champions, in offices around the globe where employees felt comfortable getting together. We saw employees around the globe host recycling events, trash clean-up adventures, educational webinars, and local expert talks.
An in-person Global Month of Impact event was held in India this year.
Here at Autodesk, we believe that every
employee can make a difference and we are working hard to build impact into
every role. Global Month of Impact highlighted some of the ways that Autodesk
is, in practice, an impact-driven company, committed to enabling our employees
and customers to reach their sustainability goals. It also helped illuminate
the opportunity we have to effect real change across the industries we serve.
[1] https://architecture2030.org/why-the-building-sector/; https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/sources-greenhouse-gas-emissions