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Ecological transition: why use serious games in the workplace?

Affiche pour la transition écologique avec ROT

The ecological transition is the greatest challenge of the 21st century. In order to limit global warming to 2°C, or even 1.5°C (a threshold which, according to the latest IPCC report¹, would have serious and irreversible consequences if exceeded), a transformation is needed at all levels of society.

Today, there are few figures available on corporate emissions². Nevertheless, a recent study shows that in 2010, 78% of CO₂ and methane were emitted by just 90 companies³. Corporate responsibility in the ecological transition therefore appears to be a must in the fight against global warming.

Corporate responsibility in the ecological transition

To meet these challenges, in 2011 the European Commission defined corporate social responsibility as “the responsibility of companies for the effects they have on society”⁴. In the environmental field, ISO 26000 presents guidelines for organizations’ commitment to sustainable development. In particular, it advocates “learning and [ raising ] awareness, especially among staff”⁵.

Florence Monclin (educational advisor to the Nicolas Hulot Foundation for Nature and Mankind) asserts that “mobilizing employees is essential, because we will only be able to move towards sustainable, mutually supportive development if all of society’s players get involved”⁶. But then, how do you mobilize your employees to make a success of the ecological transition?

Mobilizing employees: a complex process

According to the Guide de Mobilisation des équipes pour le développement durable (produced by Comité 21 and des Enjeux et des Hommes in partnership with Ademe), mobilizing employees is a lengthy process comprising several stages⁶. These stages must be associated with different types of action:

Awareness-raising actions aimed at triggering awareness. These can take the form of conferences, film screenings, symposia, communications or even games.

Training initiatives (face-to-face or distance learning) aimed at acquiring new skills.

Finally, actions to anchor the change in practices (ecogestures, carpooling) must be implemented to “make the change effective”.

Source :

  • IPCC. Climate change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Contribution of the second working group to the Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. 2022.
  • BCG Gamma. Use AI to Measure Emissions Exhaustively, Accurately, and Frequently. Carbon measurement survey report. 2021.
  • Heede, Richard. Tracing anthropogenic carbon dioxide and methane emissions to fossil fuel and cement producers, 1854-2010. Climatic Change. 2014.
  • French Ministry of Ecological Transition. Corporate Social Responsibility. 2021.
  • ADEME. Corporate social responsibility. 2017.
  • Comité 21, des Enjeux et des Hommes. Mobilizing Teams for Sustainable Development. Guide. 2009.
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