FAQ: Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Question Set

What's the cost of the question set?: The question set is available at no additional cost for all Workday Peakon Employee Voice customers.

What will this question set help our organization measure?: Environmental, social and governance factors have become increasingly important for organizations due to investor demand, regulatory pressures, brand reputation, talent attraction and retention, risk management and much more. The ESG question set will allow you to directly measure and understand your employees' perceptions related to these crucial areas.

Does this question set require use with engagement questions or is it standalone like the D&I module?: This is a standalone question set.

When would it be best for me to implement these questions?: It's up to the individual organization to decide when to ask the questions. If you have never collected employee feedback on this topic before, you can start including these questions in your survey straight away to obtain some form of baseline. You may want to ask these questions alongside other question sets as part of your regular survey cadence. Or you might want to ask all / some of these questions separately in response to environmental, social and governance initiatives in your organisation that you would like to gain employee feedback on at a certain point.

Can we issue the question set to particular departments or for cross function (matrix) teams?: Yes, you have control over who you ask the questions to and when.

Is the database also made up of a variety of industries to compare against?: Once we have more customers using the new question set, we can then gather data on industries to develop benchmarks for you.

Can we opt into the question set but then select to use them later?: Yes. You can simply select which ones you want to add, or add some and remove them later from the question pool.

Can I add custom questions?: It's possible to add up to 5 custom questions per driver. Exercise caution, as it will affect participation on this question, because it will take longer for all questions to reach each employee. Also to note, custom questions within ESG cannot be moved to a different question set at this time.

Can I add rules to these questions?: No, you won’t be able to add rules to these questions. You can only do this on the Onboarding and Exit question sets.