WBCSD and Deloitte release new guidance to help business support health and wellbeing in the workplace
25/01/2022
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and Deloitte have today launched new guidance to support the global business community in advancing workplace cultures that protect and nurture the highest standards of employee wellbeing.
This new resource Healthy People, Healthy Business: Embedding a culture of employee health and wellbeing was developed in collaboration with more than 20 WBCSD member companies.It identifies key levers for businesses to maximize positive impacts across various dimensions of health and wellbeing for the employees. It provides a practical framework with tangible examples showing how businesses can accelerate efforts to embed employee wellbeing into organizational strategy. This guide includes some examples of companies best practice.
he COVID-19 pandemic has provided a sharp reminder of the critical importance of health and wellbeing as the bedrock for prosperous societies and economies around the world. All this has led business to think more about how to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 3: Good Health and Wellbeing.
The guide is accompanied by a self-assessment questionnaire, according to which the company can determine what stage are the now and what steps should they take.
The report then provides priority actions to enhance maturity, and outlines a five-step process for companies to realize these actions and progress in their health and wellbeing journey. The steps include to:
- Diagnose maturity
- Strategize to drive change
- Customize the approach
- Implement the right levers to drive change
- Evaluate and communicate performance
The World Health Organization (WHO) considers the workplace as one of the priority settings for health promotion in the 21st century, with an average person spending a third of their lifetime at work. Despite significant advances in health and safety in recent decades, the WHO and the International Labour Organization estimate almost 2 million women and men around the world still die due to work-related accidents or diseases every year.