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Final Call: 6th Global Healthy Workplace Awards Applications

Posted on 9th April 20185th April 2018 by Global Centre for Healthy Workplaces

Good Health is Good Business: Finalists invited to Italy for 6th Global Healthy Workplace Summit.

Application entries for our 6th Global Healthy Workplace Awards are now in its final call with only two weeks left to apply – deadline: 23rd April. We invite all employer organisations with a commitment to creating healthier and safer workplaces to apply with the aim of being recognised as the world’s best employer for occupational health and wellbeing.

The Global Healthy Workplace Awards enable employers to benchmark their programs to the global standard and to celebrate their outstanding achievement in promoting a safe and healthy work environment complementary to the business performance of the organisation. Applications are open to ALL employer organisations (for profit and not-for-profit, local and international).

Previous Winners of our Global Awards include:

Multinational Enterprise category: Chevron (2017), Unilever (2016), GSK (2015), IBM (2014), Royal Dutch Shell (2013)

Large Enterprise category: Jemena (2017), Monash University (2016), Unilever Brasil (2015), Telefonica do Brasil (2014), Alexandra Health (2013)

SME category: Lincoln Industries (2017), Vitality (2016), Lan Spar Bank (2015), Spokane Regional Health District (2014), Toyal America (2013)

Two finalists per category will be invited to present their program at the forthcoming: 6th Global Healthy Workplace Awards & Summit on 6th-7th September 2018 Bergamo, Italy. This year’s Global Awards are hosted by the Global Centre for Healthy Workplaces (GCHW) with the support of the Health Protection Agency of Bergamo.

Application Deadline: 23rd April 2018 (finalists announced end of May 2018).

Our dedicated application page details information on how to apply for the Awards (including application form, judges information and Awards tutorial video). To apply visit: https://www.globalhealthyworkplace.org/awards/application/

Advancing Duty of Care and Healthy Workplaces – Handbook for NGOs

Posted on 27th February 2018 by Global Centre for Healthy Workplaces

Produced by GCHW and Cigna Foundation

This Global Centre for Healthy Workplaces and Cigna Foundation Handbook for Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) was developed with the assistance of NGOs, such as the CHS Alliance, and experts in the field, with the aim of providing a practical guide NGOs can use to advance the Duty of Care concept within their organisations and create healthy workplaces, both traditional and non-traditional, for the benefit of their employees.

The NGO Challenge
A non-governmental organization (NGO) is a nonprofit organization that is independent of governments and international governmental organizations.Non-Governmental Organisations NGOs play an important part in the fabric of communities and economies. According to the US State Department, there are roughly 3.7 million NGOs in the world—, two million in India alone— with the first dating back to the founding of the United Nations in 1945, when certain organisations were granted NGO observer status.

When examining challenges specific to the health and wellbeing of NGO employees, one needs to take a closer look at what kinds of groups of NGOs exist. NGOs take on a variety of social challenges covering education, health, environment, human rights, etc. Types are commonly classified by orientation and level of operation. The orientation can be charitable, service, participatory and empowering. The latter comes with a maximum involvement of the beneficiaries with NGOs acting as facilitators. NGOs can be community-based, city-wide, state-wide, national or international.

This Handbook has the following goals:

Raise awareness of challenges related to staff health and wellbeing specific to NGOs;
Advocate for a more progressive understanding of Duty of Care towards wellbeing and healthy workplaces;
Provide practical guidance and resources, which NGOs can adopt and use for their own purpose;
Feature current case studies in order to advance enhanced learning and sharing amongst NGOs.

To download and view the full report click here: https://www.globalhealthyworkplace.org/documents/NGO-Advancing-Duty-of-Care-Healthy-Workplaces.pdf

Healthy Investments – Discussion Paper on Investors’ Perceptions of Workplace Wellbeing

Posted on 27th February 201827th February 2018 by Global Centre for Healthy Workplaces

In Partnership with FIESC SESI and supported by Aetna International

The Global Centre for Healthy Workplaces (GCHW) Awards programme has been recognising the world’s finest employers in their delivery of employee health and wellbeing programmes. The programme recognises the best from small and medium-sized enterprises, to large employers and multinationals, and the twelve winners thus far have included GSK, Unilever, IBM, Shell, Vitality, Lans Spar Bank, Toyola, etc. (see appendix for full listing). Almost all Global Award winners have stated that their healthy workplace programmes contribute to the productivity and profitability of their business and for most it was a primary reason for developing such initiatives. As a result of years of such observations, the GCHW has been confident in its assertion that ‘Good Health equals Good Business’.

Successful healthy workplace programmes all have one thing in common, namely the full support of the chief executive and leadership team of the organisation. Successful CEOs understand the important role employee health, wellbeing and happiness plays in ensuring employees are engaged, motivated and fully productive. In a survey commissioned with Conduent / Buck Consultants, improving performance and productivity was defined by almost 60% of employers as the number one reason why they support health and wellbeing programmes.

The case for aligning employee health and wellbeing with business performance is clear. What is less clear is how such alignments are understood by investors and to what extent it influences their decisions on valuing their portfolio and in allocating investments. There is growing interest and activity in the financial community with regard to incorporating health-related criteria in investment analysis, often under the umbrella of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) and Sustainable & Responsible Impact (SRI). This study seeks to better understand workplace wellbeing from the perspective of investors and financial analysts – to examine the extent to which they appreciate the link between employee wellbeing and performance, the priority they attribute to it and how does it affect their decisions – and to advance the inclusion of healthy workplace criteria in future analysis.

This first report summarizes existing publications, which cover:

The relationship between good practices in workplace health promotion and financial performance
Global drivers for health and well-being programs (with regional variations)
Inclusion of health and safety criteria in investment portfolios (examples of existing ESG funds and related reports)

The report will be presented for consultation at the 2^nd Roundtable of the Global Alliance for Healthy Workplaces in Singapore on 3^rd September 2017.

To read the full report download here: https://www.globalhealthyworkplace.org/documents/Healthy-Investments.pdf

Healthy Workplaces – A Selection of Global Good Practices

Posted on 27th February 201827th February 2018 by Global Centre for Healthy Workplaces

The ‘Healthy Workplaces – A Selection of Global Good Practices’ publication contributes to a lively discussion that has transpired across the globe on what constitutes a healthy workplace and how to craft a successful program in order to produce positive outcomes for business and employees.

The publication illustrates how a healthy workplace can be created by showcasing real life strategies and programs from employers in 15 different countries in six continents. All of the case studies are considered good practices as they have been selected from the growing pool of Global Healthy Workplace Awards winners and finalists as well as certified “Healthy Workplaces”.

For a copy of this publication contact: info@globalhealthyworkplace.org

Applications Open for 6th Global Healthy Workplace Awards

Posted on 12th February 201812th February 2018 by Global Centre for Healthy Workplaces

Finalists to showcase their programmes at the 6^th Global Healthy Workplace Awards & Summit on 6^th-7^th September 2018 Bergamo, Italy

Application entries are now open for 6th Global Healthy Workplace Awards. The 2018 Global Awards are hosted by the Global Centre for Healthy Workplaces (GCHW) with the support of the Health Protection Agency of Bergamo. Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs), Large Employers, and Multi-national organisations are invited to apply with the aim of being recognised as the world’s best employer for health and well-being.

The Global Healthy Workplace Awards enable employers to benchmark their programs to the global standard and, if successful, to celebrate their outstanding achievement in promoting a safe and healthy work environment complementary to the business performance of the organisation. Applications are open to ALL employer organisations (for profit and not-for-profit, local and international).

Two finalists per category will be invited to present their program at the forthcoming: 6^th Global Healthy Workplace Awards & Summit on 6^th-7^th September 2018 Bergamo, Italy.

Application Deadline: 23^rdApril 2018 (finalists announced in May 2018).

For more information and to apply visit: https://www.globalhealthyworkplace.org/awards/application/

The agenda for the 6^th Global Healthy Workplace Awards Summit will focus on the following themes

Delivering Innovative SME Healthy Workplace Programmes
Challenges in Delivering Wellbeing through Artificial Intelligence
Healthy Investments
Creating Healthy Workplaces: Success Factors and Innovative Elements
Awards finalist presentations

Bergamo is a wonderful historic city and a UNESO World Heritage site, approximately 40 km from Milan,

To book tickets visit:
https://www.globalhealthyworkplace.org/event/6th-global-healthy-workplace-summit-bergamo-2018

The Summit will follow a half day Global Alliance Roundtable (invitation only) on 6th September, which is co-hosted by the GCHW and FIESC/SESI.