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EDP Interview, Multinational Employer Workplace Health Awards Winner 2022

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EDP, Awards Winner Interview

What does it mean to you to be a Global Healthy Workplace Awards winner?
It is with great honor and joy that we receive this award. It is a great responsibility to live up to this recognition, which reinforces our commitment to take care of the energy and heart of those who work every day to drive a better tomorrow for everyone.

What do you think are the strengths of your program?
The fact that we have a multidisciplinary team working together under a single purpose, allowing us to break silos to work as one. We don’t overlook any dimension of our employees well-being, knowing that each of them is important. We think globally, focusing on a one-company experience that respects specific needs and cultural context.

Where do you see the main challenges of creating a healthy workplace coming out of a global pandemic?
The enormous scale of the global pandemic has a natural lasting impact. We are not only coming out of a pandemic but having to deal with the consequences of Inflation and War. These are complex challenges, with considerable uncertainty, affecting our employees on all their dimensions of well-being. Therefore, we will continue to work to provide a continuously more flexible and supportive workplace so that they are equipped with the right tools to face life’s ups and downs.

What advice would you give to a multinational employer thinking of developing or advancing a global strategy?
Listen to your employees first and foremost and act on their feedback. Unveil the clear link between employee engagement, well-being, and happiness with greater business outcomes. Breakdown silos that might exist between global and local policies, HR and OHS teams, leadership and general workforce, among others. Only by working together as one, towards the same purpose, are we able to advance.

What did you take away from the 2022 Global Healthy Workplace Summit?
It is very reassuring to see that a mindset shift is happening across the globe, with concrete actions. These big and small companies walk the talk when speaking about employees’ health and well-being, remembering that having a people-first culture is not only the right thing to do but the best business strategy.

View EDP’s profile and Awards presentation: https://www.globalhealthyworkplace.org/profile/edp-multinational-employer-awards-finalist-2022/

Learn more about the 2022 Summit: https://www.globalhealthyworkplace.org/event/10th-global-healthy-workplace-summit-virtual-2022/

Learn more about the Awards: https://www.globalhealthyworkplace.org/awards/application/

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First African winner of Global Healthy Workplaces

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10th Global Healthy Workplace Awards Winners

Kenya’s APHRC won the SME Global Healthy Workplace Award, the first African winner in any category during the ten years of the prestigious Award program. EDP in Portugal was the 2022 winner in the Multinational category and NUS, the Singaporean university, won the large company category.

Tommy Hutchinson, co-director of the awards host organisation, the Global Centre for Healthy Workplaces, said “the success of APHRC shows the growing recognition in all parts of the world of the importance employee wellbeing plays in determining business performance.”

The runner ups were Godrej Industries (large employer in India), Tradedoubler (SME, Poland), and CGI (multinational in Canada)

Fellow co-director, Wolf Kirsten, who chaired the judges panel at the virtual summit said “perhaps it is a side effect of Covid, but we have seen the quality of innovation in the programs getting better and better to what is now an extremely high standard.”

The 10th Global Healthy Workplace Summit was held virtually on 8th and 9th November.

2022 Global Healthy Workplace Awards Winners Announced!

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10th Global Healthy Workplace Awards Winners

The winners of the 10th Global Healthy Workplace Awards in 2022 are: 

SME – APHRC (Kenya)
LSE – National University of Singapore (Singapore)
MNE – EDP (Portugal)

Congratulations to the winners and well done to all our finalists.

Awards Finalists:

SME – Tradedoubler (Poland)
LSE – Godrej Industries (India)
MNE – CGI (Canada)

To learn more about the Awards and Summit, click here.

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Meet Our 2022 Global Healthy Workplace Awards Finalists

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Good Health is Good Business

We are delighted to announce the six finalists for the 10th Global Healthy Workplace Awards have now been decided. Awards Finalists representing six countries will present their healthy workplace programme at the virtual summit for the chance to win recognition as the company with the best workplace health programme across the globe in their respective category.

The 2022 Finalists for the prestigious Awards are:

SME – APHRC (Kenya) & Tradedoubler (Poland)
LSE – Godrej Industries (India) & National University of Singapore (Singapore)
MNE – CGI (Canada) & EDP (Portugal)

View Awards Finalist Profiles, click here!

The Global Healthy Workplace Awards enable employers to benchmark their programs to the global standard and celebrate their outstanding achievement in promoting a safe and healthy work environment complementary to the business performance of the organisation. The Awards enable winners to distinguish themselves as an employer-of-choice when attracting new talent or in retaining existing employees.

This year’s Global Summit will be held virtually on November 8-9 (save the date) and will feature the Global Awards Finalist presentations where participants will observe how the best employers utilize exceptional workplace health programmes as a contributor to achieving wider business objectives. This is a great opportunity to gain insights and learn from the world’s best workplace health programmes.

Previous winners include Lendlease, GSK, Chevron, Unilever, IBM, Shell, Vitality USA, HSBC UK,  and many more. The summit will also feature interactive sessions, a best practice mental wellbeing panel, networking opportunities and lots more. Summit booking details will follow shortly.

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Asian Productivity Organization SME Workshop

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Asian Productivity Organization SME workshop

Developing Healthy Workplaces For SMEs

GCHW co-director, Tommy Hutchinson, will be presenting to the Asian Productivity Organization at the Digital Multi-Country Workshop on Developing Healthy Workplaces For SMEs, 3-5 August. His three presentations will cover the policy framework, good practice case studies, and how policy makers can engage stakeholders.

Former, GCHW Awards judge, Stephen Bevan from the Institute of Employment Studies, will be presenting on the linkage between health and wellbeing with improved productivity.

The workshop will be attended by 50 government officials, academics and employers, from eleven countries in the region. The APO is an intergovernmental organization established in 1961 to increase productivity in the Asia-Pacific region through mutual cooperation. It supports sustainable socioeconomic development through policy advisory services, acting as a think tank, and undertaking initiatives in industry, agriculture, and public sectors.

Learn more: https://www.apo-tokyo.org/