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Are You the World’s Best Healthy Workplace?

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10th Global Healthy Workplace Awards

10th Anniversary of the world’s first and only Global Workplace Health Awards

The search for the world’s best workplace health, safety and wellbeing programmes across the globe in 2022 begins, as application entries for the 10th Global Healthy Workplace Awards 2022 are now officially open.

The Global Healthy Workplace Awards provide leading organisations the opportunity to show their commitment to safe and healthy workplaces, benchmark their program against the world’s best and seek recognition on the global stage. Applications cover the following areas:

  • health and safety in the physical work environment
  • health, safety and well-being in the psychosocial work environment (e.g. workplace culture)
  • personal health and wellbeing resources
  • involvement in the community to improve the health of workers, their families and members of the community

Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs), Large Enterprises, and Multi-national enterprises are invited to apply to become recognised as the world’s best employer for occupational safety, health and wellness during a time when sharing best practices has never been more important.

The Global Healthy Workplace Awards are assessed by a panel of experts and 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).

Application Deadline: 11th June 2022 (Finalists announcement in late July/early August 2022)

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

Apply here to have your company certified to a global standard – all certified organisations are automatically shortlisted for the Global Awards.

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HSBC Interview, Multinational Employer Workplace Health Awards Winner, Andrew Gibbons

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Andrew Gibbons, Group Head of Wellbeing, HSBC

Interview with Andrew Gibbons, Group Head of Wellbeing, HSBC


What does it mean to you to be a Global Healthy Workplace Awards winner?

I feel very proud that HSBC is a Global Healthy Workplace Awards winner. It is especially meaningful given the immense strain caused by the pandemic – prioritisation of wellbeing has never been more important. I’m also proud to work for an organisation that prioritises wellbeing and to work alongside a talented global team.

What do you think are the particular strengths of your programme?

The wellbeing programme looks to address all areas of wellbeing, mental, physical, financial and social. It’s also globally consistent, colleagues in all 64 countries and territories get access to the same type of resources and support regardless of geographic location or role. Because our programme is guided by data and feedback from our colleagues, our approach continually evolves and ensures our services remain relevant and useful.

Where do you see the main challenges of creating a healthy workplace in the current environment and for the future?

As choice and flexibility become more commonplace, and boundaries between work and home become more blurred, businesses will need to continually evolve their wellbeing services to adequately support a more hybrid workforce. This means addressing emerging challenges around reduced in-person connections, communications and collaboration, and work-life balance. This is one of the reasons we formalised social wellbeing as a new pillar of our programme.

How would you describe the role of wellbeing as component of your ESG strategy? 

Wellbeing is – and will remain – a key enabler of HSBC’s ESG strategy and purpose of opening up a world of opportunity. We recognise that the pandemic has left an indelible mark on people and will impact wellbeing for years to come. We firmly believe that proactively supporting our colleagues across 64 countries and territories to be healthier and happier, will ensure the success of our business, and the people and communities we serve.

What advice would you give to an employer thinking of developing a new programme?

Businesses can make change happen by talking – and listening – to their people. Ask your people how they are doing and what they need. At HSBC, our Employee Resource Groups and people surveys, which more than 120,000 colleagues respond to, provide us with valuable insights that inform our strategy. By relying on robust data and lived-experiences, businesses will get to the heart of what really matters most, develop suitable solutions and measure their impact on the mental health of their people. As business continues to navigate through periods of uncertainty and volatility, the need to collaborate and share best practices with peers and experts has never been more important and should be an essential part of any wellbeing response.

View HSBC’s profile and Awards presentation: https://www.globalhealthyworkplace.org/profile/hsbc-multinational-employer-awards-winner/

Learn more about the 2021 Summit: https://www.globalhealthyworkplace.org/event/9th-global-healthy-workplace-summit-virtual-2021/

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

Enhancing the Global Agenda for Workplace Health in 2022

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Looking ahead to 2022

This has been another year to remember like none other. COVID has stubbornly stayed with us and continued to disrupt work patterns throughout the year. Workplace health initiatives without a doubt has played a significant role in building new consensus on what employers need to do to wrestle effectively with the pandemic crises whilst keeping the wheels of sustainable activity flowing. No single country has all the answers; a multi-sector, global response is still needed, if we are to progress and overcome the greatest challenge this generation has ever faced.

We once again concluded another difficult year with a successful virtual Summit and an invigorating roundtable of the Global Alliance. The highlight of the summit was the Global Awards Finalist presentations where participants observed how the best employers utilise exceptional workplace health programmes as a contributor to achieving wider business objectives.

We continue to champion putting wellbeing at the heart of economic and societal recovery. We are doing this by raising awareness of the WHO framework for Healthy Workplaces and model for action, sharing best practice between organisations and undertaking new research initiatives.

We hope you will continue to share with us your ideas, insights and experience in 2022.

Thank you for your support.

GCHW team

2021 9th Global Healthy Workplace Awards Winners Announced

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9th Awards Winners Slider

The world’s best workplace health employers and programmes. Good Health is Good Business.

Congratulations to the 9th Global Healthy Workplace Awards winners for showing outstanding achievement in promoting a safe and healthy work environment complementary to the business performance of the organisation. Awards winners will now be featured as part of a twelve month global healthy workplace promotional program which involves high profile networking opportunities.

During the two day summit we witnessed the very best workplace health programmes from around the world and welcomed over 150 participants from 31 countries alongside organisations like the World Bank, OECD and ILO, not to mention the diverse representation from our Awards Finalists – Australia, Brazil, India, UK and USA.

The 2021 Awards Winners are:

Learn more about our runner-up Awards Finalists: P&G (Brazil), Reliance Industries (India), and Easternwell (Australia). View previous Awards winners, finalists and certified employers here.

The winning programmes illustrate and highlight the importance of integrated approaches to workplace health which includes occupational health, psychosocial risk management, wellness and the role of enterprises in communities can lead to enhanced productivity, reduced absenteeism and improved employee morale and motivation, as well as return on investment.

The Summit also saw the 7th Global Alliance for Healthy Workplaces roundtable take place. Under the mantra of ‘Good Health is Good Business’ the gathering of business leaders, health experts and investors discussed the growing importance between strong health and wellness of employees and productivity.

With the COVID cloud stubbornly in place and uncertainty high, made more difficult by differing responses amongst policy makers, the 9th Global Healthy Workplaces Summit sought to build a new consensus on what employers need to do to wrestle effectively with the pandemic crises whilst keeping the wheels of sustainable activity flowing. 

To view Awards presentations, key note presentations and summit summary report click here.

 

Employers Reflect on What’s Next for Workplace Health at 9th Annual Global Summit

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9th Global Healthy Workplace Awards and Summit

Managing risk-related change and the need for organizational capacity building will dominate this year’s gathering of employer health experts.

Meeting virtually for the second consecutive year due to travel restrictions, the 9th Global Healthy Workplace Summit, 17 – 18 November, will examine the need to respond to COVID and general changes taking place in work by exploring how employers and educational institutions can work more effectively together. The summit will also host a risk management exercising testing how experts including Unilever and Optum respond to a series of possible scenarios that employers currently face or may do so in future.

The highlight of the summit will be the Global Healthy Workplace Awards with finalist presentations from Australia, India and the United States. The Multinational section will see HSBC from the United Kingdom square off against P&G from South America.

Prior to the formal summit, its host, the Global Centre for Healthy Workplaces will hold its regular roundtable of the Global Alliance which will explore broader strategic issues involving representatives from the International Labor Organization (ILO) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

Register >>  here.