Health & Well-being in your ESG strategy
Pati Santos
26 August 2021
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How can The Good Thing help you meet ESG strategy?
In this fast changing world, it has never been more relevant for companies to prioritise their main asset: the health and wellness of their team.
Environmental, Social and Governance investing is gaining momentum as investors are demanding accountability from corporations. For example, 70% of millennials are making investment decisions based on sustainability factors or 73% of CFOs in the 1000 are feeling pressure to act on climate change and social justice. ESG funds captured $51.1b of net new money from investors in 2020, a record and more than double the prior year.
Focusing on health and well-being strategies in your projects will generate returns for investors, maximize human and social capital performance and will help to control health costs and reduce losses.
At ‘The Good Thing’, talking about ESG is not just showing a bunch of words on our services brochure. We take it very seriously and we trust this is also what our clients are expecting from us. As architects and WELL Accredited Professionals we can help you to achieve the highest standards of health, well-being and sustainability in your projects.
The International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) is a public benefit corporation on a mission to transform health and well-being in buildings, organizations and communities around the world. Backed by the latest scientific research, WELL includes strategies that aim to advance health by setting performance standards for design interventions, operational protocols and policies and a commitment to fostering a culture of health and well-being. WELL is aligned with leading ESG and sustainability frameworks like GRI, GRESB and the Sustainable Development Goals.
Companies that prioritize employee health across their physical spaces, policies and operational protocols are winning the future.
Your company has a choice in both the nature and degree of the actions it takes in response to these challenges and in support of healthy, resilient communities. There is an obvious increasing need that can’t be ignored and a great opportunity for you to take a leadership role in creating positive change. This can be done hiring the right team to design a building for employee well-being as one of your company’s goals.
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