COH4B is a holistic framework, endorsed by GRI, on the role of companies in impacting the health and wellbeing of their employees and stakeholders. It was developed in 2019 by a group of leading companies, non-profits and academia in the United States, with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

The framework identifies smart business practices that cut across environmental, social and governance issues, aimed at helping businesses build and promote a healthy working environment and manage impacts on population health through their operations and actions. It is now freely available to be used by companies around the world.

To enable organizations to use the COH4B Framework alongside their existing reporting through the GRI Standards, three resources are now available:

• Linking the GRI Standards and the COH4B Framework: How to map the 16 COH4B business practices against the disclosures in the GRI Standards
• Frequently Asked Questions – Using the GRI Standards with COH4B: A series of practical and informative FAQs to assist reporters
• Key Facts Sheet: Summary of how to use the GRI Standards with COH4B

Tim Mohin, GRI Chief Executive, said:

“We are proud of our partnership with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation on the Culture of Health for Business. This framework provides organizations with actionable guidance to improve the well-being of employees, communities and others impacted by the company.

A key lesson of the COVID-19 pandemic is that health and well-being is not simply a matter of good corporate citizenship; it’s critical to business. By linking the GRI Standards to COH4B, we are giving organizations tools for connecting their familiar sustainability programs to broader health outcomes.”

Donald F. Schwarz, Senior Vice President, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, said:

“In close partnership with GRI, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is committed to providing the resources to support businesses in reporting on health and well-being outcomes. We hope COH4B will empower corporate leaders to take advantage of the business imperative of promoting a culture of health.”

Download Linking the GRI Standards and the COH4B Framework

Download Frequently Asked Questions – Using the GRI Standards with COH4B

Download Key Facts Sheet

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The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) is committed to working with others to build a Culture of Health where everyone has the opportunity to live a healthier life. The private sector, especially large corporations, has a tremendous influence on culture and is key to achieving high social and health standards for employees and other stakeholders.

The Culture of Health For Business Task Force

In May 2019, a Task Force of 15 companies was launched to discuss what a Corporate Culture of Health means. The Task Force includes corporate practitioners from sustainability, human resources, occupational health and safety, health and wellness and other relevant areas, bringing together companies from various sectors.

GRI will publish a suite of knowledge tools in 2020, to help companies apply the GRI Standards to the Culture of Health for Business Framework.

ABOUT THE PROJECT

A growing number of companies recognise their ability to contribute to a Culture of Health. By recognising the importance of health and well-being across the value chain, businesses can also benefit from greater productivity and higher retention.

The GRI Standards are a powerful tool for the private sector to accrue, track and report environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues and include specific health-related disclosures that may fall within the RWJF’s defined areas of “health”. These are GRI 401: Employment 2016, GRI 403: Occupational Health and Safety 2018, and GRI 416: Customer Health and Safety 2016. Other GRI Standards also contain disclosures which help understand an organisation’s impact on health.

RWJF recognises that the GRI Standards provide a good starting point to build a Culture of Health in which companies play a key part.

An advisory group will counsel GRI on developing tools, programmes, services and outreach, encourage collaboration among RWJF grantees and help ensure proper implementation of the Culture of Health for Business framework in the corporate community.

RESOURCES

Culture of Health for Business Report

Developed in collaboration with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, this report provides a framework for companies to take a holistic approach to their impact on the health of employees, families, and communities. It includes 16 Smart Business Practices that influence key health determinants. The report was developed through direct interviews and surveys with over 100 participants from private sector companies, ESG rating and research firms, and socially responsible investors, academics and public health professionals, non-profits, pension funds, unions, and governance research and proxy advisors.

For more information about the Culture of Health for Business project, please contact Piya Baptista, Manager, Programme Implementation.

download the full report

download the executive summary

78% of the world’s 250 largest companies report in accordance with the GRI Standards

SustainCase was primarily created to demonstrate, through case studies, the importance of dealing with a company’s most important impacts in a structured way, with use of the GRI Standards. To show how today’s best-run companies are achieving economic, social and environmental success – and how you can too.

Research by well-recognised institutions is clearly proving that responsible companies can look to the future with optimism.

FBRH GRI Standards Certified & ISEP recognised Sustainability Course | Venue: London LSE

By registering for the next 2-day FBRH GRI Standards Certified & ISEP recognised course you will be taking the first step in gaining the many benefits of sustainability reporting.

References:

This article is based on published information by GRI. For the sake of readability, we did not use brackets or ellipses. However, we made sure that the extra or missing words did not change the publication’s meaning. If you would like to quote these written sources from the original please revert to the following link:

https://www.globalreporting.org/cultureofhealthforbusiness/Pages/default.aspx

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