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The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) recently awarded eight research grants to study how private-sector investment can help build a culture of health, promoting greater well-being and health equity for all. Allegacy Federal Credit Union and the YMCA of Northwest North Carolina are participating in a grant awarded to and conducted by the Sustainability and Health Initiative for NetPositive Enterprise (SHINE), based at the Center for Health and the Global…

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A growing number of experts and companies have begun to redefine what wellness at work can and should mean. For this article, Conscious Company Media spoke with Eileen McNeely, Co-Director of of Sustainabilty and Health Initiative for NetPositive Enterprise (SHINE), about how we’re seeing companies shift to focus on wellness factors beyond physical health. Read the Article. 

According to data tracked by the U.S. Department of Labor, women make up 47 percent of today’s U.S. labor force. By 2018, that percentage is expected to reach 51 percent, making women the majority. And yet today, less than five percent of Fortune 500 CEOs are women. As the presence of women in the workplace has increased, we’ve seen shifts in the policies that corporations adopt as well as how we approach workplace…

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One of the most vexing problems for companies committed to sustainable development is to settle on the right organisational model to deliver on the promise. Where should the talent, budgets and decision-making rights for such investment be located? How are managers’ incentives aligned with sustainable development goals? How closely should the organisational unit be linked to the core business units? Our research suggests that answers to such questions lead to…

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As consumers, our garments intricately connect us to the men and women who made them. But does this connection make us wonder about the lives of the people across the globe who make our clothes? The answer today is probably no, in large part because many people don’t know where and how their clothes are made. Seeing first hand the working conditions at apparel factories changes the way you approach…

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Levi Strauss & Co. announced last week that it would aggressively expand its worker well-being initiatives. The expansion is set to reach factories across Levi’s entire supply chain, as well as other brands within the global garment industry. According to the San Francisco-based company, well-being programs will reach more than 300,000 workers worldwide by 2025. The broad program, which Levi’s calls Worker Well-Being, first started in 2011. The company shared its best practices publicly so…

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Companies working to reduce their negative impact on the environment often measure their progress by the size of their footprint. Researchers with the Harvard T.H Chan School of Public Health initiative SHINE (Sustainability and Health Initiative for NetPositive Enterprise) encourage businesses to do more. The group works with companies to analyze their handprint—initiatives such as work-life balance policies and greener products that create a positive business impact—with a goal of having companies achieve…

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When it comes to what you wear every day, most people don’t consider the connection between what they are wearing and the people who made their clothes. Who touched them? How many people? What country do they live in? These are questions that Kimberly Almeida, senior program manager for the Levi Strauss Foundation, asks herself every morning when she gets dressed. And it’s what she asked the audience to do…

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Health pervades all facets of business. It is pivotal to business strategy and operations, and it is material to long-term profitability. Companies across all sectors make an imprint on health in four ways: through the safety and integrity of products and services; through workplace culture and its influence on employee health risks, health outcomes, and performance; through the impact of operations on communities; and through the impact of operations on…

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Eileen McNeely makes the case for investing in well-being. Read the Article.