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“Organizations are dependent on their people for success,” says EY Workplace Insight Leader Jeffrey Chulick. “Business leaders need to provide a space in which people want to show up, want to work, want to be present, want to contribute. That’s absolutely necessary to be competitive in today’s world. If you ignore the value of the work environment, you’re essentially ignoring your people and they’re going to see that and walk out on you, and that’s going to directly affect your bottom line.”
Meeting the WELL standard
Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) has long understood and demonstrated the importance of health and safety in the workplace. To bolster this effort and to set employees up for success across the organization, EY US has built a collaborative relationship with the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) and is a founding participant in IWBI’s newly launched WELL Enterprise Provider (WELL EP) designation. EY US engaged in the WELL EP pilot from its initiation, providing critical input during the development phase of the program. IWBI and WELL EPs work together to efficiently deliver WELL’s many benefits by guiding organizations to identify and implement WELL strategies at scale.
Additionally, the organization earned a number of WELL features across all EY US office locations and obtained its first WELL Score. These achievements are an important step in the effort to promote workplace wellness and to align to environment, social and governance (ESG) principles. But this is just the beginning of an ongoing effort to create a sustainable model for the entire organization — and demonstrate to clients and other companies why doing so matters so much.
Workplaces were on the path to becoming more technology enabled before the pandemic. A wide range of forces — behavioral, economic and ethical — is shifting employee expectations around workplace experience, regardless of whether it’s focused on the office, home or somewhere else entirely. Occupants are considering options to recalibrate their real estate requirements. With increasing emphasis on ESG performance, companies are factoring in not just a fit-for-purpose real estate footprint but also how the space performs from an energy, operational efficiency and technological perspective. Organizations such as IWBI can help companies take a comprehensive look at their physical space and address the most important components in creating a space that promotes health and wellness.