75% of those who participated in the CIPD’s 2021 Health and Wellbeing at Work Survey said they believe that senior leaders have employee wellbeing on their agenda, up from 61% last year. The survey discovered that most organizations are taking additional measures to support employee health and wellbeing in response to Covid-19, most commonly through an increased focus on mental health, tailoring support to individuals’ needs, and providing additional support for people working from home.

Attention to environmental, social, and organizational governance, or ESG, impacts are a critical moment in history as more capital is shifted toward ESG priorities and a new generation of investors (millennials and Gen Z) is having a direct influence on consumer preferences. In a recent study by pwc, seventy-six percent of consumers say they will stop buying from companies that treat the environment, employees, or the community in which they operate poorly."" Corporate boards and government leaders are facing rising pressure to demonstrate they are adequately equipped to understand and oversee issues, from climate change to human rights to social unrest. The roundtable discussion will explore how to actively shape ESG best practices, and the data visibility needed to move an organization forward.

• How well are you infusing your ESG strategy into your organization’s ecosystem?
• Do you have effective EHS/ESG management reporting systems to meet commitments? What are the roadblocks?
• What kind of relationships does your company have with the people in its ecosystem? Employees, customers, suppliers, partners and communities, employee treatment
• What is on your ESG roadmap, what challenges are you trying to solve, and what is the best next step you can take to get there?

Your work culture, whether it be safety culture or psychological culture, reflects your organization’s values, attitudes, perceptions, competencies, and patterns of behavior. Good or bad, it directly impacts your workers. An effective safety culture is critical to ensuring business operations and output continue, and facilities remain incident-free. Overall employee wellbeing, valuing DE&I, and psychological safety, where employees feel safe to be their full selves at work, in addition to voicing opinions, thoughts or ideas in a collaborative atmosphere are equally as important. A diverse workforce can provide a variety of viewpoints and ideas that can lead to better decision-making when it comes to safety and risk management.
Through this round table discussion, we will explore key strategies to shaping an organization's safety culture and making a meaningful impact on the health and wellbeing of employees.

•What specific steps can be taken to ensure that all employees, regardless of their background, feel safe, valued, and included?
•How are you establishing a collaborative environment where employees feel safe to voice opinions or report unsafe situations?
•How are you implementing a positive safety culture in your workplace? What’s working and what’s not?
•How do you incentivize and engage?
•How has the impact of social and workplace change affected health and safety of your workforce?

According to a 2022 report by AFL-CIO workplace hazards kill and disable approximately 125,000 workers each year, 4,764 from traumatic injuries, and an estimated 120,000 from occupational diseases. Advances in nanotechnology, robotics, data analytics, video, and telecommunications are enabling employers to improve workplace safety in a variety of ways, such as better monitoring of employee health. This roundtable discussion will explore AI and tech tools for workflow optimization, wearable tech, AR/VR training and predictive analytics for incident forecasting and prevention.

•What tech tools are you using (or would like to use) to reduce injuries?
•How are you accessing and managing vehicle equipment and driver behavior/worker safety?
•What is your emergency preparedness and response strategy?
•Do you have visibility into predictive analytics for incident forecasting and prevention?
•How are you scaling the best solutions?

How Virtual Training is fast becoming a choice rather than a compromise. Many companies are reviewing and rethinking their approaches to health & safety training as they have realized most aspects can be taught more effectively and economically online. With VR technology advancing rapidly, the virtual training market is projected to reach $628 million by 2028, the demand for personalized training solutions are driving its growth.