Social sustainability can incorporate many aspects; one concept is about creating successful and profitable workplaces that promote physical and mental wellbeing by understanding what people need from the places they live and work. Healthy buildings and a healthy work culture are part of this.

Until recently, social sustainability has attacted much less attention to that of its silbings; environmental and economic, but is it appropriate to undervalue the importance of not only protecting your workforce but more also creating an environment and culture for people to thrive and excel?

Companies that understand social sustainability recognise there’s a human cost of doing business. Triple Bottom Line is an economic framework that has been adopted by businesses to evaluate performance through social, environment and financial aspects . If a firm looks only at profits, ignoring people and the planet along the way, it cannot account for the full cost of doing business. A successful business should be striving to balance the triple bottom line of people, planet and profit to achieve long term success, creditabilty and viability. This all means that companies need to protect the safety, health and wellbeing of their most vital resource: its workers. This is where ergonomics and human factors play a key role in promoting and facilitating people sustainability in the workplace.

Employees are a business's most valuable assets! It's important to protect and nurture your workforce.

Fact - happy, healthy, valued workers work better.

If you would like to understand more about how ergonomics and human factors contributes to social sustainability and how corporate social responsibility can benefit your business bottom-line and set you apart from your competitors, contact Ergo & Wellbeing for more information.