There is a business case for healthy business

Strategic investment in healthy business pays dividends. Explore 6 reasons why healthy business is on the agenda.

1

We’re leaving productivity on the table

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US$225.8 billion

The annual cost of productivity losses to U.S. employers due to absenteeism from worker illness and injury.

Source: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC, 2015)

2

Poor health hurts the balance sheet

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US$700 billion

The cost of health care to private American businesses in 2017.

Source: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 2017

3

Business leaders worldwide are looking for solutions

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55%

The percentage of company respondents that identified health/wellness as high priority.

Source: BSR 10th Annual Survey of Sustainable Business Leaders, 2018

4

It’s a cost that can be avoided

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US$94.9 trillion

The estimated cost of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) from 2015 to 2050 to the United States economy.

Source: National Institutes of Health, 2018

5

Health doesn’t clock in and out

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84%

The percentage of health outcomes that are determined by socioeconomic, behavioral and environmental factors.

Source: Population Health Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2016

6

The reward for innovation is substantial

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US$170 billion

The value of the U.S. market for health and wellness in 2018, with an expected increase of around nine billion in 2020.

Source: Statista, 2019

Your industry and the capabilities of your business will determine the value you derive from health.

To unlock the value of healthy business for your company, get in touch.