National Workplace Wellbeing Day, Wednesday 30th April 2025

Save the date for Ibec’s 11^th National Workplace Wellbeing Day!

On Wednesday 30^th April companies across the country will celebrate their commitment to workplace wellbeing. As a registered participant of National Workplace Wellbeing Day, you will be amongst the large number of companies publicly highlighting their wellbeing supports and strategies that put the ‘whole person’ at their core.

Why get involved?

National Workplace Wellbeing Day offers a moment to rebalance and refocus on supports that will benefit employees' social, mental, and physical wellbeing. It also offers companies a unique opportunity to spotlight the activities they are putting in place for their employees throughout the year.

The benefits of a successful workplace wellbeing programme have been well documented and begin with improved employee health, which can aid in higher levels of both engagement and productivity.

As employers are under increased scrutiny to demonstrate how they are positively contributing to their communities and the lives of their employees, wellbeing can be an excellent focus area as improved wellbeing has a far-reaching impact, not only for your employees, but for their families and communities too.

Put the wellbeing of employees into the ‘S’ of your ESG strategy

Businesses have a direct influence on the health of the planet through their role as an employer, and their external influence on the environments and communities in which they operate. Linked to this, Environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria is now driving how investors evaluate companies. We believe that mental health and overall wellbeing of employees should form part of the measurable foundation of the ‘S’ within ESG as it underpins the success of business strategy.

We strongly urge employers to consider the broader context of workplace wellbeing and highlight how their business is taking a long-term approach and bringing wellbeing and sustainability into their everyday workplace culture through both small and strategic actions.

‘’We are seeing more and more businesses place wellbeing on the board agenda and greater attention is now being placed on how wellbeing can be recognised as a critical part of a businesses' ESG strategy.’’ - Danny McCoy, CEO of Ibec.

Ibec’s KeepWell programme and accreditation offers an evidence-based approach for business to build and measure their wellbeing capital.