Community Business, the not-for-profit advancing responsible and inclusive business practices across Asia, has revealed the winners of its 2021 Asia Employee Wellbeing Awards.
The results were announced at the virtual awards ceremony on Friday 19 March on International Day of Happiness. The awards ceremony featured seven happiness facts; courtesy of Action for Happiness, a yoga inspired energiser, by Gopal Palanisamy from PURE Group International; and a keynote addressed from Sha-En Yeo, Founder of Happiness Scientists.
ADVANCING WELLBEING ACROSS ASIA
The Asia Employee Wellbeing Awards are designed to celebrate and promote employee wellbeing in the workplace across Asia; and shine a spotlight on strategic and proactive approaches across the region.
“I was delighted to see so many companies submit nominations as part of this first year of awards. The high quality of these submissions shows real progress in advancing employee wellbeing in Asia,” stated Community Business CEO Peter Sargant. “From all of us at Community Business, a huge congratulations to the winners. We very much look forward to seeing how this important and growing area of focus for companies continues to develop in years to come.”
PRAISEWORTHY WELLBEING PROGRESS
“With these awards, we are celebrating every company that submitted a nomination. The awards process is an important and reflective exercise that highlights not only the praiseworthy progress, but also the gaps that need to be bridged,” added Sakshi Kumar, Senior Manager of Employee Wellbeing at Community Business. “As we spotlight the initiatives by the 14 finalist companies, we aim to drive wider adoption of workplace practices and programmes critical to impact real change.”
It was “impressive to see organisations navigate the pandemic with the wellbeing of their employees at the heart of their efforts” said Kumar; “as success greatly depended upon their workplace culture”. “Congratulations to the winners. We look forward to collaborating with you to further champion the work-life harmony, the physical, emotional and financial wellbeing of your employees.”
2021 ASIA EMPLOYEE WELLBEING AWARD WINNERS
This year’s winners across the four different award categories, include:
- Work-Life Harmony Award Winner (sponsored by Northern Trust): Macquarie Group for Macquarie Plus.
- Physical Wellbeing Award Winner: Shell Companies in the Philippines for Shell Be Well Club Programmes.
- Emotional Wellbeing Award Winner: Intel Technology India Pvt. Ltd for Thrive at Intel.
- Financial Wellbeing Award Winner: Goldman Sachs for Financial Wellbeing Series.
Watch the full awards ceremony below.
Check out the 2021 Asia Employee Wellbeing Award finalists here.
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