World Health Network (WHN) Business Group: Volunteer Factsheet

Introduction

Our goal is to engage purpose-driven business leaders to address pandemic-related challenges that are impacting work, society, and health and get it back on the agenda of every boardroom. Starting with B Corps (leaders that have legally signed up to using their business as a force for good).

Current Setup

• We operate a LinkedIn group separate from the larger World Health Network.
• Monthly Boardroom Briefings translate risk science and solutions.
• We’re integrating with WHN communications, data, and long COVID advisory efforts.

Our Strategy

1. Integrate Health into Business:
   • Map global health issues to existing business frameworks.
   • Collaborate with B Corps to incorporate health into global ESG and B Corp Impact Legal Assessment.
   • New EU Human Rights Law: “The Right to a clean, healthy sustainable environment”.
2. Business Change Framework:
   • E -> CLEAN: Create Inclusive workplaces.
   • S -> HEALTHY: Enable radical rest (to support recovery).
   • G -> SUSTAINABLE: Treat Long Covid by Investing in new medicine.

Proposed Projects

1. CLEAN:
   • Launch a Business -focused Clean Indoor Air Working Group and charter
   • Collaborate with organizations investing in outdoor/ air pollution.
2. HEALTHY:
   • Develop a sickness and absence calculator to show HR the benefits of clean air and radical rest policies.
3. SUSTAINABLE:
   • Quantify the insurance and pensions landscape and gap for chronic illness and women’s health.

Other activities 

• Continue to fight dis/mis-information on business platforms. 
• Help grow/ amplify WHN social channels (especially LinkedIn).
• Represent WHN at global health, disability and business trade organizations.
• Design a global campaign to mobilize Bcorps to “protect our health” and work on “saving people and planet”.
• Work towards a global roundtable and thinktank partnership in 2025.

Expected Impact

• Unlock new funding and resources.
• Incoming governments ready for action. 
• Business lobbying for new legislation and invest in future health solutions.

How You Can Help

• Share why you joined our LinkedIn group or how else you heard about us.
• Suggest additional actions we could take.
• Indicate your available time and energy per week.

Upcoming Opportunity

Steve Bourke, a health innovation expert, has offered to facilitate a virtual workshop to maximize our collective efforts. Sign up to participate.

Thank You! 

Cat, Stephane, and Nick

WHN Business Group