The importance of including behavioral health in your ESG strategy

However, we are seeing that at the same time, employee mental health is at an all-time low, with one shocking report revealing that nearly 60% of employees are negatively impacted by work-related stress. Considering the dire state of employee mental health, as companies work to evaluate their ESG approach, it’s important they consider mental health as part of how they invest in their people – or the social part of an ESG strategy. In fact, a Deloitte study found that 77% of employees report experiencing burnout. If this growing issue remains unaddressed, company leaders are looking at decreased productivity, unhappy employees, and loss of talent. Company leaders aren’t stuck between a rock and hard place when it comes to benefits that can make a positive impact on employees’ overall mental health and wellbeing. So, the question remains, what can be done?

Here we explore best practices companies should consider when enhancing their mental health benefits and why this is critical to an ESG strategy in today’s highly burned-out work environment.