Overview
Access to clean air and water, safe and nutritious food, and universal health coverage are essential for upholding fundamental human rights. And yet, 91% of the world’s population breathe polluted air, 2.1 billion people don’t have access to safe drinking water, twice as many live without proper sanitation, and 2 billion suffer from some form of malnutrition. Businesses must take ambitious action to develop strategies that provide a health-promoting environment for employees, communities and consumers.
By completing this session and related learning materials, you will learn to:
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Take a systems approach to understand the intersections between your company's impact on health, environment and climate
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Set business strategies that target co-benefits between the three areas
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Communicate the business case for addressing human health risks throughout your company’s value chain
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Understand how breaking down silos and mapping out the interconnections between health, environment and climate can help your company reduce risk and increase efficiency
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Use logic models to develop strategies, choose environmental health indicators, develop indicator sets and set ambitious targets