There is a disparity between the number of top UK employers that have identified mental health as a workplace concern and how many are making it a board-level priority, a report has found.
Analysis of company reports from FTSE 100 companies, conducted by CCLA, found the vast majority (93 per cent) said they regarded mental health as an important business issue.
However, just 34 of the UK’s top 100 listed firms published objectives or targets around workplace mental health, which the report said suggested the majority had not yet translated policy commitments into actions.
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And only 11 out of the 100 firms disclosed any key performance indicators related to mental health, the report said.
Elizabeth Sheldon, chief executive of CCLA, said it was only by “thinking and acting systemically” that employers could hope to meet the major sustainability challenges they faced. “We consider corporate mental health to be one such challenge,” she said.
“Our theory is that being able to understand and compare corporate practice on mental health will inform and accelerate the progress that is needed to enable companies, investors and, above all, people to thrive,” said Sheldon.
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