Well-Being and Equity as a Business Imperative: Summary of the Harvard Sustainability and Health Initiative (SHINE) Research on Worker Well-Being

Levi Strauss & Company, 2020

A joint publication with the Sustainability and Health Initiative at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health that summarized the downstream effects of Levi Strauss & Company’s purchasing practices on factory resources and worker well-being. The study mapped system-wide impacts according to a broad set of worker well-being and business performance measures with data collected on 13,318 workers in 15 factories and five countries around the world over a three-year period.

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Psychological Climate for Caring and Work Outcomes: A Virtuous Cycle

A joint publication with Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s Sustainability and Health Initiative for NetPositive Enterprise (SHINE) that examines the relationship between climate for caring and work outcomes (job satisfaction, work engagement, and work quality).

The research team found that caring climate contributes to improved engagement, work quality and productivity. They also found that in companies with higher work quality and productivity it is easier to create a climate for caring.

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