This morning, at the virtual forum discussion live from NASDAQ maketsite – Putting H (Humanity and Health) into ESG –  Rachel Hodgdon, President and CEO of the International Well Building Institute (IWBI), announced the release of the IWBI’s 12 Competencies for Measuring Health and Well-being for Human and Social Capital.  Dr. Whitney Austin Gray, Senior Vice President, Research, IWBI, led the research team to develop new ways for companies to rethink how to put health and well-being into their organization culture.  For Hodgdon, “when it comes to maximizing returns and increasing profitability, investing in people is the formula.”  At the end of the trading day, Hodgdon will lead her team in ringing the bell at the NASDAQ.

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This inaugural event series, hosted by Humanity 2.0 and co-hosted by IWBI, kicks off a joint collaboration Discussion Series centered on integrating Humanity and Health into ESG Investing live from the Nasdaq MarketSite.  The next discussion will be held on May 5 and 6 at the Vatican.