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Move beyond individual wellbeing initiatives. The Five Star Wellbeing Audit independently evaluates how wellbeing is led, managed and embedded across your organisation, providing a clear benchmark and practical route towards continual improvement.
Understanding how your organisation supports employee wellbeing is key to building a resilient, high-performing workforce. The Five Star Wellbeing Audit, developed by British Safety Council, assesses how wellbeing is embedded, providing a clear benchmark and actionable recommendations for continual improvement.
Start your path to Five StarThe audit follows the recognised PLAN–DO–CHECK–ACT management cycle, examining how wellbeing is planned, implemented, monitored and continually improved across your organisation.
PLAN
Assess leadership commitment, wellbeing strategy, policies, responsibilities, objectives and how employee wellbeing informs organisational decision-making.
DO
Explore how wellbeing policies, programmes, resources, management practices and support arrangements are translated into employees' everyday working experience.
CHECK
Understand how wellbeing performance, employee feedback, engagement and other indicators are measured, reviewed and used to identify priorities.
ACT
Evaluate how findings, employee insight and management review are translated into meaningful action and sustained improvement.
The Five Star model examines five interconnected domains of wellbeing alongside the way health, safety and wellbeing are integrated across the organisation.
Understand how physical and psychological health is supported, protected and promoted across the organisation.
Explore job design, workload, working conditions, management practices and the factors that shape a healthy working experience.
Assess whether organisational values, leadership behaviour and workplace culture create the conditions for people to thrive.
Examine relationships, inclusion, communication, employee voice and whether people feel able to participate and speak up.
Consider opportunities for development, purpose, recognition and progression as part of sustainable employee wellbeing.
Understand how health, safety and wellbeing arrangements connect rather than operating as separate organisational priorities.
More than just an audit, the Five Star Wellbeing Audit provides practical insight and expert guidance to strengthen wellbeing across your organisation while supporting a culture of continuous improvement. It is designed to help businesses move beyond wellbeing initiatives alone and create healthier, more supportive environments that benefit both employees and organisational performance.
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DEMONSTRATE MEASURABLE IMPACT
A structured approach to wellbeing can help organisations strengthen culture, prioritise resources and create healthier conditions for sustainable performance.
Understand the conditions that support stronger employee experience, engagement and long-term retention.
Identify opportunities to address factors that contribute to absence, presenteeism and reduced productivity.
Build confidence by independently assessing whether wellbeing commitments are reflected in people's experience.
Identify gaps and strengthen the organisational systems that help people and teams respond to pressure and change.
Provide stronger evidence of how employee wellbeing is governed, measured and supported across the organisation.
Establish an independent benchmark, prioritise resources and measure progress as your wellbeing approach develops.
BEYOND FIVE STAR
Organisations achieving a five-star result in the Five Star Wellbeing Audit or Wellbeing Supplementary Audit can become eligible to apply for the Shield of Honour, recognising excellence in workplace wellbeing.
Discover the Shield of Honour →The right approach depends on the nature and risk profile of your organisation.
A comprehensive standalone assessment focused on wellbeing performance while also examining key aspects of health, safety and wellbeing integration.
Designed to complement the Five Star Occupational Health and Safety Audit, providing a broader review of health, safety and wellbeing arrangements.
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Speak to our team about your organisation, your wellbeing priorities and how the Five Star Wellbeing Audit could help you benchmark performance and create healthier conditions for your people to thrive.
Enquire now →Achieving a Five Star Audit opens the door to some of the most respected awards in health, safety, and environmental management. These awards are your chance to showcase what makes your organisation stand out. Using your audit as the foundation, the process highlights the strength of your systems, your people, and your culture. For organisations that truly live and breathe excellence, it’s an opportunity to gain global recognition for the standards you’ve worked hard to achieve.
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With a strong focus on health, safety, and operational excellence, POD sought to benchmark its safety standards against one of the highest industry standards by undertaking the British Safety Council’s Five Star Occupational Health and Safety Audit.
Our combined audit allows organisations to gain the benefits of both the consultative Five Star Occupational Health and Safety Management Audit and certification to the international standard ISO 45001.
A comprehensive and holistic review of an organisation’s wellbeing management protocols and associated arrangements
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