Aon · Wellbeing Insights · Koch, Inc.

Wellbeing
beyond the border.

Employers feel confident. Employees feel the strain. And much of Koch's non-US workforce works where employees expect the most.

Employee Sentiment Study 2025 · Human Capital Trends 2026 · Global Benefits Trends Study 2025

Aon Human Capital Trends 2026

Employers are confident. Employees are under strain.

84%

of employers are confident their wellbeing strategy meets the needs of their workforce

Employer view

72%

of employees still experience high stress at work

Employee view

21%

of employees report receiving emotional wellbeing support

Employee view

Wellbeing strategies exist. Delivery is where they fall short.

Aon Human Capital Trends 2026, p.26 (employers, n=2,361) · employee figures from Aon Employee Sentiment Study 2025

Aon Employee Sentiment Study 2025

Wellbeing is the first thing employees ask for.

49%

say employers should support employee wellbeing, the #1 expectation of an employer

17%

describe their own wellbeing as thriving

Gen Z 21% · Boomers 7%

14%

disagree that their employer takes the necessary actions to protect and improve wellbeing

Thriving 17%

Generally good 33%

Balanced 30%

Coping 15%

How employees describe their current wellbeing (global). Struggling 5% · needs support 1%.

Aon Employee Sentiment Study 2025, pp.15, 27, 71 · employees, n=9,202, 23 geographies, Aug 2024

Aon Human Capital Trends 2026

The strategy is there. The leadership signal is not.

25%

of employers say leadership's commitment to wellbeing is strong and visible

49% vs 15%

strong and visible commitment: organisations with a clearly defined EVP vs without one

19%

of organisations have a clearly defined, well-understood EVP

Among people-strategy priorities, employee wellbeing sits well outside the top five.

Aon Human Capital Trends 2026, pp.25, 38–39, 52 · employers, n=2,361, 62 geographies, Nov 2025–Jan 2026

Aon Employee Sentiment Study 2025 · Koch's footprint

The ask is loudest where Koch builds.

Say employers should support wellbeing

Thriving

Brazil

75%

19%

Colombia

75%

28%

Mexico

69%

30%

India

58%

26%

Spain

50%

Global

49%

17%

United Kingdom

43%

Germany

39%

China

35%

19%

Two different problems. In Latin America and India employees expect the employer to step in. In Europe they expect less and thrive least: Germany has 12% struggling, the highest in the study.

Aon Employee Sentiment Study 2025, country pages 77–115 · Koch sites from public desk research, 22 Oct 2026

Employee Sentiment 2025 · Human Capital Trends 2026

Health cover is broad. Mental health is thin.

Value health & wellbeing benefits

80%

Receive health & wellbeing benefits

79%

Receive emotional wellbeing support

21%

7% → 24%

of employers use predictive wellbeing support such as early burnout identification today, and 24% plan to

Employer view, HCT 2026 p.43

85% vs 12%

of employers think they should support women's health; 12% of employees report receiving that support

HCT 2026 p.28, employee figure from Sentiment 2025

Aon Employee Sentiment Study 2025, p.42 · Aon Human Capital Trends 2026, pp.28, 43

Aon Employee Sentiment Study 2025

Some benefits go together with measurably less strain.

Work-life balance

20% less likely

to be often or always stressed, for employees with work-life balance programmes.

Life & disability

10% less likely

to report chronic stress. Yet only 38% of those who value it know they have access.

Way of working

28% more likely

to be struggling when fully remote; hybrid workers are 8% more likely to be thriving or doing well.

Income

31% vs 23%

often or always stressed: low-income vs high-income employees.

For a workforce built around plants and sites, the income gradient is the one to watch.

Aon Employee Sentiment Study 2025, pp.42–44, 55 · associations, not controlled effects

Aon Global Benefits Trends Study 2025

The market is pulling the other way.

70%

of multinationals name cost management their top priority, with medical inflation the key driver

37%

are actively considering initiatives that integrate health and work-life balance

14%

have global guidelines in place to support personalisation

Only 25% of global benefits leaders say their governance structure lets them meet their objectives. Leading companies are three times more likely to have formal governance committees.
Asia Pacific is the only region that ranks employee health and productivity among its top five strategic priorities.

Aon Global Benefits Trends Study 2025, published release 29 Jul 2025 and APAC release · benefits leaders, n=518

What this means for Koch

Koch has proven this at home. Now give it a global floor.

01 · Floor

Emotional support everywhere

One global minimum for mental health and emotional wellbeing: support only 21% of employees receive today.

02 · Sequence

Start where the ask is loudest

Mexico, Brazil, Colombia and India: the highest expectations, and Koch sites in each.

03 · Signal

Make leadership visible

Only 25% of employers achieve it. A clear EVP is what separates 49% from 15%.

04 · Measure

Outcomes, not activity

The same data discipline Koch already applies in the US, extended country by country.

The same standard for every Koch employee, wherever they work.

Sources

Three lenses, three samples

Aon Human Capital Trends 2026. 2,361 board directors and senior business and people leaders, 62 geographies, Nov 2025–Jan 2026. Employer view.
Aon Employee Sentiment Study 2025. 9,202 employees aged 18–64 at organisations with 500+ employees, 23 geographies, Aug 2024, weighted. Employee view.
Aon Global Benefits Trends Study 2025. 518 global benefits professionals, 45 countries, 16 industries, Jan–Feb 2025. Benefits-leader view; figures from Aon's published release.
Where a slide sets employer and employee figures side by side, the samples differ. Country figures carry smaller samples and are indicative.

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