How is the WELL Health-Safety Rating different from WELL Certification? How do they relate to each other?

WELL Certification requires a comprehensive approach to health and well-being, applying strategies from the WELL Building Standard™ (WELL™) across ten concept areas: Air, Water, Nourishment, Light, Movement, Thermal Comfort, Sound, Materials, Mind and Community. The WELL Health-Safety Rating features are a subset of those available through the WELL Building Standard, adapted to focus specifically on facilities operations and management. For more information, see the WELL Certification Guidebook and the WELL Building Standard. The WELL Health-Safety Rating provides an accessible entry point to WELL. Owners or operators can pursue the WELL Health-Safety Rating for buildings or spaces on their own, use the rating as a stepping-stone to WELL Certification at a later date or concurrently pursue the rating within their WELL Certification or WELL Portfolio journeys.