Supporting our employees’ wellbeing is not only a reflection of our care for our people – it’s a strategic investment in the long-term success and happiness of our workforce.
Our wellbeing vision enables us to support our employees’ health and talent outcomes in many ways, and it’s centred around caring for our people’s physical, mental and emotional, community, social, and financial wellbeing.
Mental health awareness is now a year-round focus, with regular communications and events including mindfulness and yoga sessions, support, advice, and tips.
Supporting our employees’ wellbeing is not only a reflection of our care for our people – it’s a strategic investment in the long-term success and happiness of our workforce.
Our wellbeing vision enables us to support our employees’ health and talent outcomes in many ways, and it’s centred around caring for our people’s physical, mental and emotional, community, social, and financial wellbeing.
Mental health awareness is now a year-round focus, with regular communications and events including mindfulness and yoga sessions, support, advice, and tips.
Staying healthy
We have various initiatives across the globe to promote our employees’ physical health, including:
- Recurring sports charity events, such as Easter runs (Central Europe), Steptember (Australia)
- Cycle to work initiatives (Central Europe)
- A health and sport online platform (Global)
- Free fruit in the offices (Northern Europe and Australia)
- Gym contribution (Northern Europe)
- Monthly online wellness sessions (Middle East)
- Annual medical checkup (Kenya)
- Menopause toolkit (UK)
- Weekly basketball and badminton (New Zealand)
Emotional and mental wellbeing
Supporting the emotional and mental health of our employees is crucial for enhancing productivity, reducing turnover, and ensuring the good mental wellbeing of our workforce. The happiness and health of our people leads to increased engagement and satisfaction at our company.
To support our people’s emotional and mental wellbeing, we:
- Introduced Birthday Leave across APAC
- Introduced Wellbeing Leave in Asia
- Continued providing Employee Assistance Programs where they were already in place
- Created multifunctional ‘calm’ rooms for prayer, privacy, and other needs in various offices (Northern Europe, UK, Spain, Kenya, New Zealand)
- Provided resources and education to our employees, such as emotional health handbooks and promotion of smile benefits (Spain)
Work-life balance
As part of creating an inclusive culture, we ensure a family-friendly working environment and work-life balance.
Kindergarten for our employees In 2021, we began a ‘Places in Kindergarten’ project that offered four kindergarten spaces to our employees in France.
By September 2022, we had three children enrolled onto the programme and attending daycare, and the contract with the daycare centre is set to continue until 2024.
Lactation room In our Kenya office, we furnished a lactation room to provide a space for team members to nurse their newborn babies in a comfortable, private area. In doing so, we can accommodate nursing parents working from the office.
Sinterklaas celebrations Our Netherlands office holds a special annual Sinterklaas celebration for our employees’ children, where they are gifted sweets and presents.
