• The costs of stress and lack of wellbeing in the workplace
• Identifying the sources of workplace stress and wellbeing based on the Foresight Study
• The policies and interventions to enhance workplace wellbeing at work based on the Foresight Study
• An example of an organisational wellbeing audit and its’ impact

• Unilever's Fit Business is a workplace health initiative which integrates their nutrition expertise, knowledge of brands and marketing, and occupational health programmes to provide an engaging environment in which their employees can pro-actively make healthy lifestyle choices.

• During 2009, the programme was piloted at two of Unilever largest sites in the UK – their head office in Leatherhead, Surrey, and at a large manufacturing base at Port Sunlight, Wirral. In total, around 2,000 employees have benefited from it. Fit Business initiatives were run as quarterly campaigns, each with a different theme aligned to Government health campaigns in order to amplify their impact. These were underpinned by key initiatives including nutrition information in staff restaurants and health checks.

• Fit Business has been independently evaluated by the Institute of Public Policy Research, to establish the most effective elements of the programme and how Unilever can extend it to other sites in the UK and Ireland. 

Delegates will have a choice of one workshop

• At Mars we believe that good health is good business.  The wellbeing of our associates is of paramount importance ; our award-winning workplace health schemes offer opportunities to lead more active, healthy lifestyles, alongside the provision of broader emotional and social support across a wide range of topics. 

• Line Managers play a critical role in driving the involvement of associates in workplace health initiatives, encouraging them to participate in a wide range of activities and to integrate these activities into their working lives.  

• Our focus on workplace health has been shown to increase engagement and drive down absentee levels, which is good for our associates and good for Mars.

The following questions being discussed by the panel will include:

• How can organisations best link employee health and wellbeing to sustainable business?
• How do you measure levels of employee engagement most effectively and align it with the business objectives?
• Sickness absence management is sometimes seen as ‘policing absence’ whereas ‘health and wellbeing’ are seen as more positive – is there a way to pull the two together under one holistic approach?
• What are the KPIs that really impress board members, especially the Finance Director?
• What approaches are most effective at getting line managers to take an interest in the health and wellbeing of their colleagues?

Delegates will have a choice of one workshop