What ‘Being Well’ Means Today
The world of wellness today can be a noisy confusing space packed with conflicting information at risk of hindering more than it helps.
We cut through this by helping people to be ‘nutritionally well’, ‘mentally and physically well’ and ‘responsibly well’ in the belief that wellness in the 21st Century means working and living in ways that are better for our bodies, our minds and our planet.
How Do we do this?
Provide nutritionally designed menus backed by scientific evidence that promote individual needs, however specific, and sourced in a sustainable way that fosters biodiversity. The benefits are easy for people to understand and quick for us to develop further. When new information is available, this too is reflected and translated.
Make it straightforward for you to significantly improve your lifestyle initially by following a simple set of tips and ‘hacks’, and further through scheduled wellness activities that encourage time away from desks and screens. Making downtime the tonic we need not the taboo it was once perceived to be.
Ensure food and drink highlights just how many opportunities there are for you to positively contribute to the wider world; enjoying delicious meals that help promote biodiversity, reduce our carbon footprint (for example with more plant-based options) and allow us to support social enterprise together.
Example One: Nutrition
YOUR CHALLENGE
Eat in a way that best supports your individual needs, especially when you’re working anywhere at any time.
OUR OBJECTIVE
Share the science behind what we do so that why we’re doing it makes sense and is accessible; in person or virtually. We want everyone to be able to understand the positive impact of our options and your choices, quickly and easily from home or in the office.
THE MANY ‘WAYS’ WE ACTION THIS
Menus. Messaging. Meet the Nutritionist. Nuffield Health partnerships, drawn on specifically for their expertise around musculoskeletal health, which is one of the major causes of work-related sickness in the UK.
Example Two: Lifestyle
YOUR CHALLENGE
Uphold the commitments you’re making to encourage regular exercise and a better work/life balance
OUR OBJECTIVE
Provide greater and better opportunities for you to look after yourselves throughout your day. Giving you the opportunity to get involved in challenges and trial new activities.
THE MANY ‘WAYS’ WE ACTION THIS
Sleep tutorials. Qi Gong breathwork. Exercise inspiration at frequent and varied touchpoints. Stress reduction and mindfulness techniques. Meditation sessions. Partnership sessions with SMEs to empower knowledge. The use of data from our tech business, Feedr, to better understand individual goals and needs
Example Three: Environment
YOUR CHALLENGE
Cultivate a workplace that encourages a productive, mindful way of working; for the environment and for your own mental health.
OUR OBJECTIVE
Build partnerships with mental health specialists to work in close collaboration with our nutrition teams and proactively increase our contribution to the UN Sustainable Development Goals; specifically, #3 Good Health and Wellbeing.
THE MANY ‘WAYS’ WE ACTION THIS
We are working with Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and his River Cottage team, The Sustainable Restaurant Association, Julie’s Bicycle, and global partners from across Compass Group. We are launching and developing expert-led models and initiatives – for example, e10; our sustainable café model.