This Could be Our First Ever Sell-Out Year!
This year’s Global Corporate Challenge® is going to be the biggest yet with over 80 New Zealand businesses expected to participate! This year’s event sees the return of businesses that include Watties, Methanex, Wellington City Council and the Port of Napier.
We are also welcoming new businesses to the challenge that include the Canterbury District Health Board, AUT University, Canterbury Employers Chambers of Commerce, The Press, Vector and Cigna.
This is shaping up to be our first ever sell-out year! Register your businesses now by clicking here.
We Have A New PM!
Synergy Health is pleased to have Kate Wright join the team as our shiny and new Project Manager!
Kate has a wealth of experience in the HR, Project Implementation and Management fields. She also runs a few kilometres each week (having completed the Boston Marathon) and is enjoying her new challenge of doing CrossFit. Kate will be co-ordinating the delivery of our ‘Complete Wellness Solutions’.
Welcome aboard Kate!
They Want Him Back!
Jamie Scott, our own guru health researcher, has been asked back to present at the Ancestral Health Symposium in Boston this year. After last year's success, Jamie joins a number of the world's leading authorities on the topic of evolutionary biology and its implications on health, wellbeing and sporting performance. We are proud of you Jamie!
Latest Research - The Impact of the GCC on Employee Physical and Mental Wellbeing
Our friends at the FCDP (www.chronicdiseaseprevention.org) have been busy assessing the impact of participation in the Global Corporate Challenge® on:
• Low intensity physical activity levels
• Employees risk factors to diabetes and cardiovascular disease
• Workplace productivity
• Psychological wellbeing
The study involved working with a number of organisations which included (Tesco Plc, Kraft Foods UK, Wood Group, Tyco Fire Products and Hays Recruitment) and the results were fantastic!
Read Our Latest Case Study - Methanex
“Methanex is committed to doing the right thing, and be seen doing the right thing”.
Part of doing the right thing is promoting a healthy and active lifestyle for their employees. Wellness programs across Methanex (Corporation) are focused on encouraging employees to adopt healthy behaviours that:
• Reduce risks related to workplace health and safety
• Reduce the development of diseases
• Improve everyday quality of life for themselves and their families.
In 2011, Methanex NZ, Trinidad, Vancouver and Hong Kong participated in the Global Corporate Challenge® (GCC). Read our case study on how they were able to GET METHANEX MOVING!
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