CHAIRMAN'S INTENT

To ensure the all-around health of all Lopez Group employees through a year-round, robust, implementable Wellness System.

The wellness initiative is a legacy project

• The general well-being of employees is a fundamental requisite for companies that are being "built to last".
• Employee wellness is a Lopez top priority that should span generations.

There is no silver bullet to wellness, only the individual's lifestyle choices, right attitude and behavior.

• Self-motivation for self preservation.
• Obligation to be well not only to oneself but to others.

Physical fitness does not necessarily mean wellness.

• Emotional and spiritual impairments also affect productivity, relationships and self-worth.

Wellness raises productivity and reduces health costs.

• Progressive companies throughout the globe are investing in wellness.
• Wellness raises morale, energy, enthusiasm, interaction and loyalty to the company.

The wellness system builds on and integrates existing models.

• Individual company wellness initiatives.
• FPHC Employee Wellness Program (EWP)
• Meralco Lifestyle Change Program

LIFELONG NETWORK

• Linkages include the Mancom, HR / PR / ESH Councils, Knowledge Channel, ABS-CBN Foundation, Meralco Wellness Center and Medical City.

WELLNESS SYSTEM COVERAGE

1. Information Technology: Database development, health and administrative profiling, continuous data updates and analysis.
   
   INITIAL REQUIREMENTS:
   
   • Standardize APE for all employees to track BMI and SYNDROME “X”.
   • Determine the proportion of the population at risk (zero, low, medium-high).
   • Track wellness-related costs.
   • Track employee productivity.
   • Correlate wellness-related costs to health and productivity improvements.
   
   
   
   
2. Effective communication is essential to motivate and secure the employee's commitment to get well and stay well.
   
   
   • Sustainable wellness calls for knowledge and understanding the benefits of being well and the penalties for ignoring it.
   • With the cooperation of the PR Council, ABS-CBN and Knowledge Channel.
   
   
   
   TO GENERATE MASS PARTICIPATION:
   • Intensity of participation is an indicator of how many people “Lifelong” is reaching.
   • Growing participation is a good predictor of the likelihood of improvements in risk status.
   
   
3. Holistic strategy: body, mind and spirit.
   
   HEALTHY EMPLOYEES MAKE FOR HEALTHY COMPANIES
   • Wellness is not just about physical fitness but also pertains to emotional health and spiritual balance. They are interrelated.
   • As sophistication and knowledge grow, wellness programs ought to effectively address the holistic needs of all employees.
   
   PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE FOR HEALTHY EMPLOYEES
   • regular check ups, regular exercise, sports activities, proper nutrition and diet, stress management.
   
   INTERVENTIONS FOR LOW RISK EMPLOYEES
   • frequent check-ups, professional counseling,0supervised wellness programs inclusive of proper nutrition and diet, peer coaching.
   
   MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR MEDIUM-HIGH RISK
   • close professional supervision, hospitalization in extreme / special cases
   
   
   
   
4. Wellness programs for executives and employees. Click here!
   
   

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