Welcome & About Whistl
73% participation rate in MySay employee engagement survey 2023 performance:
Wellbeing The welfare of our employees is of paramount importance to us. Our main objective for 2023 was to improve awareness amongst our workforce regarding mental health issues and addiction and to develop networks through which employees could be supported if faced with these challenges. Our aim is to create a resilient workforce by applying a proactive approach to wellbeing. To this end, we created a ‘2023 wellbeing calendar’ filled with events such as ‘Wellbeing Wednesdays’ workshops with a focus on alcohol awareness, women’s health, fathers’ mental health awareness, maternity mental health awareness and personal safety. During these workshops, information was shared with participants to enable them to build their knowledge around the topics and learn how to establish healthy coping mechanisms. From February onwards, we also held free weekly meditation sessions for all employees. The purpose of these sessions was to help our employees to prioritise their emotional wellbeing and learn to cope with stress. We held our meditation sessions on Zoom to make them accessible to all workers. In our efforts to support both in-person and remote employees with their mental health, we also evolved our approach to mental health first aid in 2023. We have trained mental health first aiders (MHFAs) who act as the first point of contact when an employee or a person they know is mentally unwell. The MHFAs are available to provide advice and can encourage employees to pursue further support through either Whistl’s resources or professional assistance. In 2023, we experienced considerable employee interest in becoming an MFHA. We now have 36 trained MFHAs across our sites, supported by 16 mental health champions. To further encourage fair and decent work at Whistl, we aim to generate a greater uptake of our wellbeing initiatives amongst our lone workers by enhancing awareness and providing online access. We will continue to ensure that employees are aware that wellbeing workshop sessions are recorded and available to them at any time.
Whistl’s ESG strategy
Improve employee engagement score in the annual MySay survey year on year Targets:
Valuing colleagues
Fulfilling opportunities
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The Whistl wellbeing team are committed to promoting the wellbeing of our colleagues. We recognise the pressures of work and modern life, which we aim to reflect in
Preserving our natural environment
our approach. As a team, we were very proud to receive the award and recognition for the comprehensive programme which was rolled out in 2023.” David Bedwin, Account Development Director (Whistl Doordrop Media), Wellbeing Champion and Mental Health First Aider
Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures
Appendices
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2023 ESG Report
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