Workplace Wellbeing Initiative

The ACC Workplace Wellbeing Ecology initiative was originally established in 2018 by the Cause Collective to identify, test, and refine approaches to improving the health and wellbeing of businesses with a high number of Pacific and Māori employees as they are overrepresented in workplace injury statistics.

The pilot, conducted with Bidfood, Downer, Fonterra Brands and Frucor Suntory NZ, and Spotless in the initiative found that stresses, such as anxiety, frustration, escapism, disengagement, and demotivation are caused by the workplace ecology or ecosystem, in other words, the relationships between staff (people), people and systems, and people and processes. A four stage design project uncovered several key insights into workplace harms and wellbeing, which were used to design low cost solutions.

The success of the pilot, where companies such as Fonterra Brands’ experienced a reduction in harm caused by workplace accidents and a 20% increase in productivity, led to the project being picked up by ACC in 2020.

Point provided evaluation support for the original pilot, and is continuing to support the Cause Collective with the new project.

Lead researcher: Nadine Metzger

Download workplace ecology brochure here

Download workplace wellbeing key insights report here

Read more about the ACC project here