OUTWARD FACING INITIATIVES Corporate Social Responsibility and the NCDs June 4 th, 2015
Cost of Treatment of NCDs in the Caribbean
Corporate Initiatives to address NCDs Workplace Wellness Programs –Key long-term HR Management Strategy Increase productivity Reduce absenteeism Improve employee engagement Reduce healthcare costs –Components Promote Preventative Care Encourage Exercise and Healthy Eating Provide Education and Opportunities for Testing Provide Incentives
Corporate Initiatives to address NCDs Workplace Wellness Programs –Sagicor’s Workplace Enhanced health insurance program with incentives Subsidised gym memberships Competitions –March to a Million Step Challenge –K.I.S.S. Challenge –Body Boot Camp Epic Walks Partnership with Massy Pharmacy (formerly Knight’s) for monitoring markers Lunch & Learns Wellness Watch Magazine
Sagicor’s Workplace
Corporate Initiatives to address NCDs Sagicor in the Community –Diabetes Youth Representative’s Climb –Globe-athon Barbados –E-petition to end Cervical Cancer –National Sports Council Summer Sports Camp
Sagicor in the Community
Corporate Sponsorship Partnership between Sagicor and the Healthy Caribbean Coalition –MOU between Sagicor and the HCC signed in 2012 –Caribbean Civil Society Cervical Cancer Advocacy Handbook and Planning Tool presented in 2013
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