Achievements

• The international francophone week for health and quality of work life, known as International Week, will run from May 1 to 5, 2017 in Montreal. This is an annual rendez-vous organized by the Levia Group in Canada and Groupe AFNOR in France. It provides a unique opportunity to:
  1. Learn more about organizational health;
  2. Talk about best practices that promote health and quality of work life;
  3. Share innovative and promising tools, as well as scientific knowledge; and
  4. Connect with other organizations around the world on business and joint ventures, including site visits, meetings and networking.

• As a result of its tremendous success in its first two years, this annual event, previously known as mission franco-québécoise d’échanges sur la santé en entreprises:
  1. completed 2 missions, one in France (2016) and one in Quebec (2014); and
  2. has attracted several hundred French and Quebec businesses since it began.

• Conduct an international literature review on best practices, impacts and scientific evidence;
• Identify tools and interventions to help employers act in their work environment regarding their employees’ sleeping disorders;
• Video on sleep, one of the tools developed by Levia!

Strategic development and deployment of the Healthy Enterprises Group’s initiatives to mobilize employers and stakeholders to integrate best practices related to health and workplace wellness.

Strategic positioning and promotion of the Healthy Enterprise standard and approach.

Within 5 years, more than 400 employers took concrete action, and a multitude of stakeholders have now rallied to promote and facilitate the integration of prevention and workplace quality of work life initiatives.

2013 Annual Report (in French only)
Conference Board case study

Healthy Enterprises Group President and CEO Marie-Claude Pelletier, and Quebec Premier Pauline Marois.

• A not-to-be-missed event in Quebec, with 1200 participants in its first editions.
• lerassemblement.ca.

• Meeting with 1000 business leaders and stakeholders from 16 regions.

• Transfer of expertise and support with respect to a service proposal in France.
• Discussions on workplace health with 1750 employers and stakeholders during the 2014 France tour.
• A partnership with Quebec’s ministère des Relations internationales and the French Consulate in Quebec.

Significant and positive Return on Investment (ROI) ($1.50 to $3 for each dollar invested), measured by independent third parties in 2004 and mentioned in scientific publications.

• 1 million participants to date
• www.healthchallenge.ca

• 2.7 million consumers reached in Quebec in the early 1990s.
• Awareness, detection and educational activities in the province’s 300 stores.