With staff costs typically accounting for about 90% of a company’s overall operating costs, we know that investing in features that improve health and productivity of employees makes good business sense. We therefore design and manage our assets to enhance our customers’ and our colleagues’ physical and mental wellbeing, supporting their productivity. 

In line with our commitment to designing and managing our assets to enhance our customers’ physical and mental wellbeing, we continue to subscribe to WELL at scale. Currently, 41% of our directly managed office buildings are WELL certified, including WELL Core Platinum for nine assets and WELL Core Gold for two assets. Additionally, we were awarded WELL Equity Ratings for 17 assets and WELL Health & Safety Ratings for 18 assets, representing 67% of total managed offices.
 

Supporting the wellbeing of our people 

We are committed to encouraging our colleagues to focus on their phyiscal and mental health. We have a dedicated intranet site for all colleagues to access a suite of resources covering physical, psychological and social aspects that contribute to a healthy life. Our information hub provides easy information about, and access to, all our support including our employee assistance programme, our virtual GP, access to our external occupational health team, apps providing support including Unmind and Peppy Healthcare, and a wealth of external sources recommended by our networks, including documentaries, apps, webinars, podcasts and books.

We leverage our partnerships by passing on free gym sessions, posture masterclasses and sharing useful guides around pensions and financial wellbeing to equip our people as the cost-of-living increases start to impact. We have also provide employees access to the Peppy Health App which focuses on three key areas; fertility, new baby and menopause.

We continue to support individuals to focus on their physical and mental health and continue to train our mental-health first aiders, with trained individuals across the business on hand to provide advice or a ‘listening ear’. 

In 2024/25 we introduced additional benefits to support health and wellbeing including: 

• Introducing Health Cash Plan to help with everyday healthcare costs
• Launching Headspace, an app to support mental wellbeing
• Hosting a MHFA England webinar with all employees to raise awareness of mental health
• Running sessions for all colleagues on mental health and neurodiversity inclusion through our Hand in Hand network to upskill colleagues and line managers
• Creating new guides to support maternity returners and their line managers to ensure effective return to work
   

Working Flexibly

Our Working Smarter policy, while acknowledging the critical role the office plays, encourages people to embrace flexibility and regulate their work-life balance. This also plays an important role in attracting people to work for Landsec, as candidates increasingly ask about this.

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