ACC-supported pilot of the Thriving in Manufacturing project
The Thriving in Manufacturing project is an ACC-supported pilot helping manufacturing businesses to identify work-related risks to their employees’ mental health, and to work with employees to redesign work to eliminate or minimise those risks. It also helps businesses identify factors at work that support employees’ mental health so these factors can be maintained and enhanced.
Watch: CHEP NZ’s experience of the Thriving in Manufacturing project
CHEP NZ, a Brambles Company, was involved in a pilot of the Thriving in Manufacturing project in 2023 and 2024. Here, the company talks about why it got involved, the benefits it experienced, and how this work differed from other wellbeing initiatives.
Watch: CHEP NZ Country GM Adam Pfeiffer on the benefits to leaders
Adam Pfeiffer says the benefit of the project to him as a leader was being able to verify that wellbeing-related initiatives undertaken by the business were actually having the desired impact.
Watch: CHEP NZ Senior HR Manager Tracey Miller on why the business got involved
Tracey Miller says the company wanted to better understand how the work employees did, and the environments they worked in, was affected their mental health.
Read: CHEP NZ’s experience of the Thriving in Manufacturing project
Read perspectives on CHEP’s involvement in the project from a range of leaders and workers who took part in it.
