Sabaf is among the protagonists of the Workplace Health Promotion Lombardia program, which includes a number of activities in favor of the employees’ health. The idea behind the project, promoted in collaboration with the World Health Organization, is this: a company that invests in wellness is committed to build, through a participatory process, a context that favors positive behaviors for the health, in its own interest and in the interest of the community. As regards to the initiatives, nutrition is one of the priorities: placemats with the scheme of the correct nutrition, menus of the workplace canteen with a lot of fruits and vegetables, bread and whole pasta with the indications of the calories and automatic dispensers with healthier alternatives. Besides, in addition to the publication of the magazine “Profilo salute”, a convention with a nutritionist was created. Sabaf offers conventions with Poliambulanza for medical services at affordable prices, free checkups for people over 55 years, purchase and availability at the infirmary of a scale emitting a detailed report. “Sabaf joined the project – commented Alberto Bartoli, Sabaf’s Chief Executive Officer – multiplying the initiatives. Initially, we decided to communicate our adhesion to all collaborators by inviting them to participate in an informative meeting and giving them a questionnaire that in an anonymous and aggregated way showed us the company’s situation regarding issues such as nutrition, alcohol consumption, smoking, interpersonal relationships, use of the free time and physical activity. The answer to the questionnaires was positive. The average age of the respondents is 38, and for many collaborators the initiative has been a stimulus to reflect on their health and on good and bad habits, while for others this has become a topic of conversation. We have collected the ideas and we have put them into practice”.
