Since launching the app in 2021 in the UK, one in four of Sodexo’s 30,000-strong UK and Ireland workforce have downloaded the YuLife app and regularly engages with its daily wellbeing challenges, earning rewards for activities such as walking, cycling and meditating.
In the past 12 months alone Sodexo colleagues have walked eight billion steps, logged 191,000 hours of meditation and earned 119 million YuCoins. Employees can redeem YuCoin for high-street shopping vouchers, with the top three retailers chosen being Amazon, Tesco and Marks and Spencer.
YuCoin, YuLife’s digital currency earned through everyday wellbeing activities, can be also be donated to important global causes. So far 4,000 trees have been planted, 3,300 meals have been donated and two million litres of clean water have been provided.
Bill Buchan, human resources director at Sodexo UK & Ireland, said: “Colleague wellbeing is crucial if people are to thrive in their workplace. YuLife contributes to this, making it easy and enjoyable, giving our teams meaningful ways to invest in their health every day.
“The uptake and enthusiasm – not to mention a little bit of healthy competition around step counts – is encouraging and we hope to see participation continue to grow in the year ahead.”