Valuing mental health during COVID-19

CFOs can play a key role in supporting employee wellbeing and mental health. At a time when their teams are under huge pressure as they help their organizations to navigate through the pandemic, this is more important than ever. In this episode we talk to Karen Higgins, CFO at The Co-operators, about how she and her finance team have helped to put in place mental health programmes, sustaining the focus during these challenging times.

Useful resources:

• The Co-operators worked example 
• A4S Essential Guide to Social and Human Capital Accounting

For further information on mental health at work:

• Mind
• Canadian Mental Health Association
• Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety