Earthmiles and PES announce partnership

News
08/11/2018

  • A partnership designed to modernise workplace wellbeing, engagement and analytics for both employers and employees
  • Sowing the seeds for the UK’s first ‘Ethical Benefits’ Platform
  • Earthmiles demonstrates a 62% increase in employee wellbeing activity


PES, the award-winning employee benefits provider which recently secured growth funding via Chiltern Capital, has selected Earthmiles to power a new wellbeing technology product. This new benefit offering will be delivered via the PES online employee benefits portal, happypeople.


Earthmiles is an award-winning employee wellbeing app which financially rewards users for engaging in wellbeing activities. Its creators describe the partnership with PES as ‘an opportunity to bring a combination of forward-thinking wellbeing consultancy, employee engagement technology and state-of-the-art wellbeing engagement technology to UK businesses.’


As part of happypeople, the Earthmiles app will allow organisations to communicate seamlessly with employees while engaging them with wellbeing activities and delivering powerful analytics for the employer.


Ian Rummels, Head of Thinking and Possibilities at PES, described the development as ‘an opportunity to change the way businesses think about wellbeing. This exciting product allows all aspects of workplace wellbeing – physical, mental, financial and social - to be brought to life in a single piece of technology. We passionately believe this is the way workplace wellbeing looks in the modern world. Businesses expect results from wellbeing strategies and technology plays a crucial role in tracking ROI as well as engaging employees.’


Tobin Murphy-Coles, Co-Founder of Earthmiles, said:

‘We are delighted to be partnering with PES, who are a passionate, forward-thinking business. They truly take the time to understand their clients’ needs and build market-leading solutions. What’s more, their aim to create the market’s first benefits platform built on an ethical premise is incredibly exciting, and we are really thrilled to be part of their journey.’


The use of both rewards for activity and gamified content encourages employee engagement, which has been demonstrated by a 63% increase in activity by Earthmiles users after downloading the app. Users also show a significant increase in engagement around general wellbeing topics.


It is anticipated that an updated version of happypeople which includes Earthmiles will be available to existing and new clients by early 2019.


About Earthmiles

Earthmiles are the award-winning creators of two wellbeing apps providing smartphone users with the ability to earn ‘earthmiles points’ by walking, running and cycling or with personal challenges such as sleep, workplace stress, nutrition, financial and emotional wellbeing (just like airmiles for flying). Users redeem their earned earthmiles for premium wellness products, from a network of 500 health and fitness brands available in the app.


Widely hailed by the press and highly rated by users, earthmiles app is live in the UK and in beta in the US. It leverages insights from both the field of life sciences as well as analytics, to enable both its consumer and workplace platforms to stay at the edge of the ever-evolving landscape of wellbeing.


www.earthmiles.co.uk


About PES

Delivering a great employee experience is a challenge for growing organisations. At PES, it’s what we do. Our online employee benefits platform, HR support and workplace wellbeing services bring out the best in your employees – enabling your business to thrive.


Call us on 01454 808658, email us at hello@wearepes.co.uk or fill in our enquiry form.


www.wearepes.co.uk