KPMG steps up to worldwide health challenge

Friday 06 June 2014

KPMG in the Channel Islands is taking part in a worldwide corporate fitness regime to exercise to the equivalent of takjng 10,000 steps very day for 100 days.

More than 70 staff in both bailiwicks have joined a 300,000- workers worldwide and will walk, cycle, swim, skip or even salsa their way through the Global Corporate Challenge.

KPMG’s executive director in the firm’s Guernsey office, Tony Mancini, said that they were excited to participate in the programme proven to enrich employee health and well-being.

“Many of our people can spend  a lot of their working day seated at their desks. We want to empower and encourage them to incorporate some beneficial physical activity into their daily lives. The Global Corporate Challenge provides an effective and enjoyable way to achieve this,” he said.

Over 100 days from 28 May, KPMG staff will team up and work together to boost their daily physical activity levels, both in the workplace and at home. Adopting more health-conscious lifestyle habits, they will strive to meet the equivalent of World Health Organisation’s active lifestyle recommendation of 10,000 per steps day.

Increasingly desk-based roles plus modern conveniences mean today’s typical employee takes just 3,000 steps per day.  Steps are recorded on special pedometers and logged on the challenge website, where team and individual challenges can be set.