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Putting People Well-being First Well-being Challenge achieved 5 million steps and 4,800 kilometers  Company Activates Annual Purpose Day in the Philippines Mondelēz International (NASDAQ: MDLZ) celebrates its Purpose to empower people to snack right by focusing on well-being for its colleagues, consumers, and communities during its third annual Purpose Day. The event, which is held around the anniversary of the global snacking company’s founding on October 1, mobilizes nearly 31,000 colleagues to activate a key element of the company’s purpose in unison around the world.  This year’s theme is “Let’s put the ‘we’ in well-being.”  Given the strains of the pandemic, well-being has never been more urgent. According to IPSOS’ 2021 Global Well-being Survey, only one-third of people say well-being is fully or slightly integrated into their company’s business and talent strategy. Top employee well-being issues include work-life balance (61%), mental health (61%), work envir...

  Home schooling = Home cooking A lot has changed with the way schools are operating these days. Instead of face-to-face classes, students and parents are adapting to learning at home via online and module-based means. And instead of school-based feeding programs, the Joy Schools program of Mondelez Philippines is adapting as well. From daily lunch meals cooked inside school kitchens, the program now provides weekly vegetable and rice packs to 300 students in its adopted schools. The Joy Schools Program is an adopt-a-school initiative aimed at empowering children to take positive steps towards overall well-being. The program was established in 2011 in the Philippines, and has since expanded to Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Vietnam. Locally, the program has directly benefited 4,500 students through its daily lunch feeding program, which runs for 9 months every school year.  Due to the lack of physical interaction caused by COVID-19, Mondelez Philippines has had to adap...