Case Study: Thames Water Company and Employee Mental Health

Karl Simons, former Chief Health, Safety & Wellbeing Officer at Thames Water Company, discusses how the company’s mental health program lowered operating costs and boosted employee wellbeing.

Karl Simons is the former Chief Health, Safety & Wellbeing Officer at Thames Water Company, the UK’s largest Water & Wastewater Utility company supplying 15 million customers. Thames Water is widely recognized for its workplace culture that supports employees’ mental health and wellbeing.

Karl spearheaded a mental health revolution at Thames Water. He’s worked with the UK government to change how mental health is viewed in the workplace and was named on the Queens New Year’s Honours list for his ‘Services to Mental Health Policy’.

In this podcast, Karl discusses how Thames Water’s mental health program lowered operating costs and boosted employee wellbeing, and how employers everywhere can destigmatize mental health issues, provide better mental health support, and ensure needed mental health interventions, including: 

• Linking mental wellbeing to business outcomes
• Creating programs to address mental health stigma
• Helping managers identify and support mental health issues
• How HR can cultivate enthusiastic leadership support 

Click here to learn about Thames Water Company’s mental health program.