A Finnish project was the first project in the world to promote occupational wellbeing with funding from a social impacts bond (SIB). Over the past two years, several governmental offices in southwestern Finland (covering 1,600 civil servants) have benefited from prevention measures and an awareness programme. Halfway through the programme, the average number of days of sick leave has been reduced by one day per person, per year, thus achieving one-half of the programme’s total goal.

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