As COVID-19 drives up levels of stress, brands are stepping in to offer support. Mental healthcare start-up Ginger is meeting this demand by making its behavioral coaching free for frontline workers and waiving annual fees for new clients to make workplace wellbeing easier to achieve.

The spread of COVID-19 has seen people frantically stock their cupboards and freezers, with empty supermarket shelves a common sight worldwide. Canvas8 spoke to Dr. Leonard Lee, a marketing professor at the National University of Singapore, to understand the human needs that fuel panic-buying.

Britons are having a love affair with plants. From terrariums and cacti to Living Walls and hanging baskets, they want to tap into their affinity with nature. With urbanisation making the natural world more difficult to access, biophilic design is reconnecting people to nature in built environments.

Headspace is offering a collection of free mindfulness exercises to help people find calm during the COVID-19 pandemic. With anxiety on the rise and people seeking easy ways to manage stress that don’t involve leaving home, the brand is adapting its services to help people practice self-care.