Alpro Health Launches the Happier Project to Make Mental Wellbeing Measurable and Actionable with AI Technology
Alpro Health has launched the Happier Project, Malaysia’s first AI-driven Mental Health and Wellbeing Services initiative that enables organizations to measure, understand, and improve employee mental wellbeing through data and science. The program aims to screen 50,000 Malaysians by 2026, making mental health a mainstream part of workplace wellness.
MALAYSIA, 28 OCTOBER 2025 – Alpro Health, a subsidiary of Alpro Group and a leading advocate for corporate wellness, has officially launched the Happier Project, a groundbreaking initiative that brings science, technology, and compassion together to make mental wellbeing measurable, data-driven, and actionable.
The Happier Project introduces Malaysia’s first integrated Mental Health and Wellbeing Services platform, beginning with workplace wellbeing programs. Designed to help organizations assess, understand, and improve their employees’ mental health, the initiative also supports Alpro’s broader mission to make emotional wellbeing an essential part of everyday health across the nation.
With mental health challenges on the rise, the need for structured workplace interventions is more pressing than ever. According to Employment Hero’s 2024 Wellness at Work Report, 67% of Malaysian employees report feeling burnt out — a 17% increase since 2022 — while one in five show symptoms of anxiety or depression. Economic losses due to workplace mental-health issues were estimated at RM14.46 billion in 2018, or 1% of Malaysia’s GDP.
At the heart of the Happier Project is NeuroAI, an advanced emotional screening technology that uses facial and heart-rate analysis to detect early signs of stress and burnout. Through a private, contactless 90-second facial scan, the system measures Heart Rate Variability (HRV) with up to 99% accuracy, offering individuals and organizations a stigma-free, science-backed way to monitor mental wellbeing.
“Our vision is to make mental wellbeing as measurable as blood pressure and as routine as a health check-up,” said Pharmacist Sean Liew, Director of Alpro Health. “By leveraging AI technology, we can detect early stress indicators, guide timely interventions, and help companies build healthier, more empathetic workplaces.”
Puan Fazlin Badri Alyeope, Director of the Malaysian Mental Health Association (MMHA), added: “The Happier Project is a meaningful step toward normalizing mental-health conversations in Malaysian workplaces. It combines science, technology, and empathy to help organizations care for their people in structured yet compassionate ways.”
Izzaty Shaima, Clinical Psychologist at Alpro Health, noted, “When emotional wellbeing becomes measurable, we elevate mental health to the same importance as physical health. The goal is to turn awareness into actionable change that supports real emotional balance.”
The program’s core innovation, the HappiDex, is a proprietary wellbeing index that quantifies organizational mental health into a single, evidence-based score. Merging validated psychological assessments with NeuroAI data, HappiDex evaluates five dimensions — stress, burnout, resilience, work engagement, and self-development — based on the U.S. Surgeon General’s Framework for Workplace Mental Health and Wellbeing.
Research shows that employees with higher wellbeing experience lower healthcare costs, reduced absenteeism, and stronger productivity — outcomes that benefit both individuals and businesses.
By 2026, Alpro Health aims to engage more than 150 Malaysian companies and screen over 50,000 employees through the Happier Project, marking one of the nation’s largest privately led mental wellbeing initiatives. The program underscores Alpro Group’s commitment to redefining healthcare beyond medicine, encompassing emotional and mental wellness as vital pillars of a healthy society.
