Integrating Occupational Health and Safety into Corporate Social Responsibility

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Integrating Occupational Health and Safety into
Corporate Social Responsibility
Occupational Safety and Health Hemispheric
Leadership Meeting Washington D.C. September 24,
2004
Maureen C. Shaw, IAPA Industrial Accident
Prevention Association (IAPA) 207 Queens Quay
West, Suite 550, TORONTO, ONTARIO -
CANADA www.iapa.ca
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Discussion TopicsXIIth World Congress

• Corporate social responsibility
• Elements of a healthy workplace
• Elements of a corporate safety culture
• Motivators for improved corporate performance
• Recognition / Incentive programs
• Managed system approach
• Corporate successes in global jurisdictions

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• Surveys and polls indicate publics worldwide
  dont believe that business behave in a socially
  responsible manner and will focus on holding
  companies responsible
• Pressure from Stakeholder Groups to improve or
  change conduct ranked the second most important
  challenges for companies in 2002

Financial Times/PsC Most Respected Companies
Survey of 750 CEOs, 200 The Millennium Poll on
Corporate Social Responsibility in 2000-a global
survey of 25,000 citizens from across 23
countries on 6 continents.
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Estimated Global Occupational Losses

• More than 5,000 people die every day because of
  the work they do for a living
• 2 million global work related fatalities every
  year (estimated for year 2000)
• 250 million accidents per year worldwide
• 160 million diseases are caused by peoples jobs
• World economic losses are equal to 4 of worlds
  GNP

Source ILO report, www.ilo.org/safework 2002)
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Pan American Health Organization
Impact of Occupational Injuries and Diseases

• 36 Injuries/minute
• 5 Million/year
• 90,000 Fatal injuries/year
• 300 Deaths/day
• 9-12 of GDP in LAC

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The Pan American Health Association (PAHO) is
engaging a network of stakeholders focused on

• Cooperation
• Collaboration
• Compromise
• Commitment

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Corporate International Imperative
Work is an indispensable basis of society, and
furthermore the process of work should be
optimized by guaranteeing decent working
conditions for all.
The goal of the global community should be to
guarantee a universal minimum level in working
conditions and in occupational safety and health
for all working people with the help of global
strategies. The goal should be especially, to
protect the most vulnerable groups, such as
children, migrant workers, disabled people, aging
workers, women and illiterate workers.
Dr. Professor Jorma Rantanen, Finnish Institute
of Occupational Health
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Corporate Social Responsibility in a globalized
industrial world is about making the business
investment and the community promise sustainable
for the company and for the communities it
operate in, its people and environment. It
demands

• LEADERSHIP
• INTEGRITY
• RESPECT
• RELATIONSHIPS
• ITS ABOUT RESPONSIBLE CITIZENSHIP

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Traditional Corporate Responsibilities
Ensuring Health, Safety, Wellness Security of
Employees
Management of Natural Resources ? Conservation
Minimizing Waste ? Recycling
Traditional Corporate Responsibilities
Compliance with Regulations Legislation
Minimizing Pollution
Based on European Sustainable Cities Report
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Leadership Imperatives
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Recognition Programs
Definition a formal recognition and
verification by standard setting authorities that
an organizations policies and programs meet the
requirements of an effective, integrated
occupational health and safety management
system. Key objective to promote effective
workplace policies, programs and practices and
to recognize enterprises that go beyond
compliance.