Transcript IAPA 2004 Forecast - Organization of American States

Organización de los Estados
Americanos
Organização dos Estados
Americanos
Organisation des États américains
Organization of American States
Occupational Safety and Health
Hemispheric Leadership Meeting
Washington D.C.
September 24, 2004
Integrating Occupational Health
and Safety into Corporate Social
Responsibility
Maureen C. Shaw, IAPA
Industrial Accident Prevention Association (IAPA)
207 Queen’s Quay West, Suite 550, TORONTO, ONTARIO - CANADA
www.iapa.ca
Discussion Topics
XIIth 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
#2
Corporate Social Responsibility is
not the latest bullet or business fad,
it is not a philanthropic idea. It is an
international imperative for both
business and the countries we are
operating in.
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 Surveys and polls indicate publics worldwide
don’t 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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 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 people’s jobs
 World economic losses are equal to 4% of world’s
GNP
*Source: ILO report, www.ilo.org/safework 2002)
#6
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
#7
The Pan American Health Association (PAHO) is
engaging a network of stakeholders focused on:
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#9
Cooperation
Collaboration
Compromise
Commitment
“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:
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LEADERSHIP
INTEGRITY
RESPECT
RELATIONSHIPS
IT’S ABOUT RESPONSIBLE CITIZENSHIP
#11
Traditional Corporate Responsibilities
Ensuring Health,
Safety, Wellness
& Security of
Employees
Management of
Natural Resources
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Conservation
Minimizing
Waste

Recycling
Traditional
Corporate
Responsibilities
Minimizing
Pollution
Compliance
with
Regulations &
Legislation
Based on European Sustainable Cities Report
#12
Leadership Imperatives
Social
Responsibility to
Community &
Workplace
Activities
Support of
Cultural
Heritage
Maureen C. Shaw - IAPA
#13
Sharing Best
Practices
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Mentoring
Corporate
Community &
Workplace
Leadership
Imperatives
Concern for
Individuals
Colleagues &
Neighbours
Political
Influence
Locally
Nationally
In order to move the prevention
yardstick in health and safety, we
need to integrate moral, social,
economic and legal incentives.
Collectively they are motivators for
improvement.
The ultimate goal is to
utilize a judicious mix of
strategies leading to
sustainable cultural change
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Recognition Programs
Definition: a formal recognition and verification
by standard setting authorities that an
organization’s 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.
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