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We make employees’ health and workplace safety a priority
Some examples of good practice are listed below. You can contribute specific examples by clicking the ‘Share my case study’ button.
> Respecting and protecting labour rights and providing safe, secure and healthy working environments for all employees
> Aligning OHS policies with the highest industry/local/ international standards; making these policies publicly available and communicating them both internally and externally to all employees, suppliers and other stakeholders
> Introducing operational health and safety (OHS) management systems based on internationally agreed principles to protect workers’ health and safety and to reduce potential hazards and risks for productivity
> Building screening mechanisms and ensuring consistent practices in own supply chains
Signatories to the IFRA-IOFI Sustainability Charter can complete a simple online form to contribute specific examples - just click the button below.
A non-exhaustive list of initiatives is set out below, aiming to provide a direction for companies eager to go further on this topic:
Comply with respective national implementing regulations arising from the 8 Fundamental Conventions of International Labour Organisation (ILO):
1. Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87),
2. Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98),
3. Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29) (and its 2014 Protocol),
4. Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957 (No. 105),
5. Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138),
6. Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (No. 182),
7. Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100),
8. Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111);
Comply with respective national implementing regulations arising from others ILO Conventions and Recommendations related to Occupational Health and Safety
Follow the IFRA-IOFI Committee for Occupational Safety, Health & Environment (SHE) guidelines
Follow the guidance of ISO 26000(Social Responsibility) or fulfil the requirements with guidance for use of ISO 45001:2018 (Occupational health and safety management systems)
Follow the guidelines and, eventually participate in internationally recognized multi-stakeholder initiatives such as:
> EcoVadis,
> SMETA(SEDEX Members Ethical Trade Audit) – [Ethical trade audit],
> SAI (Social Accountability International) SA8000 Standard – [Social certification standard],
> Others
Signatories to the IFRA-IOFI Sustainability Charter can provide input on these frameworks and programs, or suggest others.
Available business disclosure: Types of injury, injury rate (IR), occupational disease rate (ODR), lost day rate (LDR), absentee rate (AR), and work-related fatalities, for all employees, with a breakdown by (i) Region, (ii) Gender.
Unit: per million hours worked (IR/ ODR), days per total number of hours scheduled to be worked by the workforce in the reporting period (LDR), Percentage of total days scheduled to be worked by the workforce for the same period (AR), Number of work-related fatalities
Source: GRI Standard 403-2
Available business disclosure: Types of injury, injury rate (IR), and work-related fatalities, for all workers (excluding employees) whose work, or workplace, is controlled by the organization, with a breakdown by (i) Region, (ii) Gender.
Unit: per million hours worked (IR/ ODR), days per total number of hours scheduled to be worked by the workforce in the reporting period (LDR), Percentage of total days scheduled to be worked by the workforce for the same period (AR), Number of work-related fatalities
Source: GRI Standard 403-2
Available business disclosure: Whether there are workers whose work, or workplace, is controlled by the organization, involved in occupational activities who have a high incidence or high risk of specific diseases.
Unit: N/A
Source: GRI Standard 403-3
Available business disclosure: The level at which each formal joint management-worker health and safety committee typically operates within the organization.
Unit: N/A
Source: GRI Standard 403-1
Available business disclosure: Percentage of workers whose work, or workplace, is controlled by the organization, that are represented by formal joint management-worker health and safety committees.
Unit: % of workers
Source: GRI Standard 403-1
Available business disclosure: (a) Whether formal agreements (either local or global) with trade unions cover health and safety; (b) If so, the extent, as a percentage, to which various health and safety topics are covered by these agreements.
Unit: N/A
Source: GRI Standard 403-4
Available business disclosure: Work days lost due to occupational accidents, injuries and illness.
Unit: % of employees
Source: UNCTAD proposed core SDGs reporting indicators C.3
Available business disclosure: (a) Work-related injuries frequency rate (m/w); (b) occupational diseases frequency rate (m/w); (c) severity rates of work-related injuries and occupational diseases (i.e. lost work days per year) (m/w); and (d) number of work-related fatalities (m/w) along the value chain in last three years (m/w) and, where available, work-related fatalities of smallholders (m/w).
Unit: Unit of IR, ODR, LDR, AR and work-related fatalities
Source: UN Global Compact-Oxfam Poverty Footprint PF – 13.1
Available business disclosure: Does the Company system have health and safety policies and/or procedures in place that explicitly extend to workers (and others) along the value chain, and comply with the highest industry standards and/or local, national, or international laws (whichever is considered the highest). If yes, does the Company system promote compliance with its health and safety policies and procedures? How?
Unit: N/A
Source: UN Global Compact-Oxfam Poverty Footprint PF – 13.10
Available business disclosure: Does the Company system monitor compliance of its health and safety policies and/or procedures?
Unit: N/A
Source: UN Global Compact-Oxfam Poverty Footprint PF – 13.10
Available business disclosure: Does the Company system monitor health impacts on the workforce, MSMEs and/or smallholders (including, exposure to and incidence of sexually transmitted diseases (if relevant) along the value chain? If yes, does the Company engage with suppliers to mitigate and remedy health impacts?
Unit: N/A
Source: UN Global Compact-Oxfam Poverty Footprint PF – 13.12
Available business disclosure: Does the Company system and all major employers along the value chain provide education, training, counselling, prevention and risk-control programs to assist workforce, MSMEs, and/or smallholders and their families regarding serious diseases or other health-related risks? If no, where are the gaps?
Unit: N/A
Source: UN Global Compact-Oxfam Poverty Footprint PF – 13.13
Available business disclosure: Approximate proportion of smallholders exposed to health hazards with access to PPE and training on its appropriate use.
Unit: %
Source: UN Global Compact-Oxfam Poverty Footprint PF – 13.2
Available business disclosure: Approximate proportion of workers and smallholders who wear PPE when provided.
Unit: %
Source: UN Global Compact-Oxfam Poverty Footprint PF – 13.2
Available business disclosure: Approximate proportion of workers exposed to health hazards with access to Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and training on its appropriate use.
Unit: %
Source: UN Global Compact-Oxfam Poverty Footprint PF – 13.2
Available business disclosure: Number and nature of controversies in the last three years related to the health and safety of workers (and smallholders, where relevant) along the value chain.
Unit: Number of controversies
Source: UN Global Compact-Oxfam Poverty Footprint PF – 13.4
Available business disclosure: Do medical and health services, education programs and products reflect the different needs and concerns of women and men?
Unit: N/A
Source: The Women's Empowerment Principles 3: Reporting on Progress (aligned with GRI G4)
Available business disclosure: Are medical and health personnel trained in specific health needs of women workers?
Unit: N/A
Source: The Women's Empowerment Principles 3: Reporting on Progress (aligned with GRI G4)
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