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Integrating Occupational Health and Safety In Your Organizations Sustainability Strategy Lisa Barnes, P.E., CIH, LEED AP Principal Sustainability Consultant Objectives 1. Understand the basic principles of sustainability and how Occupational

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Integrating Occupational Health and Safety In Your Organization’s Sustainability Strategy

Lisa Barnes, P.E., CIH, LEED AP Principal Sustainability Consultant

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Objectives

  • 1. Understand the basic principles of sustainability and how

Occupational Safety and Health fits into sustainability efforts.

  • 2. Understand the opportunities and challenges for furthering

worker health and safety through sustainability activities.

  • 3. Know the key metrics for disclosure for the Occupational

Health and Safety topic area.

Basic Principles of Sustainability

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What’s in a Name? Corporate Social Responsibility Sustainability Citizenship Corporate Responsibility ESG

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Definitions Definition of Sustainable Development: Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs (UN Brundtland Commission 1987) Definition of Corporate Responsibility: Operating a business in a manner which meets or exceeds the ethical, legal, commercial and public expectations that society has of business. (Business for Social Responsibility)

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What are the Drivers?

► Manage Reputation ► Attract and Retain Employees ► Access to capital ► Engage with Stakeholders ► Improve Performance ► Risk Management

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Stakeholders

Investors and Shareholders Customers Employees Communities

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Scope of Sustainability Issues

Environmental Social Economic

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Materiality

► Materiality Assessment: What’s in and what’s out

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Materiality Matrix

Source: GRI Standards

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Sustainability Basics: Reporting

Environmental Report Environmental Health and Safety Report Corporate Responsibility Report

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Sustainability Basics: Reporting

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Key Opportunities

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Opportunities

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Opportunities in Reporting

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Report Content: Standards and Guidelines

► GRI Standards:

GRI 403: Occupational Health and Safety

► Center for Safety and Health Sustainability

Best Practice Guide for OHS in Sustainability Reports

► UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Goal #8 Decent Work and Economic Growth

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Opportunities: Reporting

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Current Reporting Standard – UNDER REVIEW

► GRI 403 Topic Specific Disclosures (Current Version)

 403-1: Workers representation in formal joint

management-worker health and safety committees

 403-2: Types of injury and rates of injury, occupational

diseases, lost days and absenteeism, and number of work-related fatalities

 403-3: Workers with high incidence or high risk of

diseases related to their occupation

 403-4: Health and safety topics covered in formal

agreements with trade unions

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GRI 403 Exposure Draft Standard – Proposed Update

► GRI 403 Topic Specific Disclosures

 403-1: Workers covered by OHS management system  403-2: Work-related injuries  403-3: Work-related illnesses  403-4: Workers’ access to occupational health services  403-5: Worker Health Promotion 20

Center for Safety and Health Sustainability

CSHS Vision Statement

“For all organizations to consider the safety, health and well- being of workers, customers and the community as part of their sustainable business practice.”

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CSHS Best Practice Guide

► Essential Elements

 Descriptive Information  OSH Performance Metrics

► Optional Elements

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UN Sustainable Development Goals

► SDG #8 Promote inclusive and sustainable economic

growth, employment and decent work for all

“Protect labour rights and promote safe and secure working environments for all workers, including migrant workers, in particular women migrants, and those in precarious employment”

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GRI and UN Global Compact

► On Sept 21 the GRI and the UN Global Compact will

launch the first outcome publication of their Action Platform for Business Reporting on the SDGs.

► https://www.globalreporting.org/information/news-and-

press-center/Pages/Business-Reporting-on-the-SDGs-An- Analysis-of-the-Goals-and-Targets.aspx

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OHS Sustainability Reporting – An Example

► Baxter Healthcare: Performance Data

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OHS Sustainability Reporting – An Example

► Baxter Healthcare: Descriptive Information

 Zero Harm Workplace  Enhancing Safety Culture and Performance  Health and Wellness  Employee Health and Safety Goals for 2020  Management Systems – OHSAS 18001 certified sites 26

OHS Sustainability Reporting – An Example EMPLOYEE HEALTH AND SAFETY

► Achieve the top quartile in total recordable incident rate

among global companies across all industries as measured by ORCHSE

► Reduce employee health risk by increasing participation

from 35% to 45% in BeWell@Baxter health promotion program initiatives and by expanding family participation

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Opportunities – Rankings and Ratings

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Ratings and Rankings

► Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) Questionnaire ► Industry Dependent Questions - example (mining):

 Number of Fatalities  Total Recordable Injury Frequency  Process Safety Events  Occupational Illness Frequency Rate  Occupational Diseases 29

Opportunities – Collaboration and Communication

Key Challenges

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Challenges

► OHS not always recognized as “material” ► Environmental issues often dominate sustainability

programs

► Reporting is voluntary ► Leading metrics are needed ► Mindset of OSH as a cost

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Report Challenges: Report Content

► Stakeholder Inclusiveness ► Sustainability Context ► Materiality ► Completeness

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Challenges: Report Quality

► Reporting Principles for Defining Quality

 Accuracy  Balance  Clarity  Comparability  Reliability  Timeliness

*Source: GRI Standards

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Report Quality

► Accuracy

 Data  Other Claims 35

Report Quality

► Balance

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Report Quality

► Clarity

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Report Quality

► Comparability

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► Reliability Report Quality

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Report Quality

► Timeliness

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Key Metrics

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Key Metrics

► Standards and guidelines

 GRI 403  CSHS Best Practice Guide  Regulatory Metrics

► Leading and Lagging Indicators ► Measurable/Tied to Goals

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CSHS Best Practice Guide

► Essential Elements: OSH Performance Metrics

 Lost-time injury and illness frequency rate (employees)  Lost-time injury and illness frequency rate (contractors)  % of facilities that have implemented OHS Management

Systems

 % of facilities that have had OHS Management

Systems audited

% of direct suppliers’ facilities audited

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Conclusions

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Sustainability is an Opportunity for OHS

► Track evolving standards and guidelines ► Get involved with sustainability reporting ► Recognize the value to stakeholders ► Influence materiality assessments ► Consider sustainability ratings ► Ensure reported information is verifiable

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Useful Websites

► https://www.osha.gov/sustainability/sustainability-

connection.html

► https://www.globalreporting.org ► http://www.centershs.org/ ► http://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-

development-goals/

► http://www.sustainability-indices.com/

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Questions?? Lisa Barnes, P.E., CIH, LEED AP

lisa.barnes@us.bureauveritas.com

(720) 272.0904 If you would like more information, or have any questions, contact me. THANK YOU!