s with a stronger voice in shaping sustainability policies—both in business and in the public policy arena. The Center’s primary goal is to develop and define safety and health as a vital part of sustainability, contributing to the broader aim of improving the safety and health of workers worldwide – especially in the supply chain. The Center will advocate for safe and health workplaces around the globe and the impact these workplaces have on a business’s productivity, product/service quality, talent recruitment/retention, and profitability. The Center will provide new insights into the measurement, management, and impact of safety and health sustainability.
Recognizing the value of the sustainability reporting trend, the Center has developed a list of key safety and health performance indicators to be used in sustainability-related reporting. The indicators promote the use of occupational safety and health management systems, extend coverage to temporary or fixed duration contract workers, and increase focus on workers for suppliers in the developing world. The Center has recently recommended that GRI consider these indicators so that it may improve the scope and global applicability of its G4 safety and health indicators.
Creating a mechanism to measure the occupational safety and health performance of suppliers is an important first step toward preventing tragedies such as the garment factory fires in Pakistan and Russia.