OSH and Corporate Social Responsibility

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Initiatives aimed at:

• Awareness raising, awards and ethical initiatives
• Exchange of knowledge: best practices, networks, pilot projects
• Standardisation and certification
• Innovative partnerships, NGOs - public/private
• Reporting (external) and communication
• Ethical trade initiatives (fair trade)
• Financial sector involvement and financial incentives

Awareness raising, awards and ethical initiatives

• Global Impact - INT
• Great Place to Work® Institute Europe - EU/INT
• NCW Foundation - NL
• STIMO Foundation - NL
• Responsabilità Sociale delle Imprese (Ministry of Welfare's CSR-SC project) - IT
• Code of business ethics - UK
• Kroon op het werk (Employer award 'A crown for good work') - NL
• Corporate responsibility initiative of the Confederation of Finnish Industry and Employers - FI (pdf)
• Responsabilidad social de las empresas (I): conceptos generales - ES
• UK Health & Safety Executive - Corporate Responsibility pages - UK

Exchange of knowledge: best practices, networks, pilot projects

• European Commission Directorate General for Employment and Social Affairs web feature on CSR - EU
• European Multi-Stakeholder Forum on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR EMS Forum) - EU
• CSR Europe - EU
• OECD - INT
• Social Venture Network- INT
• World Business Council for Sustainable Development - INT
• Global Business Coalition on HIV and AIDS - INT
• NIDO (Netherlands National Initiative for Sustainable Development) - NL
• Society and business - UK
• Athens conference on: Socially Responsible Enterprise Restructuring - INT/EU
• Groupe de Travail Responsabilité Sociale des Entreprises / Werkgroep Maatschappelijk Verantwoord Ondernemen - BE
• Responsabilidad social de las empresas (II): tipos de responsabilidades y plan de actuación - ES
• Indicadores para la valoración de intangibles en prevención - ES
• REBUS project – RElationship between BUsiness & Society - EU
• The Re-lier Project / Le projet Re-Lier - EU
• COSORE - EU

Standardisation and certification

• ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work - INT
• Global Sullivan Principles - INT
• Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Health and Safety Technical Protocol - INT
• International Institute for Sustainable Development - INT
• Social Accountability International (SA8000) - INT
• AccountAbility - INT
• Le label social - Het sociaal label (The social label) - BE
• European Corporate Sustainability Framework (ECSF) - EU

Innovative partnerships, NGOs - public/private

• UN Global Compact - INT
• UNIAPAC - INT
• Anima - IT
• Business in the Community - UK
• The Ethos Project / El Proyecto Ethos / Le Projet Ethos - EU

Reporting (external) and communication

• Global Reporting Initiative - INT
• Responsible Care ® - INT
• Ansvar & Omsorg (Responsible care) - SW
• Public reporting of health and safety performance - UK
• Ethical Quotation System / Système de cotation éthique / Sistema de cuota ética - INT

Ethical trade initiatives (fair trade)

• Fair Trade Federation - INT
• Ethical Trading Initiative - INT

Financial sector involvement and financial incentives

• Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes - INT
• VBDO - NL
• Les clauses sociales - Sociale clausules (Social clauses) - BE
• Health and safety performance indicator for SMEs - UK

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