GRI 403: Occupational Health and Safety 2018 Introduction to the updated Standard 11 October 2018
Presenters Rumyana na T Tane neva Coordinator Corporate & Stakeholder Engagement GRI Veronic nica Wachong hong Laura E Espin inach Senior Manager Coordinator Standards Division Standards Division GRI GRI Kirsten M n Margrethe he H Hov ovi Vice-president and head of Extra-Financial Reporting Norsk Hydro ASA
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GRI Standards In Practice Webinars Topic To Date Ti Time Introduction to the GRI Standards 19 April 8.30 AM CET & 4.30 PM CET Review of Management Approach and Topic- 3 May 9.00 AM CET & 4.30 PM CET Specific Standards An Update on the Revised Standard GRI 303: 11 September 9.00 AM CET & 4.30 PM CET Water and Effluents An Update on the Revised St Standard GR GRI 11 Oc 11 October 9.00 A 00 AM CET & 4.30 P 30 PM CET 403 403: Occupational He Health & & Sa Safety GRI and the Sustainable Development Goals 16 October 9.00 AM CET & 4.30 PM CET Materiality: A Deep Dive November 9.00 AM CET & 4.30 PM CET (date TBD) Registration links for future sessions and recordings of past sessions are available on the GOLD p private e pages es .
Agenda • Introduction – 5 min • Context for the review of GRI 403 – 5 min • Features of the Standard – 25 min • Implementation of GRI 403: Kirsten Hovi, Norsk Hydro – 15 min • Q&A – 10 min
Context for the review of GRI 403
Why review GRI 403? • Striving for safe and healthy work environments globally remains a critical challenge and is highlighted by the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) • Room for improving current reporting practice, such as lack of comparability and overreliance on productivity measures and lagging indicators • Emerging trends such as implications of changing employment relations and increasing health risks related to lifestyle • Recent developments in occupational health and safety management system standards
Development of GRI 403 • The Standard is issued by the Global Sustainability Standards Board (GSSB), GRI’s independent standard- setting body, following its Due Process Protocol • The Standard has been developed through a transparent and inclusive process and in the public interest, including: • input from an expert multi-stakeholder working group, with representatives from labor, civil society, investors, business and international and governmental institutions • nearly 600 comments from stakeholders received on the exposure draft Please visit the GSS SSB web ebsite for more information about the standard setting process and the development of this Standard
Development of GRI 403 Wor orking g grou oup me memb mbers f from om: Canadian Labour Congress • • The Standard is issued by the Global Sustainability Center for Safety and Health • Standards Board (GSSB), GRI’s independent standard- Sustainability setting body, following its Due Process Protocol European Trade Union Institute • George Washington University • • The Standard has been developed through a transparent Heineken International • and inclusive process and in the public interest, including: Institution of Occupational Safety and • Health (IOSH) • input from an expert multi-stakeholder working group, with International Labour Organization (ILO) • representatives from labor, civil society, investors, business International SOS Foundation • and international and governmental institutions Irish Congress of Trade Unions • • nearly 600 comments from stakeholders received on the LafargeHolcim Ltd • exposure draft Norsk Hydro ASA • Sustainalytics • U.S. Occupational Safety and Health • Administration Please visit the GSS SSB web ebsite for more information about the standard setting University of New South Wales • process and the development of this Standard Vitality Group •
About the updated GRI 403 • It represents internationally-agreed best practice and recent developments in occupational health and safety management and reporting • It aligns with key instruments of the ILO, the new ISO 45001 management system standard, and the Sustainable Development Goals • It applies to any organization, regardless of size, type, sector or geographic location
Features of the updated Standard
Key features of GRI 403 Improved Holistic Broad scope of Greater focus Greater methodologies approach to workers – on assessing emphasis on for calculating health and responsive to impact on health and work-related safety at work the modern workers’ health wellbeing injuries and ill world of work – beyond lost – with a focus health time on prevention
Holistic approach to health and safety at work – with a focus on prevention • The Standard takes a holistic approach, covering both the prevention of harm and the promotion of health – with a particular focus on prevention • It includes new specific management approach content, covering key leading indicators such as the presence of a management system based on recognized standards/guidelines or active engagement of workers • There is an emphasis on the identification of hazards and assessment of risks, and the application of the hierarchy of controls to eliminate hazards, all throughout the Standard • The Standard includes new specific content on health promotion, including access to healthcare, and programs to address health risks related to lifestyle
Broad scope of workers – responsive to the modern world of work • The Standard covers the following subset of workers, for whose Examples of workers occupational health and safety an organization is expected to be responsible: workers who are employees • other workers whose work and/or workplace is controlled • by the organization cases where the organization is directly linked to significant • impacts on the health and safety of workers by its business relationships For both employees s and f for or o other wor orkers s whose se w work and/or /or wor orkplace is controlle lled b by the orga ganiz izatio ion: the same reporting requirements apply. For cas ases es whe here e the he organ anization is direc ectly link nked ed to significant impacts: describe the approach to preventing and mitigating those impacts.
Greater focus on assessing impact on workers’ health – beyond lost time • The Standard covers significant work-related injuries or ill health diagnosed by a physician or other licensed healthcare professional, even if they did not result in lost time • The Standard requires reporting high-consequence work- related injuries. This uses recovery time for the worker, instead of lost working time for the organization, to determine the severity or consequence of an injury. high-consequence work-related injury work-related injury that results in a fatality or in an injury from which the worker cannot, does not, or is not expected to recover fully to pre-injury health status within 6 months
Greater emphasis on health Work-related diseases represent the main cause of death at work , killing almost six times more workers than occupational accidents ILO, Global trends on occupational accidents and diseases, 2015 • The Standard places greater emphasis on health: • Data on work-related ill health has been separated from injury data • There are new disclosures on occupational health services, access to healthcare, and worker health promotion (e.g., smoking cessation) • It covers emerging occupational diseases, such as musculoskeletal disorders and mental health disorders
Improved methodologies for calculating work-related injuries and ill health - increasing quality and comparability • The Standard includes improved methodologies for compiling and calculating work-related injury and ill health data, such as: • required formulas for calculating rates of work-related injury • required absolute data to be provided alongside standardized rates • required to provide contextual information about how the data have been compiled, including any assumptions and exclusions • extensive guidance, definitions and examples for compiling data (e.g., how to determine if the injury or ill health is work-related, how to compile commuting incidents, how to report mental illnesses) Example of required formula
Overview of disclosures
Scope of ‘workers’ in this Standard
Overview of disclosures Management approach disclosures Topic-specific disclosures 403-1 Occupational health and safety 403-8 Workers covered by an occupational management system health and safety management system 403-2 Hazard identification, risk assessment, and 403-9 Work-related injuries incident investigation 403-10 Work-related ill health 403-3 Occupational health services 403-4 Worker participation, consultation, and communication on occupational health and safety 403-5 Worker training on occupational health and safety 403-6 Promotion of worker health Each disclosure can have additional requirements 403-7 Prevention and mitigation of occupational on how to compile or present the information, along health and safety impacts directly linked by with recommendations and guidance . business relationships
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