Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), a network-based organization that pioneered the world’s most widely used sustainability reporting framework, is forming
a working group for occupational health and safety. The group will examine OHS performance indicators to help build the content of the new
G4 guidelines and will make recommendations on indicators for inclusion. Welcoming the GRI announcement and calling the move "a first and vital step toward raising occupational health and safety reporting standards and performance worldwide," Tom Cecich, chair of the board of directors for the
Center for Safety and Health Sustainability, says, “We are delighted that GRI has formed a working group for this important subject. We very much look forward to contributing to its work program and to doing whatever we can to enhance the health and safety content of G4 guidelines.”
The recommendations on proposed OHS indicators will then be opened to public comment between August and October. CSHS encourages members of the OSH community to participate in the comment period to help shape the development of the OSH indicators.
CSHS, established in 2010, is committed to ensuring the safety, health and sustainability of the global workforce. The center engages safety and health partners around the world to establish minimum standards that help reduce workplace injuries and ill health. A collaborative effort of ASSE, AIHA and IOSH, the center represents more than 80,000 workplace safety and health professionals worldwide. Read more about CSHS's recent efforts to elevate awareness of the role of safety in sustainability on p. 17 of the May 2012 issue of
Professional Safety.
