Corporate Social Responsibility - compliance solutions
In Brief
December 2011
The British Safety Council welcomes the Löfstedt Review and provides a reasoned response on its main findings and recommendations.
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National Grid Gas and Northern Gas Networks have been fined £4.3 million and £900,000 respectively by the regulator Ofgem for not attending to gas leaks in time during the period April 2010 to the end of March 2011.
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EU plans to levy an emissions tax on airlines are valid, according to the European Court of Justice (ECJ). As a result all airlines flying to and from the 27 states of the EU will face a tax on emissions from 1 January 2012.
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The Scottish Sheriff presiding at the enquiry into a 2008 trench death in Scotland described the death as “one more example of health and safety practice, training and procedures being ignored in the interests of expediency.”
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UK Coal Mining Ltd of Harworth, Notts, has been fined £1.2 million for four fatalities in 2006 and 2007.
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The HSE has released a report reviewing the characteristics of “High Reliability Organisations” - those that achieve high reliability and safety objectives.
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November 2011
Researchers claim six-fold increase in the risk of developing Parkinson's following workplace exposure to trichloroethylene
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Veterans involved in Britain's nuclear weapons tests between 1952 and 1958 are beginning the latest stage in their battle for compensation
More than 1,000 ex-servicemen say exposure to radiation has led to ill-health, such as cancer.
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The government's failure to meet EU standards on air pollution is "putting the health of UK residents at risk", says the Environmental Audit Committee
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October 2011
Insurance companies have failed in a legal bid to scrap the right of people in Scotland to claim damages for an asbestos-related condition
The UK Supreme Court dismissed their case, a decision which will enable people with pleural plaques to claim compensation.
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August 2011
Deaths from a cancer caused by asbestos dust are at an all-time high, research by BBC Look East has revealed.
Since the 1980s, the male death rate from mesothelioma has increased more than four-fold in the east of England.
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A man died on 18th August after collapsing in the chemical tank he was working in at Diamond Wheels Technologies in Dundee.
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The first part of the operation to stop the Shell pipeline leaking oil into the North Sea has, according to the company, been successful so far.
Shell has been dealing with the release of what has been estimated as more than 200 tonnes from a leak near the Gannet Alpha.
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Falkirk-based mobile phone recycling firm Redeem has been taken over by an incoming management team backed by a private equity investor.
Curt Hopkins, the new chief executive, states: “Our aim is to create Europe's leading value recycler with the vision of making corporate social responsibility easy.”
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High Street retailer Primark has been criticised by charities for its policy of shredding damaged and unwanted clothes.
The Association of Charity Shops has pointed to the environmental impact of destroying clothes - from the wasted resources in making them to those ending up in landfill.
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Scientists have produced what they say is the first complete map of how the ice moves across Antarctica.
It is built from images acquired by radar satellites and should aid the understanding of how the White Continent might evolve in the warmer world being forecast by climatologists.
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July 2011
Leading companies sponsor new Sustainability Reporting Guidelines (G4)
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), the network-based organisation that produces a comprehensive sustainability reporting framework, announced on 29th June 2011 that ten world-leading companies are the global sponsors of the next generation of sustainability reporting guidelines. Registration for the first G4 Public Comment Period is now open. The 90 day Public Comment Period begins in August 2011.
See:Global Reporting Initiative
Sustainable growth features for the first time in China's five year economic plan
The Chinese government announced its 12th five year economic plan in March 2011. For the first time, sustainable growth is publicly stated as part of the core strategy. The plan's main goal is to boost consumption by creating more socially inclusive and environmentally sustainable growth, re-orienting the Chinese economy after three decades of rapid expansion.
See:Global Reporting Initiative
EU Commission tightens rules for biofuel use
In July 2011, the European Commission approved seven schemes set up to ensure that biofuels used in the EU are produced in an environmentally sustainable way.
See:BBC News
Nicholls and Clarke Glass fined after worker seriously hurt
The Dunstable-based company has been fined after a large piece of glass shattered and severed the artery, muscle and nerves in the right forearm of an employee.
See:HSE
Falling snowmelt in the Rocky Mountains
A June 2011 study released by the United States Geological Survey notes that the decline in snowpack in the Rocky Mountains since the 1980s is unusual compared to the historical evidence gathered from the previous centuries.
This has huge implications on the availability of water for more than 70 million people living in the western US.
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2010
“In a recent article in the Times of India, S A Aiyar writes that philanthropic activities labelled as CSR are being used by major corporations to cloak their irresponsible activities in respectability. Clearly the proponents of CSR need to concentrate more on CSR management within their organisations and less on publicity generating greenwash.”
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“UK government stops funding its independent environmental watchdog the Sustainable Development Commission.”
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“Five companies ordered to pay £9.5 million fine for their part in the 2005 Buncefield UK oil depot fire and explosion.”
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HSE reaction
BBC News
FT article
“Local MP considers Buncefield fines inadequate.”
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“Cotswold Geotechnical Holdings has become the first UK company to be charged under the 2007 Corporate Manslaughter Act”.
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COMAH Sites
The final (December 2008) report into the 2005 disaster at the Buncefield UK oil depot estimates the actual costs of this disaster at a major COMAH site as being in excess of £1bn. Read the report at www.buncefieldinvestigation.gov.uk
Locations
CSR Performance Ltd has recently established sales and support services in North America and India – for full details see our Contacts page
ISO9001:2000
Did you know that the CamHealth Audit portfolio includes a suggested strategy for internal auditing against the ISO quality management standard? For more details see our Products page
REACH
The CamHealth MSDS module is capable of preparing and printing REACH-compliant Material Safety Data Sheets. For more details see our MSDS Summary page
Oracle Partner
CSR Performance Ltd has been an Oracle Business Partner for nearly 20 years. For further details of Oracle Solutions, visit:www.oracle.com/partnerships
CSR Performance is totally focused on assisting companies and corporations to meet their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) targets. It does this by providing software solutions which assist the management of CSR issues at all levels within the organisation and which measure CSR performance against targets for defined indicators.
With over 20 years experience to call upon, it has long been recognised by our customers and ourselves that our software products are used and are capable of use to manage much more than the daily operations of health, safety, quality and environment. Changes and extensions to our core product modules and to the investigation, performance and reporting tools and techniques that they use and support, now make a routine contribution to the management of Corporate Social Responsibility, CSR, in its widest sense and to the measurement and reporting of CSR performance.
We therefore thought it was time for a change, with a fresh look at our company and product focus and direction. We will shortly be making several announcements regarding new products and services which are natural additions to our existing, CamHealth® software product range.
CSR Performance Ltd provides systems solutions for CSR. Our services involve the provision of systems for planning, delivery and measurement. We provide analyses of workflow, provision of information, management of operations, measurement of performance and management of corrective actions.
The company is independently owned and operated from the UK. with offices in North America and S.E Asia.
Useful Links
Accountability
www.accountability21.net
CSR Europe
www.csreurope.org
CSR Network
www.csrnetwork.com
ECGI
www.ecgi.org
EA (UK)
www.environment-agency.gov.uk
EPA (USA)
www.epa.gov
EU - CSR
ec.europa.eu/
employment_social
EU - Environment
ec.europa.eu/environment
EU - SHaW
osha.europa.eu/en
GRI
www.globalreporting.org
HSE (UK)
www.hse.gov.uk
OSHA (USA)
www.osha.gov
Responsible Care
www.responsiblecare.org
Sustainable Development Commission UK
www.sd-commission.org.uk
