Global Environmental Health in the 21st Century From Governmental Regulation to Corporate Social Responsibility: Workshop Summary (2007) / Chapter Skim
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In the past 8 years, the Roundtable has used this perspective to guide the workshop topics and discussions. Carol Henry from the American Chemistry Association reiterated this by noting that environmental health is more than individual chemicals; it includes infectious diseases, safe water, physical (built)
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WHAT IS CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY? During the workshop, CSR was defined many ways, but in essence, according to Illig, the role of CSR is to balance and integrate the economic, social, and environmental responsibilities in order to minimize harm, optimize societal benefits, and provide or generate wealth.
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The panelists considered the strategies and challenges for involving industry in addressing environmental health solutions. Corporate Social Responsibility Meets Market Competitiveness The panelists discussed the idea that the private sector has a role in the world carrying capacity.
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According to Wells, the poor are disproportionately affected by environmental health hazards, but he noted that getting out of poverty does not necessarily reduce environmental impacts. The world's carrying capacity needs to be raised, and at the same time, we need radical improvements in technologies, innovation, and processes to improve the standard living.
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In fact, during the meeting, various speakers and participants noted that commitment from top leadership was one of the major factors in determining the success of an EMS. Blackburn further noted that when a company implements a management system only because their customers require it, they may be inclined to pick a route with the least amount of effort.
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CHALLENGE AND OPPORTUNITIES This workshop highlighted a number of diverse and complex issues that fall under environmental health, noted Bennett. While one can agree that these are important issues, the overall challenge is taking the information back down to a level that is important for businesses.
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Research During the course of the workshop, there were numerous calls for research on chemicals by various individuals, including the tools for hazard assessment testing for all the chemicals that are covered by the REACH program, the tools for risk assessment, and the tools to provide the metrics by which the various programs operate under CSR. Henry noted that government has to do part of it and industry has to do part of it.
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Transparency and credibility are important elements of the program and are necessary for its success. Research sponsored by the LRI is leveraged and coordinated internationally through the ICCA, thereby meeting the need of the global chemical industry to increase knowledge on the health, safety, and environmental impacts of chemicals.
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