ILO Conference
Session 3 OSH in Global Supply Chains

German-English simultaneously

A+A ILO International Occupational Safety and Health Conference 2017
Meeting the current and future workplace demands for OSH

Global supply chains (GSC) have contributed to economic growth and poverty reduction through entrepreneurship and job creation. Global supply chains can be an engine of development by promoting technology transfer, adopting new production practices and moving into higher value-added activities that in turn enhance skills development, productivity and competitiveness. Global supply chains can also create or contribute to challenges in achieving safe and healthy workplaces.
The session on OSH in Global Supply Chains (GSC) will be presented in two parts. The first part will include technical presentations discussing research findings related OSH challenges in GSC and good practices in overall OSH management in GSC and at the enterprise level. The second part will involve a roundtable by OSH experts, employers, workers and their representatives, OSH practitioners and service providers and the others engaged in global supply chains to expand on the discussion of good practices and opportunities for engagement.

Technical session

Drivers and constraints for OSH in global supply chains, lessons learned from three case studies
Lou Tessier, Labour Administration, Labour Inspection and Occupational Safety and Health Branch, International Labour Organization, Switzerland

Calculating the Return on Prevention for Pakistan‘s Textile and Garment Industry
Romina Kochius, Labour Standards Programme Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Pakistan
Muhammad Mujahid, Saeed Ahmed Awan Centre for the Improvement of Working Conditions and Environment, Pakistan

The Challenges of Managing and Implementing Personal Protective Equipment Across Multiple Geographies
Nicole Vars McCullough, Personal Safety Division, 3M, USA

The SME question – reaching the little fish in the vast GSC ocean for improved compliance
Kate Field, Institution of Occupational Safety and Health, UK

Adapting PPEs to the plantation work environment – Sime Darby’s experience
Lee Ming Enn, Group Sustainability and Quality Management, Sime Darby Berhad, Malaysia

Round table (afternoon)
Facilitator:  Attiya Khan, Saxonian Ministry of Labour, Germany
panellists
Susanne Hoffmann, Department of International and European Labour Marked Policy, Germany
N.N.   International Social Security Association
Alan Craddock, Transport and Public Services Unit, Health and Safety Executive, UK
Eckhard Metze, Confederation of German Employers’ Organizations, Germany
N.N.   Workers’ organization
Nancy Leppink, Labour Administration, Labour Inspection and Occupational Safety and Health Branch, International Labour Organization, Switzerland