Sustainable Development / Health and Safety
As a Global Union Federation with many members in some of the most hazardous and resource intense industries in the world, the ICEM takes its responsibilities very seriously. This is why the ICEM's health, safety and environmental work is grounded in a firm commitment to the greater sustainability of the companies employing our members.
Corporate Social Responsibilty (CSR) and corporate governance (CG) are frequently cited as appropriate indicators of a company's performance, and for this reason the ICEM insists that health, safety and environmental excellence must be among the key parameters on which company CSR and CG performance are judged. This is why the ICEM is committed to the creation and maintenance of healthy and safe workplaces in all of its industrial sectors, and to fully engage employers to this end.
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The ICEM is developing a page with links to resources on health, safety, environmental, and sustainability issues. More will be added each month. To see what's new click here.
 ICEM Calls on Papermaker Sappi to Halt Safety Discipline |
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29 June 2009 South Africa ICEM InBrief  |
The ICEM calls on South African pulp, paper, and woodlands company Sappi to cease disciplinary matters against 19 shop stewards and 23 other workers at the Enstra mill in Gauteng province. The ICEM supports its South African affiliate, Chemical, Energy, Paper, Printing, Wood, and Allied Workers Union (CEPPWAWU), in its rigorous defense of the 42.
The paperworkers are charged with inciting three... Read the article |
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| ICEM Hosts Nigerian Union Leaders from NUPENG, PENGASSAN |
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29 June 2009 Nigeria ICEM InBrief  |
The ICEM hosted leaders of its two oil and gas workers’ unions of Nigeria on 18 June. Elected officers from NUPENG, the blue-collar union, and PENGASSAN, representing white-collar workers, visited the ICEM’s headquarters in Geneva.
With General Secretary Manfred Warda and Energy Officer and Director of Organisation Jim Catterson present, the Nigerian trade unionists discussed the...Read the article |
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| Colliery Deaths in Indonesia Reinforces Call for Ratification of ILO 176 |
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29 June 2009 Indonesia ICEM InBrief  |
A massive methane gas explosion in a coal mine in the West Sumatra province of Indonesia, 560 miles northwest of capital Jakarta, killed 31 mineworkers earlier in June. Shafts inside the mine, in Suwahlunto district, collapsed on Tuesday 16 June, following the explosion.
The mine, owned by a local company without union representation, was unregulated by either the central Jakarta government or...Read the article |
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| Gold Fields Struck by 5 South African Mining Deaths in Past Month | ||
29 June 2009 |
South Africa |
ICEM InBrief |
| ICEM, Rhodia Take Health, Safety Agenda to Shop Floor in Freiburg, Germany | ||
29 June 2009 |
Germany France |
ICEM InBrief |
| ICEM Women’s Bulletin No. 33 | ||
18 June 2009 |
Botswana Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Chile ... |
ICEM Women's bulletin |
| ICEM pulp & paper/pâte et de papier/pulp y papel : Sappi | ||
17 June 2009 |
South Africa |
ICEM Background Document |
| 82 Illegal Miners Dead at Harmony Gold in South Africa | ||
15 June 2009 |
South Africa |
ICEM InBrief |
| NUM Stands Pat on Ban of Labour Brokers at 12th Congress | ||
1 June 2009 |
South Africa |
ICEM InBrief |
| Drummond, Shell Called to US Courts to Answer on Human Rights Charges | ||
1 June 2009 |
Colombia Nigeria United States |
ICEM InBrief |
| ETUC Prioritises 306 Chemicals for REACH | ||
1 June 2009 |
ICEM InBrief |
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| Mine Deaths in Donetsk Region, Ukraine, Raises PRUPU Safety Call | ||
18 May 2009 |
Ukraine |
ICEM InBrief |
| ICEM World Conference for the Rubber Industry | ||
14 May 2009 |
Global |
ICEM Sectoral meeting document |
| ICEM’s Latin Region Supports Sintramienergética in Colombia Dispute Against Drummond | ||
4 May 2009 |
Colombia |
ICEM InBrief |
| South Africa Mine Deaths Continue to Rise | ||
4 May 2009 |
South Africa |
ICEM InBrief |
| ICEM Campaigns for ILO Convention 176 | ||
28 April 2009 |
Global |
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| ICEM HIV/AIDS e-bulletin No. 43 April 2009 | ||
27 April 2009 |
Ethiopia Haiti India ... |
ICEM HIV/AIDS Bulletin |
| ICEM, Affiliates Team to Present Mine Safety Workshop on Radiation, 27 May in Johannesburg | ||
20 April 2009 |
South Africa |
ICEM InBrief |
| ILO Mongolia Seminar Launches Asia Campaign for Ratification of Mine Safety Convention 176 | ||
20 April 2009 |
China Indonesia India ... |
ICEM InBrief |
| Asbestos Redux: The Canadian Government’s Shameful Hypocrisy | ||
20 April 2009 |
Canada |
ICEM InBrief |
