title: Code of Sustainable Practice in Occupational and Environmental Health and Safety for Corporations.
abstract: At a conference held at Stony Brook University in December 2007, "Dangerous Trade: Histories of Industrial Hazard across a Globalizing World," participants endorsed a Code of Sustainable Practice in Occupational and Environmental Health and Safety for Corporations. The Code outlines practices that would ensure corporations enact the highest health and environmentally protective measures in all the locations in which they operate. Corporations should observe international guidelines on occupational exposure to air contaminants, plant safety, air and water pollutant releases, hazardous waste disposal practices, remediation of polluted sites, public disclosure of toxic releases, product hazard labeling, sale of products for specific uses, storage and transport of toxic intermediates and products, corporate safety and health auditing, and corporate environmental auditing. Protective measures in all locations should be consonant with the most protective measures applied anywhere in the world, and should apply to the corporations' subsidiaries, contractors, suppliers, distributors, and licensees of technology. Key words: corporations, sustainability, environmental protection, occupational health, code of practice.
authors.affiliation: barry.castleman@gmail.com
authors.forename: Barry
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Castleman
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Allen
authors.forename: Stefania
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Barca
authors.forename: Susanna Rankin
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Bohme
authors.forename: Emmanuel
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Henry
authors.forename: Amarjit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kaur
authors.forename: Genvieve
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Massard-Guilbaud
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Melling
authors.forename: Alfredo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Menendez-Navarro
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Renfrew
authors.forename: Myrna
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Santiago
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sellers
authors.forename: Geoffrey
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tweedale
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zalik
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zavestoski
mesh_terms: D003132:Commerce; D004782:Environmental Health / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D016272:Occupational Health; D017751:Safety Management / Q000458:organization & administration*