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Course Learning Outcomes for Unit VIII Upon completion of this unit, students should be able to:

7. Apply hazard analysis and control techniques to fleet safety. 7.1 Identify the necessary steps for creating an effective safety management system for a

company. 7.2 Explain how to implement an effective management system within a safety culture.

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7.1 Unit Lesson, Chapter7, Green Vehicle Guide, EPA-SmartWay, PowerPoint Assignment

7.2 Unit Lesson, Chapter 7

Reading Assignment Chapter 7: Sustainability and the Safety, Health, and Environmental Professional, pp. 129-168 In order to access the following resources, click the links below: The following resource is an excellent source for the PowerPoint assignment in this unit. Be sure to explore and read the various sections, which can be accessed by clicking these links on the web page below: “Learn About Green Vehicles,” “Help Make Transportation Greener,” and “Vehicles and Greenhouse Gases – EPA’s Role.” Be sure to also view the various links within those sections. Environmental Protection Agency. (n.d.). Green vehicle guide. Retrieved from

https://www.epa.gov/greenvehicles The following resource is another great source for the PowerPoint assignment in this unit. Be sure to explore and read the various sections of the SmartWay program, which can be accessed by clicking the links on the left-hand side of the web page below: “Why Freight Matters;” “Carbon Accounting and Reporting;” “How SmartWay Advances Sustainable Transportation Supply Chains;” “SmartWay Program Successes;” “Trends, Indicators, and Partner Statistics (TIPS);” and “Participate in SmartWay.” Be sure to also view the various links within those sections. Environment Protection Agency. (n.d.). Learn about SmartWay. Retrieved from

https://www.epa.gov/smartway/learn-about-smartway

Unit Lesson Introduction Strategic planning is necessary to facilitate continuous sustainability within a safety culture. Companies develop safety policies and procedures that are well-defined and align with federal guidelines while implementing successful and effective training initiatives to ensure fleet drivers comply with all safety regulations. To sustain a culture of safety, companies use strategic planning and analysis to model and measure techniques that are determined to provide continuous support for overall objectives. Within this

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strategic planning, safety managers use the sustainability model of economic, environmental, and social responsibilities to plan their safety training and fleet operations to mitigate potential risks to fleet drivers and the environment. Global Reporting Initiatives The 1970 National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) formally established a national goal under which humans and nature can exist in productive harmony and fulfill the social, economic, and other requirements of present and future generations of U.S. citizens (Environmental Protection Agency [EPA], n.d.-b).

Fleet managers utilize certain control techniques to promote corporate social responsibility in sustainability throughout their company. The idea of sustainability includes the three areas of social, economic, and environmental factors that are necessary to maintain this idea. Transparency is important for companies to be able to demonstrate participation with a common goal. Within this, global reporting initiatives take place within the framework of sustainability with the vision of delivering continuous reports on performance as related to organizational success. Companies must be able to demonstrate success and report the methods for reduction of its environmental footprint. Such examples include a fleet’s ability to reduce gas emissions, lower vehicles’ idling rates, and reduce the amount of time spent utilizing the roadways for transportation of goods and services. Global reporting initiatives are seen around the world as the best practice for conducting research and delivering information regarding sustainability and the economic environment. As a part of policy enforcement, companies utilize the guidelines to report information regarding safety and health procedures and the resulting achievements. Companies are encouraged to report rates of injuries including all work-related issues, all education and training delivered by the company to its workforce and fleets, all health and safety topics covered in agreements, and the total percentage of the workforce represented within this analysis. In order to continuously bridge the gap between actions and improvements, corporate social responsibility holds an important role in managing continuous safety within an organization in addition to managing its fleets. Without an effective safety program, companies cannot promote sustainability. Fleet safety is about reinforcing safe driving behavior. If drivers buy into their company’s safety training program and safety culture, they can then demonstrate safe driving habits that will also show less impact on the environment and the

Environmental Protection Agency Building in Washington, D.C. (EPA, 2014)

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economy. Continuous improvements and process management drive strategic change and ensure empowerment throughout organizational culture. Safety managers within all companies have a responsibility to maintain quality levels of safety training to ensure compliance. This will, in turn, successfully manage their drivers’ actions within fleet operations and maximize all opportunities to ensure safe social responsibilities. International Organization for Standardization Sustainable development from the perspective of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is about contributing to sustainable development without jeopardizing social responsibilities. ISO 26000 is recognized as an international standard and as a guidance of social responsibility for companies to utilize in their safety culture. There are additional ISO standards that are utilized by companies within fleets for safety training as a guide on managing social responsibilities while operating each day. These include the following:

 ISO 9000: This standard facilitates the aspect of total quality management, which delivers direction for companies to guarantee products meet customer requirements with high quality (ISO, n.d.-b).

 ISO 9001: This standard is applicable to multiple levels of an organization and promotes an effective systems application that demonstrates continuous process improvements and assurance to safety and regulatory requirements. This standard is used by transportation companies that utilize fleets for logistical transportation. This application helps these companies adhere to safety and regulatory requirements and maintain full sustainability (ISO, n.d.-b).

 ISO 14001: This standard assists an organization to develop policies and objectives that align with legal and environmental requirements and apply safe practices within an organization to not only ensure safety for a company’s drivers but also safety for the environment in which they operate (ISO, n.d.-a).

With sustainability, waste reduction and energy efficiency are promoted to help maintain social responsibility. Federal protocols were developed to facilitate improved processes in sustainability performance. The first legal initiative in the United States toward promoting sustainability was the National Environmental Policy Act of 1970, which laid out the national goal of creating and maintaining sustainable conditions for future generations of U.S. citizens (EPA, n.d.-b). Within this act, different policy acts were developed with the idea of encouraging sustainability while allowing companies to conduct safety and environmental awareness. The Energy Policy Act of 2005 created innovative standards for the utilization of transportation fuels while designing creative fuel economy standards. According to the Transportation and Climate Change Clearinghouse (n.d.), the transportation sector generates approximately 28% of carbon dioxide. This is but one of the many examples of environmental issues that are being continuously addressed due to the environmental impacts that fleets can have while in operation. There are varieties of concerns about energy, fuel, and climate changes that have led to the promotion of changes for both state and national standards. Companies with fleets are now concentrating on optimizing fleet operations through initiatives such as identification of unsafe driving patterns, working to reduce fuel consumption through unnecessary idling, and working to reduce time spent on the road. Throughout the United States, federal policies such as those initiated through the EPA, help states facilitate enhanced incentives and mandates to reduce fleet emissions and achieve a lower impact on the environment. The EPA’s goal was and is to continuously promote socially responsible regulations for companies to follow when maintaining fleet operations. Safety and Social Responsibility Employee buy-in is an important factor in a company’s ability to promote not only a successful safety culture but also successful sustainability in health and safety management systems. Since social responsibility is a part of this sustainability, safety managers work in conjunction with their companies to design and implement good social responsibility and safety within their fleets. Within the planning process, effective training helps assist employees with understanding their roles within a safety culture. In turn, companies must communicate to all levels of management staff that they need to provide all of the necessary information that can be used to help train employees and remove any possible barriers to allow employee response and suggested methods of improvement for senior management to follow. Since ISO 26000 has a primary goal of engaging key stakeholders in its processes, companies that utilize this standard can incorporate all levels of the organization to ensure that the cooperation is seen as a participant of corporate social responsibility. Since an organization’s culture consists of a mission with goals and

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corporate objectives, it also directs the effectiveness of a safety management system for its company. Senior management provides the necessary leadership to motivate employees into fully participating in training to meet the regulations of safety both within the company and outside the company. Both employers and employees should be recognized as key stakeholders within this entire process. Everyone involved in the process holds a level of responsibility to maintain safety and ensure responsibility to the public. In 2004, multiple companies joined with the EPA to create the SmartWay program with the goal of establishing long-term solutions to current social responsibility efforts. Since that time, over 3,000 companies have joined to raise further awareness of the economic impacts of transportation throughout the globe (EPA, n.d.-a). In alignment with federal regulations in the United States, transportation companies have been aligning with the many types of policies that govern transportation activities. Senior management and safety officials can review the potential for risks, conduct careful assessments, and improve training for their fleet drivers and employees. Companies must balance the actions of its fleets with social responsibilities. On a larger scale, those companies that have large fleets and even larger operations determine the culture of safety, implement safety programs, and manage sustainability within the community through reducing its economic impact on the environment. Conclusion Corporate social responsibility encompasses all aspects of safety and the appropriate applications within operations. Since employers are responsible for the health and safety of all employees and operations, employers are also required to ensure that their fleets operate with the highest levels of safety to maintain not only their drivers’ safety but others on the road as well. Social, economic, and environmental activities are all intertwined with company operations. In an effort to create a sustainable environment and a sustainable safety culture within companies, management must integrate these multiple areas into the company and fleet operations to promote and ensure safety throughout for all.

References Environmental Protection Agency. (n.d.-a). How SmartWay advances sustainable transportation supply

chains. https://www.epa.gov/smartway/how-smartway-advances-sustainable-transportation-supply- chains

Environmental Protection Agency. (n.d.-b). Summary of the National Environmental Policy Act 42 U.S.C.

§4321 et seq. (1969). Retrieved from www.epa.gov/compliance/nepa Environmental Protection Agency. (2014). Environmental protection agency building [Photograph]. Retrieved

from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Environmental_Protection_Agency_building_(15011151177). jpg

International Organization for Standardization. (n.d.-a). ISO 9000 – Quality management. Retrieved from

https://www.iso.org/iso-9001-quality-management.html International Organization for Standardization. (n.d.-b). ISO 14000 family – Environmental management.

Retrieved from https://www.iso.org/iso-14001-environmental-management.html Transportation and Climate Change Clearinghouse. (n.d.). Transportation’s role in climate change. Retrieved

from https://www.climate.dot.gov/about/transportations-role/overview.html

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Learning Activities (Non-Graded) Non-graded Learning Activities are provided to aid students in their course of study. You do not have to submit them. If you have questions, contact your instructor for further guidance and information. Non-Graded Learning Activities are provided to aid students in their course of study. You do not have to submit them. If you have questions, contact your instructor for further guidance and information. Watch the video regarding Global Reporting Initiative Standards by clicking the link below. GRI Secretariat. (2016, October 14). The GRI Sustainability Reporting Standards: The future of reporting

[Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGqE4OO0_7g&feature=youtu.be Click here to access the transcript for the video. How are the standards utilized in a combined method to promote global sustainability?