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

3. Describe fleet-safety-related responsibilities. 3.1 Identify safety programs and measures. 3.2 Identify sustainability programs and measures.

Required Unit Resources Chapter 7: Sustainability and the Safety, Health, and Environmental Professional, pp. 129–168 In order to access the following resource, click the link below. Read Chapter 10 (pp. 173–202) of the following e-book, which takes a deeper look at the need for data and proper assessment to identify causal factors and to mitigate risks. Panel on Research Methodologies and Statistical Approaches to Understanding Driver Fatigue Factors i.

(2016). Commercial motor vehicle driver fatigue, long-term health, and highway safety: Research needs [e-book]. Retrieved from https://libraryresources.columbiasouthern.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direc t=true&db=e000xna&AN=1339184&site=ehost-live&scope=site&ebv=EB&ppid=pp_i

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 various guidelines while implementing successful and effective 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 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, including the continuous improvement plan, do, check, act (PDCA) model, to promote sustainable corporate social responsibility. The idea of sustainability includes the three areas of social, economic, and environmental factors that are necessary to maintain this ideal. Transparency is important for companies to be able to demonstrate their corporate commitment to their workers and to the general public. Companies must be able to demonstrate success as they report their methods for reducing their environmental footprint. Such examples include a fleet’s ability to reduce gas emissions, lower vehicles’ idling rates and idling time limits, and proper handling of waste products. One source of help for fleet safety professionals is through global initiatives, which are seen around the world as the best practices

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for conducting research and delivering information regarding environmental sustainability and the economic environment. As a part of policy enforcement, companies need to report and analyze information regarding safety and health procedures and the resulting achievements. Included in the reporting are rates and types of injuries, all education and training delivered by the company, and other pertinent information that demonstrate actions taken to ensure continual improvement that is, indeed, sustainable. This pertains to the other definition of sustainable, which is ensuring that safety and occupational health gains made are not lost. 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 will then demonstrate safe driving habits that will also show less impact on the environment, ensure compliance, and have a positive impact on the economy. This is all a part of having a sound policy of sustainable social responsibility. International Organization for Standardization Sustainable development from the perspective of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is about contributing to sustainable development while maintaining 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 can help organizations operate in a world-class manner. These are listed below.

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

• ISO 9001: This standard promotes an effective systems application that demonstrates continuous process improvements and assurance to safety and regulatory requirements. This standard can be used by transportation companies (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. If adopted by a transportation company, it cannot only ensure safety for a company’s drivers but also safety for the environment in which they operate (ISO, n.d.-a).

• OHSAS 18001: This was developed as a British standard for occupational safety and health systems but will soon be replaced by OHSAS 45001.

• ISO 45001: This is replacing OHSAS 18001 and is intended to be a more comprehensive way of preventing accidents and their corresponding costs.

In addition, federal protocols were developed to facilitate improved processes in sustainability performance. 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. As mentioned earlier, NEPA laid out the national goal of creating and maintaining sustainable safety and environmental conditions (EPA, n.d.-b). 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 issues that are being continuously addressed due to the environmental impacts that fleets can have while in operation. Companies with fleets are now concentrating on optimizing fleet operations through programs that assist in identifying unsafe driving patterns, reducing fuel consumption through unnecessary idling, and reducing wasted time spent on the road. Throughout the United States, federal policies such as those initiated through the EPA, help states facilitate the goal of reducing fleet emissions and reducing impacts on the environment.

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Safety and Social Responsibility Employee buy-in is an important factor in a company’s ability to promote and sustain a successful environmental, safety, and health culture. Buy-in comes from doing those things that make the drivers feel that their ideas are being heard, that the best ideas are being implemented, and that barriers to successful implementation are removed. Social responsibility is a part of this sustainability, and fleet safety managers oversee this area to ensure that it happens. Since ISO 26000 is based on engaging key stakeholders in its processes, companies that utilize this standard should involve all levels of the organization to ensure that the corporation is practicing corporate social responsibility. Senior management must provide the necessary leadership to motivate employees into fully participating in this endeavor. Both employers and employees are 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 greater awareness of the economic impacts of transportation throughout the globe (EPA, n.d.-a). Senior management and safety officials can review the potential for risks, conduct careful assessments, and improve training for their fleet drivers and employees. To make this happen, companies must balance the actions of their fleets with social responsibilities. Conclusion Corporate social responsibility encompasses all aspects of environmental, health, and safety (EHS) 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 company and fleet operations to promote and ensure safety. As we look back on all eight units of this course, it is important to remember the key elements for a safe and responsible fleet:

• management involvement and commitment; • hiring the right people; • proper training, specific to the vehicles that will be operated; • employee participation; • analysis of both leading and trailing indicators to honestly assess how the company is doing; and • accountability.

References Edet, U. (2018). Download the ISO 45001 occupational health and safety standard PDF copy. Retrieved from

https://hsewatch.com/iso-45001-occupational-health-and-safety-standard-pdf Environmental Protection Agency. (n.d.-a). How SmartWay advances sustainable transportation supply

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

https://www.iso.org/iso-9001-quality-management.html

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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 Suggested Unit Resources In order to access the following resource, click the link below. To get a free download of the ISO 45001 standard, refer to the web page below. Edet, U. (2018). Download the ISO 45001 occupational health and safety standard PDF copy. Retrieved from

https://hsewatch.com/iso-45001-occupational-health-and-safety-standard-pdf Learning Activities (Nongraded) Nongraded 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. What specifically could you do to make the office, factory, or shop that you work in Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certified?

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

3. Describe fleet-safety-related responsibilities. 3.1 Identify safety programs and measures. 3.2 Identify sustainability programs and measures.

Required Unit Resources Chapter 7: Sustainability and the Safety, Health, and Environmental Professional, pp. 129–168 In order to access the following resource, click the link below. Read Chapter 10 (pp. 173–202) of the following e-book, which takes a deeper look at the need for data and proper assessment to identify causal factors and to mitigate risks. Panel on Research Methodologies and Statistical Approaches to Understanding Driver Fatigue Factors i.

(2016). Commercial motor vehicle driver fatigue, long-term health, and highway safety: Research needs [e-book]. Retrieved from https://libraryresources.columbiasouthern.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direc t=true&db=e000xna&AN=1339184&site=ehost-live&scope=site&ebv=EB&ppid=pp_i

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 various guidelines while implementing successful and effective 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 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, including the continuous improvement plan, do, check, act (PDCA) model, to promote sustainable corporate social responsibility. The idea of sustainability includes the three areas of social, economic, and environmental factors that are necessary to maintain this ideal. Transparency is important for companies to be able to demonstrate their corporate commitment to their workers and to the general public. Companies must be able to demonstrate success as they report their methods for reducing their environmental footprint. Such examples include a fleet’s ability to reduce gas emissions, lower vehicles’ idling rates and idling time limits, and proper handling of waste products. One source of help for fleet safety professionals is through global initiatives, which are seen around the world as the best practices

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for conducting research and delivering information regarding environmental sustainability and the economic environment. As a part of policy enforcement, companies need to report and analyze information regarding safety and health procedures and the resulting achievements. Included in the reporting are rates and types of injuries, all education and training delivered by the company, and other pertinent information that demonstrate actions taken to ensure continual improvement that is, indeed, sustainable. This pertains to the other definition of sustainable, which is ensuring that safety and occupational health gains made are not lost. 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 will then demonstrate safe driving habits that will also show less impact on the environment, ensure compliance, and have a positive impact on the economy. This is all a part of having a sound policy of sustainable social responsibility. International Organization for Standardization Sustainable development from the perspective of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is about contributing to sustainable development while maintaining 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 can help organizations operate in a world-class manner. These are listed below.

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

• ISO 9001: This standard promotes an effective systems application that demonstrates continuous process improvements and assurance to safety and regulatory requirements. This standard can be used by transportation companies (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. If adopted by a transportation company, it cannot only ensure safety for a company’s drivers but also safety for the environment in which they operate (ISO, n.d.-a).

• OHSAS 18001: This was developed as a British standard for occupational safety and health systems but will soon be replaced by OHSAS 45001.

• ISO 45001: This is replacing OHSAS 18001 and is intended to be a more comprehensive way of preventing accidents and their corresponding costs.

In addition, federal protocols were developed to facilitate improved processes in sustainability performance. 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. As mentioned earlier, NEPA laid out the national goal of creating and maintaining sustainable safety and environmental conditions (EPA, n.d.-b). 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 issues that are being continuously addressed due to the environmental impacts that fleets can have while in operation. Companies with fleets are now concentrating on optimizing fleet operations through programs that assist in identifying unsafe driving patterns, reducing fuel consumption through unnecessary idling, and reducing wasted time spent on the road. Throughout the United States, federal policies such as those initiated through the EPA, help states facilitate the goal of reducing fleet emissions and reducing impacts on the environment.

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Safety and Social Responsibility Employee buy-in is an important factor in a company’s ability to promote and sustain a successful environmental, safety, and health culture. Buy-in comes from doing those things that make the drivers feel that their ideas are being heard, that the best ideas are being implemented, and that barriers to successful implementation are removed. Social responsibility is a part of this sustainability, and fleet safety managers oversee this area to ensure that it happens. Since ISO 26000 is based on engaging key stakeholders in its processes, companies that utilize this standard should involve all levels of the organization to ensure that the corporation is practicing corporate social responsibility. Senior management must provide the necessary leadership to motivate employees into fully participating in this endeavor. Both employers and employees are 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 greater awareness of the economic impacts of transportation throughout the globe (EPA, n.d.-a). Senior management and safety officials can review the potential for risks, conduct careful assessments, and improve training for their fleet drivers and employees. To make this happen, companies must balance the actions of their fleets with social responsibilities. Conclusion Corporate social responsibility encompasses all aspects of environmental, health, and safety (EHS) 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 company and fleet operations to promote and ensure safety. As we look back on all eight units of this course, it is important to remember the key elements for a safe and responsible fleet:

• management involvement and commitment; • hiring the right people; • proper training, specific to the vehicles that will be operated; • employee participation; • analysis of both leading and trailing indicators to honestly assess how the company is doing; and • accountability.

References Edet, U. (2018). Download the ISO 45001 occupational health and safety standard PDF copy. Retrieved from

https://hsewatch.com/iso-45001-occupational-health-and-safety-standard-pdf Environmental Protection Agency. (n.d.-a). How SmartWay advances sustainable transportation supply

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

https://www.iso.org/iso-9001-quality-management.html

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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 Suggested Unit Resources In order to access the following resource, click the link below. To get a free download of the ISO 45001 standard, refer to the web page below. Edet, U. (2018). Download the ISO 45001 occupational health and safety standard PDF copy. Retrieved from

https://hsewatch.com/iso-45001-occupational-health-and-safety-standard-pdf Learning Activities (Nongraded) Nongraded 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. What specifically could you do to make the office, factory, or shop that you work in Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certified?