Occupational safety and health aspects of corporate social responsibility reporting in Japan from 2004 to 2012

BMC Public Health

Research Article

Tomohisa Nagata¹  Koji Mori²  Akinori Nakata³  Takashi Maruyama⁴  Masako Nagata⁵  Futoshi Kawashita⁵ 

[1] Department of Occupational Health Practice and Management, Institute of Industrial Ecological Sciences, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, 1-1 Iseigaoka, Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyushu city, 807-8555, Kitakyushu, Japan;Department of Occupational Health Practice and Management, Institute of Industrial Ecological Sciences, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, 1-1 Iseigaoka, Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyushu city, 807-8555, Kitakyushu, Japan;Occupational Health Training Center, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu-city, Fukuoka, Japan;Department of Occupational and Community Health Nursing, School of Health Sciences, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu-city, Fukuoka, Japan;Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu-city, Fukuoka, Japan;Occupational Health Training Center, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu-city, Fukuoka, Japan;

关键词: Reporting;    Corporate social responsibility;    Occupational safety and health;    Yearly trend;    Category of industry;    Size of company;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12889-017-4356-y

 received in 2016-07-08, accepted in 2017-04-28,  发布年份 2017

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundA number of companies publish corporate social responsibility (CSR) reporting in booklets and other publicly available formats. The purpose of this paper is to clarify the nine-year (2004–2012) trend of occupational safety and health (OSH) activities as described in CSR reporting (by industry sector and company size).MethodsWe investigated CSR reporting on the website in all Japanese companies listed on the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The data were extracted from CSR reporting of each company every year from 2004 to 2012. We counted the pages dedicated to information on OSH activities by industry sector and company size and calculated the rate of OSH divided by total CSR-related activities.ResultsThe number of companies publishing CSR reports increased in all industry sectors, although the rate of inclusion of OSH activity within CSR reports increased only among sectors such as construction, manufacturing, transportation, and commerce. Among all company size, CSR reporting increased constantly throughout all observed years. The proportion of companies that had described OSH in CSR reporting increased from 2004 to 2012, and 76.5% companies had described OSH activities in 2012. The average number of pages of CSR-related report was 34.2 in 2004, increasing to 43.1 in 2012. The proportion of described pages of OSH activities in total CSR reporting increased gradually, and 2.7% in 2012. The focus of CSR reporting gradually shifted from ‘environment’ to ‘social activity including OSH’.ConclusionsMajority of companies are putting more emphasis on OSH in CSR reporting in Japan.

【 授权许可】

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