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.