This publication presents examples of the application of technical expertise, of workplace participation, and of tools that promote workers’ health and safety to problems that extend beyond the workplace into areas such as environmental protection, public health and the accountability of employer
The sectors of the built environment are the main sources of emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. They are key contributors to climate change and to the depletion of natural resources.
Climate change is now widely acknowledged as one of the great – if not the greatest – challenges facing humanity in the coming decades.
Redefining Canada’s path to sustainable development concerns not only the country’s relationship to its natural resources, but also to its people. Understanding the Canadian economy from a comprehensive wealth perspective tells us this.
This publication serves as a background document highlighting initiatives which have been successfully implemented to facilitate a transformation to a green development on different levels: the level of single companies, the household level and the macro-economic level (countries).
E-waste is currently the largest growing waste stream. It is hazardous, complex and expensive to treat in an environmentally sound manner, and there is a general lack of legislation or enforcement surrounding it. Today, most e-waste is being discarded in the general waste stream.
This paper describes how International Labour Standards could be made more relevant to climate change in terms of its impact on employment and the labour market.
This report provides an overview of global and regional trends in employment, unemployment, labour force participation, productivity, as well as employment status, informal employment and working poverty.