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Unit 3.1 Involvement of WRs in CSR Motivations and Objectives

Learn the importance of worker involvement in CSR, motivations, and objectives for engagement. Explore examples of worker participation in CSR policies through union experiences and company initiatives.

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Unit 3.1 Involvement of WRs in CSR Motivations and Objectives

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  1. Unit 3.1 Involvement of WRs in CSRMotivationsandObjectives Unit 3.1 Involvement of WRs in CSR

  2. Target andMethodolgy • Target: to address the importance of WRs involvement in CSR policies and explain the objectives and criteria for this participation. • Methodology: • Introduction to key concepts • Presentation of an union experiencience in CSR Unit 3.1 Involvement of WRs in CSR

  3. WRs‘ approachofsustainability Social Dimension Economical Dimension Environmental Dimension Unit 3.1 Involvement of WRs in CSR

  4. CSR Blueprint Unit 3.1 Involvement of WRs in CSR

  5. Workersandrepresentativesasstakeholders • Workers and their representatives are significant stakeholders • WRs and unions combine a particular interest derived strictly from labour issues; however, they have a general interest arising from matters pertaining to or affecting citizenship too • Workers are direct stakeholders, since they are affected at the workplace directly and, indirectly, as citizens, since they have the ability to represent and defend the general interests of society as a whole from within a companyBut WRs are not always identified as stakeholders • Therefore, it is important to state WRs’ and union’s priorities, needs and expectations • But WRs are not always identified as stakeholders Unit 3.1 Involvement of WRs in CSR

  6. Motivationsandobjectivesof WR involvement in CSR MOTIVATIONS: • Ensure economic, social and environmental sustainability as a guarantee of employment and working conditions • Improve working conditions and labour relations • Defense the role of reps facing the growing prominence of social organizations in areas and aspects traditionally unionized OBJECTIVES: • Collaborating with companies in: • Management of impacts on society and environment • Respond to the needs and expectatives of stakeholders Unit 3.1 Involvement of WRs in CSR

  7. Key issuesfor WR involvement in CSR • CSR in collective bargaining and voluntary agreements • Channels for dialogue.  Establish specific forums for dialogue and consultations • Training in CSR • Involvement in CSR tools at company level (ISO 14.001, EMAS, SA 8000, Equality Plan, etc) • Stakeholders list • Participation in draft reports • Dialogue with social stakeholders • WR / Union CSR Report • Communication to staff Unit 3.1 Involvement of WRs in CSR

  8. Exampleof WR participation in CSR policies ExampleofSpanishcompany GAMESA: I General Agreement for Offices in the GAMESA Group GAMESA and SIEMENS Wind merger, 2017 Workers’ representatives in CSR issues Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy Sustainability Report, 2017 Next Steps… Unit 3.1 Involvement of WRs in CSR

  9. I General Agreement for Offices in the GAMESA Group • First General Agreement for Offices in the GAMESA Group (2016) • The agreement included a specific article on Corporate Social Responsibility: Unit 3.1 Involvement of WRs in CSR

  10. GAMESA and SIEMENS Wind Merger, 2017 The new Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy Group (SGRE) was born in April 2017, with the merger of Gamesa Corporación Tecnológica and Siemens Wind Power. Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy is a Spanish Company. Fuente: SustainabilityReport, 2017 Unit 3.1 Involvement of WRs in CSR

  11. Workers’ Representatives in CSR issues 1st Equality Plan Agreement (2010) 2nd Equality Plan Agreement (2014) 3rd Equality Plan Agreement (2019 expected) Global Framework Agreement (2019 expected) Global Framework Agreement (2015) Signed by Gamesa (2015), the IndustriALL Global Union, CCOO and UGT. First global agreement to guarantee labor rights by a company in the renewable energy sector. Code of Conduct (2016) Code of Conduct (2018) 2nd General Agreement for Offices (2019 expected) 1st General Agreement for Offices (2016) Unit 3.1 Involvement of WRs in CSR

  12. CENOFIA Tool Analysis: Final Report SGRE Sustainability Report has been one of the Study Case selected to put into practice the CENOFIA Tool Analysis. Once the analysis was carried out in the CENOFIA Tool, a Final Report was made: Unit 3.1 Involvement of WRs in CSR

  13. Siemens GamesaRenewableEnergySustainability Report, 2017 Fuente: SustainabilityReport, 2017 Unit 3.1 Involvement of WRs in CSR

  14. Siemens GamesaRenewableEnergySustainability Report, 2017 Fuente: SustainabilityReport, 2017 Unit 3.1 Involvement of WRs in CSR

  15. Next steps • Analizethe new SustainabilityReportof SGRE, publishedlastNovember 2019 (FY19, informationfromNovember 2018 toSeptember 2019). • Thisisthesecondreport as SGRE (after themerger), thefirstonewiththeinformationof a complete year. Thefirstone (theoneweanalizedonlyconsider 6 months, from April 2017 toSeptember 2018). Unit 3.1 Involvement of WRs in CSR

  16. Next steps New Global Framework Agreement Context • WRs understand that could be the forum in which we have the chance of being part of Relevant Non Financial topics • WRs could have the challenge of making a Social Analysis Report in order to be attended in the coming SGREAnual Sustainability Report II General Agreement • Trade Unions as a relevant stakeholder group (explicity) • Union CSR Representative [Forecast, 2019] Unit 3.1 Involvement of WRs in CSR

  17. The European Commission support for the production of this publication does not constitute an endorsement of the contents, which reflects the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use, which may be made of the information contained therein. Unit 3.1 Involvement of WRs in CSR

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