Investigation report on working condition and waste
management
Commissioned by Matthew Flanagan, Founder of Brico
Report prepared by:Abhishek Gupta (Sky)
Sumanth Velamati
Danqing Zhao (John)
Kaiji Huang (Kevin)
Contents
Investigation report on working condition and waste management......................1
Commissioned by Matthew Flanagan, Founder of Brico........................................1
Executive Summary............................................................................................... 2
Introduction........................................................................................................... 3
Findings................................................................................................................. 3
Poor working condition....................................................................................... 3
Low Sustainability Standards..............................................................................3
Inadequate waste disposal................................................................................. 3
Conclusion............................................................................................................. 3
Recommendations................................................................................................. 4
References............................................................................................................. 4
Executive Summary
The Brico campaign aims to provide better working environment to
workers by implementing new policies which would be comprehensive,
well established and transparent. We strongly hope to arouse the public
awareness regarding the Brico brand amongst the public and able to
establish friendly consumer behaviour.
This report analyses how the dominance of improper working conditions,
less pay rates, low sustainability and inadequate waste disposal affected
Brisco CSR and also expose the reality behind the situations.
Introduction
Since its establishment in 2006, Brico devices has gained a great
popularity globally for its products and services but always has concerns
regarding corporate social responsibility. Improper working environment,
unsatisfactory wages, low sustainability and unhealthy waste disposal
procedures are the major issues being encountered by Brico.
In this CSR report we had mentioned all the major findings which lead to
these situations and suitable solutions are being recommended.
Findings
Poor working condition
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Long working shifts, working excessive overtime without a single
day off during the week.
Living together in crowded dorms and exposure to dangerous
chemicals.
Workers are paid below minimum pay scale.
Poor infrastructure which may lead to a great disaster.
For Example- Consider Nike which embrace CSR and went from Zero
to Hero, after the collapse of Rana Plaza factory in Bangladesh.
Low Sustainability Standards
Brico Device also has certain issues in the process of production, such as
energy consumption and carbon emissions in factories as well as the
prevention on near miss or accidents occurred on workers, which
represents an absence of fair sustainability standards.
As a result, contingent expenses including legal fees and compensation
would occur and have an impact on business profits in the company due to
low sustainability standards.
Inadequate waste disposal
During the production, Brico Devices has inappropriately treated the
waste computer hardware and chemical liquid, which is gushed into river
without any environmental friendly process, causing hazardous effect on
the environment, mentioned by Innovation, Science and Economic
Development Canada (2016)
Conclusion
In light of these findings it is evident that a collective failure has occurred
in carrying out CSR. Firstly, pay rate and working hours has to be revised
and new code of conduct has to be outlined by providing democratic
voting rights within the trade unions for better performance. Secondly,
transparency should be legalised among the public and stakeholders
within the company which brings more awareness. Finally, electrical and
electronic wastes need to be recycled before being dumped. Organizing
health check-up’s for the employees dealing with hazardous chemicals.
Let us fightback and make Brico a better working place.
Recommendations
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We should implement all policies regarding the supporting workers
and also demand their contractors and suppliers to meet the desired
requirements.
Conduct third party audits for better outcomes and gaining
credibility amongst the stakeholders.
References
http://www.triplepundit.com/special/roi-of-sustainability/how-nike-embraced-csrand-went-from-villain-to-hero/
http://www.sacom.hk/
https://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/csr-rse.nsf/eng/rs00181.html
http://www.sweep-net.org/theme/corporate-social