The Challenge

Consider this. In 2005, the International Labour Organization (ILO) estimated that:

• More than two million lives are claimed annually by job-related accidents and illnesses, and that number appears to be rising.
• Some 268 million non-fatal workplace accidents occur causing people to miss at least three days of work per year.
• 160 million new cases of work-related illness arise each year.

The human cost is incalculable. The economic cost is almost beyond comprehension — the loss of four percent of the world’s GDP in compensation and absence from work.1

Industry Bands Together

In September 2005 at the XVII World Congress on Safety and Health at Work, DuPont initiated the World Safety Declaration to provide companies with a framework to find common ground in identifying and working to resolve this challenge. The World Safety Declaration is a call to action and a vehicle for collaboration. Signers of the Declaration commit to working together to improve workplace safety in their own organizations, sharing ideas and reporting back results at the XVIII World Congress in 2008 in Seoul, Korea.

View the World Safety Declaration.

Learn how your company can participate.

The 2008 World Safety Declaration Progress Report is now available. Download it here.

View a list of the Charter Signers and a description of their companies.

View the World Congress Signing Ceremony Video.

Download the World Safety Declaration and Logo.