ABSTRACT
Investors are increasingly being targeted by non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and trade unions, among others, that wish to use investors' influence with companies to promote specific social or environmental goals. This chapter reviews the efforts of the UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to use investor influence to promote improvements in occupational health and safety, focusing, in particular, on the HSE's efforts to establish a Corporate Health and Safety Performance Index (CHaSPI). It considers whether investors have an interest in either promoting enhanced corporate occupational health and safety or factoring performance in this area into investment decisions. The chapter discusses some of the broader public policy implications of the HSE's work in this area. CHaSPI is intended to be a self-assessment tool, designed for use by large public and private sector organisations employing over 250 people.
