IMPROVING OSH IN COFFEE SUPPLY CHAINS: A TOOLKIT FOR ACTION
A compilation of tools, methodologies and research for reducing occupational accidents and diseases
This toolkit brings together useful tools to increase occupational safety and health (OSH) within coffee supply chains. It provides a comprehensive overview of each tool’s scope and utility.
By using this toolkit, stakeholders working in the space of OSH and/or in the coffee sector will:
- Learn the key concepts of OSH in the coffee supply chain.
- Understand the tools’ main objectives, scope, and components.
- Learn how to implement each tool.
Instructional material
15/07/2021
Contact(s)
vzf@ilo.org
Sector
Coffee
Coffee Region
Global
The Toolkit
The Toolkit consists of:
- an introductory section including instructions on how to use the toolkit, an overview of the tools contained in the toolkit, as well as general information on OSH in the coffee supply chain.
- 20 tools developed and tested by the VZF, organised under three main themes
You can download the Toolkit in full here or each tool individually below. Readers are invited to familiarise themselves with the toolkit before using it by consulting the background and the “getting started” sections as well as that on “understanding occupational safety and health in the coffee supply chain”.
Who is this toolbox for?
This toolkit can be applied by any stakeholder working in the coffee supply chain, such as:
• governments
• employers’ organisations
• workers’ organisations
• producers’ organisations
• private and public sector companies
• cooperatives
• certifiers
• researchers
• NGOs
• trainers
• consultants
• business development associations
Getting started
This section explain how to use this toolkit, how to navigate through its content and understand its purpose.
Understanding occupational safety and health in the coffee supply chain
This section provides general information to better understand OSH in the global coffee supply chain.
Central theme 1: OSH risks management
Occupational safety and health risks management is essential to improve OSH for workers in the coffee supply chain. Under this central theme, the tools contribute to managing and reducing work-related accidents and illnesses in coffee value chains by targeting and managing the risks and aims to develop a strategy that contributes to generating safe and healthy conditions at work for the coffee sector.
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Central theme 2: Mitigation and prevention of COVID-19
This theme is focused on the mitigation and prevention of COVID-19 within the coffee supply chain. The tools included here provide practical guidelines for the prevention and mitigation of the transmission of COVID-19 in the different activities and tasks of agriculture, including a series of protocols and preventive measures to avoid exposure and mitigate the spread of COVID-19 through the implementation of easily applied recommendations in agricultural workplaces.
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Central theme 3: OSH knowledge
This theme includes studies on OSH and various initiatives from coffee supply chains, providing useful replicable processes to create knowledge and processes to improve OSH within the coffee sector.
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Glossary
This section includes the glossary of the toolkit.