SQuELCH
After reviewing many of the CSR and sustainability guidelines, codes and standards, I have discovered an 80:20 Pareto rule: 80% of the requirements are more or less the same and 20% give each standard its own distinctive focus. My analysis has identified ten common themes, which I have playfully nicknamed the S2QuE3LCH2 issues: safety + social (S2), quality (Qu), environmental + economic + ethical (E3), labour (L), carbon or climate (C), and health + human rights (H2). Hence, the first imperative for integration is for the business to make sure that all the SQuELCH issues are being dealt with.
— Wayne Visser
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