The project has in place a written worker welfare plan for worker accommodation, ensuring at a minimum this covers issues around maintenance, security, health and safety, living conditions and relationships with the local communities.
Rules and regulations governing accommodation are reasonable and non-discriminatory, in line with the company’s health and safety policy and in accordance with international guidelines and standards as well as local legislation. The project also ensures communication of, and access to a mechanism for reporting concerns, complaints, or potential violations of employee rights.
The accommodation is procured from a third party, the project has in place, a process to manage the initial procurement and to periodically assess living conditions in the facilities, assuring compliance with the companies’ general management standards on living conditions and worker welfare.
The project ensures that worker accommodation meets local building codes and is of sound construction and resistant to extreme weather events. Worker accommodation meets all passive and active fire safety requirements, including fire and gas detection systems, and is located away from site-specific hazards such as blast zones or toxic fumes.
Medical Facilities
The project ensures adequate medical facilities, equipment, and personnel are available.
Heating/Air Conditioning/Ventilation
The project ensures that all heating, air conditioning, ventilation, and noise control in sleeping accommodation and recreational facilities are appropriate to the climate and local standards and provide a comfortable and healthy environment to rest.
Sleeping facilities
The project ensures that sleeping facilities provide workers with an adequate level of privacy, and that a separate bed and mattress for each worker is provided. The sleeping facilities are kept clean and in good condition to allow proper rest.
Bathing facilities:
The project ensures that showers and wash basins are appropriate to the number of workers; segregated by gender; in proximity to the sleeping facilities; kept clean, adequately ventilated and lighted; in good working condition, and allow privacy.
Toilet facilities
The project ensures that toilet facilities—including toilets, urinals, and sinks—are appropriate to the number of workers, adequately ventilated and lighted, segregated by gender, kept in a clean and fully working condition, and allow privacy.
Waste Treatment
The project ensures that wastewater and solid waste treatment complies with local standards or with the IFC’s Environmental, Health, and Safety Guidelines for Water and Sanitation where local standards are unavailable. It must be designed to prevent contamination and avoid the spread of infection and disease and the proliferation of mosquitoes, flies, rodents, and other pest vectors.
Access to water
The project ensures that clean water, both potable and for washing, is always readily available to prevent dehydration and diseases resulting from lack of hygiene.
Leisure, social and telecommunication facilities
The project ensures that basic leisure and social facilities for rest and recreation during free time are provided, as well as means to communicate with family, such as access to the internet to alleviate homesickness and feelings of isolation. Where possible, the project provides space for religious observance.
Canteen, Cooking, and Laundry Facilities
The project ensures that canteen, cooking, and laundry facilities are adequate to the number of workers and that equipment is clean, sanitary, and operational. Services are provided for free or reasonably priced, never above the local market price. When caterers are contracted to provide food service, specific dietary needs of workers are incorporated into the specifications. A healthy mix of food options is offered, and food should be of sufficient quality and quantity. Hygiene standards are met. Third party kitchen inspections are held regularly, and inspection reports filed.
Transportation
The project ensures transportation that is safe, comfortable, and easily accessible is provided to the worksite from the housing facility and back. Transport is available for access to leisure facilities, banking, or shopping where the housing is remotely located.
- Selection and use of recyclable materials
- Energy efficient and ecologically friendly production in certified, European production plants.
- CO2 savings and low emissions of pollutants during production, and when using the cabin
- Continuous quality inspections and environmental audits in the production plants.
- Long-lasting container and cabin products - reuse instead of new production
- High-quality insulation - low energy consumption
