CEO John Furlong stresses VANOC's commitment to responsibility in his intro to the committee's latest Sustainability Report Card. (ATR/B.Mackin)Vancouver 2010 temporarily banned six factories from making 2010 Games merchandise, according to VANOC’s latest in-house Sustainability Report Card.
London-based quality control monitor Intertek conducted 187 factory audits and found 148 violations to be corrected during the Aug. 1, 2007 to July 31, 2008 period. One factory was banned until “critical assessments were addressed.” The other five failed initial audits but were readmitted after correcting infractions.
The nature of infractions, names and locations of the factories and the products they make were not disclosed.
"Are we perfect? Far from it,” wrote CEO John Furlong in the introduction to the Jan. 22-published report. “But we're committed to taking responsibility for everything we do.”
VANOC said it registered a jump in workplace injuries from 18 to 43 in 2007-2008. Twenty-seven of the 43 were lost-time injuries that required compensation. Specific injuries and work sites were not disclosed.
A voluntary workforce survey found 53 percent of VANOC workers are female, 3 percent aboriginal, 9.3 percent visible minority and 0.7 percent disabled.
Spending on inner-city businesses and organizations in Vancouver nearly doubled to $1.16 million. Construction contracts for aboriginal businesses dropped from $25.46 million to $7.8 million, but non-venue contracts rose from $118,000 to $775,859.
The Sustainability Report Card is the third of five VANOC committed to publish.
With reporting from Bob Mackin in Vancouver.
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