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Complaint #016: Certification Complaint
Petrobras Abastecimento

Details of Facility:
-Petrobras – Area de Negocio de Abastecimento
-Scope: Planning, logistics, shale mining and processing, refining, marketing and commercialization of oil, oil products, and oxygenates, petrochemical and refining companies stockholding management and downstream new businesses
-Brazil
-Certified: December 22, 2005
-Certification Body: Bureau Veritas

Details of Complaint: Element of SA8000 Standard:
Insufficient worker representation Management Systems 9.4

Failure to inform employees of risks and hazards

Health and Safety 3.1

Insufficient management system Management Systems 9.1
Failure to disclose the presence of toxic agents and occurrences of occupational accidents Health and Safety 3.4
Excessive overtime hours Working Hours 7.1
Lack of clean facilities and drinking water Health and Safety 3.5


Actions Taken:
April 17, 2006: BV received a complaint from the management of AEPETRO (Association of the Employees of Petrobrás). The complaint said there were flaws in the SA8000 certification process for Petrobras Abastecimento and alleged that Petrobras does not act in the interest of its stakeholders.

May 25, 2006: The complaint was formally received by SAI from AEPETRO and SAI acknowledged its receipt on May 26, 2006. The complaint detailed alleged violations of several elements of the SA8000 and referred to a lack of compliance with national law, ILO conventions, and Petrobras' own CSR code.

The Certification Body conducted an investigation and SAAS reviewed the actions taken by the CB during its complaints investigation.

In December 2008, SAAS was notified that Petrobras had dropped its SA8000 certification. As the facility was no longer certified, the complaint could not be investigated further.

 

 
 

 

 
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