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Responsible Care®
An Introduction
Alan J. Izzard
Vice Chairman RCC / VP Corporate HSE - Borouge
What is Responsible Care®
1. Chemical industry’s unique Global Initiative that drives continuous improvement
in health, safety, security and environmental (HSSE) performance.
2. Transparent communication with interested parties (i.e. stakeholders) about its
activities to improve perception and respond to concerns of the industry.
3. Embraces the development and application of sustainable chemistry, helping our
industry contribute to sustainable development while allowing us to meet the
world’s growing need for essential chemicals and the products those chemicals
make possible.
4. First developed in Canada by the Canadian Chemical Producers Association in
1985.
5. International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA) provides oversight for the
program globally.
6. Today it is implemented by chemical federations and their member companies in
57 nations.
7. Not a one-time activity. It will evolve over time to meet the changing
expectations of the industry and its stakeholders . No end point!
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Responsible Care® Global Charter
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• ADOPT GLOBAL RESPONSIBLE Care® CORE PRINCIPLES
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• IMPLEMENT FUNDAMENTAL FEATURES OF NATIONAL
RESPONSIBLE Care® PROGRAMMES
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• COMMIT TO ADVANCING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
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• CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVE AND REPORT PERFORMANCE
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• ENHANCE THE MANAGEMENT OF CHEMICAL PRODUCTS
WORLDWIDE – PRODUCT STEWARDSHIP
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• CHAMPION AND FACILITATE THE EXTENSION OF RESPONSIBLE
Care® ALONG THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY’S VALUE CHAIN
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• ACTIVELY SUPPORT NATIONAL AND GLOBAL RESPONSIBLE Care®
GOVERNANCE PROCESSES
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• ADDRESS STAKEHOLDER EXPECTATIONS ABOUT CHEMICAL
INDUSTRY ACTIVITIES AND PRODUCTS
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• PROVIDE APPROPRIATE RESOURCES TO EFFECTIVELY IMPLEMENT
RESPONSIBLE Care®
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Charter
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GPCA Responsible Care® Program
1. GPCA adopted Responsible Care® in December 2009 to improve regional EHS &
Security performance and general perception of the chemical industry in the Gulf.
2. Initiative run by Responsible Care® Committee:
 Chaired by a Board Member (Mr. Abdulrahman Jawahery – President GPIC)
 19 Members representing a blend of Full and Associate Members
 Quarterly Meetings Held / Sub – Committee /Task Force Solutions
3. Main objective is to align with ICCA Responsible Care® initiatives and to develop
programs for implementation within Member Companies and the GCC Region.
4. Programs being developed with the cooperation of American Chemistry Council (ACC)
and European Chemistry Council (CEFIC).
Signed MOUs’
CEFIC
ACC
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Responsible Care® - Framework
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Technical Codes underpin RC14001 certification
Environment
Protection
ISO
14001
Health &
Safety
Process
Safety
Distribution
CAER
Security
Product
Stewardship
RC
14001
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Responsible Care®
Achievements in the GCC
GPCA - Responsible Care® Key Achievements
• Member Company CEO’s signed commitment to Responsible Care®
• GPCA recognized as most progressive region in Responsible Care®
• Codes of Management Practices, managed by Sub-Committee
• Strategic plan developed
• EHS Metrics established (21 Total), managed by Sub-Committee
• Task Forces established for Contractor EHS Competency and Industrial Waste
•Technical Workshops (Typically 3 per year);
- Codes of Management Practices
- Fugitive Emissions
- Asset Integrity
- Global Product Strategy
- Distribution
- EHS Metrics etc.
GCC recognized as most progressive region in Responsible Care®
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GPCA - Responsible Care® Future Plan
• Establishment of Supply Chain Safety and Quality Assessment System (SQAS)
• Renewable Energy Strategy Development
• Processes for Long Range Research Initiatives
• Study to establish Regional Consultancy / Audit Support
• Establish Lessons Learned and Codes of Management Practice Best Practice
Library
• Establish Regional Responsible Care® Coordinator networks
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Thank You,
Any Questions?
Responsible Care® GPCA – Guiding Principles
Responsible Care® is the global chemical industry’s health, safety, security and environment initiative that drives continuous
improvement in performance. Responsible Care® is both an ethic and a commitment seeking to build confidence and trust in an
industry that is essential for sustainability. These objectives are achieved by implementing the following guiding principles:
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To lead our companies in ethical ways that increases the benefits to society by protecting our people, environment and community.
To design and operate our facilities in a safe, secure and environmentally sound manner.
To instill a culture throughout all levels of our organizations to continually identify, reduce and manage occupational and process
safety risks.
To steward our products and services through each life cycle stages in order to protect people and the environment.
To promote pollution prevention, minimization of wastes and conservation of energy and other critical resources.
To counsel customers and stakeholders on the safe use, transportation and disposal of chemical products.
To work with Governments, Agencies and Associations at all levels in the development of effective and efficient
health, safety, security and environmental laws and industry standards.
To recognize, respect and respond to community concerns about our products and operations.
To extend knowledge by conducting or supporting research on the health, safety and environmental effects of our products and
waste material management.
To measure performance, openly report and make continual progress towards our goal of eliminating accidents, injuries or harm to
human health and the environment from our products and operations.
To seek continual improvement in our integrated Responsible Care Management System® to address health, safety, security and
environment performance.
To promote the principles and practices of Responsible Care by sharing experiences and offering assistance to others who produce,
handle, use, transport or dispose of chemicals.
H.E. Mohammed Al-Mady
Chairman-GPCA
Dr. Abdulwahab Al-Sadoun
Secretary General-GPCA
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Mr. Abdulrahman Al-Jawahery
Chairman Responsible Care
Committee-GPCA
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Responsible Care® Business Benefits
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Financial Marketplace Recognition.
Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) indexes have been taking notice of Responsible Care®
companies. For example, the FTSE4Good Index (managed by the Financial Times and the
London Stock Exchange) noted significant overlap between Responsible Care® requirements
and FTSE4Good environmental criteria, in addition to the strong possibility of streamlined
inclusion on the FTSE4Good index through Responsible Care® implementation
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Compliance Assurance
GPCA’s Responsible Care® Program and the management system will help member
companies improve and sustain regulatory compliance
Benefits of
Adopting RC
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Return on Investment
Responsible Care® can yield many business benefits important to senior management.
Implementation can focus on improving performance in HSSE through lower emissions, less
waste, fewer injuries, more secure facilities and operations, and lower operating costs.
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Gaining efficiencies
There are many efficiencies to be gained by taking advantage of existing management
systems rather than creating new ones. By benchmarking against or adopting a Responsible
Care® Management System®, Companies could realize significant benefits by streamlining
current management systems utilizing existing resources.
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Responsible Care® Business Benefits
5. Risk and Liability Reduction
Responsible Care® can be very helpful in giving confidence to management that processes,
methods, and practices are in place to assure compliance, and to identify and address HSSE
risks and liabilities in a proactive and sustainable manner.
6. Improved Community Relations
Benefits of
Adopting RC
The Responsible Care® certification process can encourage and even improve successful
communications and strengthen ties with facility communities and other stakeholders.
7. Competitive advantage
Responsible Care® certified facilities will find themselves with a competitive advantage over
non-certified facilities. Responsible Care® certification represents superior environmental,
health, safety, security, product stewardship, and value chain performance, combined with
robust community outreach - a combination not provided by ISO certification.
8. Customer Expectations
Reliable management systems are increasingly demanded by a company’s customer
network, and are common in the global market place. Responsible Care® certification
provides customers with the assurance that a company has met these expectations across
the Supply Chain.
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Community Awareness and Emergency Response
Goal is to assure emergency preparedness and to foster community right-to-know
through openness and community dialogue.
Stakeholders – Person or
persons impacted or potentially
impacted by the organization’s
operations. These may include
employees, stockholders,
neighbors, emergency
responders, other industries,
competitors, commercial
partners, public at large, NGOs,
regulators, and anyone else with
a personal stake in the
organization’s operations
Openly communicates relevant, useful
information responsive to the public's
questions and concerns about health,
safety, security, and the environment
Protect employees and
communities
CAER
Community outreach
program
Interested Party –
Person or group,
inside or outside the
workplace, concerned
with or affected by
the HSSE
performance
By assuring that the facility has an
emergency response program to
respond rapidly and effectively to
emergencies.
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Environment Protection
1. Code is designed to achieve ongoing reductions in the amount of all
contaminants and pollutants released to the air, water, and land from member
company facilities.
2. Code is also designed to achieve ongoing reductions in the amount of wastes
generated at facilities by:
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Establishing long-term, substantial downward trend in the amount of
wastes generated and contaminants and pollutants released.
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Quantitative reduction goals to be established for giving priority to those
pollutants, contaminants and wastes of highest health and environmental
concern.
3. Code also includes practices that address the broader waste management
issues beyond source reduction and other waste and release reduction efforts.
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Process Safety
1. Code is designed to prevent fires, explosions and accidental chemical releases.
2. Code comprises a series of management practices that reflect this goal.
3. Practices are based on the principle that facilities will be safe if they are
designed according to sound engineering practices, built, operated and
maintained properly and periodically reviewed for conformance.
4. Code is divided into the following four elements:
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Management leadership,
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Facilities and
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Personnel.
Collectively, the Practices encompass process
safety from the design stage through operation,
maintenance and training.
The scope of this Code includes manufacturing,
processing, handling and on-site storage of
chemicals.
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Distribution
1. Purpose is to reduce the risk of harm posed by the distribution of chemicals (including
waste) to the general public (carrier, distributor, contractor, chemical industry
employees and to the environment).
2. Code encompasses risk management, compliance review and training, carrier safety,
safe handling and storage as well as emergency preparedness.
3. Code applies to all modes of transportation (road, rail, sea, air and pipeline).
4. Distribution activities include storage, handling, transfer and repacking while
chemicals are in transit between member companies and their suppliers / customers.
5. Code encourages the development of new technologies and methods to improve
chemical distribution safety
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Employee Health and Safety
1. Goal is to protect and promote the health and safety of people working at or
visiting member company work sites.
2. Code provides a multidisciplinary means to:
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Health and safety management;
Identify and assess hazards;
Prevent unsafe acts and conditions;
Maintain and improve employee health and safety;
Foster communication on health and safety issues.
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Product Stewardship
1. Purpose is to make health, safety and environmental protection an integral part
of:
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Designing,
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Manufacturing,
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Marketing,
iv. Distributing,
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Using, recycling and disposing of our products
2. Code provides guidance as well as a means to measure continuous
improvement in the practice of product stewardship.
3. Code covers all stages of a product's life cycle.
4. Code recognizes that each company must exercise independent judgment and
discretion to successfully apply the Code to its products, customers and
business.
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Product Stewardship across the Value Chain
Product
Stewardship
Awareness of Hazards
& Risks of Products
Security
1. Purpose is to help protect people, property, products, processes, information
and information systems by enhancing security, including security against
potential terrorist attack, throughout the chemical industry value chain.
2. The chemical industry value chain encompasses company activities associated
with the design, procurement, manufacturing, marketing, distribution,
transportation, customer support, use, recycle and disposal of our products.
3. Code is designed to help companies achieve continuous improvement in
security performance using a risk-based approach to identify, assess and
address:
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Vulnerabilities,
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Prevent or mitigate incidents,
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Enhance training and response capabilities, and
iv. Maintain and improve relationships with key stakeholders
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