Responsible Care

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Responsible Care Regional Workshop on Chemical
Hazard Communication and GHS Implementation for
Countries of ASEAN 18 October 2005 Manila,
Philippines
Mr. PHROMPHRON Isarankura Na Ayutthaya Secretary
to RCMCT Responsible Care Management Committee of
Thailand (RCMCT) Chemical Industry Club (CIC) The
Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) ASEAN
Chemical Industry Council (ACIC)
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Responsible Care A Public Commitment
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What is Responsible Care?

• Voluntary initiative of the global Chemical
  Industry (48 countries).
• Responsible Care is a commitment by chemical
  companies to demonstrate continuous improvement
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• their HSE performance in a manner which is
  responsive to the concerns of the public and
  regain public confidence and trust.
• Six Codes of Management Practices

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History of Responsible Care

• 1985 Canadian Chemical Producers Association
  (CCPA) initiated Responsible CareProgram
• 1988 Responsible Care initiative was embraced
  by American Chemistry Council (ACC) From there it
  spread to England, Europe, Australia, Japan and
  the rest of the world.
• 1990 The International Council of Chemical
  Association (ICCA) was established
• 1992, when Agenda 21 was adopted at the Rio
  Earth Summit, the number of chemical industry
  associations embracing Responsible Care has
  grown from 6 to 48 countries.

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History of Responsible Care

• 1996 Thailand Responsible Care established by
  Chemical Industry Club / The Federal of
  Thai Industries (CIC / FTI)
• 1998 Thailand Responsible Care was officially
  accepted as the 41st member of the Responsible
  Care Leadership Group - ICCA at the September
  1998 (RCLG meeting in Port Douglas, Australia).
• The global chemical industry has launched a
  Responsible Care website - www.responsiblecare.org
  - providing general information about
  Responsible Care (its history, coverage and
  objectives) as well as descriptions of its
  members, Responsible Care programs and links to
  their Status Reports.

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Six Codes of Management Practices
RESPONSIBLE CARE
6 CODES OF MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
ISO 14001 OHSAS 18001 (Distribution
Product Stewardship)
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Six Codes of Management Practices
Process Safety
(2)
Pollution Prevention
CAER Community Awareness Emergency
Response
(1)
(3)
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Practices) ??????????????? Responsible Care
Product Stewardship
(6)
Employee Health Safety
(4)
Distribution
(5)
Structure
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Integrated Management System
(Responsible Care Activities)
Code of Management Practices
Management system ISO 9000, ISO 14001, OHSAS
18001 as an fundamental of integration
Input
output
Monitor Review
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Integrated Management System
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Integrated Management System
Policy
Manual
HSEQ Policy Manual
Common Procedures
Policy Organization Responsibility Definition HSE
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Document control Training Calibration Purc
hasing Internal audit / CAR
Quality Procedures
HSE Procedures Management Programs
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(Records)
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GHS Implementation Perspective of Industry
By Mr. PHROMPHRON Isarankura Na Ayutthaya
MB0-6668-5571 e-mail phromphron_at_teric.net
and phromphron_at_hasla.or.th Secretary General to
RCMCT Responsible Care Management Committee of
Thailand (RCMCT) Chemical Industry Club (CIC) The
Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) ASEAN
Chemical Industry Council (ACIC)
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Hazard Communication in the Asia Pacific
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Outline for MSDS discussion

• Requirement for MSDS
• Criteria for MSDS
• Hazard Classification
• Classification Criteria
• General Form and Content
• Mixture Rules
• Component Disclosure
• Confidential Business Information

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Outline for Labelling discussion

• Requirement for Label
• Content
• Precautionary phrases
• Symbols
• Signal words
• Disclosure
• Industrial, consumer, transportation

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The Globally Harmonized System of Classification
Labelling of Chemicals - GHS

• Development of a Worldwide System for Hazard
  Communication

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What is the GHS?

• A common and coherent approach to defining and
  classifying hazards, and communicating
  information on labels and safety data sheets.
• Target audiences include workers, consumers,
  transport workers, and emergency responders.
• Provides the underlying infrastructure for
  establishment of national, comprehensive chemical
  safety programs.

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Symbols/pictograms in the GHS

• Same symbols (where there is commonality) and
  pictogram shape for transport and supply (square
  on point)
• Transport pictograms will use the background and
  symbol colour specified in the UN RTDG Model
  regulations
• For supply, pictograms will contain a black
  symbol on a white background with a red frame

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Transport pictograms
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GHS pictograms
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Supply symbols in the GHS

• Fish and tree symbol for environmental hazard
  (under consideration for transport)
• Exclamation mark for low level health hazard
• New symbol for chronic health hazards
• New Category-WAT

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Signal words

• Danger or Warning
• Used to emphasis hazard and to discriminate
  between hazard categories (level of hazard)
• e.g. Acute toxicity category 1 will require
  Danger, category 4 will require Warning

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Hazard statements

• A single harmonised hazard statement for each
  hazard category within each hazard class
• e.g.
• Category 1 Flammable liquid
• extremely flammable liquid and vapour
• Category 2
• Highly flammable liquid and vapour
• Category 3 - flammable liquid and vapour
• Category 4 - combustible liquid

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ASEAN Chemical Industry activities

• The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
  (METI) of Japan continued the GHS Expert
  Dispatch Program to ASEAN countries.
• Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia and the
  Philippines
• Domestic GHS workshop in one week
• Domestic training program for Basic, Intermediate
  and Advance
• Training in Tokyo, Japan organized by JETRO/AOTS
  (ASEN-2)

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Thailand Chemical Industry activities

• 1999 2001
• Participate in ADR translated to THAI
• Established the Hazardous Substances Logistic
  Association
• 2002
• Introduction to GHS conference 2 times ( 400
  persons)
• 2003
• GHS public seminar 3 times ( 550 persons)
• GHS basic training course 2 times ( 200 persons)
• 2004
• GHS intermediate course 2 times (60 persons)
• Participate in GHS sub-committee (DIW)
• 2005
• GHS Advance training course 2 times ( 28 persons)
• Participate in GHS Hazard statement translated to
  THAI

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Chemical Industry program in 2005

• 34 th ASEAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES COUNCIL
  CONFERENCE (ACIC 2005)
• ASEAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY AFTER REACH
• Organized by Chemical Industry Club (CIC), The
  Federation of Thai Industries (FTI)
• November 09-11, 2005 At Swissotel Le Concorde,
  Bangkok, Thailand
• Wednesday 09, November 2005
• Golf Tournament ACIC Bangkok Cup, at Lake Wood
  Country Club
• Thursday 10, November 2005
• Keynote Address by His Excellency Dr. Thaksin
  Shinawatra, Prime Minister of Thailand
• Guest speaker from DIW, ACN, ACC, China, India,
  ACIC
• Friday 11, November 2005
• Panel discussion on ASEAN Chemical Industry
  after REACH
• Moderator Mr. James OCornor, American
  Chemistry Council
• and panelists from ACC, CEFIC ,JCIA and ACIC

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Chemical Industry program in 2005

• 2005 Asia Pacific Responsible Care Conference
• November 16-18, 2005
• Makati, the Philippines
• This key regional Responsible Care conference is
  being held in Makati, the Philippines, and is
  expected to attract an international gathering of
  delegates. The meeting will provide a major
  opportunity for Asia Pacific Responsible Care
  practitioners to meet with their peers from
  around the world for discussion of important
  topics at national, regional and international
  level, including implementation of the Global
  Responsible Care Charter due for launch in the
  first half of 2005. The APRCC also offers an
  unrivalled opportunity for networking and best
  practice sharing for the region's chemical
  industry.
• For further information, please contact
  co-chairman of the organsising committee Jacinto
  Mantaring at    jogymant_at_info.com.ph