The Responsible Care

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The Responsible Care Global Charter and the
Global Product Strategy
Marcelo Kós ABIQUIM Rita Carvalho (representing
Greg Bond) The Dow Chemical Company ICCA
representatives 1st South American Workshop on
Chemical Safety and Responsible Care Bogota,
Colombia, October 2008
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International Council of Chemical Associations
(ICCA)

• ICCA is the world-wide voice of the chemical
  industry, representing chemical manufacturers and
  producers all over the world
• It accounts for more than 75 percent of chemical
  manufacturing operations with a production
  exceeding 1.6 trillion annually.
• ICCA is the main channel of communication between
  the industry and various international
  organizations that are concerned with health,
  environment and trade-related issues as per ex.
• the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP),
• the World Trade Organization (WTO) and
• the Organization for Economic Cooperation
  Development (OECD).
• ICCA promotes and coordinates Responsible Care
  and other voluntary chemical industry
  initiatives.

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International Council of Chemical Associations
(ICCA)

• October 2007 ICCA Board approved new working
  level restructuring forming a member driven,
  global organization.
• Focus on three priorities
• Responsible Care
• Energy and Climate Change
• Chemical Policy and Health (CPH)
• Identified CEO sponsors, Chairs / Vice-chairs
  Co-Chairs
• Chemical Policy and Health Team Juergen
  Hambrecht, BASF, CEO Sponsor
• Greg Bond, Co-Chair (Dow)
• Martin Kayser, Co-Chair (BASF)

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CPH Leadership Group List of members
Member Company Member Company
Bond, Gregory Dow, Co-Chair Quick, Ed Celanese
Kayser, Martin BASF, Co-Chair Kaneko, Hideo Sumitomo
Phillips, John Dow (Support) Matsuda, Kiyoshi Mitsubishi Chemicals
Bausen, Melanie BASF (Support) Yasuyuki, Harada Mitsubishi Chemicals
Bailes, Bob Exxon Mobil Simon, Serge Total
Mostowy, Janet Bayer Prooi, John DSM
Genz, Joachim Bayer Stanley, Diane DuPont
Sykes, Paul Shell Simon, Glenn Rhodia
Snyder, Phil Shell Lisa Harrison ACC Communications
Grumbles, Thomas Sasol Lewis, Phil Rohm and Haas
Punzar, Richard Ciba Inc. Ogura, Masatoshi JCIA
Fedtke, Norbert Henkel Perenius, Lena CEFIC
Jostmann, Thomas Evonik Irace, Mary ACC
Pettersson, Inge Perstorp Marcelo Kós, ABIQUIM
Al Hazmi, Ahmed Sabic Daniel Verbist CEFIC Communications
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International Council of Chemical Associations
(ICCA) RCGC and GPS

• Priorities
• Responsible Care
• ICCA wants to recruit 100 of the Chemical
  Industries Associations worldwide representing
  Responsible Care
• The Responsible Care Global Charter RCGC
• Chemical Policy and Health (CPH)
• The Global Product Strategy GPS
• The RCGS and the GPS ate the main ICCA
  initiatives to
• support chemical safety globally.

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Responsible Care Overview

• Launched in Canada in 1985
• Expanded to more than 53 associations today
  across 5 continents that have adopted Responsible
  Care.
• Praised by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan as a
  leading voluntary program also recognized at the
  2006 UN International Conference on Chemicals
  Management
• Awarded by UNEP and the ICC at the 2002 UN World
  Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in
  recognition of its global contribution to
  sustainable development
• Signature ethic of the global chemistry industry
  and key component of corporate responsibility
  programs

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Responsible Care Around the GlobeSix new
countries in past four years
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Pilot
Start-up phase
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Responsible Care Mission

• Defines industry commitment to
• Improve safety, health, product stewardship and
  environmental performance of products and
  processes
• Listen and engage with stakeholders
• Contribute to sustainable development and
  corporate responsibility programs
• Provides companies with a management platform to
• Realize internal value
• Enhance dialogue with stakeholders and
  international organizations

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Responsible Care Value Chain
Management Systems Approaches
Verification Processes
Business Value
Transparency Public Reporting of Performance
Performance Goals and Targets
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Responsible Care Value

• Companies
• Save time and money
• Improve performances and processes
• Reduce risks and liabilities
• Enhance reputation and license to operate
• Improve worker, customer and environmental
  protection
• Associations
• Increase their leverage in policy debates
• Enhance their reputation and that of the industry
  which they represent
• Create mechanism to deliver value for members

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Responsible Care Value - Examples

• Government Recognition
• Eased permit negotiations worldwide
• Agreements with regulatory agencies Canada,
  United Kingdom, U.S., emerging economies
• Financial Recognition
• FTSE4Good Index - London Stock Exchange
• International community and customer recognition
• Responsible Care as a prerequisite for business
  relationships
• Recognition by the United Nations
• Resolutions from customer groups
• Business Recognition
• Reduced costs through systems improvements
• Reduced insurance premiums

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Responsible Care Global Charter
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Responsible Care Global Charter

• Launched publicly at the ICCM-1 along with the
  Global Product Strategy (GPS), Dubai, February
  2006
• Raised both the initiatives visibility and
  stakeholder expectations for improved performance
  
• Strategic Approach of International Chemical
  Manufacturing (SAICM) regional meeting feedback
• stakeholders watching Responsible Care
  implementation around the world

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Why a Global Charter?

• Harmonize
• Activate
• Expand
• Govern and protect
• Sustain

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Responsible Care Global Charter

• Sets a global vision of improved performance,
  enhanced public confidence, transparency, and
  strengthened engagement with stakeholders
• Seeks global consistency of key program elements
  across implementing companies and associations
  for more effective communication
• Strengthens product stewardship management,
  through consistent guidelines, and builds
  commitments from downstream users with Global
  Product Strategy
• Provides a critical performance foundation and
  management system to strengthen Responsible Care

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Governance of Responsible Care Global Charter

• Signatory Process
• Create global top-level commitment and
  accountability within companies
• Raise Charters visibility within associations
  and companies
• Facilitate the Charter implementation process

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CEO Support for Responsible Care Global Charter

• 135 CEOs have signed
• 64 of top 115 global chemical companies (2008
  goal is 85)
• Represents 69 improvement in total number since
  the launch at ICCM-1 in Dubai

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Responsible Care Global Charter Challenges on
Implementation

• Company performance will improve at rate that
  associations adopt improvements to their
  Responsible Care initiatives
• For example, 63 of RCLG associations continue to
  use self-assessment as opposed to verification of
  performance as called for in the Charter.
• Responsible Care is a condition of membership at
  less than 40 of the 53 RCLG associations
• Global CEO Signatories to the Charter must be
  communicated throughout the organization
• This is the activation component of the signatory
  exercise
• Responsible Care programs must be achievable by
  companies of all sizes

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Responsible Care Sources

• ICCA Responsible Care website
• http//www.responsiblecare.org
• UN International Conference on Chemicals
  Management the ICCA web site, at
• http//www.icca-at-dubai.org
• and the UN Environment Program web site at
  http//www.chem.unep.ch/ICCM
• ICCA general website
• http//www.icca-chem.org

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International Council of Chemical Associations
(ICCA) RCGC and GPS

• Priorities
• Responsible Care
• ICCA wants to recruit 100 of the Chemical
  Industries Associations worldwide representing
  Responsible Care
• The Responsible Care Global Charter RCGC
• Chemical Policy and Health (CPH)
• The Global Product Strategy GPS
• The RCGS and the GPS ate the main ICCA
  initiatives to
• support chemical safety globally.

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Global Product Strategy (GPS) elements

1. Develop and implement Global Product Stewardship
   Guidelines so industry associations can write
   their own product stewardship codes of practice.
   
2. Integrate Product Stewardship into EHS
   Management Systems.
3. Risk-based characterization / management for all
   chemicals in commerce
4. Programs to improve stewardship performance down
   the value chain.
5. Risk characterization and relevant product
   stewardship information available for companies
   and to the public.
6. Continued participation in scientific research
   (LRI).
7. Enhance communication within the Chemical
   Industry and with external audiences.
8. Partnerships with intergovernmental organizations
   to build local capacity of governments and small
   and medium size chemical companies in developing
   countries.
9. Advocacy to promote global consistency of
   regulatory systems.

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Global Product Strategy (GPS)

• GPS was launched at the Dubai conference in Feb.
  2006 to increase public confidence
• GPS as an essential element of Product
  Stewardship performance is critical to the
  reputation of the chemical industry
• All major chemical companies accepted the
  obligation to put GPS into practice
• ICCA committed GPS as contribution tothe UN
  SAICM process
• First positive feedback by UN
• External review process through
  
  ICCM-Conference May 2009
• .... but not enough progress achieved so far

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Chemical Policy Health CPH Team Charges by
CEO Increase in company commitment

• New CPH Team composed of high level company
  (VPs of EHS/Product Safety) and association
  representatives with the authority to dedicate /
  direct resources ( Jan 2008)
• 4 Task Forces led by CPH Leadership Group
  members
• Project management approach
• Clear charters with objectives, scope,
  milestones, key performance indicators, and
  sunset / re-charter clauses
• Rigorous performance monitoring of Product
  Stewardship through an auditing system

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Chemical Policy Health CPH Team Task Forces

CPH Leadership Group
ICCM2 Planning Team
Task Forces
Performance Monitoring / Reporting
Advocacy
Capacity Building
Information Gathering / Sharing
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Chemical Policy Health CPH Team Objectives
Improve industry performance

• Information Gathering/Sharing
• Develop an inventory of chemicals in commerce
• Define an exposure-driven base set of
  information for chemicals in commerce
• Define risk assessment/risk management processes
• Develop a process for sharing relevant
  information
• Capacity Building, beginning with our own
  industry (SMEs)
• 3. Advocacy of results with International
  Government Organizations (IGOs), governments and
  stakeholders
• 4. Performance Monitoring and Reporting (e.g.
  metrics, milestones, auditing process, etc.) gt
  dead Line 2009

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Global Product Strategy Implementation
Challenges in Latin America (LA)
Need Chemical Industries Support

• In your individual companies
• Aggressively implement product stewardship in
  your LA business operations.
• Conduct product safety assessments and make them
  publicly accessible.
• Define safe conditions of use for your products
  and work with the supply chain to ensure those
  conditions are met.
• Work with the Local government to promote
  chemical safety.
• Publish product stewardship stories on your web
  site to demonstrate that you have integrated
  product stewardship into your business decision
  making.
• As Member of Chemical Industries Associations
• Report progress of Product Strategy
  implementation to Local RC_at_ in advance of ICCM-2
  to be held in May of 2009.
• Sponsor workshops for local chemical producers
  and chemical users to promote product stewardship
  and sound chemicals management.

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• Muchas Gracias por su atencion!!!!
• carvalvr_at_dow.com