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 Responsible Care
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Since 1988, the U.S. chemical industry, through the American Chemistry Council, has
implemented Responsible Care®, a voluntary program to achieve continuous improvements
in environmental, health and safety performance beyond levels required by regulations.
Companies committed to the program have reported significant reductions in releases to air,
land and water, improvements in workplace and community safety, and expanded programs to
research and test chemicals for potential health and environmental impacts.
Sasol North America integrates the Responsible Care® principles into every aspect of our
business. We have integrated Responsible Care® activities into our ISO Certified
management systems (ISO 9000 and 14000), and the Responsible Care® principles are the
common structure and standard for our activities. In 2003 significant changes have been made
to the program.
Responsible Care® continues to strengthen its commitments and enhance the public
credibility of the industry. New program enhancements adopted by the America Chemistry Council
as a condition of membership include:
- Implementation of a Responsible Care® Management System (detailed below)
- An independent third party certification of the management system to ensure appropriate
actions are taken to improve performance
- Tracking and publicly reporting performance based on economic, environmental, health
and safety, societal and product related metrics
- A Security Code that helps protect people, property, products, processes, information
and information systems by enhancing security throughout the chemical industry value
chain.
For more information:
Responsible Care Management System
The Responsible Care® Management System (RCMS) replaces the current practice of implementing
six Codes (e.g., community awareness and emergency response, distribution, employee health and
safety, pollution prevention, process safety and product stewardship). Instead, relevant
aspects of the existing Codes are included in a RCMS that is based on benchmarked best practices
of leading private sector companies, initiatives developed through the Global Environmental Management
Initiative, International Standards Organization and other bodies, and requirements of national
regulatory authorities. The RCMS structure brings a new and enhanced rigor to the Responsible
Care® principles and practices utilized since 1988.
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