Policy areas

Responsible Care

 

Going beyond legislative and regulatory compliance,
Responsible Care® is the chemical industry’s global
voluntary initiative. It covers the complete lifecycle of
chemicals and products across the whole of the
chemical value chain, from raw material sourcing
and manufacturing to distribution and product stewardship. 

 

 

CIA's Guiding Principles

All CIA members make a commitment to uphold the CIA’s Guiding Principles of Responsible Care®, which are an ethical framework to ensure safety and operational excellence. The CIA’s Guiding Principles are as follows:

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    Proactive Leadership

    Enabling a leadership culture that proactively engages in safe chemicals management practices and commits to continuous improvement, by implementing effective policies to deliver this and through open and honest measurement and reporting on safety, health, security and environmental performance.

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    Protecting People and the Environment

    Ensuring our people are healthy, our site(s) are safe and secure and our impact on the environment is managed, through meeting our statutory obligations, adhering to good process safety management principles and measuring and continuously improving our health, safety and environmental performance.

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    Operating Sustainably

    Ensuring resource efficiency and minimising waste through innovation, with a focus on developing new products and technologies to address environmental, social and economic factors.

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    Safe Chemicals Management

    Managing the safety of our products across the entire supply chain, through effective stakeholder engagement in risk management, product stewardship and effective management of change practices to support innovation and new, safer and more sustainable technologies.

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    Engaging with Employees and other Stakeholders

    Promoting safe chemicals management through effective communication with and seeking input from employees and stakeholders, including regulators, government and local communities, open and honest reporting on performance and sharing of knowledge and best practice.

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