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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. 

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Developed by the chemical industry for the chemical industry

A voluntary initiative, Responsible Care® was developed by the chemical industry for the chemical industry. The UK was one of the first adopters of Responsible Care®, some 30 years ago, and CIA is integral to UK implementation.

 

 

What is 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.

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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.

    A Sustainable Future

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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.

Our Chemical Industry

CIA is committed to maintaining and growing a strong skills base to ensure the continued success of our industry. We work closely with government and industry on skills issues. Explore facts and figures about the UK Chemical Industry, by clicking on each region of the map

Region Information

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Scotland

  • £3.2bn

    Exports
  • £2.7bn

    GVA
  • 8,500

    Employment
  • 260

    Businesses

North East

  • £2.8bn

    GVA
  • £2.6bn

    Exports
  • 9,000

    Employment
  • 125

    Businesses

Yorkshire and the Humber

  • £3.4bn

    GVA
  • £3.4bn

    Exports
  • 17,000

    Employment
  • 330

    Businesses

East Midlands

  • £1.8bn

    Exports
  • £1.4bn

    GVA
  • 10,500

    Employment
  • 320

    Businesses

East England

  • £8bn

    Exports
  • £3.7bn

    GVA
  • 12,000

    Employment
  • 375

    Businesses

London

  • £7.2bn

    Exports
  • £0.8bn

    GVA
  • 3,150

    Employment
  • 610

    Businesses

South East

  • £11.3bn

    Exports
  • £5.6bn

    GVA
  • 14,500

    Employment
  • 545

    Businesses

South West

  • £1.3bn

    Exports
  • £1.5bn

    GVA
  • 10,000

    Employment
  • 305

    Businesses

Wales

  • £2.5bn

    Exports
  • £1.9bn

    GVA
  • 8,500

    Employment
  • 195

    Businesses

West Midlands

  • £1.4bn

    Exports
  • £0.9bn

    GVA
  • 6,500

    Employment
  • 345

    Businesses

North West

  • £8.1bn

    Exports
  • £8.5bn

    GVA
  • 27,000

    Employment
  • 610

    Businesses

Northern Ireland

  • £1.3bn

    Exports
  • £0.5bn

    GVA
  • N/A

    Employment
  • Chemical and pharmaceutical exports (£bn)
  • Gross Value Added (£bn)*
  • Employment
*Data includes SIC 19 - Manufacturing of coke and petroleum
Figures correct as of Q1 2024
Source: Office for National Statistics

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