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The most recent data demonstrate that Responsible Care companies have:
- Achieved a worker safety record more than four times safer than the average of the U.S. manufacturing sector and twice as safe as the business of chemistry overall;
- Reduced emissions of all TRI listed HAP chemicals by 73 percent since 1988;
- Reduced reportable distribution incidents by 43 percent even while the volume of chemical shipments increased 16 percent since 1995; and
- Reduced process safety incidents by 51 percent over the past decade.
ACC Responsible Care & OSHA VPP Alliance
ACC’s Responsible Care initiative has signed an historic Alliance with the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to recognize and promote the common health and safety commitments of ACC’s Responsible Care initiative and OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP). » learn more
Responsible Care Global Charter and Global Product Strategy
The Responsible Care Global Charter extends and builds upon the elements of ACC’s Responsible Care program by creating a long-term direction for future development and establishing a new, broader and more vigorous agenda for the international chemistry industry. » learn more
Links:
- Responsible Care Performance Measures Data Reporting Site
- Responsible Care Toolkit
- Workplace Safety
- Responsible Care Website
News:
- RCU Hosts ICCA Responsible Care® Meeting on Chemicals Management and Product Stewardship [9/2009]
- ACC Advocacy Success at ICCM-2 [7/2009]
- ICCA's Progress Report on GPS and the Responsible Care Global Charter [5/2009]
- Cal Dooley's Interview on Chemical Security, White House Chronicle [2/2009]
- Responsible Care Turns 20
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