Responsible Care® is a unique program that brings together environmental, health, safety, security, product stewardship, and value-chain management systems, whether pre-existing or still-in-development. These efforts are combined with a robust community outreach program and detailed performance metrics, to help drive continuous performance improvement in multiple areas.
Program enhancements, including mandatory management system certification by an accredited auditing firm, a model security code and publicly available performance metrics, have positioned the Responsible Care initiative to more actively capture efficiencies along the customer-value chain. These enhancements create a business value proposition: Responsible Care enables continuous performance improvements that go above and beyond government requirements, and the resulting activities and achievements can be converted into value-generating opportunities with federal, state and local governments; customers; suppliers and other stakeholders.
- Federal government initiatives
- State government initiatives
- Customer and stakeholder outreach efforts
- Bottom-line benefits (e.g., internal business value, financial marketplace recognition, insurance premium reductions)
Additional resources on management systems and business value are available through the following organizations:
- The Global Environmental Management Initiative (GEMI)
(See publication on Supply Chain Value.) - The Multi-state Environmental Working Group on Environmental Performance (MSWG) (See the section on "External Value EMS.")
More information on Responsible Care value is available in these resources:
- American Chemistry Magazine (Jan/Feb 2006, "Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts")
- ABA Innovation, Management Systems and Trading Committee Newsletter (Aug 2005, “The Value from Implementing Responsible Care® is Adding Up”)
- Chemistry Business (Dec/Jan 2005, "Coordinating Performance -Based Programs")
- Chemistry Business (April 2004)
