Responsible Care® is a global chemical industry performance initiative that is implemented in the United States through the American Chemistry Council. In the U.S., Responsible Care companies have reduced environmental releases by 73 percent over the past 18 years and achieved an employee safety record that is more than four times safer than the average of the U.S. manufacturing sector.

Responsible Care helps America’s leading chemical companies go above and beyond government requirements and openly communicate their results to the public. Through this website, these companies are making available the most performance information of any private sector industry group.

Responsible Care is more than a set of principles and declarations. It is implementing world-class management systems, verified through independent auditors; tracking performance through established environment, health, safety and security measures; and extending these best practices to business partners through the industry supply chain.

Most recent data demonstrate that Responsible Care companies have:

• Between 2007 and 2008, maintained a worker safety record that is more than four times safer than the average of the U.S. manufacturing sector and more than twice as safe as the business of chemistry overall;
• Improved their worker safety record an outstanding 72 percent since 1990.
• Maintained hazardous air pollutant (HAP) releases while U.S. chemical production increased from 2005-2006; and reduced releases to the environment by more than 73 percent, since 1988;
• Decreased reportable distribution incidents by 43 percent even while the volume of chemical shipments increased 16 percent since 1995; 
• Reduced process safety incidents by 51 percent over the past decade.
• Improved energy efficiency by an outstanding 46 percent since 1974.
• Reduced their greenhouse gas intensity by more than 23 percent since 1992, a tremendous accomplishment for such an energy intensive industry.

Use this website to track our progress in these key areas:

• Environmental Impact
• Employee, Product & Process Safety
• Energy
• Chemical Industry Security
• Product Stewardship
• Accountability
• Economic Contribution