We are committed to excellence in environmental health, safety and security, and to having a positive impact on the communities in which we operate and society as a whole. How strong is this commitment? We’ve made it a company policy. Click here to learn more.

We carry this out by adhering to the principles of the Responsible Care® program. This global initiative advances the safe and secure management of chemical products and operations.

Our Responsible Care program includes:

• A global management system to deliver excellence in environmental, health, safety and security performance, and meet required local, regional, international and business-specific standards.
   
• Employee involvement at every level of the organization.
   
• Continuous improvement toward our goals of operating with zero incidents, achieving 100 percent compliance and reducing our environmental, health, safety and security impact.

How we carry it out

Our commitment is far-reaching and well-rounded. Whether we're cleaning up the environment, monitoring our compliance or evaluating our performance, we're on top of things. Click the links to take a look:

Audits – to ensure that we’re doing what we say.

Environmental affairs – providing expertise in air, water and waste management compliance.

Product risk management – our companywide risk management system.

Product regulatory information and product stewardship – managing product regulatory compliance and related risks; material safety data sheets and making health, safety and environmental protection an integral part of the life cycle of chemical products.

Remediation – handles worldwide environmental investigation, cleanup and risk management.

Safety management – provides global safety support.

Certification

We have adopted a strategy to obtain certification on a global basis to standards related to environmental, health, safety and security, such as RC14001®, ISO 14001, and OHSAS 18001. This ensures that all of our businesses and locations are implementing a common process for meeting our environmental, health, safety and security obligations, and are also being held to a single standard around the globe.

Currently, our global headquarters, located in the U.S., and multiple sites have received Responsible Care (RC14001 and ISO 14001) certification. Many of our international sites have received individual ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 certificates. We have plans in place to combine these into our companywide Responsible Care Management System® and certification.

Click below to see the certificates and a list of sites:

RC14001           ISO 14001           OHSAS 18001           Certified sites

Read all about it

Click these links to read our latest reports and policies.

Corporate Citizenship Report – our personal report card. Click here for the most recent metrics.

Carbon Disclosure Project questionnaire – our response to the global environmental organization.

Sustainability – how we’re working to decrease our impact.

Policy statement – the formal statement of our commitment to environmental health, safety and security.

® Responsible Care, Responsible Care Management System and RC14001 are registered service marks of the American Chemistry Council in the United States and other entities in various countries.