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RESPONSIBLE CARE®
PRODUCT STEWARDSHIP – BUILDING YOUR TEAM
David SandidgeDirector, Responsible Care
American Chemistry CouncilJune 2010
Product StewardshipPurpose of the code:
– It ensures health, safety and environmental protection are elemental parts of designing, manufacturing, marketing, distributing, using, recycling and disposing of products.
– Successful implementation entails that everyone involved has responsibilities to address society’s interest in a healthy environment and products that can used safely.
The Code recognizes that each company must exercise independent judgment and discretion to successfully apply the Code to its products, customers and business.
Product Stewardship
An ongoing product stewardship process shall include:
• Management, leadership and commitment• Information and characterization• Risk management
Product Stewardship
Management, Leadership and Commitment
• Leadership is demonstrated by Senior Management through written policies, active participation and communication.• Goals and performance measures are compared to
demonstrate accountability.• Necessary resources are committed to implement and
maintain practices.
Product Stewardship
Information and Characterization
• Establishes and maintains information on all hazards and reasonably foresees exposures from new and existing products.
• Characterizes of a product’s risk using information about health, safety and environmental hazards and reasonably foreseeable exposures
Product Stewardship
Risk Management
• Establishes a system to identify, document and implement health and safety and environmental risk-management actions appropriate to the product risk.
• Considers health, safety and environmental impact when designing, developing and improving products and processes.
• Educates and trains employees based on job function on how to properly handle, recycle, use and dispose of products. Encourages employees to feed back information on new uses, identified misuses or adverse effects for use.
Product Stewardship
Risk Management• Contract manufacturers who employ appropriate practices.
Periodically reviews performance of contract manufacturers.• Requires suppliers to provide appropriate information on their
products.• Provides health, safety and environmental information to
distributors. Reviews distributors to foster proper use, handling, recycling, disposal and transmittal of appropriate information to downstream users.
• When a company identifies improper practices involving a product, it will work with receivers to improve on those practices
Product Stewardship
COMMODITY
Customers
Product Manufacturers
Traders / Brokers
Commodity Chemicals
SPECIALTY
Product Manufacturers
Customers
Chemical Mfg
Externally Focused Issues
• Customer Inquiries• Product Approvals in Markets• Hazard and Risk Information• Product Safety Research & Determinations• Documentation (MSDS’s)• Managing Product Information / Research• Transportation• Safe Handling by Customers
Internally Focused Issues
• Hazard and Risk Information• Risk Mitigation Hierarchy• Industrial Hygiene Monitoring• Documentation (Workplace Chemical List)• Workplace Precautions• Personal Protective Equipment• Process Safety Information
Functional Areas Involved
• Technology• Sales and Marketing• Customer Service• Product Safety / Regulatory Affairs• Legal• Business Units• Manufacturing• Logistics / Distribution
Organizational Considerations
• Focus on Customer and Markets• Commodity vs. Specialty Supply Chain• Regulatory / Compliance Needs• Link to Technology / Product Development• Level of Technical Expertise• Product Transportation / Logistics• Business / Functional / Geographic Structure
Product Stewardship Team
• Product Stewardship Coordinator– Linked to RC Coordinator Team / Network– Linked to Functional Organization Leadership
• Product Stewardship Team– Includes Key Functional / Support Areas– Based on Hazard and Risks– Responsible for Implementing Product
Stewardship Code and Developing Supporting Management Systems