Responsible Care®

Member & Partner Resources

For the past 30 years, Responsible Care^® has helped American Chemistry Council (ACC) member and Responsible Care Partner companies significantly enhance their performance and improve the health and safety of their employees, the communities in which they operate and the environment as a whole.

Participation in Responsible Care is mandatory for ACC member companies, all of which have made CEO-level commitments to uphold the following program elements, which are the pillars Responsible Care:

• Adhering to the Responsible Care Guiding Principles, through which member and Partner company CEOs pledge to improve environmental, health, safety and security (EHS&S) performance of facilities, processes and products throughout the entire operating system.
• Implementing the Responsible Care Product Safety Code, Process Safety Code, and Security Code.
• Measuring and publicly reporting performance, using the Responsible Care Performance Measures. 
• Applying the modern Responsible Care Management System to achieve and verify results.
  

ACC extends the Responsible Care ethic and management practices throughout the entire chemical supply chain through its Responsible Care Partner Program. 

The Responsible Care Partner Program is open to companies that have direct, substantial involvement in the distribution, transportation, storage, use, treatment, disposal or sales and marketing of chemicals. The more than 100 Responsible Care Partners adhere to the same Responsible Care requirements as ACC members.