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Responsible Care recognizes US chemical industry’s leaders
PRNewswire
The American Chemistry Council presented its Responsible Care Sustained Excellence
Award and Responsible Care Leadership Awards, recognizing four companies for
outstanding achievement under the chemical industry’s environmental, health,
safety and security performance initiative.
Representatives from each of the award-winning companies were honored before
an audience of the industry’s top executives at ACC’s annual membership
meeting. “Today’s award recipients have demonstrated exceptional leadership,
commitment and performance,” said ACC President and CEO, Mr Tom Reilly.
“Their accomplishments underscore the importance of environmental, health,
safety and security performance to who we are as an industry, and remind us
of the significant progress we have made over the last sixteen years.”
The Responsible Care Leadership Award recognizes companies that demonstrate
outstanding leadership in key aspects of responsible care. Leadership may be
relevant to promoting the responsible care ethic through communications and
outreach, product stewardship, sustainability and continuous improvement processes,
and management system implementation and certification. To be considered for
this award, companies must meet defined safety performance requirements, demonstrate
a positive trend in performance metrics, and complete security requirements
on time. Leadership awards are presented to small, medium and large companies
by size category.
Small Company Category (up to 2 million work hours)
ACC selected two winners in this category, Milliken Chemical, a division of
Milliken & Company and Wacker Chemical Corporation. This is the second time
Spartanburg-based Milliken Chemical has been recognized by Responsible Care,
having won the Responsible Care Sustained Excellence Award in 2001.
Through the Responsible Care initiative, the chemical industry has reduced environmental
emissions by 70 per cent and achieved a worker safety record that is four times
better than the average of the US manufacturing sector. Reilly noted that, “The
chemical industry is continually challenge itself to pursue even higher standards
of performance.”
“Receiving this award is truly an extraordinary accomplishment for Milliken
& Company,” said Dr John Rekers, president of Milliken’s chemical
division. “All Milliken associates can share in this recognition for our
efforts to be good stewards of the environment, our workplace and our products.
Responsible Care is not merely a guideline for our company and our industry,
it is an integral part of the values we live by every day.”
In recent years, Responsible Care companies have expanded significantly the
scope and specificity of program requirements, which now include leading practices
in safety, security, environmental protection, product stewardship, community
outreach, management systems verification and public performance reporting.
Rohm and Haas was the award recipient in the medium category. Dow Chemical was
the winner in the large company category Milliken Chemical, a Division of Milliken
& Company produces a variety of chemical products, colorants, and additives
used in textile, plastics, and other industries. The American Chemistry Council
(ACC) represents the leading companies engaged in the business of chemistry.
ACC members apply the science of chemistry to make innovative products and services
that make people’s lives better, healthier and safer. ACC is committed
to improved environmental, health and safety performance through Responsible
Care, common sense advocacy designed to address major public policy issues and
health and environmental research and product testing.
The business of chemistry is a $460 billion enterprise and a key element of
the nation’s economy. It is the nation’s largest exporter, accounting
for ten cents out of every dollar in US exports. Chemistry companies invest
more in research and development than any other business sector.
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