ICCA Responsible Care implementation across the chemical lifecycle
Responsible Care is the global chemical industry's voluntary EHS initiative. We design and deploy the Process Safety Code element — covering leadership commitment, risk assessment, operational discipline, and continuous improvement — aligned to ICCA, ACC, and ICCA-RCMS audit criteria.
Each element below has its own dedicated implementation page with focused methodology, flow chart, and individual significance for organisations. Click any element to explore.
Executive ownership of process safety with measurable KPIs cascaded through line management
Material, process, and facility hazard identification with appropriate risk quantification
Engineered, procedural, and operational controls — ISD, SIS, MI, operating discipline
Incident investigation, near-miss reporting, lessons-learned dissemination across sites and partners
Integration with RC14001 / RCMS / ISO 14001 / ISO 45001 — no parallel programmes, single management system
A structured, facilitated process — from scope definition through close-out — producing defensible, actionable outputs.
Conduct self-assessment against ICCA Global Charter commitments, ACC RCMS Code criteria, and applicable national RC association requirements; score performance across process safety, occupational health, environmental stewardship, product stewardship, distribution, and community outreach elements.
Establish Board-level and CEO-signed RC commitment documentation; define RC Management Representative role and cross-functional implementation team; integrate RC obligations into corporate governance, strategic planning, and executive performance incentives; build stakeholder communication strategy.
Align RC Process Safety Code requirements with CCPS RBPS framework and facility-specific PSM programme; conduct risk-effort calibration to focus RC attention on the highest-consequence chemical processes; integrate RBPS 20-element maturity diagnostics into RC self-assessment evidence base.
Implement RC-aligned operational discipline programme covering procedure adherence, shift handover, abnormal-situation management, and near-miss reporting; deploy contractor-oversight requirements per RC distribution code; establish product stewardship lifecycle management from raw material through customer use and disposal.
Design RC KPI framework aligned with ICCA reporting metrics — process safety incidents, occupational health rates, environmental emissions, and product stewardship indicators; build internal dashboard and external sustainability-report section; establish community advisory panel or equivalent stakeholder engagement mechanism.
Prepare evidence library for RC third-party verification covering self-assessment documentation, leadership interviews, site observations, and corrective-action tracking; address common verification findings on RC governance integration and cultural authenticity; issue certification readiness pack and corrective-action closure report.
Speak with our team to scope an engagement tailored to your facility, regulatory context, and lifecycle stage.