 A unique heritage
as the first developer of water-based, acrylic
technology across many end uses, and involvement
with the global Responsible Care® effort
from its inception more than two decades ago
are just two examples of the company’s
tremendous commitment to environment, health,
safety and sustainability. Responsible Care®,
a global chemical industry performance initiative
to reduce emissions, improve employee safety,
and increase accountability. Rohm and Haas believes
that this unique industry initiative is a meaningful
demonstration of the commitment to environmental,
health and safety excellence, and transparency.
Demonstrating our
commitment to upholding – and exceeding
-- the standards of Responsible Care, Rohm
and Haas adheres to the following company-wide
Environmental, Health, Safety, and Sustainable
Development Guiding principles:
- The design of our
businesses, processes and products will consider
the needs of the present global community
and the impact the designs will have on future
generations’ ability to meet their
needs. We will incorporate sustainability
considerations into our business decisions.
- We will continuously
review and improve our worldwide operations,
processes and products and work toward improving
their safety and making them free of adverse
environmental, health, safety and security
impacts for all of our stakeholders.
- We will meet or
exceed all applicable laws, regulations,
and Rohm and Haas Company standards and are
committed to comply with global performance
improvement initiatives such as Responsible
Care. Our goals are to achieve continual
improvements in our Environmental, Health,
Safety, Security, and Sustainable Development
performance.
- We will provide
our employees with a safe workplace and ensure
that our communities and other stakeholders
understand our uncompromising commitment
to safe and secure operations and products. Our
goals are zero incidents, injuries, and illness.
- We will strive
to prevent or reduce pollution from emissions,
discharges, and wastes and will promote resource
conservation throughout the life cycle of
our products.
- We will communicate,
listen and be responsive to our employees,
contractors, suppliers, customers, neighbors,
governments, and other stakeholders and we
will share information concerning potential
hazards resulting from our operations or
our products.
We will ensure that
the appropriate standards, procedures and adequate
funding are in place to implement the standards
described above.
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