From the RC Standard The organization shall establish and maintain The organization shall establish and maintain: qualifyperiodically review carrierscontractors performance criteria h) commensurate with risk, systems to qualify and periodically review carriers, suppliers, distributors, customers, contractors and third-party providers based on Responsible Care or other health, safety, security and environmental performance criteria. 0 The organization shall identifyoperationsassociated withsignificant EHSS aspects to ensure The organization shall identify and plan those operations that are associated with the identified significant EHSS aspects consistent with its EHSS policy, objectives and targets, in order to ensure that they are carried out under specified conditions, by maintaining procedures related to services used by the organization c) establishing, implementing and maintaining procedures related to the identified significant EHSS aspects of goods and services used by the organization and communicating applicable procedures and requirements to suppliers, including contractors.

1 = in logistics

Global SHERQ Manager Supply Chain Chemicals SABIC Steven Beddegenoodts Member of the SQAS Technical and Accreditation committee. Chairman of the SQAS Executive committee Member of the China SQAS launch Shangai

SQAS in the Gulf Region is not in the Gulf. In 2012 SABIC initiated assessments of its Chemicals’ carriers in Saudi Arabia using the European SQAS scheme with European assessors. The assessments with the discussion and the improvement plans are SABIC’s RC effort for the local overland supply chain. 3

SQAS in the Gulf Region 4

GEOGRAPHICAL SCOPE 5 ACTIVITY SCOPE Kuwait Saudi Arabia Qatar Bahrain UAE Oman

Introduction SQAS is a tool to assess the Quality, Safety and Environmental management systems of Logistic Service Providers – in a uniform manner – by independent assessors – using a standardized questionnaire thereby avoiding multiple assessments by individual chemical companies while maintaining individual evaluation capability. An SQAS assessment by an independent assessor does not lead to a certificate but results in a detailed factual report,

Gulf SQAS is not a certification 7

Gulf SQAS is A clear concise list of requirements Industry standard (Internal) audit checklist 3 rd party verification for Responsible Care ® Best practice reference document 8

Assessor Request Assessment Request Assessment Sign Agreement Sign Agreement Assessment planning and preparation Assessment planning and preparation Assessment Enter report in Database Enter report in Database View & analyse report Enter comments Add improvement action programme Define who may have access to the report Generate attestation Download Gulf-SQAS logo View & analyse report Enter comments Add improvement action programme Define who may have access to the report Generate attestation Download Gulf-SQAS logo View and analyse report View and analyse report Dialogue Update / implement improvement action programme Update / implement improvement action programme Chemical Company Assessed Company The Assessment Process

Pillars of Gulf-SQAS 10 -A common questionnaire Only one questionnaire used throughout the whole Chemical Industry, covering the industry standard. The Chemical companies simply select those questions relevant to their business model and evaluate the relevant answers and comments. -The accreditation of assessors -The electronic database of assessment reports