1. ดูแลด้วยความรับผิดชอบ
RESPONSIBLE CARE
ดูแลด้วยความรับผิดชอบ
GPS – REACH Workshop
Example of company implementation
Athens – Greece
4 October 2011
Annamaria Frascaria
Dow Belgium

2. ICCA vision Global Product Strategy (GPS)
By 2020, through a combination of voluntary and regulatory initiatives, we will have:
Established a base-set of hazard and exposure information adequate to conduct safety assessments for chemicals in commerce
Provided global capacity to implement best assessment practices and management procedures, especially in developing countries
Shared relevant product information with co-producers, governments and the public
Worked across the value chain, so suppliers and customers can effectively evaluate the risks and enhance their performance
Made information on chemicals publicly available (GPS IT-portal via
GPS Safety Summaries

3. GPS and Dow Dow Goal Statement
By 2015, Dow will make publicly accessible safety assessments for its products globally, and in doing so will address relevant gaps in hazard and exposure information and will continue to take appropriate action based on the assessments to further protect human health and the environment throughout the life cycle.
high priority products by 2010
remaining products by 2015

4. Rationale and objectives
Increased allegations the chemical products cause public health and environmental harm
Increased public expectations for companies to have chemical hazard and exposure information
Demands for publicly available chemical hazard and exposure information (Right to Know)
Increased respect and reputation among key stakeholders, including employees, customers, policy makers
Differentiate Dow as a product stewardship leader in our industry
Increase public confidence in our products

5. Dow is committing to:
Apply registration requirements of EU REACH legislation to all products globally
Do it faster than otherwise required
Achieve a higher level of transparency than required by legislation or industry commitments

6. In scope
Products that carry a Dow label or the label of a wholly-owned Dow subsidiary, or is shipped with a Dow safety data sheet.
Isolated intermediates - process streams which are isolated within the process and present the potential for either employee exposure or release to the environment;
This goal does not apply to products produced as part of a contract manufacturing activity where Dow is only providing manufacturing capability.

7. 2015 Product Safety Leadership Goal Elements
Product Safety Assessments (=Dow terminology for GPS Safety Summaries)
Product Stewardship Anecdotes
Third party assessment of our product safety assessment processes
Fill gaps in hazard and exposure data consistent with REACH registration requirements

8. Product Safety Assessments (PSA)
Written for non-technical audiences
Brief summaries of basic hazard, risk and risk management information intended to be read by an informed, but not necessarily technically trained reader; posted on

9. Product Safety Assessments (PSA)
Tiered Approach to presenting Product Safety Information
Annually, businesses plan the products for which PSAs will be prepared.
Businesses provide source information (e.g., SDSs, technical literature, use and exposure information, etc.)
Contract technical writer drafts PSA for review
Dow experts (e.g., toxicologists), marketing, and legal provide review and comments
Contract technical writer incorporates edits
PSA published on

10. Follow up by Dow following REACH registrations
In 2010 our EH&S leadership strongly encouraged our colleagues involved in SIEFs and consortia for 2010 registrations to keep the momentum and work together with others on GPS Safety Summaries based on REACH dossier
Dow currently in the process of updating our PSAs with the information from REACH dossiers
Example : Dow GPS Safety Summary

12. The PSA Finder

13. Quarterly Sustainability Report

14. Progress – Q4 2010

17. THANK YOU VERY MUCH
FOR
YOUR ATTENTION!!