Category: Responsible Care
Responsible Care
Is our product good for our customers and for their customers? Are our production processes good for our workers, our communities, and the environment? Does society see us as part of the problem, or as part of the solution?
Writing in the January edition of the Harvard Business Review, renowned business strategist Michael Porter argues that within these basic questions lies the next “big idea” for creating sustained long-term business value. Along with fellow Harvard professor Mark Kramer ...
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Trust was a topic that featured prominently in the remarks of the keynote speakers at our association’s Annual General Meeting last October.
During his remarks celebrating the 25th anniversary of the association’s sustainability initiative, Responsible Care®, former association president Jean Bélanger recalled how the need and desire to gain public trust underpinned all of the critical decisions made during the initiative’s development and implementation. As he looked to the futur ...
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As President of the Chemistry Industry Association of Canada, I am constantly amazed at our members’ commitment to Responsible Care – our association’s environment and sustainability initiative. Pioneered in 1985 as a condition of membership, Responsible Care has since been copied by 53 countries, each of which recognizes Canada as Responsible Care’s global leader, by a country mile.
With such an enviable track record, one might think that the adage “If it ain’t broke, don’t ...
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