Recommend
Actions To Be Taken To Conform To Product Stewardship Requirements
Product Stewardship is part of the Responsible Care
Program bearing the document #GPCA-RC-C03. The code includes technical
processes called Management Practices. The Management Practices provide specific
technical requirements and guidance for Companies to fulfil their
responsibilities in terms of Responsible Care and can also be used as a
self-assessment tool
Obtain
Relevant Codes
The purpose of the Product Stewardship Code is to make
health, safety and environmental protection an integral part of designing,
manufacturing, marketing, distributing, using, recycling and disposing of our
products.
The Code provides guidance as well as a means to measure
continuous improvement in the practice of product stewardship. The scope of the
Code covers all stages of a product’s life. Successful implementation is a shared
responsibility where everyone involved with the product has responsibilities to
address society’s interest in a healthy environment and in products that can be
used safely.
All employers are responsible for providing a safe
workplace, and all who use and handle products must follow safe and
environmentally sound practices.
The Code recognizes that each company must exercise
independent judgment and discretion to successfully apply the Code to its
products, customers and business.
This Code is composed of Management Practices as indicated in Table 1 – Product
Stewardship Management Practices. Individually, each Practice describes an
activity or approach to implementing the requirements of this Code
The implementation of Product Stewardship Code will help
in fulfilling the requirements of the Responsible Care management system
specification RC 14001. Notably, the implementation will help in closing gaps
related to Product Stewardship requirements of the specification, particularly those
requiring a system to facilitate the flow of hazard information to all elements
of the value chain.
Obtain
Top Management Commitment
The actions to be taken to conform to product stewardship
requirements specifically ;obtain top management commitment are to get the buy
in, commitment and support from all operations and organization levels and it
requires a commitment for continuous improvement
Effective commitment from senior management, success in
achieving excellence in accordance with the principles of Product Stewardship
will not occur. Moreover, the program will lack credibility in the eyes of
employees, our shareholders, customers and the public
Product Stewardship is an ongoing process that starts
with an effective commitment from senior management (business direction). Through
planning the development of the management systems, an organization would be
able to implement & execute Product Stewardship effectively through the product
entire lifecycle
The senior management develop the inventory of all HSE
risks related to the properties, the production, distribution storage and use
of chemicals followed by setting realistic and attainable goals for improvement
of performance in relation to Product Stewardship and to measure (monitoring)
actual performance against these goals.
Senior management must also ensure that there is an
ongoing audit process to ensure that Product Stewardship systems are maintained
and regularly reviewed (review) in a manner consistent with these principles.
And any corrective and preventive actions that may arise should be taken if
necessary.
