Responsible Care: Verification

To help companies assure themselves and their publics that the ethic and practices of Responsible Care® are indeed in place and driving continuous improvement, the Responsible Care verification process was developed with the involvement and continuing oversight of outside stakeholders.

This process has three purposes:

• To help the companies improve
• To help the industry improve
• To improve credibility

The Verification Process

Every three years teams of industry experts, public advocates and local citizens verify companies by writing a consensus report that:

• Summarizes the verification process and players
• Identifies Opportunities for improvement
• Uncovers findings requiring corrective action and successful practices

Once the team has successfully completed their work the company is presented a verification certificate. MEGlobal was initially verified in 2007 and again in late 2010, successfully demonstrating compliance with the 151 individual requirements that member companies must meet for Responsible Care to be in place. Details can be reviewed in the Responsible Care-in-Place Verification report.