Stewardship practices

On risk reduction, the RC-GC commits signatories to utilise clean and safe technology, establish partnership across the value chain, minimise waste, and assess product stewardship practices, whilst GPS recommends measures to complete risk characterisations and risk management recommendations for chemicals in commerce, establish global product stewardship guidelines and develop a management system approach for implementation. 

Implement enhanced product stewardship commitments consistent with the ICCA s Global Chemicals Management Policy, and periodically assess product stewardship practices in the light of evolving societal expectations for chemical products. 

The client should learn about the toller s planned operation, and as part of their product stewardship responsibilities, audit the toller regarding HS E practices. 

Product stewardship The management practice supporting a philosophy of service to customers and minimizing effects on health and the environment throughout the complete life cycle of a product. 

The Product Stewardship philosophy of the Dow Chemical Co. is described. It is a management practice committed to making health, safety and environmental protection an integral part of every stage of a product s life. The implementation of a multi-level training and auditing programme is discussed. 3 refs. 

It is not usually practical for a solvent user to track all possible types of process stewardship/life-cycle information. There are a number of criteria that should be used to determine which life-cycle information should be tracked including those listed in table 4.6. 

The future image of the industry and society s respect for it will hinge upon a clear demonstration of its belief in and stewardship of the principles of Green Chemistry. Indeed, there is nothing more worthy than our desire to improve our ability to meet healthcare needs for the betterment of everyone through sustainable practices. 

It promotes the use of wood and wood products in construction with fewer restrictions than LEED, which approves of wood if it comes from timber grown under sustainable forestry practices approved by the Forest Stewardship Council, an international accrediting group. 

Proposals to improve personal safety, process safety, or for increased environmental stewardship that deviate from standard practices. 

On knowledge/information, RC-GC commits signatories to continuously improve health, safety and environment (HSE) knowledge and performance of technologies, processes and products provide help-assistance across the value chain share best practices through an information network increase dialogue and partnership and help extend Responsible Care across the value chain. GPS recommends measures to periodically re-assess chemicals risk - using new and additional information participate in scientific HSE-related research improve the flow of hazard and safety information across the value chain and ensure public access to product stewardship information. 

Misha, a professor in Tver, expressed similar misgivings when he described his frustration with the recent efforts of university officials to revive the Soviet-era practice of coerced voluntary labor known as Subbotniki, or Saturday workers. During the Soviet period, citizens collective investment in and stewardship of the state, and of public spaces in particular, was cultivated in a variety of spheres, but perhaps most notably with the practice of Subbotniki. Although this service was notionally voluntary, in reality, workers, students, and soldiers were forcibly mobilized to spend... 

The back-to-nature ethic embodied in both Russian ideals about the organic life and dachniki s activities contributes an important comparative example to understandings of environmental and nature movements in other parts of the world. Russians ideas about environmental stewardship invert the expected relationship between person and land, so that nature is understood to care for and protect people. Yet this does not absolve individuals from responsible behavior, even though what constitutes responsible action might seem at odds with the goals of environmental conservation. As a result, while popular opinion in Russia might hold that litter and fires in forests are undesirable, the perpetuation of such practices is understandable within the logic of a philosophy that sees nature as the one space where the normal rules and structures do not apply. 

Re-commit to full implementation of current Responsible Care product stewardship commitments, including all existing codes, guidelines and practices. 

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