european responsible care awards - Cefic

2015 EUROPEAN RESPONSIBLE CARE AWARDS

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2015 European Responsible Care Awards This year’s Awards Scheme drew a record number of entries (68), the best in show stimulating jurors to describe them as -“Simply distinctive in several dimensions,” “Ambitious, well explained,” “A good example,” “Tremendous engagement with unions.” The best left the rest behind by going beyond compliance and delivering much more than business as usual. The quality and relevance of the winning entries is testimony to the good news stories companies of all sizes and national associations are able to tell.

THE WINNERS roduct Stewardship Award P AkzoNobel N.V., The Netherlands Project: Priority Substance Programme Environment Award DSM Nutritional Products Ltd, United Kingdom Project: Dalry Sustainability Programme Occupational Health & Safety Award Social partners of the Chemical Industry Federation, Finland Project: GOOD MORNING GOOD TOMORROW (GM-GT)

Three entries so impressed the jurors as to merit special commendations: Energy Efficiency Category Trinseo Benelux, The Netherlands

Product Stewardship Category CTF 2000 N.V., Belgium

Environment Category Merck Millipore, Germany

Project: Energy Efficiency through

Project: VECAP - Voluntary Emissions

Project: Eliminating Drug Residues

steam re-compression

Control Action @ CTF2000, first

from Water - LaciK

certified textile user worldwide

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2015 European Responsible Care Awards Winners


Product Stewardship Award

Environment Award

AkzoNobel N.V. leads the field with “Priority Substance Programme”

DSM Nutritional Products (UK) Ltd impresses by “beating targets”

What the judges say

AkzoNobel’s global, mandatory programme identifies, reviews and manages hazardous substances produced or used in its products and processes. Priority substances - those which score highest in terms of their potential to cause longterm damage to human health, environmental damage and public concern - are substituted by less hazardous and more sustainable materials. If this is not possible, their use is limited to where the risk can be managed. Where the use if a Priority substance cannot be managed to an acceptable level it is prohibited.

The Dalry vitamin plant, in Scotland, achieved and in some areas surpassed company targets for reductions in emissions, non-hazardous landfill waste, energy efficiencies and water use. The multi-pronged project encouraged the workforce to be creative and do things differently.

Since the programme began in 2011, 54 priority substances have been prohibited and the use of a further 91 restricted. By the end of 2015, 176 Priority substances will have been reviewed. The second phase - launching in 2016 - will update the scoring methodology and review new information and concerns.

Low cost leak repairs plus jettisoning redundant equipment cut air compressors units needed by half to one, reducing electrical demand.

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Contact: Julian Hunter, Senior Manager, Product Safety and Regulatory Affairs, Coporate Center of Expertise, [email protected]

This engagement resulted in novel solutions. Waste to landfill, for example, plummeted by 90% when nutrient rich organic effluent sludge and inorganic filter cake were recycled into land restoration and agricultural use.

Contact: Robert Ivatt, SHE Manager, [email protected]

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A systematic approach and shining example of what industry should really be doing with the plus of embracing public concerns and perceptions. Ringing endorsements for a project that is simply distinctive in several dimensions, an example to push others a little.

What the judges say The holistic, ambitious grassroots housekeeping illuminated by an excellent presentation swung the panel.

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2015 European Responsible Care Awards Winners Occupational Health and Safety Award “Good vibrations” for Finnish Chemical Industry Federation and social partners What the judges say

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The judges found this a fresh overarching occupational health project with tremendous engagement between chemical, clerical and managerial unions -and the chemical industry federation.

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Improving occupational well-being is the goal of Finland’s consortium of its Chemical Industry Federation, Industrial Union Team, Trade Union Pro and the Federation of Professional and Managerial Staff YTN. Since kicking off in 2010, the project “GOOD MORNING - GOOD TOMORROW GM-GT” has extended working lives, reduced morbidity and boosted productivity. Networking and unique cooperation between the social partners have been the key to success. Phase 1 (2010-12) GM-GT called companies to do concrete well-being projects in cooperation with local social partners. 35 project were implemented, covering 40% of chemical industry personnel. Phase 2 (2013-14) produced a common model for early intervention and following a new round of collective bargaining , leadership and work community skills emerged as a topical theme. Now 43 companies are active in Phase 3, developing measuring methods and innovative tools for occupational well-being. With its GM-GT initiative the consortium is aiming for pole position as Finland’s national goal is to make working life there the best in Europe by 2020.

Contact: Riitta Juvonen, Project manager 3rd phase of GM-GT, [email protected]

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2015 European Responsible Care Special Commendation Energy Efficiency/Spice3 Category Trinseo Benelux BV

Product Stewardship Category CTF 2000 N.V.

Environment Category Merck KGaA - Merck Millipore

Project: Energy Efficiency improvement through steam re-compression

Project: VECAP - Voluntary Emissions Control Action Programme - 1st certified textile user worldwide

Project: Eliminating Drug Residues from Water - LaciK

Creative process and production engineers at Trinseo’s (formerly Styron) Terneuzen styrene monomer technology centre devised a neat way to use steam previously blown off to the atmosphere or condensed against cooling water. The steam re-compression plan at the unit improved both energy and extraction efficiencies. Its simple design - no rotating parts - and ease of operation provides a novel technique that Trinseo believes can have applications in other integrated sites struggling to make their site energy grids more efficient. The technique can also create opportunities in sites not producing excess heat by raising the need for low-pressure steam and unlocking heat-recovery projects to date blocked in production units. The project’s investment payback time is twoto-three years and it does not require external infrastructure.

Contact: Adriaan Overdulve, Styrene Monomer Technology Centre Leader, [email protected]

CTF 2000 is an SME active in the development and production of flame retardant compounds, chemical specialties and auxiliaries. Part of its portfolio involves special compounds and auxiliaries for the textile and carpet industries. As a downstream user of brominated flame retardants, from 2007, CTF 2000 has embraced the best product stewardship practices contained in the flame retardant industry’s Voluntary Emissions Control Action Programme (VECAP). These practices control, reduce and continuously improve abilities to reduce potential flame retardant emissions in the environment. CTF 2000 has extended its expertise to support customers. It takes back customers’ IBCs (intermediate bulk containers), cleans them, reuses them, and collects their waste water following machine cleaning. It is now offering customers assistance to gain VECAP certification.

Contact: Erwin Boënne, QES Manager, [email protected]

A pioneering project to eliminate drug residues from drinking water - rated as real progress of potentially profound significance by a jury member - is in development at Merck KGaA. The problem is real - many people fail to return unused or expired medications to pharmacies but flush them away or put them in the garbage. Moreover, an estimated 70% of medicines taken by people and animals are secreted, increasing the level of drug residues - for example Diclofenac, Ethinylestradiol and Estradiol - eventually entering ground and drinking water systems. Conventional water treatment technologies fail to effectively filter and eliminate drug residues, while other technologies - including ozone, UV and carbon filters - are essentially ineffective or uneconomic.

Merck has tested the concept that Laccase enzymes can act as a biocatalyst to filter estrogens and other drug residues and sees its advantage as requiring little investment while increasing the efficiency of conventional methods and setups. The company plans to pursue the project alongside a ‘disposal of medicines’ information campaign together with patient organisations. Contact: Felix Peter Smuda, Project Manager, [email protected]

All entries are listed in brief and can be viewed in more detail on the Cefic website www.cefic.org/Responsible-Care

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2015 European Responsible Care Awards Categories

5. Occupational Health & Safety

1. Communications

This category recognises projects that have achieved excellence in occupational health demonstrated by improved or sustained health programme performance and a healthy workforce and workplace. The key characteristics of Occupational Health & Safety include management commitment, employee engagement and evidence of a culture of proactive health risk management and wellbeing support initiatives.

For projects that can demonstrate excellence in Responsible Care communications by reporting openly on performance, achievements and shortcomings, listen, engage and work with stakeholders to understand and address their concerns and expectations and cooperate with (local) authorities and organisations in the development and implementation of effective regulations and standards and to meet or go beyond them.

2. Distribution Recognised for initiatives that focus on reducing risks through ensuring the safe distribution of chemicals.

6. Process Safety Outstanding initiatives which have an exemplary record in implementing effective process safety management systems from process design to continued operation and routine maintenance, best practices and improvements for chemical prevention, preparedness and response to reduce major process hazards and risks.

3. Energy Efficiency/SPICE3

7. Product Stewardship

First launched in 2013, the Energy Efficiency Award recognises and promotes outstanding projects in energy efficiency, renewable energy and clean transport. This area gathers projects that contribute to the Europe 2020 strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth and have a proven impact. This category addresses the efficient management of energy to improve practices and technologies in heat and power generation, the review of the steam flow in processes and its optimisation and the use of electricity.

This category focuses on products that are developed, manufactured, distributed, used and disposed of in a safe and environmentally responsible manner. It recognises value chain projects that help companies set up and improve their chemicals management procedures. In line with chemicals regulations, Product Stewardship addresses management of risks and improvement of the performance of a product in the fields of safety, health and the environment during its entire life cycle.

4. Environment

8. Security

For projects that demonstrate excellence in environmental processes and products over their life cycles to avoid harm to people and the environment by reducing their on-site emissions to air, water and soil and to limit environmental hazards related to their operations through the development of innovative technology. Also using resources efficiently and minimizing waste.

Promotes outstanding examples that describe fundamental management practices to protect people, property, products, processes, information and information systems by enhancing security, including security against potential terrorist attacks, throughout the chemical industry value chain covering the design, procurement, manufacturing, marketing, distribution, transportation, customer support, use, recycle and disposal of products.

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2015 European Responsible Care Awards Jury Members The judging panel are senior representatives from EU institutions, industry, trade associations and media. Cefic thanks all of our judges for giving their time and expertise to decide the winners.

John is currently global editor for custom publishing at ICIS, responsible for managing projects such as printed supplements, online publications, roundtables, reader research and webcasts plus the annual ICIS Innovation Awards. John has been writing and reporting on chemicals for 30+ years and has a chemistry and materials science degree from the University of Cambridge. His favourite areas of coverage are R&D & innovation, logistics & distribution and chemical engineering.

Bernd is a Managing Director at Accenture and is the management consulting lead for its Resources group in Europe, Africa and Latin America. Bernd has deep industry experience in the chemicals, oil and gas and manufacturing industries and currently leads Accenture’s work with one of the largest chemical companies in the world.

John Baker

Bernd Kreutzer

Global Editor ICIS Chemical Business

Managing Director Accenture

Simon has more than 25 years experience in the energy sector. He is the founder and Managing Director of a distributed energy business, Challoch Energy, established in 2009, which undertakes consultancy, research and analysis in the energy efficiency, cogeneration and renewable sectors.

Steve joined the Chemical Industries Association in 1997, spending four and half years as Head, International Trade with additional responsibility for Sustainable Development. In April 2002, he was promoted to Director, Trade & Competitiveness and subsequently Director, Business Environment. Steve was appointed Chief Executive of the CIA in February 2006.

Steve Elliott President European Chemical Employers Group

Steve is currently President of the European Chemical Employers Group. He also sits on the Board of the Involvement and Participation Association and is involved with a number of committees within Cefic (the European Chemical Industry Council). Married with two children, Steve is Governor of the local primary, and a supporter of Manchester City Football Club. Steve possesses a First class BA (Hons) degree from Nottingham Trent University, and is an Associate Fellow of the IChemE.

He has worked extensively in operations strategy and improvement, complexity management, and process management, optimisation and design. Based in Zurich, he is a graduate engineer and holds an MBA from the Carlson School of Management of the University of Minnesota, where he was a Fulbright Scholar.

Simon Minett Managing Director Challoch Energy

He was the head of CHP for the UK Government’s promotion programme in the 1990s before becoming the managing director of COGEN Europe, the European trade association for CHP from 1998 to 2006. Since then he has run consulting practices that have focused on CHP for European utilities, equipment suppliers, energy service companies and finance institutions. He holds a degree in Environmental Science and a PhD in hydrogeology from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne in the UK.

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Hartwig joined Cefic as Executive Director Sustainability in March 2015. He started his professional career in 1996 as a scientist in the R&D section of Organic Chemicals at Bayer.

Hartwig Wendt Executive Director Sustainability Cefic

After holding various positions in R&D and Marketing in subgroups, he became Director for Advocacy in 2002 and was assigned responsibility for political issues of international HSEQ management at the Holding. From 2005 to 2007, Hartwig served as assistant to the Chairman of the Board of Management. In 2008 he joined the central department Corporate Development and was then promoted to Head of Strategy Bayer MaterialScience. As VicePresident Corporate Development of Bayer, he became lead strategist in the carve-out process of the subgroup Bayer MaterialScience in 2014. Hartwig was born in October 1966 in Kiel. After doing his compulsory military service and studying chemistry at the University of Göttingen, he received his degree there in 1991. In 1995, he earned his doctorate from the Free University of Berlin.

CONGRATULATIONS to all winners, commended, category winners and teams involved.

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The awards illustrate how the chemical industry provides high-tech, innovative and sustainable solutions. These awards aim to inspire the entire industry to continuously improve our performance in safety, health and the environment.

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Jean-Pierre Clamadieu Cefic President Chairman of the Executive Committee and CEO Solvay SA Responsible Care Responsible Care® is the chemical industry’s commitment to sustainability. It is the global chemical industry’s unique initiative to improve health, environmental performance, enhance security, and to communicate with stakeholders about products and processes. In 2006 the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) adopted the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) to promote safe chemicals management around the world. Our industry launched the Responsible Care Global Charter – updated in 2014 - and the Global Product Strategy (GPS) with the aim that by 2020, industry will have established and communicated hazard and exposure information adequate to conduct safety assessments for chemicals in commerce.

About the Award Cefic runs the Responsible Care Award competition, launched in 2004, as part of its effort to strengthen and revitalise the Responsible Care initiative and boost best practice sharing across Europe. This year’s Awards Scheme turned the spotlight on a number of excellent company and national association achievements, based on performance under one of the eight key categories that define the Responsible Care ethic.

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