The global chemical industry has launched a Responsible Care website - www.responsiblecare.org - providing general information about Responsible Care (its history, coverage and objectives) as well as descriptions of its members' Responsible Care programmes and links to their Status Reports.

This brand new website also presents regular updates on Responsible Care under News and Events. Additional features include FAQs and a Links section.

Responsible Care is the chemical industry’s global voluntary initiative under which companies, through their national associations, work together to continuously improve their health, safety and environmental performance, and to communicate with stakeholders about their products and processes.

Responsible Care was first conceived in Canada and launched in 1985 to address public concerns about the manufacture, distribution and use of chemicals. The number of chemical industry associations embracing the Responsible Care ethic has grown from 6 to 52 countries since 1992.