Responsible Care

Hanwha Advanced Materials America has taken a proactive approach to environmental, health, and safety management. In May of 2007, Hanwha began implementation of an ISO 14001 environmental management system. The decision was made in March of 2008 to also include health and safety and develop a comprehensive Responsible Care management system.

The American Chemistry Council (ACC) has developed the standard of Responsible Care (RC 14001) primarily for the chemical industry. Responsible Care management systems offer an integrated and structured approach to drive results in eight key areas:
Employee health and safety; pollution prevention; energy efficiency; process safety; security; product stewardship; community awareness and emergency response; and distribution.

Hanwha Advanced Materials America is not a part of the chemical industry; therefore has gone above and beyond what is required by acquiring this certification. Hanwha Advanced Materials America was proud to receive certification to the RC 14001:2005 (including ISO 14001:2004) standard in November of 2008.

To learn more about Hanwha Advanced Materials America’s Responsible Care management system, contact a member of the EHS Department via the “Location” page. For more information about Responsible Care, certification, or company partnerships please see the resources below.

RC14001/OHSAS 18001

Hanwha Advanced Materials America maintains an Enviromental, Health & Security Management System (EHSSMS) to improve its EHSS management and, ultimately, to reduce the EHSS impactsand risks of its operations, activities, products, and services.

Within the framework of our EHSSMS we commit to continually:

  • Provide as far as practical a safe, healthful, and secure workplace;
  • Identify materials, processes, products and wastes that cause or may cause pollution, and implement measures to avoid, reduce or control pollution where technically and economically viable;
  • Comply and remain current with applicable environmental, health & safety laws, regulations, codes of practice, and other requirements to which the company subscribes;
  • Be good neighbors in our local community and global environment by having low environmental impact;
  • Improve the EHSSMS to ensure that is appropriate and effective for helping is to achieve our EHS goals. We will look for opportunities to move beyond compliance and use our overall management system to improve profitability and efficiency;
  • Use this policy to provide a framework for setting and reviewing environmental, health, and safety objectives and targets; and
  • Adhere to the American Chemistry Council’s Guiding Principles of Responsible Care.
    • The RC14001/OHSAS 18001 Policy
    will be communicated to all team members by means of the E.A.R.T.H. acronym:
  • Environmental and Safety Preservation through organization optimization of processes, procedures and resources to prevent injury, illness and pollution.
  • Awareness of EHS Impacts at all levels of our organization.
  • Requirements to comply with all relevant rules, standards, regulations, and other requirements.
  • Training Team Members on their role in our EHS Management System.
  • Honest and Spirited Drive for continual improvement to achieve or safety, health and environmental objectives.

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    RC 14001:2013 certificate
    OHSAS 18001:2007 certificate
    Commitment to Guiding Principles
    		 Operation Clean Sweep Partnership ABS & RC 14001
    ACC & Responsible Care
    ResponsibleCare.org     		ABS Quality Evaluations Significant Health
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