RESPONSIBLE CARE®: A Public Commitment
As a member of the Chemical Manufacturers Association (CMA), Lilly is
committed to the industry's program for continual improvement of health,
safety, environmental performance, and community outreach: Responsible Care®.
Responsible Care®
consists of 106 codes of
management practices organized among seven performance areas. We pledge
to manage our business according to the principles set forth in these seven
areas:
- Community Awareness
- Emergency Response
- Pollution Prevention
- Distribution
- Health and Safety
- Process Safety
- Product Stewardship
We have implemented the criteria for each of these 106 practices and annually perform a self-evaluation at each of our manufacturing sites involved in the effort. Responsible Care® has been adopted by five of our manufacturing sites in the United States and Puerto Rico:
- Carolina, Puerto Rico
- Clinton, Indiana
- Indianapolis, Indiana
- Mayaguez, Puerto Rico
- Lafayette, Indiana
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Our goal is to have all of the practices in place at these five sites by the end of 1998 and to implement the program as appropriate within non-manufacturing operations in the United States. To track our progress, take a look at the chart found in our performance metrics section.
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Responsible Care® is not just about reacting to correct a situation, but focuses on being proactive. Our proactive efforts are demonstrated in the following activities:
- Lilly was one of the first CMA member companies to conduct an external verification audit of Responsible Care® Management Systems. An Executive Summary
of the report is included.
- Our efforts in Indianapolis, Indiana are helping to prepare industry, local emergency planning groups, and the community for
communication of chemical risk management information.
- Lilly was a charter subscriber to the Indiana Governor's Toxic Reduction Challenge and is actively working both internally and with fellow Indiana manufacturers to find ways to reduce emissions (as reported under the U. S. Toxic Release Inventory Program) by 50% by the end of 2002 (1995 base year).
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Lilly participated in the Management System Verification Program by supplying resources to review other CMA member companies.
Although current Lilly policy does not require the CMA Responsible Care® program to be adopted outside the United States, three sites have chosen to adopt their own country's Responsible Care® initiatives: Cosmopolis, Brazil; Kinsale, Ireland; and Speke Operations, UK.
