2010 RESPONSIBLE CARE® COMMITTEE

Policy & Procedure Manual:

Responsible Care® Committee - Special Committee

Bylaws, Article VI, Section 1: The Board of Directors may establish or abolish standing or special committees for any purpose. Unless specifically empowered by the Board of Directors, committees shall not act independently but shall make recommendations in writing to the Board of Directors. Committees shall have only such power and duties as the Board of Directors so determines. Unless provided otherwise by the Board of Directors, the committees shall conduct their business by majority vote and report their activities to the Board of Directors.

• General – The American Chemistry Council (ACC) has developed a Responsible Care Management System (RCMS) to help guide member companies environmental, health, safety and security performance. The ACC has designated BEAC to perform a number of functions. These functions include certification of RC auditors, approval of RCMS Audit Service Providers (ASP), and recognition of RCMS Audit Training Course Providers.
  
  The purpose of the Responsible Care Committee is to assist BEAC in meeting its ACC requirements. The Responsible Care Committee will provide to the BEAC Board of Directors recommendations to:
  
  • Develop and maintain a process to qualify and approve Audit Service Providers.
    
  • Develop and maintain an Audit Service Provider witnessing process.
    
  • Maintain a pool of qualified ASP witnesses.
    
  • Develop a process to track the audits that are conducted by ASP’s and to solicit feedback from audited ACC Member Companies.
    
  • Develop and maintain a process to qualify and approve Audit Training Providers.
    
• Structure - The Responsible Care Committee will be comprised of minimum of five members, including the chair. They will serve for two years. The Responsible Care Committee will be chaired by a present or former member of the BEAC Board of Directors and will be appointed by the Board of Directors. The BEAC Board will approve the initial members of the Responsible Care Committee. To the extent possible, the appointees should be members of The IIA, the Auditing Roundtable or the BEAC Board and should be knowledgeable of RCMS requirements.

The Responsible Care Committee, at its discretion, can make recommendations to BEAC for adding members who it believes will broaden the perspective of the Responsible Care Committee.

• Responsibilities - The Responsible Care Committee will meet by teleconference a minimum of once a year, and at any other time as needed. The Chair of the Responsible Care Committee will provide BEAC with documented recommendations as necessary. The Responsible Care Committee, at its discretion, will also provide BEAC with recommendations at any time it deems important to do so. Each recommendation shall include reasoning for the recommendation, plans for implementation, resource needs, and derived benefits for BEAC, its affiliations and stakeholders