our responsible care journey ‘quest for excellence...dec. 09, 2009 may 10, 2007 july 09, 2008 july...

Our Responsible Care® Journey ‘Quest for Excellence’Dr. Abdulwahab Al-SadounSecretary General, GPCA

Responsible Care: The Competitive Advantage

Agenda

• GPCA @ a Glance

• “From Waste to Value” - The Industry’s Sustainability Drive

• GPCA’s RC Journey –

• Laying the Foundation – ‘Leadership Commitment’

• Setting the stage for the Program’s Launch

• Key Milestones Achieved

• The Enablers - GPCA “RC” Engine

• Testimonials

• Path Forward – ‘No Limits’

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Agenda

• GPCA @ a Glance







• Testimonials



Founding Members

• Functional areas focus• Supply Chain

• EHSS (Responsible Care)• International Trade• Research & Innovation

• Industry segments focus• Petrochemicals• Plastics• Fertilizers

Current Members by Region Focus Areas/ Segments

From Networking focus to a hybrid focus on Networking & Advocacy

Arabian Gulf177

Europe34

Asia19

America18

Total 250

Launched in 2006 by the “eight founding members” and had been consistently

expanding it’s membership base as well as portfolio of programs & activities

GPCA @ a Glance

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GPCA @ a Glance – Strategic Pillars

GPCA’s strategic pillars are translated into programs and initiatives executed by 6 working committees, each is comprised of 15-20 senior industry executives from Full & Associate Members.

Nov. 25, 2012

July 23, 2008

Dec. 09, 2009

May 10, 2007

July 09, 2008

July 09, 2008

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GPCA @ a Glance – The RC Committee

Codes SC

Responsible Care Committee

Task ForcesSub - Committees

• At present, the RC Committee is comprised of 3 Sub-committees and 4 Task Forceschaired by Committee Members

Performance

Metrics

Technical

Codes

Advocacy Industrial

Waste

Energy &

Climate Change

Peer Review Product

Stewardship

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GPCA @ a Glance – The RC Committee

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Agenda

• GPCA @ a Glance







• Testimonials



The Chemical Industry’s evolution in the Arabian Gulf reflects the essence of “Sustainability”:“Turning Waste to Value” from Economical, Social and Environmental perspectives.

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History of Gas Utilization in Saudi Arabia

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Waste Value

“From Waste to Value” – The Industry’s Sustainability Drive

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Agenda

• GPCA @ a Glance







• Testimonials



Laying the Foundation – The Leadership Commitment

GPCA Board Members for current term (2009- 2012)

In December 2009, GPCA‘s Board of Directors adopted the RC program in the Arabian Gulf Region, providing active, visible and unresolved commitment to support its implementation

By end of 2010, 84% of

full members CEOs

signed the “Declaration of

Support” for the RC

Program

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Agenda

• GPCA @ a Glance







• Testimonials



Setting the stage for the RC program’s launch

In the initial phase, the ground work entailed:

• Secondment of Tahir Jamal, EHS Leader at SabTank, by Sabic to work as the 1st Director for the GPCA RC Program (2009-2014)

• RC Committee under leadership of Dr. Jawahery & the VC Yasser Abdulrahim (GPIC) mobilized resources in 3 directions:

• Awareness & Capacity building workshops. The 1st of 24 workshop was organized in 2009-2010

• RC logo registration as a trade mark throughout the GCC State, followed by issuing the Logo Usage Package to members that carried out Self-Assessments and submitted Action Plan

• Joining in 2010 the ICCA’s RC Leadership Group (RCLG) as an “Observer”

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Setting the stage for the program’s launch

“Members of the Steering Committee were very impressed by GPCA’s thorough application for membership in ICCA.GPCA’s comprehensive approach to developing and implementing a Responsible Care program serves as a model for associations that want to join ICCA”. Cal Dooly, Chairman of the ICCA Steering CommitteePresident & CEO, the American Chemistry Council

In 2010-2011 GPCA team prepared the application for the “Full Membership” of the ICCARC Leadership Group which entailed a “Comprehensive plan for implementing the RC inthe Arabian Gulf”

• GPCA application was unanimously endorsed by the ICCA Steering Committee in its April 19,2011 meeting in Singapore.

GPCA became the youngest ever association to make it to the Full Membership of the ICCA

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Agenda

• GPCA @ a Glance







• Testimonials



Key Milestones Accomplished

• Strategic Plan developed

• Self Assessment Codes developed

• 1st Full Member RC 14001 Certification

• 1st Performance Metrics Report

• Lesson Learned Process in place

• Adopting RC

• Logo Registration in the 6 GCC States

• 1st of 24 Technical Workshops conducted

• Gulf-SQAS launched

• 2 Sustainability Reports released

• Sub Committees & Task Forces model adopted

• 1st RC Conference

• Metrics IT Platform with Benchmark Capability

• 1st Peer Review Pilot

• 3 position papers released on: Industrial Waste, DG, and GHS

• 1st Regulator workshop

• 20 Companies RC14001

2009 2012 20132014

–2015

20172010

–2011

• GPCA granted ICCA ‘Observer’ & ‘Full’ membership

• GPCA youngest Association to Join ICCA

• GPCA-ACC MoU signed

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Key Milestones Accomplished

The pace of implementing the RC in the Arabian Gulf set GPCA to be ranked top of 57 global associations in the ICCA’s RC Implementation Progress, effective 2012

Association Years with

Responsible

Care

1. Guiding

Principles

2. Initiative

Title &

logo

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Management

Practices

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Performan

ce Metrics

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Communic

ations

6. Best

Practice

Sharing

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Encourag

ement

8.

Verifica

tion

Overall

Implementation

Status

Arabian Gulf 2 + + + + + +

Argentina 20

Australia 23

Austria 20 -

Belgium 21 2011 Non- reporter

Bulgaria 8 -

Brazil 20

Canada 27

Chile 18 - -

Tapei 15 -

Colombia 18

Czech Republic 18

Denmark 17 Non- reporter

Ecuador 13

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Key Milestones Accomplished – Performance Reporting

• Released the 1st PM Report in 2013, The past 6 reports captured:• >100 EHS&S Incidents shared • >65 Company success stories

• The 2017 PM cover 21 metrics in 5 categories • Occupational H&S• Process Safety• Emissions & Discharges• Resource Utilization• Product Distribution

• 2017 PM Report witnessed positive growth in reporting Companies (42) and 98% data reporting

• In 2017, IT Platform developed including Regional benchmarking

• 2018 Report to include LSP data

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GPCA - Data Inputs Trend

Thought Leadership

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Key Milestones Accomplished – Capacity Building

Effective Networking

• 24 Technical Workshops held since 2009

• Outreach Campaigns in 6 GCC Countries

• Inaugural Conference October 2015

• RC Excellence Awards launched, Oct. 2015

• Regulator Roundtable Dec 12th, 2017

• 2nd Conference May 6th- 8th, 2018

Advocacy

Thought Leadership

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Key Milestones Accomplished – RC ‘Beyond our Facilities’

www.gulfsqas.com

Congratulations to our Logistics

Members on becoming Responsible

Care Companies

Launched in 2014, the Gulf SQAS Program

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http://www.gulfsqas.com/


Agenda

• GPCA @ a Glance







• Testimonials



The Enablers – ‘GPCA RC Engine’

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Agenda

• GPCA @ a Glance







• Testimonials



Testimonials

“Since joining Responsible Care in 2009, GPCA has had a strong and active presence in promoting Responsible Care in the Gulf Region and beyond. GPCA has been a model association in regards to Responsible Care implementation, progressing beyond its initial projected implementation path.”

“In its fourth year of membership, GPCA achieved the coveted ‘Beyond Implementation’ status, which means the association achieved milestones listed in the 5-10 year implementation category ahead of schedule. GPCA has established a performance reporting programme and capacity building programme, and provides assistance to other regional associations in implementing Responsible Care.”

March 12, 2018

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Testimonials

Patrick Vandenhoeke

Chairman, Responsible Care Leadership Group,

ICCA

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Agenda

• GPCA @ a Glance






• Key Enablers - The GPCA “RC” Engine

• Testimonials



Path Forward – ‘No Limits’

• Responsible Care® is a journey, NOT a race.

• Our remarkable progress in this seamless journey which became an International benchmark is largely due to our team’s passion for ‘Excellence’ ..

• We are set to continue our ‘Quest for Excellence’ journey through members ‘concerted effort’ and ‘sustained cooperation’

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Thank youwww.gpca.org.ae

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