The Chemical & Allied Industries’ Association (CAIA) will present the Responsible Care Product Stewardship and Globally Harmonised System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) Workshop in Johannesburg and Durban on 5 and 6 June 2014, respectively. Featured speakers include product stewardship and GHS specialists, Elsie Phillips (Sasol), Dr Laurraine Lötter and Dr Claudine Roos, amongst others.
The workshop has the objective of sharing best practices, aligning product stewardship programmes with the requirements of the GHS and identifying ways in which a company’s product stewardship programme and implemented system can be enhanced.
The workshop will address a practical approach to the implementation of product stewardship and will assist companies with the management of hazardous chemicals using the GHS as a product stewardship tool. The GHS requirements for safety data sheets, chemical labels and the classification of hazardous substances, using the GHS classification principles, will also be focussed on.
Product stewardship is the chemical industry’s key mechanism for managing the safety, health and environmental (SHE) aspects of chemicals throughout their life-cycle and is an important pillar of the Responsible Care initiative. A robust and effective company product stewardship management programme that is aligned with the requirements of the GHS will assist companies to reduce risk and to manage the potential implications of their products and processes effectively.
CAIA is the proud custodian of the Responsible Care initiative that is unique to the global chemical industry, having been designed to have a measurable impact on a company’s SHE performance.
Contact Louise Lindeque on 011 482-1671 or at rcare2@caia.co.za for further information.