SOCMA Commends 17 Member Facilities for Superior EHS&S Performance
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Society of Chemical Manufacturers and Affiliates (SOCMA) today recognizes 17 member facilities that have qualified for the ChemStewards® Excellence Tier by exceeding key performance standards for the association's environmental, health, safety and security (EHS&S) program.
Seven facilities are new to the Excellence Tier:
- Deltech Corporation (Baton Rouge, LA)
- ESCO Company LLC (Meskegon, MI)
- Gabriel Performance Products LLC (Ashtabula, OH)
- KMCO (Port Arthur, TX)
- Noramco Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
- Siegfried USA Inc. (Pennsville, NJ)
- South Coast Terminals LP (Houston, TX)
"We commend these companies and the effort they have made to achieve this status," said ChemStewards Director J. Holland Jordan, Ph.D. "As I look at this list of new members to the Excellence Tier, it proves that small chemical facilities, which may not have the resources that larger companies have, and those that may struggle at first to meet the criteria, can optimize their performance and improve their facilities over time through hard work and dedication to the ChemStewards program."
ChemStewards is an industry-developed EHS&S program designed for the batch, custom and specialty chemical industry. It's based on a three-tier system with key performance requirements per tier with increasing levels of difficulty. Tier One is known as Fundamental, and Tier Two is Enhanced Performance – the standard tier for ChemStewards participants. To qualify for Excellence, or Tier Three, facilities must sign core principles, complete security requirements, meet specific metrics obligations and requirements, have at least one documented management review meeting and complete a third-party verification of management systems at the Enhanced Performance (Tier Two) level.
To maintain their ranking, facilities must sustain EHS&S performance metrics at or above the Excellence criteria. To read the ChemStewards White Paper, click here.
About SOCMA
SOCMA is the only U.S.-based trade association dedicated solely to the batch, custom and specialty chemical industry. Since 1921, we have represented a diverse membership, making us the leading authority on this sector. www.socma.com
ChemStewards® is SOCMA's flagship environmental, health, safety and security (EHS&S) continuous performance improvement program. ChemStewards was created from industry's commitment to reducing our environmental footprint. Industry created ChemStewards to meet the unique needs of the batch, custom and specialty chemical industry. www.chemstewards.com
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