Responsible Care Management System^®

The American Chemistry Council has created a Technical Specification that addresses the health, safety, security and the environment.   

Note: There are two Responsible Care Management System Technical Specification, the RCMS on this page and RC14001 which is accessible on the RC14001 web page.

RCMS^® is based on the RC14001/ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems (EMS) and has been expanded to address the Responsible Care^® Principles.  The registration to this standard will address the American Chemistry Council membership requirement (one of them anyway). 

If you are interested in complying with both the ACC's Responsible Care® requirements and the requirements of ISO 14001, please see our RC14001 web page.

Intent

The application of the RCMS^® standard is to provide organizations with the elements of an effective Environmental Health, Safety and Security Management System that can be integrated with or into other management systems requirements, to assist organizations achieve their environmental, health, safety and economic goals and objectives.  The overall aim is to support Health, safety, security and environmental protection and prevention of pollution in balance with socioeconomic needs. The success of an RCMS^® depends on a commitment from all levels and functions within an organization and especially from senior or top management.

RCMS^® enables an organization to establish and assess the effectiveness of procedures to set an policy including objectives, achieve conformance with them, and to demonstrate conformance to others, including interested external parties.

RCMS^® shares common management system principles with ISO 9000, RC14001 and OHSAS 18001 system standards. While the 9000 series of standards deal with customer needs, an RCMS^® addresses the needs of a broad range of interested parties and evolving needs of society for security, protection of the environment, health and safety.

Training Offered

RCMS Awareness/Overview

RCMS Internal Auditor Training 

RCMS Implementation

Process Flowcharting Workshop

Document Writing

Online Training Courses

Services Offered

Initial System Evaluation ("Gap Analysis")

Documentation Development

Implementation Assistance and Guidance

Final System Evaluation ("Dress Rehearsal")

Hands-on Auditing

Contract Internal Auditing Program

Compliance Auditing

Also see our Risk-Based Performance page