FMC Management Systems - What is a Management System?

Responsible Care® is moving beyond codes of management practices to achieve better EHS performance and obtain more business value for our members and Partners. The Responsible Care® Management System (RCMS®) replaces the current practice of applying six Codes (e.g., community awareness and emergency response, distribution, employee health and safety, pollution prevention, process safety and product stewardship) with a combined 106 management practices. Instead, relevant aspects of the existing Codes are subsumed into a RCMS® that is based on benchmarked best practices of leading private sector companies, initiatives developed through the Global Environmental Management Initiative, International Standards Organization and other bodies, and requirements of national regulatory authorities.