OREANDA-NEWS. March 05, 2012. Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) becomes the first Indian company to be certified as "Responsible Care Company" under stringent standards of American Chemistry Council (ACC), USA. RIL's Petrochemical Business won this accolade for its robust management system that ensures highest standards of health, safety, security and environmental performance for both its products and operations. The standard encompasses the entire business eco-system covering products, plants, offices, distribution channel and community.

"Responsible Care" is the global chemical industry's initiative to drive health, safety, security and environmental performance improvements. The programme operates in over 50 countries with active participation from all major global chemical companies like ExxonMobil, Shell, Dow, BASF, Bayer, Mitsubishi, DuPont and others.

American Chemistry Council is the major trade body of chemical industry in USA with select presence in other part of the world. The association is globally the most prestigious chemical industry body and RIL is one of the very few members from South Asia.

The first phase audit covered RIL's petrochemical complex at Hazira, Gujarat and offices at Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra. This was globally the largest audit since the program was launched in 1985. The certificate was awarded after a rigorous third party audit by M/s. DNV Certification Inc, USA accredited under American National Accreditation Board (ANAB).

Reliance is globally the first & only company to include its Social Accountability and Sustainability activities in the scope of audit. This initiative focuses on minimising greenhouse gas emissions and supporting research to find solutions to climate change.

RIL is investing over INR 50,000 crore to further grow its Petrochemical business. Petrochemical operation of RIL is spread over nine locations in different parts of India.