Within the framework of the scienceindustries RESPONSIBLE CARE programme criteria have been established for the assessment of the measures taken by members in the area of Safety, Health and Environmental Protection. Since 1993 these criteria have been expressed in the form of parameters.

These parameters are used by companies as a management tool and give them the possibility of demonstrating performance and progress, identifying weak points and adopting necessary corrective measures. An increasing number of companies use the parameters also as a basis for their environmental reports or for corresponding comments in their Annual Reports.scienceindustries uses the consolidated RC-parameters to illustrate and communicate the performance of the chemical and pharmaceutical industry in the area of Safety, Health and Environmental Protection.

The publication of these parameters aims at improving the transparency of the RC-activities of the chemical and pharmaceutical industry in Switzerland.