NACD Member Companies achieve on-site RDP verification.
Press Release Summary:
The National Association of Chemical Distributors (NACD) announced that 196 Regular member and Affiliate companies' sites have successfully passed NACD's third-cycle on-site Responsible Distribution ProcessSM (RDP) Verifications since January 2007. These organizations continually demonstrate a commitment to implementing RDP's environmental, health, safety, and security (EHS/S) requirements. RDP Verification is required once every 36 months.
Original Press Release:
NACD Member Companies Achieve On-Site RDP Verification
The National Association of Chemical Distributors (NACD) is pleased to announce that 196 Regular member and Affiliate companies' sites have successfully passed NACD's 3rd-cycle on-site Responsible Distribution ProcessSM (RDP) Verifications since January 2007. These organizations continually demonstrate their commitment to the implementation of RDP's environmental, health, safety, and security (EHS&S) requirements.
RDP Verification (RDPV) is required once every 36 months. On-site verifications provide member companies and chemical handler affiliates the ability to successfully demonstrate implementation of EHS&S policies and procedures under RDP's Code of Management Practice to an independent third-party verifier. Such verifications have been a condition of membership in NACD since 1997. The current three-year verification cycle ends June 2010.
"NACD members have always been committed to safety and stewardship. Even under the current economic environment these issues remain paramount to the chemical distribution industry." said NACD's President Chris Jahn. "Every NACD member and Chemical Handler Affiliate company that successfully passes RDP not only demonstrates their commitment to environmental, health, safety, and security measures, but show that they are better positioned to face today's challenges."
In keeping with RDP's goal for continuous improvement, significant enhancements were incorporated into this 3rd-cycle on-site RDP Verification process. RDP Verification is and has been management systems-based, and now also addresses operationally-based EHS&S issues applicable to the site being verified.
NACD's independent, third-party verifiers for this three-year RDPV cycle are Compliance Solutions Group LLC of Baton Rouge, LA, and Eagle Group USA, Inc., of Rochester Hills, MI. Verifications of NACD member companies are ongoing.
For more information on NACD's on-site RDP Verification process and for a listing of members in good standing, visit NACD's Web site at www.nacd.com.
NACD and its nearly 250 members have established themselves as leaders in health, safety, security, and environmental performance through implementation of the Responsible Distribution Process (RDP), established in 1991 as a condition of membership in NACD. Incorporated as a condition of membership in January 1999, NACD members undergo third-party on-site RDPV - RDP Verification. For additional information, visit NACD's Web site - www.nacd.com.
