Responsible Care companies improve their performance by implementing world-class management practices; working with independent auditors; tracking performance through environmental, health, safety and security measures; and extending these best practices to business partners throughout the industry. From its beginnings in Canada in 1985, the initiative has now extended to nearly 50 countries worldwide.

NOVA Chemicals believes Responsible Care makes good business sense. The company strives to improve its Responsible Care management systems by listening to employees, the community and customers; by conducting research to understand the potential impacts of products on the health and well-being of the public before such products are introduced to the marketplace; and by implementing inherently safer technologies and processes when it is technologically and commercially feasible to do so. NOVA Chemicals is proud to be a founding member and an industry leader in Responsible Care.

NOVA Chemicals is a member of several industry organizations that support and promote Responsible Care in the countries in which we operate:

• The American Chemistry Council (ACC)
• The Canadian Chemical Producers Association (CCPA)

In addition, we participate in plastics industry organizations that support the environmentally and socially responsible use of plastics resources:

• The Canadian Environment and Plastics Industry Council (EPIC)
• The Canadian Plastics Industry Association (CPIA)
• The Plastics Division of the American Chemistry Council
• The Plastics Foodservice Packaging Group