ECTA EUROPEAN RESPONSIBLE CARE SCHEME IN TRANSPORT

1. ECTA EUROPEAN RESPONSIBLE CARE SCHEME IN TRANSPORT Rose-Marie Pype, Logistics Manager ECTA

2. ECTA : MISSION and STRATEGIES

3. ECTA RC MILESTONES 2003: EPCA Budapest Meeting “Sustainable Chemical Transport Logistics and Responsible Care through Partnerships” 2003-2008: negotiating the CEFIC-ECTA RC agreement in line with European land transport realities 23 October 2008: Signing in Manchester of RC agreement between Cefic and ECTA 18 December 2008: first meeting of ECTA RC Steering Team 26 January 2009: ECTA Board meeting on ECTA RC implementation (RC documents) 12 February 2009: ECTA Board signed Declaration of support for the RC Global Charter 13 February 2009:Launch of the ECTA RC schemeSigning ceremony of first 19 ECTA member companiesto join ECTA RC scheme. To date 21 ECTA member companies have joined and 6 more companies are joining next week. RC Time line

4. ECTA RC MEMBER COMPANIES ECTA RC Companies : status 10/2009 ALFRED TALKE GmbH& Co. KG BAY LOGISTIK GmbH& Co.KG BERTSCHI AG CONSAR DE RIJKE GROUP DEN HARTOGH LIQUID LOGISTICS GCA TRANS HAANPAA AB HAESAERTS INTERMODAL N.V. HOYER GmbH Int. Fachspedition INTERBULK GROUP PLC. KARL SCHMIDT SPEDITION GmbH& Co KG KUBE & KUBENZ GmbH& Co KG LKW WALTER INTERNATIONAL AG MARENZANA SpA NIJHOF-WASSINK B.V. PAÑALON S.A. R.M.I.CHEMICAL LOGISTICS B.V. SUTTONS GROUP VOS BULK LOGISTICS OSS B.V. WAUTERS TANKTRANSPORT N.V. In process of signature Berlin, 6 October 2009: LANFER STAR CHEMICALS Gé SIMONS BRUHN SPEDITION NORBERT DENTRESSANGLE GROUP DB SCHENKER BTT GmbH

5. ECTA RC SCHEME ESSENTIALS ECTA RC Scheme: fundamentals • Responsible Care: same ethics and fundamental features = in accordance with ICCA guidance: ECTA has signed Declaration of support for the RC Global Charter on 12 February 2009 • ECTA members operate cross-border in EU. European approach instead of national approach is required. (EU competition law) • ECTA Board is the RC decision organ. The ECTA RC Steering Team comprising ECTA experts in HSE management, advises the ECTA Board • RC Platform : formal coordination body between Cefic and ECTA on RC implementation, resolution of issues, exchange of information and events • Performance Indicators: objectives are to ensure maximum participation by all RC member companies and to collect meaningful and comparable data • ECTA will compile individual input into European performance data for Cefic • ECTA Staff + all ECTA RC Steering team signed strict confidentiality contracts • ECTA yearly RC Plan is based on SQAS and on improvement plans of RC members

6. ECTA RC STEERING TEAM EVERT DE JONG DE RIJKE GROUP BERNHARD HAIDACHER LKW WALTER INT SABRINA ROBBA HOYER GROUP NATALIE DAUTRICHE GROUPE CHARLES ANDRÉ ANDREW BAIRD SUTTONS GROUP COLIN HUMPHREY INTERBULK GROUP ROSE-MARIE PYPE ECTA RC Co-ordinator RC SteeringCommittee

7. Responsible Care: how to get there

8. ECTA Membership ECTA RC Governance • PRIOR TO SIGNING:open SQAS reports to ECTA Secretariat appoint RC Co-ordinator of the company provide information required • CEO Commitment:8 RC principles of chemical industry > 9 RC principles in chemical transport industry • ECTA-RC Company Agreement: commitment to the guiding principles warranty that HSES&S is in company policy communication of emergency telephone number acceptance of governance and verification by ECTA annual improvement plan and KPI RC co-ordinator use of the RC trademark annual RC fee

9. TARGETS of the ECTA RC SCHEME Objectives of the ECTA RC • Mainobjective: ZERO ACCIDENTS ! • Key driver: continuous improvement of HSEQ • + promoteenvironmentalawareness • + promotion of RC principlestooursuppliers of services (egtankcleaning / subcontractors) • RC willimprovecommunicationefforts = MORE VISIBLE / TRANSPARENT • RC isbasedonrespect of SUSTAINABILITY principles (society, environment, economics)

10. Achievements after only 8 months of RC Initial successes • Promotion of RC to ECTA members: 37 % of members are already committed to RC in first 8 months of the ECTA RC Scheme • Association ECTA signed the declaration of support of RC associations to nine key elements of RC Global Charter of ICCA • ECTA issued guidelines to help RC members make ambitious improvement plans under RC • Governance: RC member companies are screened before signature of their commitment. ALL ECTA RC MEMBERS HAVE EXTERNAL ASSESSMENT OF HSE ! • RC member companies provide access to their external assessments (SQAS is an external assessment of HSE managed by Cefic) to ECTA • Cefic contributed to this aspect of governance by allowing ECTA to verify SQAS reports directly in the Cefic database • All ECTA RC members have sent in their improvement plans for 2009 • ECTA RC Plan: ECTA organised two Expert Days: one on Risk Management and one on keeping expertise in the sector (BBS training of drivers)

11. Sites of RC Companies SQAS assessed SQAS Reports 198 Transport Operator 127 Tank Cleaning 53 Warehouse 18 IMPACT ON appr. 24 000 people EMPLOYEES AND WORKERS ON PAY-ROLL

12. TIMELINES BY ECTA RC STEERING TEAM (1/2) Milestonesachieved • DONE contract ECTA-LSP • DONE checklist for entry as RC company • DONE ECTA Responsible Care Plan 2009 : risk management in chemical transport + keeping expertise in the sector • DONE recommendations on writing an improvement plan • DONE receive direct access to SQAS reports • DONE determine time lines of implementation (see next slide)

13. TIMELINES BY ECTA RC STEERING TEAM (2/2) Nextsteps • Q3-Q4/2009 -Cooperate with Cefic on implementation process (RC platform meeting / RC Conference of Cefic)-Adapt current ECTA website (in progress) -Prepare the ECTA RC action plan for 2010 • 2010 -Issue initial standard format to start KPI reporting-Ensure correct communication on first year of RC -Prepare solid verification process under RC with input of self-assessment and the external assessment scheme SQAS