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From the RC 14001 Standard

The organization shall establish and maintain:h) commensurate with risk, systems to qualify and periodically review carriers, suppliers, distributors, customers, contractors and third-party providers based on Responsible Care or other health, safety, security and environmental performance criteria.

The organization shall identify and plan those operations that are associated with the identified significant EHSS aspects consistent with its EHSS policy, objectives and targets, in order to ensure that they are carried out under specified conditions, by

c) establishing, implementing and maintaining procedures related to the identified significant EHSS aspects of goods and services used by the organization and communicating applicable procedures and requirements to suppliers, including contractors.

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Global SHERQ Manager Supply Chain Chemicals

SABICSteven.Beddegenoodts@SABIC-Europe.com www.sabic.com

Steven Beddegenoodts

• Member of the SQAS Technical and Accreditation committee.

• Chairman of the SQAS Executive committee

• Member of the China SQAS launch Shangai 2007.

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SQAS in the Gulf Region

• is not in the Gulf.

• In 2012 SABIC initiated assessments of its Chemicals’ carriers in Saudi Arabia using the European SQAS scheme with European assessors.

• The assessments with the discussion and the improvement plans are SABIC’s RC effort for the local overland supply chain.

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SQAS in the Gulf Region

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GEOGRAPHICAL SCOPE

ACTIVITY SCOPE

• Kuwait• Saudi Arabia• Qatar• Bahrain• UAE• Oman

Introduction • SQAS is a tool to assess the Quality, Safety and Environmental management systems of

Logistic Service Providers – in a uniform manner

– by independent assessors

– using a standardized questionnaire

• thereby avoiding multiple assessments by individual chemical companies

• while maintaining individual evaluation capability.

• An SQAS assessment by an independent assessor does not lead to a certificate but results in a

detailed factual report,

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Gulf SQAS is not a certification

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Gulf SQAS is

• A clear concise list of requirements• Industry standard• (Internal) audit checklist• 3rd party verification for

Responsible Care ®• Best practice reference document

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• View & analyse report• Enter comments• Add improvement action programme• Define who may have access to the report• Generate attestation• Download Gulf-SQAS

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The Assessment Process

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Pillars of Gulf-SQAS

- A common questionnaireOnly one questionnaire used throughout the whole Chemical Industry, covering

the industry standard.The Chemical companies simply select those questions relevant to their business

model and evaluate the relevant answers and comments.

- The accreditation of assessors- The electronic database of assessment reports