@inbook{10.3138/j.ctt2tv4rg.8, ISBN = {9781551112183}, URL = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3138/j.ctt2tv4rg.8}, abstract = {In 1990 the United Nations Environment Programme granted Canadian Chemical Producers’ Association¹ president Jean Bélanger a Global 500 to award recognize the significant environmental benefits that have flowed from the CCPA’s Responsible Care programme. Probably the leading sectoral voluntary environmental programme in the world, Responsible Care was initiated in Canada after a series of highly publicized accidents in Europe, Asia, and North America had undermined the public reputation of the chemical industry, and raised the spectre of more costly and intrusive government regulation. Over the past decade and a half, it has evolved gradually to become an elaborate management system}, author = {John Moffet and François Bregha}, booktitle = {Voluntary Initiatives: The New Politics of Corporate Greening}, pages = {69--92}, publisher = {University of Toronto Press}, title = {Responsible Care}, year = {1999} }