Lead participants through the 5-step model and its guidelines on managing the risks and impacts associated with chemical hazards. Make sure to point out to participants:
• The objectives and flow, activities and the tools available within each of the 5 steps of the approach.
• That the approach is not meant to be a stand alone management system. It is meant to be integrated with existing management practices and procedures already existing in their companies.
• The Responsible Production model approach is not intended to replace existing practices but to provide an additional approach to managing hazards and risks, within an wider concept of “risk objects” (i.e. other stakeholders in addition to company workers, such as business partners, customers and end users: the authorities and communities may be subject to risks posed by hazards in the companies operations).