• Present to the participants the definition of Process Flow as provided in the RP Toolkit,
emphasizing that it covers both the sequence of activities being undertaken at a
company, and the external activities that the same company can influence, ranging from
the products and services procured, to the products and services the company provides.
• At this point, you should encourage participants to discuss and comment of the bound-
aries of a process under this definition. Make sure to explain to participants that the
point here is to make an effort to trace services and raw materials upstream, and
products and services downstream, in order to gain a fuller knowledge of chemical
hazards and risks along the value chain. Even if a company will not always be able to
totally influence the activities identified upstream and downstream.
• Point out to participants that some of the activities being undertaken along the value
chain may influence their companies, even if they have limited or no influence over it,
such as in the case of misuse of one of their companies’ products.