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Since 2000, we have had a comprehensive product stewardship network in place in the Asia-Pacific region, where our company is expanding at a particularly fast rate. The network extends from India to Japan, Australia and New Zealand. We have appointed product stewards in all the countries in which we operate. In addition, a regional office (Quality, Environment and Safety Policy Far East, abbreviated to QESFE) has been set up with cross-border responsibilities. The functions of the product stewards and of the regional office are coordinated from Leverkusen. One of the aims is to nurture contacts with the local authorities responsible for chemical control regulations and to endeavor to obtain information on impending changes in legislation as early as possible in order to establish quickly whether they affect Bayer. Specific measures are devised in consultation with the QESFE office and the Quality, Environment and Safety Policy Corporate Staff in Leverkusen. The duties of the product stewards range from continuous updating of all the safety data sheets needed for the Asia-Pacific market to the implementation of a Product Stewardship Code of Management Practice, in other words an internal guideline for product stewardship. The
duties of the QESFE office in Hong Kong are not restricted to topics
affecting product stewardship, however. It lives up to its name
by encouraging cooperation between the Corporate Staff Division
and the national organization in all matters concerning our quality,
environment and safety policy, particularly with regard to the promotion
of Responsible Care.
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