Product Stewardship, driver for sustainable development, is one of the 6 major elements from Responsible Care. DSM NeoResins has committed itself to be a Responsible Care Company worldwide and established a Product Stewardship Plan. Important elements of this Product Stewardship Plan are:

Definition
Product Stewardship is the responsible and ethical management of risks and improvement of the safety, health and environmental aspects of a product throughout its life cycle in an economical acceptable way by means of continuous improvement. It is Responsible Care applied to products.

NeoResins Policy Statement on Product Stewardship
Product Stewardship improves trust at stakeholders as it contributes to control on the use, application and disposal of products through the total life cycle. Continuous Improvement applied to products will improve the market position, opens up new markets and generates ideas for new product and process innovation.
With a Product Stewardship program, we will maintain our commitment to Responsible Care and Sustainable Development.

Product Stewardship covers all aspects of a product during its life cycle:
1. Product conceptualisation
2. Product design
3. Process design
4. Distribution
5. Use of the product
6. Disposal

Purpose
The purpose of Product Stewardship is to prevent injury to human health and damage to the environment by a continuous and cost effective process (Continuous Improvement) of:

• Reduction of actual and potential risk associated with the manufacture, packaging, distribution, handling, use and disposal of products.
• Improvement in product design, assessment practices, advice, education, communication and customer support.