Chemical companies must deal with a growing array of national and international regulations and recommendations. SAP solutions streamline and automate compliance processes, enabling you to manage your operations safely, effectively, and in accordance with regulations.

SAP solutions for governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) support the chemical industry's requirements to predict and prevent financial, environmental, and trade risks; increase business performance; and drive competitive advantage. To meet these objectives and ensure corporate sustainability, SAP solutions for GRC unify corporate strategy, risk management, and control initiatives across the extended enterprise.

With SAP solutions, you have the capabilities you need to handle a broad range of compliance issues, including:

• Product safety – Ensure that substance data is up-to-date and available to appropriate users. You can integrate product safety capabilities into supply chain processes, enabling compliance with regulations such as the Food Quality Protection Act, Title 21 CFR Part 11, Title 29 CFR 1910.1200 and EU Directive 91/155/EEC for Material Safety Data Sheets, Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), Clean Water Act, Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA), and Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act (FFDCA).
• Dangerous goods management – Support all processes connected with the manufacture and distribution of dangerous goods. You can comply with regulations such as the IATA/ICAO Dangerous Goods Regulation, Title 49 CFR Parts 100-185, International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code (IMDG), OTIF Carriage of Dangerous Goods RID, European Agreement Concerning International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR), Agreement on the Transport of Dangerous Goods on the Rhine (ADNR), Canadian Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act, and IAEA Code of Conduct on the Safety and Security of Radioactive Sources.
• Industrial hygiene and safety management – Support a safe work environment. You can identify, control, and eliminate work hazards. SAP solutions enable compliance with regulations such as the ILO Safe Work Agenda 21, Chapter 19, Programme B.
• Occupational health – Ensure the health of workers, protect personal data, and meet legal requirements. You can effectively comply with regulations such as the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) and ILO Safe Work Agenda 21, Chapter 19, Programme B.
• Waste management – Streamline, automate, and monitor waste disposal processes across the enterprise. Integration with SAP and non-SAP systems enables you to allocate costs by the appropriate cost centers. SAP solutions enable compliance with regulations such as the Title 40 CFR, Germany 's KrW-/AbfG, the United Kingdom 's Environmental Protection Act and Codes of Practice, and the Basel Convention on the Reduction of Hazardous Waste.

What's more, SAP solutions enable compliance with the Kyoto Protocol, the Clean Air Act, the EU IPPC Directive, and other regulations related to greenhouse gasses and other emissions. They also provide capabilities for complying with Registration, Evaluation, and Authorization of Chemicals (REACH), the new system for regulating chemical use in the European Union.