Canada Colors/Sulco has successfully completed CCPA's Phase IV Re-verification of Responsible Care® in November 2003. Canada Colors remains to be the only chemical distributor to be verified by Responsible Care®.

As in any verification, it is a learning process and we hope for comments and suggestions to help us improve. The CCPA verifiers developed a list of 'Findings Requiring Action' during their visit, which included Process Safety Management, development and updates to our Worst Case Scenarios, the communication of the Worst Case Scenarios to our neighbours, and the testing of Emergency Responders.

The verifiers also noticed significant improvements in the extent of the company's active governance and focus of the 'ethic' and deemed Canada Colors/Sulco a 'self-healing' company. Some Best Practices identified by the verification team are the facility's involvement of the Community Advisory Panel (CAP) in setting annual objectives, the good investigation procedures which arrive that root cause of incidents and spills are made a priority, the company's excellent Emergency Response Manual, and the extensive lending library pertaining to the safe handling of its products available for customer

It is with our continual hard work, dedication and commitment to the Responsible Care® Codes of Practice and ethic that Canada Colors/Sulco continues to be a leader in the Canadian chemical industry.

Respectfully submitted,
Bill Williams