The safety of people and the environment is the highest priority for chemical companies. One indispensable factor is an effective safety management system that can also identify, assess and control risks in the production process using appropriate measures, so as to reduce or even entirely avoid these risks. For this reason, Clariant, in close cooperation with the European Process Safety Centre (EPSC), has actively supported the development of a simple and representative measurement system, also with the aim of establishing an industry-wide standard.

This system records and systematically assesses smaller substance and energy releases in order to avoid major incidents. These incidents, or PSIs (process safety incidents), are categorized according to criteria stipulated by the European Chemical Association (Conseil Européen des Fédérations de l’Industrie Chimique, CEFIC). They are a component of the ongoing improvement procedures for the process safety of the production systems. In 2016, the process safety event rate at Clariant slightly decreased from 0.26 to 0.21. This rate denotes the number of incidents per 200 000 working hours.