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Our best-in-class telephone emergency response service is the first choice for leading chemical companies across the globe – enabling these customers to manage the risks associated with the chemical products within their supply chain. Actionable advice is provided in the local language of the caller by chemical experts, available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.

Our emergency response service has the following features to help companies respond effectively to the release of hazardous substances:

• Available at all times.
• Rapid connection to an expert (within 3-5 minutes).
• In the local language (multilingual).
• Advice tailored to the circumstances.
• Knowledge of chemicals and chemical behaviour.
• Access to expert network.
• Tactical and regulatory awareness.

Our 24-hour multi-lingual incident notification system connects employees and stakeholders at the incident scene to relevant people in an organisation quickly and efficiently.

Our incident training experts, Hazmat Academy, support organisations to deliver safe, effective and competent emergency response to hazmat incidents. Policy support and operational training are provided by global chemical experts and incident commanders in person at world-class facilities and via eLearning to meet bespoke requirements.   

Our next in person course is on 23 May, 'Hydrogen - Managing an Incident' is available to book here.

All our courses align with health and safety legislation and industry best practice. All our emergency response courses are accredited by JOIFF.

As your trusted REACH partner, we can support you to manage the impact of EU and UK REACH on your business by completing your notifications and provide ongoing help and support throughout the process.

We can:

• Review your dossier to fill data gaps, strengthen justifications for adaptations and help to establish if all appropriate information has been gathered to reduce the likelihood of ECHA requesting further information.
• Submit your DUINs. 
• Act as your UK REACH Only Representative (OR) from our GB entity and EU REACH OR from our Netherlands entity.

If you are placing mixtures that are hazardous for health or physical effect, or biocides, on the market, then NCEC can manage your responsibility under CLP, and wider GHS. We can support you through SDS authoring and manage your poison centre obligations

Over the past decade, we have developed a flexible approach to life cycle assessments (LCAs) that has delivered value for a diverse range of businesses. 
 
Ricardo has been helping organisations work towards net zero across numerous sectors including food and drink manufacture, waste and resource management, NHS, police, water, shipping and more. With our deep knowledge of the chemicals sector, we are perfectly placed to support you, whether you are just starting to plan your journey to net-zero carbon emissions, or already have a roadmap in place and need support to deliver your ambitions

Find our more on how we can help you.

The appearance or movement of your substance within global regulatory lists may require you to take actions such as phasing out a certain substance from your product range, altering its concentration, or introducing specific workers' safety procedures. 

Our horizon scanning tool performs a substance inventory check and identifies whether your substances appear on any global regulatory lists. It provides the results in a clear, easy-to-read report, where you can quickly determine the most recent status of your substances.

Find out how you can future-proof your product portfolio

Tailored to your specific needs, we provide training in COSHH assessment, dangerous goods awareness, poison centre notifications and classification, labelling and packaging (CLP). Our courses are accredited by the Royal Society of Chemistry. We also offer a number of online training courses, providing a convenient, time effective training option for you and your staff.  

Browse through our complete range of regulatory courses

Per- and polyfluoroalkylated substances (PFAS) are recognised as a significant environmental and public health challenge and are technically very difficult and expensive to remove from waste, soil and water.

Our chemical experts at Ricardo, have extensive experience of dealing with the identification and management of hazardous substances. We will support you to understand the impact PFAS have on your business operations and within your portfolio and implement processes and policies to help you transition away from PFAS. Read here to find out how our services could help you.

Our specialists combine their deep understanding of chemicals – including the fate and effects of chemicals in the environment – with regulatory insight to provide our clients with superior outcomes, resilience and value. 

Our areas of expertise include:

• Regulatory hazard and risk assessment.
• Persistence and biodegradability.
• Ecotoxicology.
• PBT/vPvB, PMT/vPvM and POP assessments.
• Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).
• Emerging contaminants.

Find out more on how we can help you. 

Our chemical experts conducted a study commissioned by Cefic on the economic and business impacts of the EU CSS.

According to this first study, as many as 12,000 substances could potentially be in the scope of the two upcoming legislative proposals alone - the changes to Classification, Packaging and Labelling Regulation (CLP) and the application of a Generic Risk Approach (GRA).

The companies consulted indicated that around one third of this most likely affected portfolio of 28% could potentially be substituted or reformulated. Most significantly impacted downstream sectors are expected to be adhesives and sealants, paints, washing and cleaning products.

Our experts are members of working groups across ECHA, HSE, BEIS and Defra, and can help you understand the impact of legislative changes and upcoming chemical policies, such as the European Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability, and what steps you need to take to remain compliant. Find out more on how we can help you.