In order to receive certification, an ACC member or Partner company must demonstrate conformance to the Responsible Care Management System’s comprehensive set of EHS&S requirements, which are validated through an independent, third-party audit process.

Regular audits are conducted to inspect our external waste disposal companies to ensure proper disposal and to avoid water and other environmental contamination, as described in Waste: Preventing, Minimizing, Eliminating.

Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Audit services include the annual audit of the consolidated financial statements, the audit of internal controls over financial reporting, the reviews of our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, the issuance of comfort letters and consents, review of registration statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), accounting and financial reporting consultations and international statutory audits. The Audit Committee also reviewed with the independent registered public AUDIT accounting firm its report on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting at December 31, 2017, including the basis for its conclusions. All members of the Audit Committee concur with this report.

Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

This year's report highlights the exceptional work our team has been doing as a world-class sustainable organization," said The report includes highlights and information related to each of Specific areas of note in this year's report are as follows:

Audit services include the annual audit of the consolidated financial statements, the audit of internal controls over financial reporting, the reviews of our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, the issuance of comfort letters and consents, the review of registration statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), accounting and financial reporting consultations and international statutory audits. All members of the Audit Committee concur with this report. None of the agreements contain a single trigger or a modified single trigger for benefits.

2024 Report Disclosures Reporting period Reporting cycle

There were no significant audit findings preventing manufacturing in this reporting period. When a loss of containment is discovered, loose pellets are promptly contained and cleaned up. The VP, Internal Audit & Corporate Ethics Officer, presents the number of ethics reports, report trends, substantiated reports, and a comparison of our ethics data vs. a benchmark to both the Audit and Ethics Committees.

They also switched from color concentrates containing heavy metal to RoHS-compliant OnColor™ color concentrates. Improved safety and easier handling: Kalas was able to reduce health and safety risks to its workers from lead exposure, while also eliminating the costs of handling, monitoring and reporting these regulated materials.