And although Danish industry first rejected the program, it is now adopting it. If a company consistently fails to conduct its operations in accordance with the codes, CMA will revoke its membership. To date, no company has had this happen. As a rule, the larger firms have shown the most commitment to enforcing the code. Responsible Care requires companies to annually evaluate the extent to which they have implemented each code.
Companies report their progress only in general terms, however.
For example, they may indicate that they have taken no action, have developed a plan, or have a program in place. Although critics have suggested CAPs are little more than greenwashing efforts, there have been notable successes as well as questions. A CAP at a Chevron refinery in Richmond, California, home to a largely poor, minority community, has not worked very well according to most observers. Chevron is perceived as manipulating local planning officials to approve environmentally dubious projects, while Chevron blames the tensions on activists using the dispute as a political chip. On the opposite end of the spectrum is a CAP in Kingsport, Tennessee, where Eastman Chemical has a plant.