International Classic Composite Ltd.
Improvement Plan for Chemical Management System
ICCL Sustainability Program: January 2019
INTRODUCTION
ICCL aims to eliminate restricted hazardous chemicals from the production process of dyeing & finishing. In
order to learn more about the substitution of hazardous chemicals, ICCL develops a comprehensive chemical
management system.
Aim of the project: Understand chemical compliance management, update chemical and discharge inventories and
establish long-term solutions to eliminate/substitute hazardous chemicals.
Project period: Phase 1: Jan 2019 – May 2020 (To eliminate the use high risk substance containing chemicals from
the process)
Phase 2: within Dec 2022 (To eliminate 90-95% hazardous chemicals from the process)
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ICCL Sustainability program
ICCL takes its responsibility for society and the environment very seriously. That is why ICCL initiated its own
program for a safer use of chemicals in the textile production and also joined the Partnership of Clean Textile
(PaCT): Bangladesh PaCT in 2018. The objective of the ICCL Sustainability Program is to assure the use of safer and
less hazardous chemicals in the whole lifecycle and production procedures of textiles by no later than 2022.
ICCL supports its employee & also chemical suppliers with information and training materials regarding the
management of chemicals.
Wet processes
With the ICCL Sustainability Program, we focus on the crucial stages of textile production in which hazardous
chemicals could be used, such as wet processes (e.g. dyeing, washing and printing). The individual wet process is
analyzed and a risk assessment is carried out, thereby enabling the evaluation of risks regarding contamination
with restricted substances.
Chemical Management
The objective of chemical management is to prevent and control the use of hazardous chemicals in the supply
chain. The scope of the chemical management audit conducted in the project is outlined below:
1. Policy: Establish standard operating procedures (SOPs) and a monitoring system for chemical usage practices
2. Documentation: Establish chemical inventory and process flow sheet to verify the flow of chemicals
3. Responsible Personnel: Designate qualified personnel to evaluate SOPs, update Material Safety Data
Sheets (MSDS) on a regular basis
4. Training: Hold chemical safety training workshops with employees
5. Third party audit certification: Undergo audit with scoring or rating for factory evaluation
6. Corrective action plan: Purchase, install and test equipment and develop new training materials to improve
chemical management performance.
Wet Processing Unit of ICCL
• The ICCL is located in Gazipur, with more than 250 factory employees.
• In the dyeing unit, bleaching, heat-setting, dyeing, finishing and garment washing (in lab for test) are
performed.
• The dyeing mill processes a variety of textile raw material ranging from Cotton to polyester or
Viscose or Modal knitted fabric.
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ICCL SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM (Improvement Plan)
ICCL aims to achieve sustainable conformity with a comprehensive chemical management system. The
improvement plan of CMS is as follows:
Program steps
a. Kick-off Meeting and Trainings with management, employee and dyeing unit to explain the improvement
program, discuss programs steps and to give insights about chemical management, chemical inventory and
MSDS monitoring system
b. Chemical Management (CM) Audit and Testing to identify hazardous chemicals and identify problems in the
documentation and disclosure system of the factory
c. Corrective Action Plan with detailed steps for the factory to improve on chemical management and inventory
and eliminate the usage of hazardous chemicals
d. Finding Alternative Chemical to replace hazardous chemicals with the help of waste water testing report &
eco-friendly requirement of customers.
e. Implementation and Progress Checking by regular meetings, re-audits, reviews of the documentation and
testing
f. Final Factory Performance Report to quantify the factory’s performance in different areas and summarize the
challenges, recommendations and outlook of the program after phase 1 & phase 2.
Contact:
CMC of International Classic Composite Ltd.
Email: dyeing@icclbd.com, hrcompliance@icclbd.com
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