Gadot Biochemical Industries Ltd. Responsible Care® Policy

Gadot Biochemical Industries (GBI) is committed to implement the global

Responsible Care program.

The policy principles described below reflect GBI’s policy with regard to integrated aspects of environment, safety, hygiene, security and society, as these occur within the global chemical industry milieu under the unique and prestigious “Responsible Care” program.

Following are the Responsible Care policy’s principles as pertains to GBI:

· Driving GBI onwards to optimal results and a leading global position

in food ingredients production, without compromising ethics,

environmental quality, safety, product quality, security or contributions

to the community.

· Continuous improvement that can be quantified by means of

measurement indices prevalent among the fields of environmental

quality, safety, hygiene, product quality and security, while integrating

between extant management systems.

· Involvement of GBI’s employees in all relevant aspects of Responsible

Care. and sharing attitude.

· Leading research, development, design, production and distribution

processes while minimizing their environmental impact and reducing

as much as possible the consumption of perishable natural resources.

· Adherence to all relevant laws and regulations, and embedding of

international standards, guiding documents and the most up-to-date

professionalism into the fields of environmental quality, safety,

hygiene and security.

· Business management based on the belief that work accidents which

may potentially involve casualties are preventable.

· Education for security-oriented behavior throughout all company strata

while managing procedural safety aspects in an optimal manner.

· Manifestation of leadership in order to ensure that company and

contractor employees understand their roles and responsibilities, and

that they have been properly trained and instructed on how to integrate

Responsible Care principles in their work.

· Identification and treatment of various issues by means of a risk

management attitude that is the most optimal available.

· Understanding of the effects our products have throughout their life

cycle upon the fields of environmental quality, safety, hygiene and

security, while providing information and professional support to our

customers.

· Cooperation with authorities, research and industry institutions in order

to support researches and assessments concerning environmental

quality, safety, hygiene and security, and also in formalizing standards,

regulations and laws in these fields.

· Definition of fields of responsibility for the company managers with

regard to Responsible Care management, and allocation of resources

sufficient to carry out these responsibilities.

· GBI management is committed to the principles of this policy, a policy

it considers as of the utmost importance.