Value proposition

Your partner for premium chemical emergency response, chemical regulatory compliance and sustainability services.

Backed by 50 years of expertise and our legacy as UK's National Chemical Emergency Centre (NCEC), the chemical solutions team at Ricardo supports organisations to manage chemical risks, maintain access to markets, protect people and the environment.

We work with organisations that care about managing risks related to their products and across their wider supply chain. We build partnerships with our customers to support their emergency response requirements and to manage the dynamic regulatory landscape on their behalf.

Our services include:
- 24/7 rapid connection to emergency responders who provide advice underpinned by extensive insurance.
- Regulatory guidance, horizon scanning and tailored support for your product portfolio across UK and EU REACH, CLP and GHS compliance, SDS authoring, poison centre notifications and substance inventory monitoring.
- Environmental hazard and risk assessments, chemical policy and impact assessments, including on the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability.
- Sustainability strategy and implementation support.
- Lifecycle assessments
- Emergency response, hazmat and regulatory training.


Emergency response, Chemical incidents, SDS consultancy, Training, Toxicology, Emergency Planning, REACH, Chemdata, Poison centres, UK REACH, Chemical management, Regulatory compliance, Chemical Strategy for Sustainability, Horizon scanning, Sustainability planning and implementation, and Life cycle assessment