C4 and its members will:

• Acknowledge environmental and health concerns and develop actions to deal with them
  
• Adopt a product stewardship approach for all uses of chlorine chemistry
  
• Phase out uses of chlorine that science shows present unreasonable risks that cannot be otherwise managed, as agreed to at UNCED, and practice responsible management for all uses
  
• Promote the use of best available science in risk-based decision making
  
• Bring together in dialogue key stakeholders, to the extent possible, concerning issues related to chlorine chemistry
  
• Draw on available resources and act as a clearinghouse to provide for consistent information 
  
• Be a credible source of information on chlorine issues
  
• Communicate in a manner that is open, ongoing, transparent and leads towards consensus 
  
• Promote continuing education about the societal benefits and the risks of chlorine chemistry
  
• Seek continuous improvement in environmental, health and safety performance