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Smart Solutions for Today
•฀฀Dow’s฀clean฀and฀sustainable฀innovations฀–฀such฀as฀the฀world’s฀
first halogen-free solution for flexible cords and functional
paint technologies that reduce formaldehyde levels in the air –
are expected to create $20 billion in market opportunities.
•฀฀Michigan’s฀first฀affordable฀net-zero฀energy฀home฀uses฀readily฀
available energy-efficiency technologies from Dow. The house
is expected to save $3,500 in energy costs and avert 45,000
pounds of CO2 annually.
•฀฀We฀successfully฀completed฀a฀two-year,฀multimillion-dollar฀
project to transform our energy-saving STYROFOAM™ Brand
Insulation to a more sustainable manufacturing technology
in North America, eliminating the use of ozone-depleting
substances, and cutting in half the greenhouse gas emissions
from its production at converted facilities.
Partners for Change
•฀฀We฀partnered฀with฀leading฀organizations฀such฀as฀Change฀the฀
Equation and the International Year of Chemistry to advance
science, technology, engineering and math education.
•฀฀We฀were฀named฀a฀lead฀industrial฀partner฀to฀the฀U.S./China฀
Cleaner Energy Resource Center for Building Energy Efficiency,
which will conduct research to save energy and cut costs
in buildings.
•฀฀Our฀capital฀investments฀in฀WaterHealth฀International฀impact฀
the lives of two million people in India. Plus, in response
to the Haiti earthquake, we donated Dow Water & Process
Solutions equipment and raw materials to several
non-governmental organizations.
•฀฀Dow฀AgroSciences฀is฀collaborating฀with฀Donald฀Danforth฀
Plant Science Center to study how our EXZACT™ Precision
Technology can help improve the nutritional value and virus
resistance of the root crop cassava for millions of people
living in developing nations, particularly in Africa.
•฀฀Through฀the฀Dow฀Sustainability฀Corps,฀we฀put฀the฀talents฀of฀
our employees to work, addressing sustainable development
challenges across the world. Our employees conducted seven
projects across the globe, teaming with Central America
Medical Outreach, Pure Water for the World and The Nature
Conservancy, among others.
•฀฀In฀partnership฀with฀Habitat฀for฀Humanity฀International,฀Dow฀
sponsored 19 builds, including projects in India and Egypt, to
provide safe, affordable and energy-efficient housing to families
across the world. We also participated in the 19th Jimmy Carter
Work Project, which built 80 homes in four U.S. cities.
2010 Recognitions
•฀฀Awarded฀an฀unprecedented฀seventh฀U.S.฀Presidential฀Green฀
Chemistry Challenge Award for our hydrogen peroxide to
propylene oxide (HPPO) technology, jointly developed with BASF
•฀฀Named฀a฀2010฀Leader฀of฀Change฀by฀the฀Foundation฀for฀Social฀
Change (FSC) and the United Nations Office for Partnerships
•฀฀Awarded฀first-ever฀“Employee฀Volunteers฀in฀Action฀Award”฀
from Keep America Beautiful® for Dow’s engagement at
49 sites with more than 600 employees
•฀฀Named฀a฀finalist฀for฀the฀U.S.฀Chamber฀of฀Commerce’s฀2010฀
Corporate Citizenship Award for International Community
Service. Recognized for our commitment to provide safe,
affordable, energy-efficient housing to families worldwide
through our partnership with Habitat for Humanity
•฀฀Achieved฀A+฀rating฀for฀Global Reporting Initiative report
for the third consecutive year
•฀฀Named฀for฀the฀10th฀time฀to฀the฀Dow฀Jones฀Sustainability฀
World Index
•฀฀Added฀to฀NASDAQ฀OMX฀CRD฀Global฀Sustainability฀50฀Index
STRATEGY-IN-ACTION
First-of-Kind Collaboration to Demonstrate
Business Opportunities in Protecting Nature
Dow and The Nature Conservancy are embarking on a
groundbreaking collaboration to help companies integrate
the value of nature into top-line strategies and goals.
Announced in January 2011, the collaboration will use
scientific models, maps and analyses to measure the benefits
that nature provides for people – such as clean air, water and
food – and then apply them to help guide Dow’s business
decisions. Dow will use the information, for example, to make
informed decisions regarding land and water management,
site selection and development, and natural resource
management on Dow lands and waterways. Dow and its
philanthropic arm, The Dow Chemical Foundation, have
committed $10 million to the five-year project.
A major objective of the project is to share all tools and
results publicly and through peer review, so that other
companies, scientists and interested parties can test and
apply the learnings.
2010 Annual Report