Learn how we make the world a better place as Team Dow. Through respect and integrity, we lead with our core values and innovative spirit to create more sustainable materials science solutions for everyone.
Discover how we’re accelerating positive change around the world. From climate protection and creating safer materials to our focus on global citizenship and inclusion, diversity and equity, Team Dow is making a difference in the communities where we live and work.
Find the latest press releases, news updates, awards and achievements from Dow and stay connected on the impact we’re making in the world.
Explore key collaborations and why we make partnership our passion. Through initiatives and sponsorships, we can work together to create a more positive impact for all.
Team Dow makes us one of the most innovative, customer-centric, inclusive and sustainable materials science companies in the world. Find opportunities to join Dow in a capacity that works best for you.
Partnering to solve local challenges
Supplier Diversity, Doing Business Locally.
We believe an inclusive, diverse and equitable supplier base not only benefits our business, but also the communities where we operate. We offer supplier training and development programs, mentorship opportunities, events and networking opportunities for diverse suppliers. Our goal is to achieve $500 million in global diverse supplier spend by 2025.
Doing business with Dow - grants and other community support
How do you transform challenges into opportunities, redefine what’s possible and help create a more efficient, more sustainable world at the same time? It takes collaboration, teamwork, and a belief that the next breakthrough is only a moment of inspiration away.
For more than 100 years, chemistry and manufacturing have played an integral part in the growth of this region. Southern Brazoria County has been the birthplace of solutions and home to some of the greatest minds in history. This is still true today.
Aligned to Dow's ambition, our enhanced Global Citizenship strategy supports an innovative, sustainable, and inclusive future. We strive to actively apply our innovative technology, employee expertise and culture of inclusion to drive our citizenship priorities and investments forward, generating transformational social impact in Brazoria County and around the world.
Whether you partner with us, work at Dow, or experience our materials in your favorite brands, we are relentlessly working to make the world and this community better.
Communities we support
In Brazoria County, Dow emphasizes partnerships that serve communities where Dow employees live and work, including:
Alvin, TX
Angleton, TX
Brazoria, TX
Danbury, TX
Freeport, TX
Lake Jackson, TX
Manvel, TX
Pearland, TX
Sweeny, TX
West Columbia, TX
Community Impact
United Way
The partnership between Texas Operations and the United Way of Brazoria County demonstrates our employees and contract partners willingness to give back to the Brazosport community and support those who need a helping hand. Dow holds various other fundraisers for United Way of Brazoria County throughout the year, such as chili cook-offs, employee game nights, and book drives, to continue lending support for the many services they offer the community.
Near Neighbor group
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#PullingOurWeight
Together, we are catalyzing employee volunteerism, business partnerships and community connections, to inspire a circular ecosystem through the removal, transformation and prevention of waste in the environment. In the six years since Dow launched our #PullingOurWeight campaign, tens of thousands of colleagues, family members and stakeholder volunteers have collected more than 2.1 million pounds of waste from waterways and watersheds to neighborhoods as part of the largest single-cause volunteer effort in the company’s history.
Texas Operations Community Advisory Panel
Community Advisory Panels (CAPs) have been implemented at Dow sites all over the world to provide an opportunity for members and leaders of the communities in which Dow operates to learn about, and provide input on, Dow’s operations and community engagement. The objective is a transparent dialogue with the Dow CAP to obtain perspectives to help shape Dow’s decisions and strategies. It is also intended to increase community members’ understanding of Dow’s core values and global citizenship strategy to bring benefit through our business to the community.
Dow CAP membership is by invite and reflective of cross-sectional county leadership, including economic development, education, and political leaders. Dow uses CAP meetings to convene with high level leaders who have influence and can offer input to how Dow can proactively lead instead of being a "fast follower" and to exceed community expectations instead of just satisfying them. Focus is given to environmental health and safety, company performance, and community and policy engagement. The membership of this CAP is key business, community and political leaders from the region.
- Establish a "Dow-knowledgeable" external panel of leaders from the county, approximately 25-mile radius from Texas Operations.
- Open and foster candid dialogue.
- Identify where Dow can have the greatest impact and exercise the most focused leadership and responsibility.
Membership is by invitation and is restricted to the following individuals:
- Brazosport College President
- Superintendent of Schools for Brazosport ISD and Angleton ISD
- Brazoria County Economic Alliance Executive Director
- Brazoria County Judge
- Brazoria County Commissioner Pct. 2
- Chamber of Commerce Presidents – Angleton, Brazosport, Hispanic Chamber
- Executive Director of United Way of Brazoria County
- Director, Brazoria County Flood District
- Mayors from Angleton, Lake Jackson, Clute and Freeport
- Lake Jackson Business Association
- Community Foundation of Brazoria County
A member of the executive staff of any CAP member may attend in place of an unavailable CAP member. Membership invitation is extended by letter from the TXO Site Leader to individuals holding the office, title, or role. The letter of invitation provides an overview of the content of this guiding document.
The CAP meets quarterly at the Dow Diamond Center. Based on annual membership, the meeting time may change. Currently, the CAP meets in the morning and typically in the months of February, May, September, and November.
CAP meetings follow an agenda of EH&S, Site and Company update, Community/Policy, Old Business and Roundtable. As discussions occur around these standing agenda items, if the CAP wants a wider perspective from internal or external subject matter experts, those people will be invited to a meeting by Dow leadership.
CAP members can submit agenda topics for consideration at any time during the year. Dow and CAP members will work collectively to bring diverse perspectives to the conversation.
Meeting Summaries
Return in 2025 to find summaries posted for each meeting.
Interested in our grant opportunities?
From supporting social, economic and environmental projects that promote long-term success in Dow communities to engaging youth about STEM and robotics, Dow offers all kinds of grants. If you would like to learn more about the specific grants we offer and the application process, we’d be happy to inform you.
Join the conversation
We appreciate input and feedback from our neighbors. Submit your general questions, concerns or compliments to dowtxopsinfo@dow.com.