A sustainable future cannot be achieved without considering chemistry – the foundation upon which countless products are developed. We are committed to ensuring that the materials we bring to market—and the way we manage them along the way—are designed for the safety of people everywhere around the world.
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.
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Safer Materials
Dow’s approach to safer materials
To develop safer materials that meet the needs of our customers and the value chain, we monitor regulatory trends and use cutting-edge science. We focus on three main things.
Evaluating our product portfolio
We're embedding evaluations of sustainability and safety in our innovation process, starting in the research and development phase and through the product life cycle.
Innovating the materials of tomorrow
We're working with our customers and value chain partners to develop products that are more sustainable and maintain or exceed existing performance.
Promoting open and transparent chemistry
We're committed to advancing transparent chemistry with our value chain partners, customers and the public.
How do we develop safe products?
It's a question often asked by customers, regulators and others that we are always eager to answer. Watch "The Birth of a Molecule" video below to find out.
Blueprint for Product Safety
Aligned with our 2025 Sustainability Goals, we are advancing the next generation of science-based safety assessment with our blueprint for product safety. From evaluating innovative opportunities to collaborating on science-based safety assessments, we're working on solutions to help preserve our planet and ensure human safety.
Responsible Care®
Discover how this voluntary initiative of the global chemical industry is taking leading companies above and beyond their prior accomplishments to achieve even higher standards of performance - and generate greater value for their businesses.
Sustainability Science
This unique product portfolio helps our customers and value chain partners discover and deliver more sustainable solutions to the world we share.
Technology highlights
ELVALOY™ Reactive Elastomeric Terpolymer (RET)
ECOSURF™ Surfactant
SunSpheres™ BIO SPF Booster
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®Responsible Care is a service mark of The American Chemistry Council in the United States.