Purpose in Action

Our ambition inspires best-in-class performance and contributes to long-term value creation for our customers, shareholders and society.

 

Driven by our ambition

Explore all the ways we are working to be the most innovative, customer-centric, inclusive and sustainable materials science company in the world.

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Mitigate Climate Change: Decarbonize 

Dow is committed to reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Our detailed investment plan and roadmap outline a clear decarbonization pathway while driving value growth.

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Adapt to Climate Change: Water & Nature

Dow aims to support water resilience for our sites and surrounding communities, as well as habitat conservation that values nature for the benefit of industry, communities, wildlife and our planet. 

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Advance a Circular Economy 

We are advancing circular solutions by designing materials for recyclability and supplying circular and renewable products that help our customers increase recycled and renewable content in their applications.

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Innovate for Safer Materials

By leveraging our robust innovation pipeline, Dow is committed to developing more sustainable alternatives and advancing safer solutions for people and the planet.

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Ensure Safe, Reliable Operations

Our safe and reliable operations are grounded in a strong foundation of safety culture and behaviors, operating discipline, advanced technology, and environmental stewardship.

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Inclusion

By integrating inclusion into how we do business, Dow colleagues around the world are driving initiatives that add business value, address social challenges and create lasting change in people’s lives. 

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Global Citizenship

We are committed to building a better, more sustainable future where communities thrive, everyone has equitable access to science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) and skilled trade careers, and our employees are empowered to accelerate change.

Driving accountability and best-in-class performance

Centered on our core values of Integrity, Respect for People and Protecting Our Planet, our approach to corporate governance supports our long-term success, strengthens decision-making and builds trust in our Company.

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Advancing our sustainability commitments

Our sustainability targets

Our business-driven, customer-focused sustainability strategy is designed to create value for stakeholders, deliver benefits for customers and meet rising disclosure expectations.

Our 2025 Sustainability Goals

Dow has a long history of advancing sustainability initiatives. It’s not just something we do – it’s a business imperative and central to our long-term success. We made tremendous progress toward our decade-long 2025 Sustainability Goals, achieving six of the seven goals ahead of schedule. 

Impacting our value chain

From purchasing and Integrated Supply Chain (ISC) to industry engagement and collaborations, we're striving toward sustainability across our entire global value chain.

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