Dow applies business decision processes to complete projects that increase business value and are better for ecosystems.
ECOFAST™ Pure Sustainable Textile Treatment
“Dow’s innovation portfolio includes its ECOFAST™ Pure Sustainable Textile Treatment technology which enables existing textile mills to retrofit their process and dye cotton using 50% less water, 90% less chemicals including dyes and 40% less energy, resulting in ~60% lower carbon emissions when compared to current cotton dying processes through cationic cotton chemistry treatment.”
Project Yba
“After 10-years of collaboration with The Nature Conservancy (TNC), Dow is now collaborating with the Peabiru Institute and TNC to analyze the biodiversity within Dow’s preserved native Amazon forests and establish a local cooperative that would sustainably harvest seeds, fruits and other renewable resources – called bioactives through Project Yba.”
Nature Conservancy aquires thousands of acres in the Atchafalaya Basin
“TNC acquired 3,692 acres of bottomland forest from Dow to expand their Atcahfalaya River Basin Preserve in Louisiana. The Atchafalaya Basin, sometimes referred to as the “kidneys of the Mississippi River”, is the largest intact floodplain left in the Mississippi River Basin (nearly 1 million acres).”