IMAGINE BETTER
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.
Straightforward circularity
The call for more sustainable solutions has increased in recent years. In response, we have remained committed to placing sustainability at the core of all new materials science innovations.
Dow’s approach to sustainability centers around ingenuity, creativity and bringing together diverse skillsets and know-how to develop new technology and to forge strong partnerships, ultimately maximizing impact at scale.
For example, our partnership with Mura Technology, a global pioneer of advanced plastic recycling solution, illustrates how collaboration is at the heart of how we innovate to create more sustainable practices. Most recently expanding our partnership to construct multiple world-scale 120 kilotons (KT) advanced recycling facilities in the U.S. and Europe, we’re accelerating progress toward our joint mission of ensuring plastic has a viable way to be re-circulated into global supply chains. By helping to advance a circular economy for plastics and increase the value of plastic waste, this ultimately leads to more jobs, more innovation, a more sustainable planet and more business opportunities as well.
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DOW’S APPROACH TO SOLVE AN ISSUE IS THROUGH MATERIAL SCIENCE INNOVATION, DEVELOPING NEW TECHNOLOGY AND COLLABORATING WITH PARTNERS TO MAXIMIZE IMPACT.
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Han Zhang
Sustainable business starts with sustainable solutions
Han Zhang, a Global Sustainability Director, Packaging and Specialty Plastics at Dow, developed a passion for environmentalism and sustainability at a young age. Growing up in China, Zhang recounts seeing rapid economic development occur in the country, which consequently led to the deterioration of the environment. This experience prompted Zhang to study Thermal Engineering at Tsinghua University and ultimately, Natural Resources & the Environment at the University of Michigan. “I was interested in how we connect technology, policy, and businesses together so that we can do something good for business and good for society,” Zhang said.
Zhang joined Dow with the goal of making a business case for sustainability, acknowledging the importance of reducing waste and carbon emissions for the benefit of the planet. Zhang recalls the launch of Dow’s first sustainability goals in 1995, making a $1 billion investment toward sustainability. “We got $5 billion value in return,” Zhang said. “This really shows that there is a tangible value in sustainability.” Currently, Zhang serves as a global sustainability director at Dow, where he is able to oversee his own projects to improve product recyclability and reduce the company’s carbon footprint.
Celebrating Dow’s 125 years
In honor of Dow’s 125th anniversary year, we’re celebrating our people because it's their ability to imagine better that has driven innovation and success throughout our history. It’s through ingenuity and know-how that Dow’s people have met technical challenges, engineered new solutions and are laying the groundwork for a more sustainable and equitable future for all. In partnership with The Wall Street Journal Custom Content, telling the stories of some of our colleagues from around the globe who exemplify what 'Imagine Better' is all about and how they contribute to our ambition to become the most innovative, customer-centric, inclusive and sustainable materials science company in the world. Learn more about these inspiring people and explore the full series here.
* Wall Street Journal Custom Content is a unit of The Wall Street Journal Advertising Department. The Wall Street Journal news organization was not involved in the creation of this content.
WE ARE DREAMING IN BIGGER, BOLDER WAYS
TO IMAGINE A BETTER WORLD
Jill Martin, The Circular Economist
Jamie Cohen, The Analytical Leader
