Dow Works with Government, NGOs and Academic Partners to Meet Sustainability Challenges in the Philippines
September 08 2016 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Efforts are part of the Company’s broader strategy to provide
innovative solutions that tackle global challenges and create
positive change
Forty employees from The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW),
representing 25 sites in 16 different countries departed for Cebu,
Philippines on September 3 to join NGOs, social entrepreneurs,
universities and government agencies to address pressing local
challenges. The Dow employees are focusing their efforts on six
distinct projects that seek to advance access to clean water,
increase production of high-quality food crops and support product
commercialization, among other challenges.
“Bringing together Dow’s incredibly diverse talent and expertise
with dedicated NGO, government and academic partners creates the
perfect formula for addressing critical societal needs,” said
Andrew N. Liveris, Dow’s chairman and chief executive officer.
“This type of collaboration demonstrates Dow’s commitment to
redefine the role of business in society. It is the Human Element
at its very best.”
Employees will spend one week in Cebu, a fitting culmination to
efforts that began in April with the six teams collaborating on the
following local solutions:
- Increase access to sufficient and
affordable safe water on the Buhisan Watershed, for personal
consumption and ornamental plant production, which is the basis of
their livelihood.
- Establish business solutions for
branding, marketing, and packaging of pork and milk products to
make them competitive within the mainstream market, without
compromising affordability for the current urban poor
partners.
- Develop global linkages and networks
with foreign universities and organizations to improve the
professional employability of graduates of the agricultural
programs, as well as develop partnerships with various industries
for collaborative research and product development.
- Promote the production and
commercialization of dried food products that are accepted by local
and export market consumers through the development of a solar and
boiler hybrid dryer.
- Educate farmers on techniques to
increase the production of high-quality crops, reduce post-harvest
loss and support their financial literacy.
- Develop recommendations for funding
sources and methodologies to assess the water quality and volume of
Tinago Creek as a pilot for subsequent river rehabilitations
throughout the city of Cebu.
These projects are part of Dow’s commitment to Global
Citizenship, its Leadership in Action (LIA) program and the
Company’s 2025 Sustainability Goals, specifically Dow’s pledge to
cross-sector collaboration in order to advance a sustainable planet
and society.
Dow’s work in the Philippines supports its strategy in the Asia
Pacific region, where the company is growing its presence and
impact. Beyond the tangible business benefits, however, are the
intangibles gained by the employees who participate, including:
leadership development, changed perspectives and new insights into
how people, products and skills can impact our world. While
striving with others to deliver social benefit and business value,
the Dow leaders become visionaries for new business opportunities
and improved global citizenship.
Since its inception in 2013, 159 employees have participated in
LIA, working with 29 NGOs to benefit communities near Accra, Ghana,
Addis Adaba, Ethiopia and Surabaya, Indonesia.
“Leadership in Action is an investment in the leaders of
tomorrow, who in turn are making an investment in the Dow of
tomorrow and in the future vitality of the community they are
helping,” said Johanna S�derstr�m, corporate vice president of Dow
Human Resources. “For Dow to achieve its goal to redefine the role
of business in society, our future leaders need to have a deep
understanding of the critical needs of society.”
Follow this year’s journey on the web or via Twitter at
@DowCorps and #DowLeads.
About Dow
Dow (NYSE: DOW) combines the power of science and technology to
passionately innovate what is essential to human progress. The
Company is driving innovations that extract value from material,
polymer, chemical and biological science to help address many of
the world's most challenging problems such as the need for clean
water, clean energy generation and conservation, and increasing
agricultural productivity. Dow's integrated, market-driven,
industry-leading portfolio of specialty chemical, advanced
materials, agrosciences and plastics businesses delivers a broad
range of technology-based products and solutions to customers in
approximately 180 countries and in high-growth sectors such as
packaging, electronics, water, coatings and agriculture. In 2015,
Dow had annual sales of nearly $49 billion and employed
approximately 49,500 people worldwide. The Company's more than
6,000 product families are manufactured at 179 sites in 35
countries across the globe. On June 1, 2016, Dow became the 100
percent owner of Dow Corning Corporation’s silicones business, a
global company with sales of greater than $4.5 billion in 2015, 25
manufacturing sites in 9 countries and approximately 10,000
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