In 1996, Dow announced a series of ambitious goals to improve Environment, Health, and Safety performance. We did this because we value the safety of our people and neighbors. This section of the report will demonstrate our progress toward these goals. The graphs displayed are compelling, but we must look beyond the numbers and recognize that behind each statistic there are people. In essence, from an employee safety standpoint, since adopting these goals, 11,000 Dow employees and contractors have avoided injury. The goals and their attendant improvements prevented these injuries.

Our "Vision of Zero" translates to zero, zero incidents, injuries, illnesses, accidents and zero environmental harm. While lofty, we have made significant progress towards this vision in the past nine years.

Accountability for Progress
Our progress is based on two things:

• Implementation of a global management system and global standards providing standardized approaches shared among facilities
• Clear accountability

The entire Dow workforce is responsible for the achievement of our Environment, Health, and Safety (EH&S) 2005 goals. Each business, site, and function is directly accountable for its EH&S performance. A portion of many individuals’ variable compensation is tied to progress on our EH&S goals. Clear accountability also includes accountability toward society. When the goals were launched in 1996, we committed to annual public progress reports.

Our Environmental Stewardship data takes into account divestitures, mergers, and acquisitions and reflects these activities.

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