Environment, Health & Safety

At Dow, protecting people and the environment is part of everything we do and every decision we make. Each employee has a responsibility to ensure that our products and operations meet applicable government or Dow standards – whichever is more stringent.

Our goal is to eliminate all injuries, prevent adverse environmental and health impacts, reduce wastes and emissions and promote resource conservation at every stage of the life cycle of our products. We will report our progress and be responsive to the public.
To achieve these objectives, Dow has stringent Environment, Health & Safety goals for 2005. These goals contain the following four major components:

Responsibility & Accountability Prevent Environment, Health & Safety Incidents Increase Resource Productivity Business Accountability

To see how we are performing against our goals, please see our latest Public Report or Other Reports.

Responsible Care®
Responsible Care is a voluntary initiative within the global chemical industry to safely handle our products from inception in the research laboratory, through manufacture and distribution, to ultimate disposal, and to involve the public in our decision-making processes. Born in Canada in 1987, Responsible Care has quickly spread to 45 countries. While Responsible Care goes above and beyond what is legally required in most countries, we hold ourselves accountable by making Responsible Care a "condition of membership" in industry association.

For more information, please go to Corporate Responsible Care.