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If You Want to Build a Sustainable Legacy, Think Like a Tree

Sustainability

Mary Draves, Chief Sustainability Officer and Vice President, EH&SNovember 21, 2019

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THE NEW DOW: FOCUSED ON COLLABORATION

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Ambition: Become the most innovative, customer-centric, inclusive and sustainable materials science company in the world

GOAL: VALUE GROWTH ANDBEST-IN-CLASS PERFORMANCE

RESPECT FOR PEOPLECORE VALUES INTEGRITY PROTECTING OUR PLANET

STREAMLINED PORTFOLIO

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Performance Materials & Coatings

Industrial Intermediates & Infrastructure

Packaging & Specialty Plastics

~$200B Addressable Applications

~$100B Addressable Applications

~$50B Addressable Applications

FOCUSED ON MOVING OUR COMPANY AND THE WORLD FORWARD

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Rooted Together:

Sustainability + Inclusion

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Dow’s Areas of Focus: Collaborating for Change

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… that thinks like a tree?

What if we created a

business …

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Dow’s Sustainability Journey:Increasing Value Over Time

Footprint: - Reduced 1.6 billion pounds of solid waste- Saved 900 trillion BTUs of energy- Reduced water usage by 183 billion pounds- Improved employee safety injury & illness rate by 84%

Handprint: - Achieved 8,000 fewer spills and 400 fewer process safety incidents - Reduced 5.8 billion tonne-miles of hazardous material transportation - Further reduced our injury rate - Increased transparency by publishing product safety assessments (PSAs) covering 99% of our annual revenue - Saved US$472 million in energy reduction

Combined Economic Savings: US$6 Billion

2025 Sustainability

Goals

2015 Sustainability

Goals

2005 EH&S Goals

Blueprint ThinkingRethinking business

models and collaborating to

grow impact Handprint Redesigning products

and processes for customers

Footprint Reducing costs, waste and risk

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Dow’s 2025 Sustainability Goals

Advancing the Well-Being of Humanity Through Science, Innovation and Collaboration

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Activating Our Employee Resource Groups

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What do you see?

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We see value. We see roads.

We see schools.

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What do you see?

We see value.We see safer,

cleaner communities.

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What do you see?

We see value.We see energy

savings.We see more

freshwater for everyone.

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Plant seeds for tomorrow.

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Thank you