1 25 March 2011

Science for a Sustainable World:

The Value of Water as a Driver for Innovation

Gená Leathers Corporate Water Strategy Leader

The Dow Chemical Company

2 25 March 2011

Today’s Agenda

The Value of Nature

The Manufacturing Footprint

The Value of Solutions

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Salt Gas

Oil

Biomass

Coal

Recycle

Electronics

Wire & Cable

Coatings

Automotive

Building & Construction

Agriculture

Our Industry

Turning feedstocks into essential products

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Financial Discipline

Sustainability

Performance Culture Strategic Growth

MISSION To passionately innovate what is essential to human progress by

providing sustainable solutions to our customers

VISION To be the most profitable and

respected science-driven chemical company in the world

VALUES Integrity

Respect for People Protecting Our Planet

CORPORATE STRATEGY Preferentially invest in a portfolio of

technology-integrated, market-driven performance businesses that create value for

our shareholders and growth for our customers

Corporate Themes:

Integrating Sustainability

into our Corporate Strategy

5 25 March 2011

A Breakthrough Collaboration: The Economics of Ecosystems

NAME

TITLE

The Dow Chemical Company

6 25 March 2011

Business risks and opportunities

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Operational

• Increased scarcity/cost of inputs

• Reduced quality of inputs

• Disruption to business operations

• Stricter environmental policies

and legislation

• Fines

• Permit or license suspension

• Damage to brand or image

• Challenge to “license to operate”

• Changes in customer

preferences

• Higher cost of capital

• More rigorous lending

requirements

• Increased resource use

efficiency

• License to expand operations

• Ability to shape government

policy

• Improved or differentiated brand

• New products or services

• Markets for certified products

• Markets for ecosystem services

• Green banking

Regulatory

and legal

Reputational

Market and

product

Financial

Opportunity Risk

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Valuing Nature – a Strategic Fit for Dow

Access to ecosystem services

Product alignment to fit

growing need

Project planning and

stakeholder buy-in

Expansion/Permitting Process

Green Infrastructure

Remediation

Conservation Activities

Recognition of offsets or

payments from ecosystem

services on lands Dow owns

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9 25 March 2011

Dow – A History of Working with Nature

Seadrift

Constructed

Wetlands Project

Existing

Wastewater

Treatment

Ponds

Seadrift

Operations

Manufacturing

Site

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2

3

4

Seadrift, TX – 1996

Tertiary Wastewater Treatment

110 Acre Wetland, $1.4 million

Traditional treatment installation cost: $40-44 million

5 million gallons per day

Consistent, low TSS and BOD effluent (single digit PPM)

Habitat for alligators, nutria, hogs, deer, bobcats and various birds

Tours coordinated with local schools

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Terneuzen Water Re-use Public Private Partnership

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Production Technology

Dow and BASF received the

Institution of Chemical Engineers’ Innovation and Excellence Award

in Core Engineering for their jointly developed Hydrogen Peroxide to

Propylene Oxide (HPPO) production technology

Innovation offers distinct economic and environmental benefits

As compared to conventional propylene oxide (PO) process technologies.

New process reduces wastewater by 70 to 80 percent

energy use reduced by approximately 35 percent.

25 percent less capital to build than conventional technologies - reduced

infrastructure, a smaller physical footprint and simpler raw materials

integration.

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Value of Solutions

Value of nature and the ecosystem services

Manufacturing footprint and efficient operations to

achieve sustainable water use and management

Value of solutions -Technology

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Water

More than a billion people in the world do not have

access to clean, safe drinking water

15 25 March 2011

Harnessing the Power of

Chemistry for Product Innovation

Dow is committed to

developing sustainable solutions to world

challenges by leveraging the power of

science.

16 25 March 2011

Technological expertise

and innovative solutions

Agricultural Use: Drought-tolerant

crops

With world population growth and the need for increased global food

production, demand for water management in agriculture becomes

more crucial

Dow AgroSciences, the agriculture subsidiary of The Dow Chemical

Company, is developing drought-tolerant crops including corn and

canola

We are working with millions of farmers across the globe to produce

more while conserving the precious resource of water

17 25 March 2011

Sewage Pipelines

Conserving the world’s water supply through sewage pipe rehabilitation

Dow epoxy resins are used in technology that rehabilitates aging or

damaged sewage pipelines by constructing a new pipe inside an existing

pipe which can contribute to 90 million more served people every day.

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Dow Water & Process Solutions Business

FILMTEC ™ Reverse Osmosis membranes, ion exchange resins and

electrodeionization – are used in dozens of applications.

These technologies:

•make seawater fit for human consumption and industrial use

•remove contaminants from municipal water supplies,

•purify industrial and residential water

•reduce and reclaim water used in industrial processing.

The Company plans to dedicate even more resources to the next

generation of clean water technologies through its Global Water Technology

Development Center in Tarragona, Spain, which is slated to open in June.

Dow technologies treat more than nine

billion gallons (36 billion liters) of

water every day

23 25 March 2011

Dow 2015 Sustainability

Goals

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At Dow, we view chemistry

as the work of humanity.

The most important element

of all is not found on the

periodic table.

It is the Human Element.

With it, we are a difference-

maker in the world.

www.dow.com/commitments

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Thank You