Clarification on My Coverage of Dow’s Sustainability Achievements

Early this morning I received an e-mail from Henry Ward, Global Supply Chain Director, Security, Sustainability & Public Policy at The Dow Chemical Company. Mr. Ward was one of the featured speakers at the Sustainability Exchange that we hosted last week in Boston. I wrote about some of the highlights from his presentation in today’s First Thing Monday. As it turns out, I did not get all of the details right.

In the interest of accuracy, I have reprinted his e-mail here:

Thanks for the great coverage.  Just to clarify, however --
 
1.  In the first bullet regarding Dow's accomplishments, the noted savings were achieved between 1996 and 2005 -- and were noted in my presentation as accomplishments against our 2005 Sustainability Goals (which were set in 1996). We have achieved additional milestones since that time against our 2015 Sustainability Goals (which were set in 2005). Apologies for the confusion.

2.  In the second bullet regarding Dow's chlorine reductions, although pipelines (especially between plants located at the same geographic location) have played a role in reducing our chlorine transportation, that was just one of several listed methods we employed to reduce shipments. It would not be accurate to say that we shifted "most" of our distribution to pipelines. Further, the equivalent energy savings of 200,000 gallons of diesel fuel reported in the article was actually an annual savings -- it was not just a one time or total reduction since 1999.
 
No need for further action, I just wanted to set the record straight. Thank you. Henry

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