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| Org. Type: | Business | |
| Org. Size: | Small (10 - 99 Employees) | |
| Industry Sector: | Materials | |
| Resources: | Dow and The Nature Conservancy: Ecosystem Services Identification & Inventory Tool | |
| Language: | English | |
| Org. Website: | www.dow.com | |
| Org. Source: | User | |
| Profile Completion: | 92% | |
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The Dow Chemical Company, commonly referred to as Dow, was an American multinational chemical corporation headquartered in Midland, Michigan, United States, and the predecessor of the merged company DowDuPont.
France Guertin
Senior Technology manager; engineered natural technologies
Dow Chemical Company
São Paulo Water Fund (Organization)
The São Paulo Water Fund, created in 2007, is proving that green infrastructure is key to improving gray infrastructure efficiency and unlocking nature’s power to produce and regulate water. Green and grey infrastructure are a needed combination to meet our … Learn More
Water Resilience Coalition (Organization)
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The Water Resilience Coalition, founded in 2020, is an industry-driven, CEO-led coalition of the UN Global Compact's CEO Water Mandate that aims to elevate global water stress to the top of the corporate agenda and preserve the world's freshwater resources … Learn More
Achieving 100% water circularity at the Terneuzen site (Project)
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At our Terneuzen site in the Netherlands, progress continues in achieving 100% water circularity by 2024. This would eliminate withdrawals of fresh river water from the Biesbosch area near the confluence of the Rhine and Meuse rivers, which is also … Learn More
Aqua spice (Project)
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"In June 2020, Dow, Evides, U Gent and HZ University of Applied Sciences (Vlissingen, Netherlands) launched a new EU Horizon 2020 project entitled AquaSPICE. This project involves 29 partners throughout Europe who aim to materialize circular water use in European … Learn More
Constructed Wastewater Treatment Wetland in Seadrift, Texas (Project)
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The Dow Seadrift site treats around 5 million gallons of industrial wastewater every day. In 1996, this project converted 110 acres of existing water treatment pond into constructed wetlands to treat suspended solids, primarily algae. The project cost about $1.4 … Learn More
Cypress Reforestation in North America's Amazon (Project)
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Dow collaborated with Restore the Earth Foundation, Inc. to plant 200 acres of bald cypress in the Point-aux-Chenes Wildlife Management Area of Montegut, Louisiana, marking the start of this joint initiative, developed under Dow’s Official Carbon Partnership with the International … Learn More
How We're Helping (Project)
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Dow has converted 5 plants to produce hand sanitizer and pledged $3 m for COVID-19 relief. At maximum production capacity, the 5 plants are expected to produce over 400,000 pounds of hand sanitizer which will be donated to hospitals and … Learn More
Improvement of the Fire Supression Testing Procedure at the Polyols Plant in Cartagena (Project)
The fire suppression system used to be tested on a weekly basis for 30 minutes using monitors at 350 GPM, which implied 1,872 m3 of water used per year approx. Now, weekly tests are conducted during the same time frame, … Learn More
Mejoramiento del Procedimiento de Pruebas Contraincendio en Planta de Polioles DOW (Project)
Anteriormente, las pruebas semanales del sistema contra incendios se realizaban durante 30 min usando monitores a 350 GPM, generando un uso total de 1’872 m3 anuales aprox. Actualmente, las pruebas semanales se realizan durante el mismo margen de tiempo, con … Learn More
Phytoremediation for Groundwater Contamination (Project)
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To address persistent dioxane contamination in groundwater and prevent further migration of the pollutant, Dow planted 240 poplar trees using a special technique to provide phytoremediation of the groundwater. Learn More
Restoring Former Industrial Land to Benefit Nature & Community (USA) (Project)
Union Carbide Corporation of Dow Chemical Company redeveloped a 47 acre parcel of land that had been used for industrial purposes with sustainable landscaping, including planting native grasses and shrubs, to redevelop the area as a greenbelt to meet all … Learn More
Return to Workplace Playbook (Project)
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Dow has developed a coordinated plan for safely returning employees and contractors to work. The corporate Crisis Management Team will oversee the process globally while regional crisis management teams will implement it according to a phased strategy, coordinating with local … Learn More
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