Chemical products provide many benefits to society, but they must be managed in a responsible way to minimize any adverse effects on humans and the environment.
Dow employees take this responsibility very seriously. We work hard to ensure that our products are manufactured, stored, transported, used, disposed and recycled in a manner that shows high regard for human health, safety and environmental stewardship.
Dow is committed to fulfill our obligations under the American Chemistry Council’s Responsible Care® initiative and the Global Chemicals Management Policy. In doing so, we measure our progress against two product-related metrics, demonstrating that we have in place:
- A documented process for characterizing and managing product risk, and a summary of the process available to the public
- A process to communicate the results of the risk characterization and management process in an effort to facilitate public knowledge
Dow’s progress against these metrics is measured and tracked as a part of our Responsible Care Management System®, and reported annually to the American Chemistry Council, which makes its members’ performance publicly available.
