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Responsible Care ® & The Dow Chemical Company

The Dow Chemical Company’s Commitment to Responsible Care®

Responsible Care ® and The Dow Chemical Company

Contents

� About Dow Chemical

� Dow’s Agenda and Direction

� Questions� Questions


� Responsible Care® is the world’s leading voluntary industry initiative - it is run in 53 countries initiative - it is run in 53 countries whose combined chemical industries account for nearly 90% of global chemicals production.

http://www.responsiblecare.org/page.asp?n=whatwedo&l=1


An Overview

� Dow’s Commitment to EH&S Excellence� Drive to Zero� 2005 EH&S Goals� 2015 Sustainability Goals� Historical & Current Performance� Historical & Current Performance

� Developing a Rigorous Safety Program� Process Safety & Personal Safety� Work Processes and Operating Discipline� Metrics� Culture� Personalization


CIAUK

Chemind

Finland

RCURussia

Dow Chemical: 22 National Responsible Care® Members Globally

VCIGermanyVNC

Netherlands

UK

Essenscia

Belgium

HACIGreece

FEIQUESpain

Portugal

FEDERCHIMICAItaly

Indicates that Dow has formally

committed to the national

Responsible Care.

SGCISwitzerland


Responsible Care® Value

EH&S Goals set in 1996 for 2005

Injuries and Illnesses: Reduce 90%

LOPCs: Reduce 90%

Transportation incidents: Reduce 90%

Process Safety incidents: Reduce 90%

Motor vehicle incidents: Reduce 50%


Performance vs. Goals 1996-2005

� LOPCs: Down 72%

Transportation incidents:

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� Transportation incidents: Down 65%

� Injury and Illnesses: Down 84%

� Motor vehicle incidents:Down 39%

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2005 Milestones

� As a result of the 2005 Goals we have:� Saved over $5 billion with a $1 billion investment� Reduced solid waste by 1.6 billion pounds

� Enough to fill 415 football fields one meter deep

� Reduced water use by 183 billion pounds� Equal to water usage for 170,000 U.S. homes for one year

� Saved 900 trillion BTUs of energy� Saved 900 trillion BTUs of energy� Enough to power 8 million U.S. homes for one year

� Reduced personal safety and health incidents by 84%

During the past 10 years…� 13,000 employees did not suffer an injury or illness.� 10,500 LOPCs did not occur.� 150 motor vehicle accidents, with potential to cause injury or fatality did not occur.

� 1,100 Process Safety incidents did not occur.


By 2015, Dow will achieve, on average, a 75 percent improvement based on 2005 results.

� Injury rate of 0.12 for Dow and contractors combined.� 75 percent reduction in severity, and NO FATALITIES.

� All sites combined will have fewer than 130 LOPCs.

2015 Sustainability Goals

All sites combined will have fewer than 130 LOPCs.� All sites will reduce process safety incidents by 75 percent, reduced severity rate by 95 percent.

� All Dow employees combined will reduce the MVA rate to 1.5.� Additional goals: security, waste and emission reduction or resource conservation.

� ….(other goals)


Driving the Next Generation of Change: Our 2015 Sustainability Goals


We will publish product safety assessments for all products by 2015.

•The assessments cover topics such as basic hazards, use, risk, and •The assessments cover topics such as basic hazards, use, risk, and risk management. •We further commit to the equivalent of REACH-like testing on all our products or product families whether they are sold directly in the European Union or not. •Summary of product safety assessments are available to the public on www.dowproductsafety.com.•Dow will seek third-party validation of the robustness of its product safety assessment processes, including its processes for making product stewardship decisions, and will be responsive to the feedback.


By 2015, Dow will achieve on average a 75% improvement of key indicators for EH&S operating

excellence from 2005 baseline.

•We lead the way across virtually every facet of environment, security, health, and safety performance. •Our Vision of Zero is a leadership attitude and a corporate culture that is committed to zero accidents, zero injuries, and zero excuses.


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1998 825 239 177 4 1.41

1999 522 285 182 5 1.25

2000 460 283 196 2 1.07

Incident Comparisons for 1996 Incident Comparisons for 1996 –– 2009 results of Responsible Care2009 results of Responsible Care

2000 460 283 196 2 1.07

2001 353 189 182 3 0.86

2002 272 184 158 3 0.74

2003 217 122 127 0 0.60

2004 178 109 100 2 0.51

2005 153 76 77 4 0.40

2006 153 77 83 2 0.40

2007 128 46 75 1 0.31

2008 160 46 82 0 0.34

2009 124 58 82 0 0.29


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• Account for 50% of Dow employee work related fatalities over the last 10 years.

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All in an Integrated Mgmt System

� Corporate-wide work processes and guidelines for implementation of Operating Discipline, Management of Change, Mechanical Integrity programs, Training, Project reviews and more

� Comprehensive “Loss Prevention Principles”: best practices, recommendations, and mandatory requirements for Dow facilities

• Dow corporate Operating Discipline

Management System

(ODMS).

• Web based.

Accessible to all

employees world-wide

• Responsible Care Certified.


Culture – Ownership and Accountability at all Levels

Company and Business Leaders

� Set Performance Vision

� Provide the resources� Provide the resources

� Hold organization accountable

� Hold themselves accountable

� Annual ratings, bonuses, and career opportunities hinge on success


Characteristics of Safety Performance Intangibles

� The entire organization must personalize process safety and what it means to them.

� Communication is constant, timely, and personal.

� Make safety performance data relevant– go beyond the numbers.Make safety performance data relevant– go beyond the numbers.

� The consequences of an incident are internalized, individually…from the operator level to the corporate leader level.

� Total ownership of performance across the entire organization.

� Must be kept fresh; creativity is the key.

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