The business case for Sustainability it is stronger than ever, said Dow's @neilchawkins #green #sustainable #chemistry

EPonline....The award also recognized Dow's collaborative efforts, such as the Sustainability Innovation Student Challenge Award program. Dow recently concluded the fourth annual program by announcing graduate students from 17 universities received prizes of as much as $10,000 for projects that address world challenges, which align with Dow's 2015 goals. "Those kinds of collaborations are like gold. It really helps the universities, but it also helps Dow understand what's going on on the university campuses in terms of sustainability and really keeps us current on the concerns of all the future excellent students we want to recruit. It's really win-win," Hawkins said. "It's a unique collaboration.

"The sustainability challenges of the planet are far too big for any government, any NGO, or any company to solve on his or her own. This is really something that has to be done across the board in a highly coordinated way, and I think now we're contributing well," Hawkins added. "We believe we need to provide sector leadership as well as value chain leadership," he continued. "We believe we have a lot of responsibility because we're in the chemistry business, and chemistry is the science that underpins all of the solutions that our customers and their customers are looking for. We're very proud of our efforts in safety, as well. In the last couple of years, we;ve won both the Campbell Award [and] the Green Cross for Safety. We really have integrated safety and sustainability; we're really approaching this whole area in a holistic way."

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