While the results we desire in addressing climate change reach far into the future, Dow has taken a bold stance with our commitments to achieve results on specific goals in successive time frames.
2015 Goals
Operations that contribute solutions
Dow has committed to a 2015 GHG intensity goal of 2.5% per year reduction in GHG emissions per pound of produced product (from a 2005 baseline). A sustained 2.5% intensity improvement between now and 2050 will significantly reduce Dow’s GHG emissions compared to a Dow business-as-usual scenario.
Dow will leverage its advantaged biofeedstocks into the energy solution. Dow will also invest a significant portion of its research and development to support and develop alternative energy and less carbon-intensive raw material sources, especially photovoltaic methods, and will lay out a program for other alternative energy technologies in the next two years.
Products that contribute solutions
Dow will report validated GHG emissions reductions due to societal use of our major product lines and solutions. We are committed to developing additional products and solutions that deliver improved energy efficiency and/or GHG reduction. Our products are a key part of solving the climate change dilemma we all face.
Business models that contribute solutions
Dow will lead in Joint Implementation/Clean Development Process (JI/CDM) and technology transfer, by actively engaging in the creation and use of project offsets through the JI/CDM mechanism process. By 2008, we will have created a business model to demonstrate that the JI/CDM approach is a sustainable business.
Dow will leverage its advantaged biofeedstocks into the energy solution. Dow will also invest a significant portion of its research and development to support and develop alternative energy and less carbon intensive raw material sources, especially photovoltaic methods. Dow is committing to using its knowledge of materials, processing, and component design to develop building integrated photovoltaics systems at a cost of less than $0.06 per watt with a manufacturing capability of 100 megawatts. This represents a three-fold reduction from a 2005 cost.
Collaborate to contribute solutions
Dow will leverage its expertise in energy conservation to other sectors, countries, and the general public.
Dow will stop the growth of absolute emissions of GHG within the company. Our absolute emissions will remain below the 1990 baseline and we will begin on a journey of year over year reduction in GHG emissions.
Dow is committing to manufacture and supply a minimum of one gigawatt of building integrated photovoltaics.
