Dow Names Karen S. Carter as Chief Inclusion Officer
July 12 2017 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Dow strengthening integration of diversity and inclusion with
business strategy to enhance long-term growth
The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) today announced that Karen
S. Carter has been named Chief Inclusion Officer – a new role at
Dow created to strengthen the integration of diversity and
inclusion with business strategy and results.
Carter will have global responsibility for enhancing the
integration of diversity and inclusion across the Company as a key
driver and enabler of the Company’s long-term growth strategy. She
will have direct accountability to Dow President and Chief
Operating Officer Jim Fitterling and Dow Chairman and CEO Andrew
Liveris.
During her 20 year Dow career, Carter has served in several
strategic business leadership roles across Dow’s Packaging &
Specialty Plastics, Building and Construction, and Polypropylene
Licensing and Catalyst businesses before assuming her most recent
role leading Dow’s North America Packaging & Specialty Plastics
business where she was responsible for developing and driving the
business strategy as well as delivering the regional profit and
loss results.
“We are proud to have someone with Karen’s strong international
business background and diverse perspective in this key leadership
role,” said Fitterling. “I am confident in Karen’s ability to lead
and guide our efforts to move Dow significantly forward in creating
a more inclusive and diverse workforce for the future. Karen has
the full support of the executive leadership team.”
“Meeting the challenges of today’s business environment requires
the contributions of every member of our Dow team. Through the
creation of the role of Chief Inclusion Officer, coupled with
Karen’s outstanding talent and leadership, we will continue to
build an atmosphere where all people feel welcome and valued,” said
Liveris. “We will build a culture where employees of all
backgrounds can come together to fulfill their own personal and
professional goals and to work together to help the company
succeed.”
Fitterling further emphasizes that all Dow leaders have a role
to play. “Each individual leader and manager will be expected to be
accountable to create a culture which encourages and values diverse
perspectives, enabling Dow to achieve all of its objectives.”
In accepting the role, Carter said, “Diversity and inclusion
makes for a more innovative and engaged workplace and higher
performing teams. This is about creating a culture where every
employee feels fully empowered and valued and where they can
contribute to their maximum potential in order to maximize business
and company success. I look forward to accelerating our progress
and to helping the company – and all of its employees – achieve
these results.”
The appointment follows Liveris’ recent speech where he said,
“Dow has survived, indeed thrived, for 120 years because as an
institution we have always held true to our values. We believe in
the rights of all people. We export our values wherever we go. We
seek out the best people to work inside our great company, and we
continually raise our standard of conduct, behavior, ethics,
safety, and respect and dignity.”
He added, “We can all be proud of Dow’s tremendous reputation
for constantly working to make our company – and our communities –
fairer and more equal for everyone. But, there is always more that
we can and must do.”
In addition to naming a Chief Inclusion Officer, Dow announced
plans to strategically increase the diversity of its supplier base,
and to add more diverse colleges and universities to the company’s
U.S. recruiting efforts. Dow also recently joined the CEO Action
for Diversity & Inclusion, rallying with 160 other companies to
advance workplace inclusion and equality.
About Dow
Dow (NYSE: DOW) combines the power of science and technology to
passionately innovate what is essential to human progress. The
Company is driving innovations that extract value from material,
polymer, chemical and biological science to help address many of
the world's most challenging problems, such as the need for fresh
food, safer and more sustainable transportation, clean water,
energy efficiency, more durable infrastructure, and increasing
agricultural productivity. Dow's integrated, market-driven
portfolio delivers a broad range of technology-based products and
solutions to customers in 175 countries and in high-growth sectors
such as packaging, infrastructure, transportation, consumer care,
electronics, and agriculture. In 2016, Dow had annual sales of $48
billion and employed approximately 56,000 people worldwide. The
Company's more than 7,000 product families are manufactured at 189
sites in 34 countries across the globe. References to "Dow" or the
"Company" mean The Dow Chemical Company and its consolidated
subsidiaries unless otherwise expressly noted. More information
about Dow can be found at www.dow.com.
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