Dow Leadership in Action Program Deploys 43
Employees to Vietnam in Collaboration with Government, NGOs and
Academic Partners
This week, The Dow Chemical Company, a subsidiary of DowDuPont
(NYSE:DWDP), is kicking off its fifth annual Leadership in Action
(LIA) program. In 2017, 43 employees from across the globe are
collaborating with six strategic non-governmental organizations
(NGOs) and universities in Hanoi and Hai Phong, Vietnam to address
issues related to water quality and access, environmental cleanup,
education and career readiness.
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Dow employees in Vietnam in partnership
with Ocean Conservancy researching and recommending solutions to
rural waste management issues globally. (Photo: Business Wire)
This year’s projects also include a special partnership
with Ocean Conservancy to research and recommend waste
solutions for non-biodegradable rural waste and to raise awareness
of opportunities for the improvement of rural waste management
issues globally. As part of this year’s program, Dow LIA, Ocean
Conservancy and Marinelife Conservation and Community
Development (MCD) are teaming up on International Coastal
Cleanup Day to help clean Vietnam’s coastlines.
Additionally, Dow’s Packaging and Specialty Plastics business
remains a key collaborator in continuing the Company’s commitment
to combat marine plastic through its 30-year partnership
with Ocean Conservancy – identifying main sources of marine
debris and donating resources for the cause such as plastic trash
bags made from 100 percent recycled barrier film scrap and Dow
RETAIN™ modifiers that are being used to clean up beaches during
the International Coastal Cleanup.
“At Dow we know that we do well when we do good. We pursue
game-changing collaboration opportunities to set a higher bar for
social and environmental progress. We aim to advance the well-being
of humanity by helping lead the transition to a sustainable planet
and society,” said Andrew Liveris, executive chairman of DowDuPont.
“Leadership in Action is a key example of how we use our top
talent, our skills, our expertise and our science as the bridge
between ideas to application, and possibility to progress.”
This year’s selected projects directly align to local needs
defined through close partnership with various public sector
groups. After five months of virtual consulting, employees will
spend one week in country as the pinnacle of their collaboration on
the following local solutions:
1. Reducing environmental engineering program
and industry gaps to support graduates to easily get jobs in both
local and domestic companies without further training courses.
2. Revising university curricula and
developing new subjects relating to green growth and sustainable
development.
3. Restoring and protecting the ecosystem of
West Lake aided by the development of a comprehensive baseline
database for West Lake’s depth, water quality, ecosystem health and
water pollution sources.
4. Encouraging greater participation of local
people in the citizen science model in water resources monitoring;
ultimately receiving greater and more accurate data to better
inform the local government and future policy as well as to better
address pollution and flood issues, along with disaster
preparations.
5. Creating sustainable solutions for rural
waste reduction in partnership with Ocean Conservancy.
6. Enhancing university training capacity on
soft skills in an effort to increase student career readiness
through the development of short courses on leadership,
communication, teamwork, and problem solving skills that boost
student confidence and English skills.
To date, LIA has engaged 202 employees who have worked with 35
NGOs to benefit communities in the Philippines, Ghana, Ethiopia and
Indonesia. For Dow, the benefits of these projects intersect its
global citizenship, sustainability, business and employee
development efforts, including:
- Advancing Human Progress:
Through courageous collaboration, Dow is investing in communities
around the world. The LIA program stems from the DowCorps
initiative, the company’s conduit to meeting the world’s most basic
needs. Through DowCorps, the company and its employees engage in
delivering significant and lasting impact to society, helping to
create sustainable communities while also supporting and furthering
business success.
- Redefining The Role of Business in
Society: Through Dow’s 2025 Sustainability Goals, the company
is working to improve the wellbeing of humanity by helping lead the
transition to a sustainable planet and society. Within these goals,
Dow engages all employees for impact, especially its top talent and
future leaders, with the aim to positively impact the lives of 1
billion people in the next 10 years.
- Influencing Market Growth: LIA
participants become visionaries for new business development in
emerging geographies as they learn from experience about the market
realities of global communities. In addition, leaders establish
strong in-country relationships to pave the way for business
opportunities and market growth, while addressing some of the
world’s most pressing challenges.
- Leading Courageously: Leadership
in Action is a cutting edge approach to skills-based employee
engagement and leadership development.
“An essential part of Dow’s leadership development philosophy is
action learning. The Leadership in Action program continues to be
one of our flagship programs, and has proven to help transform the
way we develop superior leaders by introducing them to real world
challenges, giving them learning experiences that test their
ability to lead courageously, collaborate effectively, and deliver
innovative solutions that generate value,” said Johanna Soderstrom,
Dow senior vice president and chief human resources officer.
Follow this year’s journey on the web or via Twitter at
#DowLeads.
About Dow in Vietnam
Dow has been to Vietnam since 1995. From that year forward, Dow
has been a partner in Vietnam’s progress and development and has
always been committed to contributing to Vietnam’s industrial
growth for the long term to add value to most of the country’s
advanced manufacturing industries that continue to create jobs and
revenues for the local economy. Currently, Dow products are
essential inputs to many downstream and supporting industries in
Vietnam and has been providing products and solutions to Vietnamese
manufacturers who are involved in electronics, appliances, drinking
water and waste water treatment, home and personal care,
communications, alternative energy, health, and nutrition
businesses, as well as in transportation and construction.
As an integral part of Dow’s business operations in Vietnam is
the Company’s corporate citizenship activities. Dow’s signature
citizenship projects in Vietnam include donating more than 30 water
purification devices to schools and hospitals in Vietnam to provide
safe drinking water to thousands of pupils, patients and people in
need, donating an emergency water purification mobile unit to the
Vietnam Red Cross; empowering more than 2,500 Small and Medium
Enterprises nationwide with knowledge in cleaner production and
waste management, as well as promoting the circular economy concept
for sustainability and environment protection for Vietnamese
enterprises. Significantly, in 2017, for the first time, Dow has
launched hands-on STEM education program for chemistry students to
develop future chemical industry workforce in collaboration with
Chemical Society of Vietnam. Accordingly, Dow organised 7 field
trips for more than 400 of the country’s best chemistry students
all over Vietnam to arouse their passion for chemistry occupation
and offering them an opportunity to access to Vietnam chemical
industry. In addition, a workshop on human resources development
was also organized with the participation from chemistry lecturers,
chemical manufacturers and managers to share experience on industry
workforce training, green chemistry nurturing as well as the
sustainable development of Vietnam chemical industry.
About DowDuPont Materials Science Division
DowDuPont Materials Science, a business division of DowDuPont
(NYSE: DWDP), combines science and technology knowledge to develop
premier materials science solutions that are essential to human
progress. The division has one of the strongest and broadest
toolkits in the industry, with robust technology, asset
integration, scale and competitive capabilities that enable it to
address complex global issues. DowDuPont Materials Science’s
market-driven, industry-leading portfolio of advanced materials,
industrial intermediates, and plastics businesses deliver a broad
range of differentiated technology-based products and solutions for
customers in high-growth markets such as packaging, industrials,
and consumer care. DowDuPont intends to separate the Materials
Science division into an independent, publicly traded company. More
information can be found at www.dow-dupont.com.
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