Dow Collaborates to Create Sustainable Vision of the World in 2050
December 01 2011 - 3:45AM
Business Wire
By 2050, global population will grow by 2-3 billion people,
grassland and forestland will decrease 10-20 percent, and reactive
nitrogen, which increases atmospheric ozone levels, will have
increased by 66 percent. To aid and advance human progress toward
dealing with these changes, The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW), a
global partner for the United Nations–designated 2011 International
Year of Chemistry (IYC), will join public and private sector
leaders at today’s IYC closing event to present chemistry’s role in
creating healthy, productive and prosperous lives. That role
includes solutions that enable clean water, crop productivity, food
safety, building efficiency and abundant enough energy to fuel
prosperity.
The IYC closing event, which marks the 100th anniversary of the
Nobel Prize Award to Marie Curie, will take place under the theme
“The world in 2050: our expectations from the life sciences,
chemistry, industry and governments to build a better world by
2050.” Dow will join Nobel laureates, politicians, industry and NGO
leaders to share views on how chemistry provides solutions to major
challenges facing mankind around several megatrends: increasing
population and urbanization; increasing health risks; economic
growth and globalization; accelerating technological changes;
stresses on energy supply and natural resources; climate change and
declining ecosystem services.
“A sustainable future can only begin with innovation driven by
collaboration between thought leaders in both the public and
private sectors,” said Andrew N. Liveris, Dow Chairman and CEO. “In
the coming decades, our planet will face many challenges. The
International Year of Chemistry has provided us with an opportunity
to leverage our expertise and global reach to broker relationships
that will lead to innovations and sustainable solutions to solve
those challenges. Our collective future depends on what answers we
develop today – to ensure a healthy planet for tomorrow.”
Additional Dow investments in 2012 will continue to reinforce
the goals of IYC to key stakeholder audiences - increasing public
appreciation of chemistry, encouraging students to pursue careers
in science, and generating enthusiasm for the creative future of
chemistry to solve world challenges, including:
- As a Worldwide Olympic Partner with the
International Olympic Committee (IOC) and National Olympic
Committees around the globe, Dow is leveraging science to help the
Olympic Games fulfill its goal of a Sustainable Games. The Company
is supporting the Olympic Games and host cities through 2020 by
providing solutions that are more sustainable, safer and higher
performing. At the 2012 London Games, Dow is providing
environmentally friendly wire and cabling components, as well as
roof and floor insulation materials to improve energy
efficiency.
- Dow is the sole corporate sponsor of an
international chemistry competition for high school students, held
from July 21 – 30, 2012 in Washington, D.C. Students from more than
70 nations will participate in exams, laboratory work and
scientific and cultural excursions intended to stimulate student
interest in chemistry, foster international relationships and
exchange of knowledge in chemistry.
- The next virtual conference in Dow’s
Future We Create thought leadership series, held January 24, 2012,
will focus on increasing access to STEM (science, technology,
engineering and math) education. To date, the Future We Create
series has featured more than 100 experts giving perspectives on
specific themes such as water and sustainable chemistry, engaging
approximately 55,000 viewers across 100 countries.
Dow scientists will participate in the closing event’s IYC
Future Leaders Program, featuring young professionals from seven
leading chemistry and health care organizations to develop a vision
of the world in 2050 enabled by chemistry. These Future Leaders
will demonstrate the importance of chemistry in daily life, and its
role in solving global challenges while respecting and including
the value of our planet’s natural systems. The presentation will be
followed by a roundtable discussion with public and private sector
leaders about actions the chemistry sector can take over the next
four decades.
Dow’s participation in the IYC closing event is the latest in a
year-long engagement with more than 200 partners across more than
40 countries to support the IYC objectives of increasing public
appreciation of chemistry, encouraging students to pursue careers
in science, and generating enthusiasm for the creative future of
chemistry to solve world challenges.
For more information on Dow’s involvement in IYC, visit
www.dow.com/iyc.
About Dow
Dow combines the power of science and technology with the “Human
Element” to passionately innovate what is essential to human
progress. The Company connects chemistry and innovation with the
principles of sustainability to help address many of the world's
most challenging problems such as the need for clean water,
renewable energy generation and conservation, and increasing
agricultural productivity. Dow's diversified industry-leading
portfolio of specialty chemical, advanced materials, agrosciences
and plastics businesses delivers a broad range of technology-based
products and solutions to customers in approximately 160 countries
and in high growth sectors such as electronics, water, energy,
coatings and agriculture. In 2010, Dow had annual sales of
$53.7 billion and employed approximately 50,000 people
worldwide. The Company's more than 5,000 products are manufactured
at 188 sites in 35 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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