Dow wins four 2019 Sustainability Awards from Business Intelligence Group
August 02 2019 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Three breakthrough, sustainable innovations from Dow and one
circular economy program are winners of the Business Intelligence
Group (BIG) 2019 Sustainability Awards. The Sustainability
Awards honor those who have made sustainability an integral part of
their business practice.
“Dow’s innovation engine continues to deliver breakthrough
technologies that meet our customers’ needs, while delivering
solutions for the world’s toughest challenges,” said A.N.
Sreeram, senior vice president, Research and Development, and
chief technology officer for Dow. “Using our unique-to-the-world
capabilities, our teams play a key role in advancing the world’s
transition to a more sustainable planet through market-driven,
sustainable solutions.”
Mary Draves, vice president of Environment, Health and Safety,
and chief sustainability officer for Dow, added, “I couldn’t be
prouder of this year’s award winners. Sustainability is a driving
force in today’s global economy. As part of our 2025 Sustainability
Goals, our teams are working hard to deliver breakthrough
sustainable chemistry innovations. And, the circular economy
program from Dow Polyurethanes is a model for closed loop systems
across value chains. We’re grateful for the recognition of our
efforts from Business Intelligence Group.”
Learn more about the 2019 Sustainability award-winning circular
economy program and sustainable technologies from Dow:
Sustainability Initiative of the Year:
- RENUVA™ Mattress Project, the flagship initiative of
RENUVA™, the circular economy program from Dow Polyurethanes, sets
out to recycle polyurethane foam from end-of-life mattresses. It
aims to bring the entire value chain together in a new business
eco-system model with opportunity for partnerships with recycling
companies, equipment and material manufacturers, polyurethane foam
producers, brand owners and other value chain participants. With
Redesign, Recycle, Reuse and Re-Manufacture as its core values,
RENUVA helps support the transition of polyurethane-based products
from a linear to a circular economy, helping to optimize the use
and reuse of resources and ultimately to reduce the amount of waste
that goes into landfills or incineration.
Sustainability Products of the Year:
- Dow PRIMAL™ Bio-based Acrylic Emulsion are produced with
carbon from plants to replace significant amounts of petroleum
sourced material, which leads to a higher renewable carbon content.
These polymers not only enable the formulated paints to get USDA
Bio-based Certification, but also offers excellent properties with
ultra-low odor, low VOC, low emission and formaldehyde abatement
function. This can effectively improve indoor air quality, which
consumers value for healthier living.
- DOWSIL™ TC-3015 Re-workable Thermal Conductive Silicone
Gel is the world’s first thermal conductive silicone gel
designed for smartphone re-workability enables more sustainable
assembly and recycling of consumer and communications electronics
while addressing the critical thermal management needs of these
devices. Re-workability allows for easy device disassembly to limit
discarded units in assembly, to facilitate device repair and to
enable better end-of-life separation of components for
recycling.
- RENUVA™ Polyols are new, high-value recycled raw
materials created from the conversion of end-of-life mattresses.
RENUVA polyols can be tailored for different applications, such as
flexible foam or PIR rigid foam for construction applications. As
an example of true circularity, RENUVA polyols can be used as a
starting point for new foam mattresses. During the last 12 months,
the RENUVA team optimized a chemical process to break down foam
from end-of-life mattresses to have a tailored performance in the
application and to maximize the utilization in new foam recipes.
Replacement of up to 25 percent of the virgin polyol in
conventional flexible foam recipes was achieved without
deterioration of the foam physical properties.
For more information about Dow’s innovation engine, visit
Areas of Expertise and Awards. See
Highlights and Reporting for Dow’s sustainability
progress.
About Dow
Dow (NYSE: DOW) combines one of the broadest technology sets in
the industry with asset integration, focused innovation and global
scale to achieve profitable growth and become the most innovative,
customer centric, inclusive and sustainable materials science
company. Dow’s portfolio of performance materials, industrial
intermediates and plastics businesses delivers a broad range of
differentiated science-based products and solutions for our
customers in high-growth segments, such as packaging,
infrastructure and consumer care. Dow operates 113 manufacturing
sites in 31 countries and employs approximately 37,000 people. Dow
delivered pro forma sales of approximately $50 billion in 2018.
References to Dow or the Company mean Dow Inc. and its
subsidiaries. For more information, please visit www.dow.com or follow @DowNewsroom on Twitter.
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