- Lower prices impacting operating earnings.
- Supply chain disruptions (implied by discussion of feedstock costs and outages).
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Greenhouse gas emissions & sustainability report data
Figures are as stated in the company's own report and may use different boundaries, units or methods (for example market-based vs location-based Scope 2), so compare with care.
📈 Emissions by Report Period
| Report period | Headline emissions figure reported |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 644 kT CO2 (2020 baseline), reduced by 58 kT between 2020-2023 |
| 2020 | 34.7 million metric tons of CO2e |
| 2017 | 107.4 million metric tons CO2e |
Each row is the headline figure extracted from a different report; scope coverage and methodology can change between years.
✅ Reported Environmental Achievements
- Dow is collaborating with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a world-scale carbonate solvents production facility that will capture more than 90% of the carbon dioxide from the ethylene oxide manufacturing process.
- Dow and Procter & Gamble announced a joint development agreement to create a new recycling technology to convert hard-to-recycle plastic packaging into recycled polyethylene with a low greenhouse gas emissions footprint.
- Dow launched two new sustainable varieties of propylene glycol (PG) solutions in North America featuring bio-circular and circular feedstocks, certified by ISCC PLUS.
🎯 Climate & Sustainability Targets
📅 Medium-term
- Capture more than $3 billion in underlying earnings improvement annually by 2030.
🔭 Long-term
- Transform the Waste and commercialize three million metric tons of circular and renewable solutions by 2030.
🌱 ESG Focus Areas
DecarbonizationCircular EconomySustainable MobilityDiversity & InclusionWetland Conservation