Dow Receives Safer Choice Partner of the Year Award
The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) was named a 2017 Safer Choice Partner of the Year winner by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at a ceremony on May 15, in Oxen Hill, Md. Dow was recognized in the Safer Choice Innovator category for two sustainable product innovations, ECOSURF EH Surfactants and BLUEDGE Polymeric Flame Retardant (FR) Technology.
“Dow is at the forefront of developing products that provide sustainable and safer alternatives, while delivering the performance customers expect,” said Neil Hawkins, Dow’s chief sustainability officer and corporate vice president of Environment, Health and Safety. “We are pleased to receive this EPA recognition of our approach to value chain innovation. Chemistry and materials science innovations are fundamental to sustainability.”