Neil Hawkins, Corporate Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer, The Dow Chemical Company

Dow (NYSE: DOW) is proud to announce that Dr. Neil C. Hawkins has been named Corporate Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer, effective October 1. 

In this global role, Hawkins has global responsibility for the Company’s Environment, Health and Safety (EH&S) and Sustainability strategy and initiatives.  In conjunction with Dow’s executive leadership team, Hawkins will provide oversight for the Company’s sustainability performance, including progress against the 2015 Sustainability Goals, and will ensure Dow continues to set the standard for sustainability. He also chairs the company’s Sustainability External Advisory Council, which has been in continuous service to the company since 1992.

In his 26-year tenure at Dow, Hawkins has been the architect of many breakthrough collaborations that advance sustainable development, including: Dow’s collaboration with The Nature Conservancy to value ecosystem services, which received the 2013 Harvard University Roy Award for Environmental Partnership;  Dow’s work with UN Environment Program and China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection to improve chemical safety and emergency preparedness; and the University of Michigan Dow Sustainability Fellows Program.  Since Hawkins joined Dow in 1988, he has held a wide range of leadership positions across EH&S, Public Affairs/Government Affairs, Operations and Manufacturing, and R&D.

Hawkins is also a widely recognized authority on sustainable business practices, environmental policy and win-win solutions for business and ecosystems, and was honored with the 2012 C.K. Prahalad Award for sustainability leadership by an individual. He is a board member of numerous organizations and he chairs the strategic advisory council of the University of Michigan’s Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise.  He is a trustee of The Nature Conservancy (Michigan Chapter) and a member of the National Academies’ Roundtable on Science and Technology for Sustainability (STS), through which he co-authored Sustainability and the U.S. EPA, commonly referred to as “the Green Book.”

Hawkins holds doctoral and master’s degrees from Harvard University, and is also an alumnus of Georgia Tech.

About Dow

Dow (NYSE: DOW) combines the power of science and technology to passionately innovate what is essential to human progress. The Company is driving innovations that extract value from the intersection of chemical, physical and biological sciences to help address many of the world's most challenging problems such as the need for clean water, clean energy generation and conservation, and increasing agricultural productivity. Dow's integrated, market-driven, 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 180 countries and in high growth sectors such as packaging, electronics, water, coatings and agriculture. In 2013, Dow had annual sales of more than $57 billion and employed approximately 53,000 people worldwide. The Company's more than 6,000 products are manufactured at 201 sites in 36 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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With annual sales of $54 billion and 46,000 employees worldwide, Dow is a diversified chemical company that combines the power of science and technology with the "Human Element" to constantly improve what is essential to human progress. The Company delivers a broad range of products and services to customers in around 160 countries, connecting chemistry and innovation with the principles of sustainability to help provide everything from fresh water, food and pharmaceuticals to paints, packaging and personal care products. References to "Dow" or the "Company" mean The Dow Chemical Company and its consolidated subsidiaries unless otherwise expressly noted.