We have expanded the list of climate policies we assess company engagement with to incorporate land-use related policy, referring to legislative or regulatory measures to enhance and protect ecosystems and land where carbon is being stored. Assessments under this category are currently underweighted in terms of their contribution to the overall company metrics. This weighting will be progressively increased over the next 6 months.
We adjusted the terminology used to describe the queries running down the left-hand side of our scoring matrix and added additional explanatory text to the info-boxes. This has no impact on the scores and methodology. It has been done following user feedback to improve clarity.
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
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Dow's CEO is the Chair of NAM's Board of Directors (Correct as of August 2022)
Jim Fitterling
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InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Dow's CEO is a Vice-Chair of NAM's Board of Directors.
Jim Fitterling
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
President & Chief Operating Officer of Dow Chemical Company is on the NAM board of directors
James Fitterling
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Dow's CEO is the Chair of NAM's Board of Directors (Correct as of August 2022)
Jim Fitterling
--no extract--
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Dow's CEO is a Vice-Chair of NAM's Board of Directors.
Jim Fitterling
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
President & Chief Operating Officer of Dow Chemical Company is on the NAM board of directors
James Fitterling
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The President of Dow Europe is on CEFIC's Executive Committee and is Chair of the Climate Change & Energy Council (correct as of October 2022)
Neil Carr
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The President of Dow Europe is on CEFIC's Executive Committee and is Chair of the Industrial Policy Council (correct as of August 2022)
Neil Carr
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Senior Executive of Dow Chemical is on the executive committee of CEFIC
Heinz Haller
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The President of Dow Europe is on CEFIC's Executive Committee and is Chair of the Climate Change & Energy Council (correct as of October 2022)
Neil Carr
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The President of Dow Europe is on CEFIC's Executive Committee and is Chair of the Industrial Policy Council (correct as of August 2022)
Neil Carr
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Senior Executive of Dow Chemical is on the executive committee of CEFIC
Heinz Haller
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Amy Wilson, General counsel and Corporate Secretary of Dow, is a member of the US Chamber Board of Directors (correct as of August 2022)
Amy Wilson
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Dow is a member of the US Chamber of Commerce (correct as of January 2022)
not specified
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Dow is an Executive Level Member of the US-Israel Business Council
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DowDuPont is listed as a member of the US-Japan Business Council
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Dow is a member of the US-Turkey Business Council
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Member of Brazil-US Business Council
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Dow is a member of the board of the U.S.-UK Business Council
TBC (Dec 2019)
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Dow Chemical's General Counsel and Corporate Secretary is a member of the Chamber's Board of Directors.
Amy Wilson
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Senior Executive of Dow Chemical is on the Board of Directors of USCC
Charles Kalil
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Amy Wilson, General counsel and Corporate Secretary of Dow, is a member of the US Chamber Board of Directors (correct as of August 2022)
Amy Wilson
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Dow is a member of the US Chamber of Commerce (correct as of January 2022)
not specified
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Dow is an Executive Level Member of the US-Israel Business Council
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DowDuPont is listed as a member of the US-Japan Business Council
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Dow is a member of the US-Turkey Business Council
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Member of Brazil-US Business Council
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Dow is a member of the board of the U.S.-UK Business Council
TBC (Dec 2019)
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Dow Chemical's General Counsel and Corporate Secretary is a member of the Chamber's Board of Directors.
Amy Wilson
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Senior Executive of Dow Chemical is on the Board of Directors of USCC
Charles Kalil
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Dow CEO is a member of the Business Roundtable and an at-large member of the Board of Directors (Correct as of August 2022)
Jim Fitterling
--no extract--
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Dow CEO is on the board of directors
Andrew Liveris
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Dow CEO is a member of the Business Roundtable and an at-large member of the Board of Directors (Correct as of August 2022)
Jim Fitterling
--no extract--
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Dow CEO is on the board of directors
Andrew Liveris
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
A Dow Chemical executive is on the AFPM Board of Directors. (Correct as of January 2023)
Kevin Kolevar
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InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
A Dow Chemical executive is on the AFPM Board of Directors. (up to date 12/2019)
Douglas May
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
A Dow Chemical executive is on the AFPM's Board of Directors.
Keith Cleason
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Dow Chemical is a regular member of AFPM
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
A Dow Chemical executive is on the AFPM Board of Directors. (Correct as of January 2023)
Kevin Kolevar
--no extract--
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
A Dow Chemical executive is on the AFPM Board of Directors. (up to date 12/2019)
Douglas May
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
A Dow Chemical executive is on the AFPM's Board of Directors.
Keith Cleason
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
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Dow Chemical is a regular member of AFPM
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Dow is a member of the API, but no longer lists its membership in its Trade Associations disclosure (Correct as of August 2022)
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Dow is a member of the American Petroleum Institute, although it is listed as the "American Petroleum Association" in its Trade Association disclosure (Up to date as of March 2022)
not specified
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Dow Chemicals is a Direct Member of API.
not specified
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Dow is a member of the API, but no longer lists its membership in its Trade Associations disclosure (Correct as of August 2022)
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Dow is a member of the American Petroleum Institute, although it is listed as the "American Petroleum Association" in its Trade Association disclosure (Up to date as of March 2022)
not specified
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Dow Chemicals is a Direct Member of API.
not specified
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So Hye-jin, a Director at Korea Dow Chemical, is a member of the Environment and Climate Change Committee at KCCI (KCCI Website, last accessed August 2022)
So Hye-jin (소혜진)
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InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
So Hye-jin, a Director at Korea Dow Chemical, is a member of the Environment and Climate Change Committee at KCCI (KCCI Website, last accessed August 2022)
So Hye-jin (소혜진)
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Dow is a member of the ACC, but no longer has an executive as a board member (Up to date as of August 2022)
not specified
--no extract--
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Dow's CEO is the Chair of the ACC Board of Directors (2021)
Jim Fitterling
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Dow is a member of the ACC
not specified
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Dow is a member of the ACC, but no longer has an executive as a board member (Up to date as of August 2022)
not specified
--no extract--
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Dow's CEO is the Chair of the ACC Board of Directors (2021)
Jim Fitterling
--no extract--
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Dow is a member of the ACC
not specified
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
The Managing Director of Dow Southern Africa Cicelia Van Rooi, a Dow subsidy, is on the Board of Directors at the Chemical and Allied Industries Association (CAIA website, up-to-date August 2022)
Cicelia Van Rooi
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InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
The Managing Director of Dow Southern Africa Cicelia Van Rooi, a Dow subsidy, is on the Board of Directors at the Chemical and Allied Industries Association (CAIA website, up-to-date August 2022)
Cicelia Van Rooi
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Dow Chemical Japan Limited and Dow-Mitsui Polychamicals Co., Ltd. is a member (Correct as of August 2022)
not specified
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Dow Chemical Japan Limited and Dow-Mitsui Polychamicals Co., Ltd. is a member (Correct as of August 2022)
not specified
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Dow Chemical is one of over 100 direct members of BCA. (Correct as of August 2022)
not specified
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Dow Chemical is one of over 100 direct members of BCA. (Correct as of August 2022)
not specified
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Dow Chemical Co Ltd is a member of CBI North West Regional Council (Correct as of August 2022)
not specified
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Dow Chemical Co Ltd is a member of CBI North West Regional Council (Correct as of August 2022)
not specified
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Dow Europe GmbH is a member of VCI (Up to date as of April 2022)
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An executive from Dow Germany is on the VCI Board of Directors. (Correct as of March 2022)
Ralf Brinkmann
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The President of a subsidiary of Dow Chemical is a member of the board of VCI
Willem Huisman
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Dow Europe GmbH is a member of VCI (Up to date as of April 2022)
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
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An executive from Dow Germany is on the VCI Board of Directors. (Correct as of March 2022)
Ralf Brinkmann
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The President of a subsidiary of Dow Chemical is a member of the board of VCI
Willem Huisman
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
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Dow appears to still be affiliated with ICCA, although InfluenceMap could not find evidence of its leadership being involved in the board (Correct as of August 2022)
not specified
Further, Dow supports the International Council of Chemistry Associations (ICCA) principles of regulatory cooperation to facilitate trade, effectively use resources and improve industry’s competitiveness, while maintaining high safety standards.
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
CEO of Dow Chemicals is on Strategic Board of ICCA
Andrew Liveris
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
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Dow appears to still be affiliated with ICCA, although InfluenceMap could not find evidence of its leadership being involved in the board (Correct as of August 2022)
not specified
Further, Dow supports the International Council of Chemistry Associations (ICCA) principles of regulatory cooperation to facilitate trade, effectively use resources and improve industry’s competitiveness, while maintaining high safety standards.
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
CEO of Dow Chemicals is on Strategic Board of ICCA
Andrew Liveris
In this section, we depict graphically the relationships the corporation has with trade associations, federations, advocacy groups and other third parties who may be acting on their behalf to influence climate change policy. Each of the columns above represents one relationship the corporation appears to have with such a third party. In these columns, the top, dark section represents the strength of the relationship the corporation has with the influencer. For example if a corporation's senior executive also held a key role in the trade association, we would deem this to be a strong relationship and it would be on the far left of the chart above, with the weaker ones to the right. Click on these grey shaded upper sections for details of these relationships. The middle section contains a link to the organization score details of the influencer concerned, so you can see the details of its climate change policy influence. Click on the middle sections for for details of the trade associations. The lower section contains the organization score of that influencer, the lower the more negatively it is influencing climate policy.
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Climate Lobbying Overview: Dow Chemical (Dow) appears to have mixed positions on climate change policy, with highly active engagement. Dow’s top-line positions have become more positive over the past few years, although the company’s engagement with the energy transition remains largely negative. In addition, Dow retains memberships to industry associations which lobby negatively on climate change policy and holds powerful positions within several of these groups.
Top-line Messaging on Climate Policy: Dow has broadly positive top-line messaging on climate policy. Dow appears to support emissions reductions consistent with IPCC demands, stating support for limiting temperature increase to 1.5°C or well below 2°C in its 2021 ESG Report, released in June 2022. In the same report, Dow stated support for the Paris Agreement and in a C2ES Joint Letter to Congress in July 2021. In May 2021, Dow participated in a Ceres coalition calling for a US infrastructure package that included climate provisions. The company stated support for carbon pricing in a December 2021 blog post and contributed funds to the Alliance for Market Solutions, which lobbied US Congress in support of carbon pricing at the expense of other regulations as reported by Politico in May 2021. In January 2021, Dow CEO Jim Fitterling advocated for “durable policies and investments” and a carbon pricing policy in the US to respond to climate change.
Engagement with Climate-Related Regulations: Dow has mixed engagement with climate regulations and legislation. The company does not disclose any climate policy positions on its corporate website as of October 2022. In 2021-22 Lobbying Disclosure reports, Dow lists engagement on key US policies including the Inflation Reduction Act, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the CLEAN Future Act, which would set a GHG emissions reduction target in the US, and the Methane Emissions Reduction Act of 2021, which would levy a fee on methane emissions. However, it has not disclosed its position on any of these policies.
In its 2021 CDP Disclosure, the company stated support for emissions trading, but conditioned that support on the emissions trading overriding state climate programs and protection of global competitiveness. Dow CEO Jim Fitterling penned an October 2021 opinion piece in the Hill in support of a voluntary US emissions trading program, and in January 2021 Fitterling advocated for an emissions trading system in the US as an effective policy to reduce carbon emissions on Dow’s corporate blog. However, in an open letter from June 2022, Dow did not support the EU Parliament’s Environment Committee proposal to increase the ambition of the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment mechanism and the Emissions Trading System. In a February 2021 joint email to EU Vice President Timmermans, sourced via a freedom of information (FOI) request, Dow opposed a national carbon tax in the Netherlands, strongly advocating that action should be taken at the European level instead of national level.
In March 2021, Dow also supported Texas Senate Bill 1278, which would impose costs on renewable energy generation. However, in that same month, Dow served as a supportive witness for Texas SB398, which would facilitate solar energy generation.
Positioning on Energy Transition: The company has shown broad support for the energy transition, including in a May 2021 Ceres press release and in a September 2021 Call to Action for Shipping Decarbonization. However, Dow has mainly negative engagement on specific energy transition policies and issues.
In March 2022, Dow CEO Jim Fitterling did not support an urgent energy transition in his keynote speech to an American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturer’s conference, stating, “We need an all-of-the-above energy policy. We are constantly being cornered into one definition of clean energy and it just doesn’t work.” Dow tweeted in April 2021 a statement supporting an increase in fossil gas infrastructure without clarifying conditions related to methane abatement and carbon capture. In March 2021, a representative of Dow served as a witness for Texas House Bill 17, which would prevent local authorities from limiting any type of energy in the construction of buildings or infrastructure. These bills are increasingly common in US states, and appear to be a reactionary measure to municipal bans on fossil gas infrastructure. In the same month, the company supported Texas Senate Bill 1202, which would make the owning and operation of EV charging stations easier in the state.
Industry Association Governance: Dow is a member of several industry associations which take negative positions on climate change policy, including the American Petroleum Institute. The company is on the board of several associations negatively lobbying on climate policy, such as American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers, and the CEO of Dow is Chair of the National Association of Manufacturers as well as a Board Member of the Business Roundtable. The company is also a member of the US Chamber of Commerce, where a Dow executive sits on the Board of Directors. Dow discloses a list of its memberships on its corporate website accessed in October 2022, but does not disclose its climate policy positions nor how it influences the climate policy positions of these groups. The company has not published a formal review of its alignment with industry associations as of October 2022.
InfluenceMap collects and assesses evidence of corporate climate policy engagement on a weekly basis, depending on the availability of information from each specific data source (for more information see our methodology). While this analysis flows through to the company’s scores each week, the summary above is updated periodically. This summary was last updated in Q4 2022.