A new batch of industry associations has been uploaded onto the InfluenceMap system and the relationship scores recalculated accordingly.
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
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Dow's CEO is the Chair of NAM's Board of Directors (Correct as of January 2022)
Jim Fitterling
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 January 2022)
Jim Fitterling
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)
The President of Dow Europe is on CEFIC's Executive Committee and is Chair of the Industrial Policy Council. (correct as of January 2022)
Neil Carr
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Senior Executive of Dow Chemical is on the executive committee of CEFIC
Heinz Haller
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
The President of Dow Europe is on CEFIC's Executive Committee and is Chair of the Industrial Policy Council. (correct as of January 2022)
Neil Carr
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Senior Executive of Dow Chemical is on the executive committee of CEFIC
Heinz Haller
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 2022)
Kevin Kolevar
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
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
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 2022)
Kevin Kolevar
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
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Dow Chemical is a regular member of AFPM
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
An executive from Dow Germany is on the VCI Board of Directors. (Correct as of January 2022)
Ralf Brinkmann
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
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
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
An executive from Dow Germany is on the VCI Board of Directors. (Correct as of January 2022)
Ralf Brinkmann
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
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
(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 January 2022)
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 American Petroleum Institute, although it is listed as the "American Petroleum Association" in its Trade Association disclosure (Up to date as of January 2022)
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 ACC, but no longer has an executive as a board member (Up to date as of January 2022)
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Dow's CEO is the Chair of the ACC Board of Directors
Jim Fitterling
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(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 January 2022)
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Dow's CEO is the Chair of the ACC Board of Directors
Jim Fitterling
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(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 US Chamber of Commerce (correct as of January 2022)
not specified
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Dow is an Executive Level Member of the US-Israel Business Council
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
DowDuPont is listed as a member of the US-Japan Business Council
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Dow is a member of the US-Turkey Business Council
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Member of Brazil-US Business Council
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Dow is a member of the board of the U.S.-UK Business Council
TBC (Dec 2019)
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Dow Chemical's General Counsel and Corporate Secretary is a member of the Chamber's Board of Directors.
Amy Wilson
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Senior Executive of Dow Chemical is on the Board of Directors of USCC
Charles Kalil
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Dow is a member of the US Chamber of Commerce (correct as of January 2022)
not specified
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Dow is an Executive Level Member of the US-Israel Business Council
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
DowDuPont is listed as a member of the US-Japan Business Council
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Dow is a member of the US-Turkey Business Council
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Member of Brazil-US Business Council
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Dow is a member of the board of the U.S.-UK Business Council
TBC (Dec 2019)
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Dow Chemical's General Counsel and Corporate Secretary is a member of the Chamber's Board of Directors.
Amy Wilson
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Senior Executive of Dow Chemical is on the Board of Directors of USCC
Charles Kalil
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
Dow CEO is a member of the Business Roundtable. (Correct as of January 2022)
Jim Fitterling
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
Dow CEO is on the board of directors
Andrew Liveris
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
Dow CEO is a member of the Business Roundtable. (Correct as of January 2022)
Jim Fitterling
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
Dow CEO is on the board of directors
Andrew Liveris
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
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 January 2022)
not specified
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
CEO of Dow Chemicals is on Strategic Board of ICCA
Andrew Liveris
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
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 January 2022)
not specified
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 appears to take a mostly mixed approach to climate change policy, with high engagement. Dow’s top-line positions appear to have become more positive since 2018, although the company 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 overall has 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 2020 ESG Report released in June 2021. The company’s corporate website, as of January 2022, states support for carbon emissions pricing, a position reiterated in a December 2021 blog post. The company contributed funds to the Alliance for Market Solutions, which lobbied US Congress in favor of carbon pricing as reported by Politico in May of 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. In the same article from January 2021, Fitterling supported the US rejoining the UN Paris Agreement and in December 2020 was a member of the “America is All In” campaign, which advocated for the US to rejoin the Paris Agreement.
Engagement with Climate-Related Regulations: Dow CEO Jim Fitterling penned an October 2021 opinion piece in the Hill in support of a US emissions trading program.In month 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 2018 a spokesperson for the company was reported in Bloomberg as not supporting policymaker intervention in the EU ETS to increase the price of emissions allowances. In a March 2021 joint email to EU Vice President Timmermans, sourced from a freedom of information 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 March2021, 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: Dow CEO Jim Fitterling in January 2021 stated support for the transition to a net-zero economy and advocated for policies to decarbonize the energy sector, but did not appear to take a clear position on high-carbon sources in the energy mix, stating that “manufacturers require constant, very high temperatures to make products, which today can only be provided by coal, gas, hydrogen or nuclear energy,” but following this with the statement “we will need all forms of clean energy to transform across all sectors.” However, Dow did tweet in April 2021 a statement supporting an increase in natural 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. Dow in 2020 tweeted support for an industry shift to low-carbon hydrogen production and in a corporate blog in 2020 advocated for increased renewable energy in the energy mix.
Industry Association Governance: Dow is a member of several industry associations which take negative positions on climate change policy, including the American Petroleum Institute and the Business Council of Australia. 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. Dow discloses a partial list of its memberships on its corporate website accessed in January 2022, but does not disclose their climate policy positions nor how it influences these groups. The company has not published a formal review of its alignment with industry associations as of January 2022.