Dow Chemical (DOW) is a manufacturer and supplier of products used primarily as raw materials in the manufacture of customer products and services in industries such as appliance, automotive, agricultural, building and construction, chemical processing, electronics, furniture, housewares, oil and gas, packaging, paints, coatings and adhesives, personal care, pharmaceutical, processed foods, pulp and paper, textile and carpet, utilities, and water treatment.
1.1. Download the most recent sustainability report for Dow Chemical. Comment on the following:
1.1.1. Adoption of GRI guidelines following "in accordance" criteria.
1.1.2. General Standard Disclosures.
1.1.3. Determination of report content.
1.1.4. Environmental disclosures.
1.1.5. Social disclosures.
1.1.6. Assurance.
1.1.7. Organizational Boundaries for GHG reporting.
1.1.8. Operational Boundaries for GHG reporting.
1.1.9. GHG calculation methods.
1.1.10. General comments on the report.
1.2. Download the most recent 10-K report for Dow Chemical. Comment on the following:
1.2.1. Discussions of "Impact of Legislation and Regulation".
1.2.2. Discussions of "Impact of International Accords".
1.2.3. Discussions of "Indirect consequences of regulation or business trends".
1.2.4. Discussions of "Physical Impacts of Climate Change".
1.2.5. Disclosures in the section "Description of Business".
1.2.6. Disclosures in the section "Management Discussion and Analysis".
1.2.7. Disclosures in the section "Risk Factors".
1.2.8. Recognition and disclosure of contingent environmental liabilities.