By 2015, Dow will achieve on average a 75 percent improvement of key indicators for EH&S operating excellence from 2005 baseline. We will also collaborate with our communities to set and commit to local sustainability goals.
By year-end 2015:
- Dow will achieve an injury and illness rate of 0.08 per 200,000 hours of work, reduce the severity rate by 75 percent and eliminate fatalities.
- Dow will reduce the motor vehicle accident (MVA) rate for all Dow employees combined to 1.5 incidents per million miles driven.
- All sites/businesses combined will have fewer than 75 LOPCs (leaks, breaks and spills), with no more than 10 Category 2 incidents, eliminating Category 1 incidents.
- Dow will reduce the number of hazardous material transportation LOPCs by 75 percent, and eliminate highly hazardous (toxic Inhalation hazard and flammable gas) material releases.
- All sites will reduce process safety incidents by 75 percent and the severity rate by 95 percent, based on the 2005 baseline.
- Target sites will have achieved site-specific goals addressing needs such as security, waste generation and emissions, maintaining and improving employee health, and resource conservation.
Dow will also participate in voluntary programs such as the U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration’s (OSHA) Voluntary Protection Programs (VPPs), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Environmental Indicators, Regional Air Monitoring and The People’s Republic of China’s State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA) agreement.
