Dow Wins Amcham CSR Recognition Award for Second Consecutive Year

Addressing the AmCham CSR Recognition Award held recently by the AmCham Hanoi, U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam, H.E. Ted Osius said: “A year ago, I was here to present the AmCham CSR Recognition Award to Dow, and today I am delighted to congratulate Dow on its second consecutive recognition.”

The prestigious award demonstrates public recognition by a reputed organisation for Dow’s active engagement in helping the Vietnamese to address pressing challenges such as Access to Safe and Clean Drinking Water, Sustainable Operations, and Environment Protection.

One of Dow’s most notable CSR initiatives in 2016 is providing eight water purification systems to rural schools and hospitals which benefited more than 4,000 students and patients with safe and clean drinking water. This follows the renewal of a two-year Memorandum of Understanding with the People’s Aid Coordinating Committee (PACCOM). Dow’s most recent CSR initiative includes its joint efforts in making Hanoi Lakes Cleaner, and conserving water resources and protecting environment with the participation of more than 1,200 volunteers. On top of that, Dow’s other CSR activities include as follows:

- Empowering more than 2,300 enterprises in 38 nationwide provinces with knowledge in cleaner production and waste management, as well as promoting the circular economy concept for sustainability and environment protection for Vietnamese enterprises. Dow’s role as Co-Chair and one of the founding members of the Vietnam Business Council for Sustainable Development (VBCSD) fully supports this.
- Four on-going “Building homes, building hope” projects for the underprivileged.
- A meaningful “Colour of Love” project in collaboration with strategic customer/ partner to improve school facilities and learning conditions for more than 1,000 pupils.
- A 20 million VND scholarship to Ho Chi Minh City Youth Social Work Center to benefit the students of Tran Van On Primary School.
- Sponsorship of AmCham scholarship program for Vietnamese young talents.

Mr Tomoyuki Sasama, General Director of Dow Vietnam said, “Dow envisions becoming a key partner of Vietnam’s economic growth and prosperity for the long term, by driving innovations that help enhance the sustainable strength of Vietnam’s industries. In so doing, CSR initiatives serve as a principal focus of our business strategy and we are proud to be honoured by Amcham with the CSR Recognition Award for the second consecutive year. This very award inspires us to keep contributing to Vietnam’s sustainable growth in all areas of our business operations.”

Mr. Adam Sitkoff, Executive Director, Amcham in Hanoi appraised Dow’s achievement, “This is the second year that we organize Amcham CSR Recognition Award Program to recognize firms with best practice CSR programs in Vietnam. Congratulations to Dow for being honoured in our winner list for two consecutive years, which means that they have shown an understanding of the linkages between business operations and society, and conducting business in a way that creates both long-term economic and social value.”

As a key partner to Vietnam’s economic growth and prosperity, Dow Vietnam always endeavours to add value to most of the country’s advanced manufacturing industries that continue to create jobs and revenues for the local economy.

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