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Dow Chemical
| Headquarters location: 2030 Dow Center Midland, MI 48674 |  | Tel. 517-636-1000 Job offers, investor relations: www.dow.com Stock:  |
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« ETHICAL » RATING OF DOW_CHEMICAL
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| Job: 21% of company's jobs cut since 1998 |
| Environment: 12 major pollution(s) |
| Delinquency: 5 act(s) of financial or trade delinquency |
| Tax haven, secret bank account, shell companies: operates in 18 offshore financial center(s) |
| Sales: more than 28 billion(s) dollars/euros in annual sales |
| Net profit: more than 2 billion(s) dollars/euros in cumulated net profit since 1998 |
| Top management: earns 163 times the median income in the United States (32000 US$/year) |
| Influence: 14 act(s) of direct corruption or lobbying |
| Advertising & marketing: 4 dubious practice(s) |
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Relevance: business & market share |
World locations & Manufacturing |
country incentive : address & contact : production type source |
 | | 24 Georgian Crescent Bryanston, 2021 : | |  |
 | | Werk Stade Postfach1120 21677 Stade : | | |
| | Industriestr. 1 77836 Rheinmünster : | | |
| | Theodor Schwarte Strasse 2 59227 Ahlen : | | |
| | Buna Sow Leuna Olefinverbund D-06258 Schkopau : | | |
 | | Avda. San Martín 1881 Bahía Blanca : | | |
| | J.D.Perón e H. Yirigoyen (2202) - Pto. San Martín : | | |
 | | 541-583 Kororoit Creek Road Altona, Victoria 3018 & 92263500 : polymères | | |
 |  | Dow AgroSciences Barbados Ltd : | | |
 | | Havenlaan 7 3980 Tessenderlo : | | |
 | | Dorintal Reinsurance Ltd : | | |
 | | Av. Santos Dumont, 4.444 Conceiçãozinha – Guarujá : | | |
| | Rua Dumas, 1671 Chácara Sto. Antonio - São Paulo : | | |
| | Rodovia Matoim, s/n Rotula 3 Z.I.P. Candeias : | | |
| | Av. Fornari, 2990 Engordadouro - Jundiaí : | | |
 | | Avda. Rocoto 3013 Casilla 337 Talcahuano : | | |
 | | Jinhua Er. St., Jinxiu Road, Guangzhou 510730 : polyurethanes | | |
| | Stone Bridge, Beilun Ningbo 315800 : | | |
 | | Mamonal km 14 Cartagena : | | |
 | | 904, Junghung-Dong, Yosu City, Chun Nam : | | |
| | 453 Yongjam-Dong Nam-Ku, Ulsan : | | |
 | | Dow AgroSciences Costa Rica S.A : | | |
 | | Avenida Iparraguine 48940 Leioa (Vizcaya) : | | |
| | Apartado 195 43080 Tarragona : | | |
| | Avda. Del Castellar 31550 Ribaforada, Navarra : | | |
 | | Nimes, 30 : | | |
| | Bourgoin Jallieu, 38 : | | |
| | Drusenheim, 68 : | | |
 | | Dow Chemical Pacific Ltd : | | |
| | 40-50 Tsing Yi Road Tsing Yi Island & 24313222 : | | |
| | Dow Chemical (Hong Kong) Ltd : | | |
| | Dow AgroSciences Pacific Ltd : | | |
 | | Dow AgroSciences Agricultural Products Ltd : | | |
 | | Petrochemical Investment Co : | | |
 | | Sentrachem International Ltd : | | |
 | | Desa Gerem Kec. Pulomerak Cilegon 42438 : | | |
 | | Dow Capital Public Limited Co : | | |
| | Dow International Financial Services : | | |
| | Dorinco Insurance (Ireland) Ltd : | | |
 | | Via L. Galvani, 34 57123 Livorno : | | |
| | Via Emilia, 2 26861 Fombio (LO) : | | |
| | Via Carpi, 29 42015 Correggio : | | |
 | | 4-1, Nitto-cho, Handa-shi, Aichi-ken 475-0033 : | | |
| | 92-2 Ogurano, Gotemba-shi Shizuoka-ken, 412-0013 : | | |
 | | Sentrachem International Holdings Ltd : | | |
 | | 46350 Petaling Jaya Selangor Darul Ehsan : | | |
 | | Filiberto Gómez No. 46 Tlalnepantla C.P. 54030 : | | |
| | 302 Cd. Industrial Xicotencatl – Tetla – Tlaxcala : | | |
 | | Lepetit International Inc : | | |
 | | Dow AgroSciences Paraguay S.A : | | |
 | | 4542 NM HOEK 4530 AA TERNEUZEN : | | |
| | Heemskesweg 45 9936 Farmsum 9930 AB Delfzijl : | | |
 | | Apartado 30 3861 Estarreja : | | |
 | | Hayes Road, Sully Vale of Glamorgan : | | |
| | Seal Sands Middlesbrough : | | |
| | Estuary Road King’s Lynn Norfolk : | | |
 | | Dow Izolan JV, Vladimir, about 120 miles northeast of Moscow. : Production, polyurethane systems | | AP  |
 | | Dow Financial Holdings Singapore Pte Ltd : | | |
| | Dow Chemical Pacific (Singapore) Private Ltd : | | |
 | | Ramshällsvägen 2 601 17 Norrköping : | | |
 | | Dow Factoring Company S.A : | | |
 | | Dow AgroSciences Uruguay S.A : | | |
| | Dow Quimica Latin America S.A : | | |
 | | Distrito Miranda – Maracaibo Estado de Zulia : | | |
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Dow Chemical is managed by |
| year name | photo position; compensation source |
| 2005Liveris, Abdrew N |  Chief Executive Officer; salary: 3.34 million US$; stock-options: 0.67 million US$; |
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year | employees <> | social impact : country source |
| 2007 | -416 | Closure/Bankruptcy: Dow Agrosciences closes the factories of Wimetal, of Rüsch France and Lauterburg in Alsace because of "over-production capacities" and "the competition of generic fungicides".: France | Les Echos |
| 2002 | 49959 | | |
| 2000 | 41943 | | |
| 1998 | 39000 | | |
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| 2008 | United States of America : Dow Chemical and Rockwell that were contractors at the now-defunct Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant have been ordered to pay $925 million to residents who claimed contamination blown from the facility endangered people's health and devalued their property | AFP |
| 2006 | : Manufacture and sells products contributing to the erosion and the impoverishment of the agricultural soils. | Book |
| 2005 | United States of America brand: Mycogen Seeds : A obtenu les droits de propriété industrielle extensifs et exclusifs pour le Bt transgénique dans les plantes aux Etats-Unis. |  |
| 2005 | Honduras : According to a new lawsuit brought by over 600 Honduran banana workers, filed on 14 April in a Los Angeles federal court, the company knowingly used and distributed the pesticide 1,2-dibromo-3-chloropropane (DBCP) which has resulted in widespread cases of sterility, testicular atrophy, miscarriages and other serious health complaints. The DBCP was banned by the US Environmental Protection Agency in 1979. | Ethical Co. |
| 2004 | Vietnam : Des associations vietnamiennes réclament un dédommagement pour les victimes entre 1961 et 1971 par les Etats-Unis: : cancer, malformations génétiques, pollution | |
| 2004 | Nicaragua : Incriminée dans l'intoxication de travailleurs dans des bananeraies nicaraguayennes | AFP |
| 2003 | New Zealand : Dioxin contamination to air, land and water, buried waste that subsequently leached | Greenpeace |
| 2003 | United States of America : Accused of dioxin contamination caused by its Midland manufacturing plant that has threatened habitants' health and left their property worthless. | |
| 2002 | United States of America : Dow offered $3 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the environmental group San Francisco BayKeeper that alleged the company illegally discharged contaminated water into California's New York Slough | San Franci. |
| 2002 | Nicaragua : With two other companies, ordered to pay $490 million to 583 banana workers allegedly affected by the use of the pesticide Nemagon in the banana fields of western Nicaragua. | AP |
| 2000 | Brazil : Carbon tetrachloride, organochlorine and heavy metals in the vicinity of the Guaruja plant, and in river sediments | Greenpeace |
| 1999 | : Production, purchase or sale of genetically modified organisms which may cause an irreversible genetic pollution, a destruction of the biodiversity and health risks for the consumers. | The Guardi. |
| 1997 | : Agreed to pay $41,5 million in an out-of court settlement following a joint action lawsuit brought by banana workers in Central America and the Philippines. | Ethical Co. |
| 1996 | India : Accidental poisoning of people and permanent pollution of the environment with neurotoxic organophosphate pesticides (chlorpyrifos, Dursban and Lorsban) | Greenpeace |
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| year | purpose : intermediary/lobby : institution source |
| 2001 | Access to foreign market (through MAI, WTO, GATS), prevent binding environmental regulations : USCIB (US Council For International Business) : : US Government translate | USCIB |
| 2000 | Investment protection and market access (to Mexico and Canada through NAFTA), to Latin America (through FTAA). : Business Roundtable : : US government, senate, congress translate | Center for. |
| 2000 | Market access (through WTO), cheaper energy (through energy liberalization in Europe); uniform rules to enable the patenting of plants and animals (through TRIPS); prevent advert legislation on chemicals, self-regulation instead; : CEFIC (European Chemical Industry Council) : : European Commission translate | Corporate . |
| 2000 | Prevent binding environmental regulations (environmental protection through economic growth, self-regulation and free trade) : WBCSD (World Business Council for Sustainable Development) : : United Nations translate | Corporate . |
| 1999 | Market access and investment protection (through WTO, GATS), avoid social and environmental rules : ICC (International Chamber of Commerce) : : WTO, GATS translate | Corporate . |
| 1999 | Market admission for genetically modified organisms : EuropaBio : : European Commission translate | Corporate . |
| 1998 | Regulation favorable to company's interests : Contribution to Candidate's Political Action Committee : amount: 36 thousand US$ : US President, Congress, Senate |
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