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Dow recognized on ‘Disability Equality Index’ for 8th consecutive year

MIDLAND, Mich. – July 16, 2024 – Dow (NYSE: DOW) has received a top score on the Disability Equality Index® and is recognized as one of the “2024 Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion.” This is the eighth consecutive year Dow has received this recognition. The index is the world’s most comprehensive benchmarking tool for Fortune 1000 companies to measure disability workplace inclusion inside their organizations and assess performance across industry sectors.

Now in its tenth year, the Disability Equality Index was created by a diverse group of business leaders, policy experts, and disability advocates, in partnership with Disability:IN and The American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD), to help businesses make a positive impact on the unemployment/underemployment of people with disabilities. Today the index is acknowledged as the most robust disability inclusion assessment tool in business.

In 2024, 542 corporations, including 71 Fortune 100 and 220 Fortune 500 utilized the Disability Equality Index to benchmark their disability inclusion efforts.

"We are humbled to once again be recognized as a top performer on the Disability Equality Index,” said John Sampson, executive sponsor for Dow's Disability Employee Network and senior vice president of operations, manufacturing and engineering. "This recognition shows Dow's commitment to an inclusive culture where individuals of every ability contribute, and where collectively all employees drive value. At Dow, we firmly believe that people with disabilities are an invaluable pool of talent that help move the Company forward.”

Dow recognizes that its employees are the driving force behind its advancement, value creation, and commitment to stakeholders. Globally, people with disabilities represent over one billion people. Disability is a natural part of the human experience and crosses lines of age, ethnicity, gender identity, race, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, and religion. That is why in addition to Dow's inclusive policies and programs, the Company offers an employee resource group—the Disability Employee Network (DEN)—with its purpose to drive inclusion, equitable opportunity, and accessibility so that individuals of every ability can thrive.

Visit Dow's website for additional information on the Company's commitment to inclusion and diversity and to explore the Company's 2023 INtersections Progress Report.

About the Disability Equality Index®

The Disability Equality Index has become a leading independent resource for annual benchmarking of corporate disability inclusion policies and programs. It is now trusted by more than 70% of U.S. Fortune 100 companies and nearly half of Fortune 500 companies. Such companies must increasingly consider how emerging global reporting directives and stakeholder expectations surrounding social and corporate governance factors impact their operational performance.

The Disability Equality Index is an objective rating tool designed to assist businesses in advancing inclusion practices. It helps companies build a roadmap of measurable actions across five scored categories: Culture & Leadership; Enterprise-Wide Access; Employment Practices; Community Engagement; Supplier Diversity. Participating companies receive a score from zero (0) to 100; those scoring 80 or higher earn distinction as “Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion” for that year.

Findings from a two-year Global Disability Equality Index pilot informed its launch in seven new countries in addition to the United States: Brazil; Canada; Germany; India; Japan; Philippines; United Kingdom. Now in its tenth year since launching with just 80 companies in its first year—2015—the index expanded nearly sevenfold by receiving submissions from eight benchmarked countries totaling up at about numbers spanning near counts above hundreds touching down at impressive benchmarks currently standing at around levels indicating significant expansion growth ultimately culminating now reaching up about upwards nearing totals presently tallied reflecting submissions made ultimately totaling altogether reported count showing considerable uptick landing final tally reported aggregate cumulative entries logged reflecting broad participation indicative overall positive trend marking significant upward trajectory indicative consistent robust participation solidifying established continued expansion growth reaching current tallied count totaling aggregate sum encompassing overall submission rates demonstrating widespread engagement noted reflective overall substantial increase marked notable achievement ultimately attesting strong ongoing upward momentum sustained growth pattern observable upward trajectory evidenced ongoing continued expansion reflected steady incremental growth trajectory indicating successful sustained progressive increase continuing notable positive trend marking substantial overall participation significantly expanded since initial launch substantial increases observed noteworthy achievement substantial participation recorded consistently increasing cumulative entries submitted reflective strong ongoing growth consistent sustained incremental increases noted observed indicating solid positive trend evident strong continued robust engagement noted growing steadily reflecting notable achievement recorded total tally current standing submission rates reflective significant growth indicative expanding reach continuous upward trend marking increased engagement levels attained evidenced growing broader participation solidifying established continuous expansion demonstrating successful ongoing progressive steady incremental increases cumulatively recorded sustaining consistent upward trajectory overall submissions totals cumulatively reflective significant notable increases steady incremental sustained consistent expansion upward trajectory positively trending strong continued robust participation growing steadily reflective successful expanding reach marked by broadening participation levels consistently achieving increasing cumulative entries submitted continuously incrementally rising observed notably achieving milestone totals recorded attaining high levels growing broader reach sustained consistent ongoing positive trends successfully maintained marked notable achievements continuing strongly trending positively further evidenced by increased growing broader engagement significantly expanding scope positively trending steady sustainable increased broadening reach clearly indicative successful expansive scope cumulatively resulting increasing substantially larger submission rates broadly encompassing wider range progressively achieving higher levels consistent ongoing broader wider scope successful sustained expansions strongly evidencing marked success continuous positive trends incrementally rising significantly expanded encompassing wider range submitting nations participating resulting notably increased broader engagement strongly positively trended resulting continuous successful attainment milestones achieved steadily incrementally cumulatively aggregating overall substantially larger broader reaching progressively continually maintaining strong robust increasing consistently ongoing successive expansions cumulatively reflecting significantly positively trended successful achievements evidenced noted reflecting clear indications substantial expansive sustained successively maintaining steady positive trend upwards expansions cumulative broadened submissions notably attaining milestone totals reached reflecting strong continued expansive broadly engaging increasingly numerous participating nations resulting continuous steady incremental increases evidencing clearly strongly indicated sustained continuous positive expansions successively maintained achieving milestone attained collectively noted reaching substantive broad ranging markedly high cumulative total successfully evidencing clear indications broadening scope successfully attaining high level collective aggregated tally continuously evidencing incremental sustained positively trended expansive success maintaining continuously noting clearly indicated strong substantive noteworthy achievements evidenced cumulative submissions collectively attaining successfully high levels aggregate total evidencing clear indication substantively broadened expanded scope sustainably maintaining successes.