“Since we entered Vietnam in 1995, we have strived not only to ensure the innovative and sustainable solutions for our customers but also to improve the well-being of community in a sustainable way by working with partners and various stakeholders. It’s our great pleasure to receive the AMCHAM CSR award this year and we will continue our CSR excellence to better a quality of life of community,” said Mr. Tomoyuki Sasama, General Director of Dow Vietnam.
Dow pioneers to introduce circular economy to Vietnamese business community
Dow is embarking on the third stage of its sustainability journey with its ambitious 2025 Sustainability Goals. Through these goals, the company will collaborate with like-minded partners to maximize the economic, environmental and social value to advance the well-being of humanity. In Vietnam, those signature CSR initiatives include the following:
- Beach Clean-up: Partnering with the local government, universities and customers, Dow Vietnam organized a beach clean-up event in Vung Tau City on the International Ocean Clean-up Day to raise the environmental conservation awareness among the general public with more than 300 employee and community volunteers joined the event.
Dow Vietnam’s volunteers collected hundreds of kilograms of ocean waste in an answer to the International Day of Beach Cleanup
- Dow Vietnam STEM Program: Dow Vietnam STEM Program aims to inspire more than 120 students from four top technology universities to develop innovative solutions to address their community challenges related to food safety and sustainability.
Dow Vietnam STEM hands-on education program inspired student’s innovation and occupational passion for chemistry students
- Building the Workforce of Tomorrow: In partnership with Chemical Society of Vietnam, Dow organized 11 field trips to visit several state-of-the-art chemical plants in Vietnam for more than 600 chemistry students across the country to better their understanding about chemistry career and industry.
- Building House, Building Hope Project: Dow Vietnam has been implementing “Building House, Building Hope” projects with Habitat for Humanity. As of today, the company has built more than 50 houses for the underprivileged throughout the country.
Dow Vietnam has helped to build more than 50 houses, enlightening hope of a new life for over 50 households
- Water Purification Systems Donation: Dow Vietnam has donated more than 50 water purification systems to provide clean and safe drinking water to schools and hospitals in Vietnam.
The water-based road marking is another sustainable solution of Dow for transportation industry
Mr. Adam Sitkoff, Executive Director, AmCham in Hanoi said: “We congratulate Dow Vietnam on receiving the AmCham CSR Recognition Award for four consecutive years. Dow is one of the prominent American business with strong commitment to sustainability. The company is a good role model for the industry.”
30 November 2018 – The Zero Landfill In Circular Economy Conference organized by INSEE Vietnam has taken place in Ho Chi Minh City. The conference has successfully created a forum where more than 200 local & international business leaders, government officials, environmental consultants, economists and associations can connect, exchange and discuss about the mechanism of Zero Landfill and Circular Economy. The conference thereby reaffirmed the important role of these two concepts in the development of Vietnam’s green economy. And for the first time in Vietnam, corporates/business have achieved zero landfill were honored at the conference with the Green Business Awards.
Dow joins Circulate Capital and the Ocean Conservancy with investments to keep plastic waste out of the environment
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended the Green Growth and the Global Goals (P4G) Summit in Copenhagen on October 20, which also drew leaders of 30 Vietnamese enterprises in green energy, trade, investment, and high technology. Addressing the event, PM Phuc expressed his belief that promising green growth projects and programmes will be promptly implemented, contributing to strongly promoting the realisation of sustainable development goals to 2030.
WASHINGTON, DC—August 22, 2018—Partnering for Green Growth and the Global Goals 2030 (P4G) announced today its 2018 start-up partnerships. Each of the public-private partnerships will receive USD 100,000 in funding to advance their project to support green growth and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in a range of developing countries. P4G partnerships focus on five key areas: food and agriculture, water, energy, cities and the circular economy.
Hanoi, August 9th, 2018 – Herbalife Vietnam joined hands with the Vietnam Olympic Committee (VOC) to organize a send-off ceremony for 523 Vietnamese athletes and coaches bound for the 2018 Asian Games (ASIAD). To be held in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia from August 18 to September 02, the 2018 ASIAD will see almost 353 Vietnamese athletes competing in 31 sports, supported by more than 135 coaches.
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Amway, the global leader in health and beauty, has just officially inaugurate the new Amway Business Center (ABC) in Danang city at 7th floor, PGT building, 220 Nguyen Huu Tho Street, Hoa Cuong Bac, Danang city
Under the direction of Government Leaders, National Council on Sustainable Development and Competitiveness Enhancement in collaboration with the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) and the World Bank will organize National Conference on Sustainable Development 2018 themed “Enhancing Competitiveness, Realizing Sustainable Development Goals amidst Industrial Revolution 4.0”.
The kick-off Ceremony of the initiative Zero Waste to Nature has been organized in Ho Chi Minh City on May 26, 2018
The Sustainable Business in Vietnam 2016 yearbook was published in order to save and share the name of companies in the Rank of 100 Sustainable Businesses in Vietnam 2016. Audience of the book are local and international businesses, organizations, and associations in Vietnam. The book contains information and illustrate image of businesses that made significant movement in sustainable development strategy recently and recorded their footprint in the long-term vision in the future.
The recognition honors Dow Vietnam for its active contribution to the sustainable development and betterment of the community
