From government policies to consumer demands to emphasizing the UN Sustainable Development Goals, building sustainability practices into your business is in high demand. With an emphasis on the concept of people, planet and profit and the inevitable timing of climate change, sustainability is a hot topic with many organizations investing more heavily in this department. 

On this episode, we sat down with Mary Draves, Chief Sustainability Officer and VP of Environmental Health and Safety at Dow to talk about the work that Dow has been doing in sustainability and the importance of collaboration in turning your goals into action.

In this episode, topics include: 

• How Mary's love for sustainability started on her family's dairy farm 
• Dow's long history of sustainability, reducing waste, reducing energy and promoting circularity 
• Making sustainability a part of your business practices 
• Infusing a culture of sustainability throughout the organization with a top-down approach 
• Setting your targets and working to meet them through collaboration 
• Making the right financial and collaboration decisions for tangible action
• Creating shared values with your collaborators and knowing when to partner with other organizations
• How future generations will continue to push sustainability and hold companies accountable

You can find out more about Dow's Sustainability Goal's in their 2019 Report.

You can view our first events of 2021 here: 

• The Virtual American Biomanufacturing Summit on April 27-29, 2021 
• The Virtual American Supply Chain Summit on May 11-13, 2021 
• The Virtual American CIO & IT Summit on May 25-27, 2021 

To find out more about our summits and Generis Group, you can head to generisgp.com/events.