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Article

24 Jan 2011

Author:
John Flesher, Associated Press

Dow, Nature Conservancy pledge cooperation

Dow Chemical pledged Monday to make environmental protection a primary consideration in all its business decisions and to operate its plants in more nature-friendly ways in partnership with a leading conservation group. The…company said it had entered a five-year, $10 million collaboration with The Nature Conservancy, which will advise Dow and provide technical assistance on reducing its ecological footprint…Two years ago, they agreed to team up on reforesting a degraded shoreline in an 865-acre area surrounding a reservoir in the Cachoeira region of Brazil to improve water quality for some 9 million residents of the Sao Paulo metropolitan area…[also refers to Bavaria (part of SABMiller), Coca Cola, PepsiCo]