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Dow Chemical Company
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The Dow Chemical Company is the world’s second largest chemical company, behind only BASF. Dow’s primary industries are chemicals, herbicides, pesticides, agricultural sciences and plastics. In 2005 Dow sold $46.307 billion worth of goods and employed 42,413 people.

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by Scraper 3 years ago
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CEO gets paid $16 million a year. [ ] "In 2006 Dow Chemical CEO Andrew N. Liveris received $16,821,542 in compensation according to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) calculations, and $12,041,183 by the alternative calculation method used by the AFL-CIO." Quoting CoopAmerica http://www.coopamerica.org/programs/responsibleshopper/http://www.coopamerica.org/programs/responsibleshopper/company.cfm?id=217
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major investors are demanding explanation of Bhopal disaster [ ] "In May 2005 Amnesty International offices around the world sent letters to the top shareholders of Dow Chemical, including 100 top investors in the US such as Fidelity, Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, and Merrill Lynch. The letters asked investment institutions to demand information from Dow about liabilities associated with the Union Carbide chemical disaster in Bhopal, India. In November Dow investors holding shares with a combined worth of $190 million filed a resolution requesting an explanation of company initiatives to deal with the environmental and health impacts of the Bhopal disaster." Quoting CoopAmerica http://www.coopamerica.org/programs/responsibleshopper/http://www.coopamerica.org/programs/responsibleshopper/company.cfm?id=217
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