Dow AgroSciences Wins Prestigious Environmental Honors

Dow AgroSciences was named a winner of the United Nations' Montreal Protocol Innovators Award at the annual meeting of adopters of the Montreal Protocol, an international treaty designed to protect the Earth's ozone layer. The award honors the company's innovation, investment and commitment to protect the environment through its efforts to develop alternatives to methyl bromide, an ozone-depleting substance being phased out under the Protocol.

At this meeting, which commemorated the 20th anniversary of the Protocol, Dow AgroSciences also was named a winner of the United States Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) "Best of the Best" Stratospheric Ozone Protection Award, which honors an elite group of companies, organizations and individuals who have demonstrated long-term excellence in efforts to protect the stratospheric ozone layer.

Both awards honor the company's long-standing commitment to providing alternatives to methyl bromide, an ozone-depleting substance used for structural fumigation, among other uses. ProFume^® gas fumigant, containing the active ingredient sulfuryl fluoride, has been widely adopted on a global scale to coincide with the scheduled phase-out of methyl bromide.

"I am delighted that Indianapolis, Indiana-based Dow AgroSciences has been recognized for its continued leadership in developing technical and economically feasible alternatives to methyl bromide in accordance with this important international treaty," said Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN).

"Dow AgroSciences is honored to be recognized by the United Nations and EPA for our development of methyl bromide-alternative products," said Dave Morris, commercial leader, U.S. Pest Management and Turf and Ornamental businesses. "We are committed to developing tools that will help our customers meet their needs as methyl bromide continues to be phased out."