REPORTING & DISCLOSURE TRACKING OUR PROGRESS DOW | REPORTING & DISCLOSURE | 127 Dow Disclosures – GRI Content Index 302-2 Energy consumption outside of the organization OMISSION 302-2 Energy consumption outside of the organization Information not available. We will continue to evaluate standards, data sources, methodologies, and/or calculation tools that will facilitate future reporting. 302-3 Energy intensity Energy intensity is calculated using total energy consumption (GRI 302-1) divided by production volume. As noted in 302-1 Energy consumption within the organization the methodology was updated for total energy consumption and changes are being applied prospectively; prior year periods will not be revised. In addition, we have evolved our production volume value in 2021 to total valued production which includes byproducts and coproducts. Therefore, our 2021 energy intensity value includes updated numerator (energy consumption) and denominator (total valued production) methodology. To enable comparisons to prior year data, the 2021 values have also been calculated and provided below using the historical methods. Overall, energy intensity for 2021 was flat when compared to 2020. Description (GJ/Metric ton of production) 2021 1 (New Method) 2021 2 (Old Method) 2020 1 2019 1 Energy Intensity (Scope 1 & 2) 10.85 12.06 11.86 12.31 1 Value for the total energy consumption (numerator) used new methodology as described in 302-1 2 Value for the total energy consumption (numerator) used the historical methodology as described in 302-1 302-4 Reduction of energy consumption Dow tracks overall energy intensity and consumption year over year as key metrics. The following table outlines a sampling of conservation and efficiency initiatives completed in 2021 that have had a material impact on Dow’s energy consumption. The baseline year for all projects is 2020. Energy savings were determined by comparing plant operating conditions before projects were implemented to conditions after implementation. Project Summary Location Type of Energy Reduced Approximate Amount (Millions of KJ/Yr) LA-2 flare gas reduction from cracker Plaquemine, Louisiana, U.S. Fuel 480,000 Implementation of new pressure controller to modulate steam turbine, controlling off-gas header pressure and reduce requirements for header pressure makeup with natural gas Plaquemine, Louisiana, U.S. Fuel 460,000 Implementation of tunable diode laser analyzers on cracker furnaces Terneuzen, the Netherlands Fuel 292,000 Project Impact 1,232,000 302-5 Reductions in energy requirements of products and services OMISSION 302-5 Reductions in energy requirements of products and services This indicator is not applicable since virtually all Dow products do not require energy in use.
