ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE INROADS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT DOW | 2021 ESG REPORT | 23 Enhancing Water Stewardship As part of our pledge to the Water Resilience Coalition (WRC) under the U.N. Global Compact CEO Water Mandate  , we are committed to advancing water stewardship within our own operations and to working collaboratively to enhance water management at the watershed level. We have set a global target to reduce freshwater intensity by 20% at our key water-stressed sites by 2025. In 2021, we reduced our freshwater intake intensity by implementing water conservation projects and technologies with improved water efficiency and that were further aided by favorable impacts from increased rainfall. We continue to take actions to improve our water efficiency, management and measurement approaches to drive sustainable progress. Guadalupe River Seadrift, Texas Purchased freshwater supply; source is Ebro River diversion Tarragona, Spain River Weisse Elster and Lake Witznitz Böhlen, Germany Brazos River Freeport, Texas Purchased fresh water Bahía Blanca, Argentina Rivers Rhine and Meuse Terneuzen, the Netherlands CLIMATE PROTECTION OUR ACTIONS Among our actions, we are: • Implementing projects to increase water circularity. At our site in Terneuzen, the Netherlands, we are working with farmers and the regional water board to store fresh water underground – collecting it in the winter and using it in the summer, so farmers can benefit in periods of drought. • Collaborating with customers to drive innovation around water-saving technologies such as our ECOFAST™ Pure Sustainable Textile Treatment, which enables using up to 90% less process chemicals, up to 60% lower carbon footprint, up to 50% less water and up to 40% less energy in the cotton dyeing process. • Partnering with others to focus on addressing community freshwater needs. For example, our Dow Böhlen site in Germany is participating in a European Union-funded project to help implement technologies that will alleviate competition for freshwater resources. • Investing in projects that are good for business and better for ecosystems. To help stem the loss of critical wetlands in the Mississippi River Delta, we are working with multiple partners to restore habitats and build water resilience in and around our sites. • Implementing strategic water-savings technologies. For example, at our Freeport, Texas, site, we implemented water- conservation projects in 2021 that saved the equivalent of 2% of the site’s freshwater withdrawal associated with production. Freeport accounts for roughly 80% of our overall freshwater intake intensity reduction goal. Dow Sites in Key Water-Stressed Regions