INCLUSION, DIVERSITY & EQUITY INTENTION, ACTION AND SUSTAINABLE PROGRESS DOW | 2021 ESG REPORT | 52 Attracting Diverse Talent To continue to advance Dow’s ambition, we must develop tomorrow’s talented workforce today. A focus of our 2025 ID&E strategy is improving representation across multiple dimensions of diversity, especially in areas where we have measurable gaps such as women globally and U.S. ethnic minorities. GLOBAL INCLUSIVE HIRING STANDARD External data and our own data prove that equity and inclusion in our hiring process led to more diverse outcomes. We also introduced a structured interview process to ensure a consistent candidate experience and to mitigate bias. In 2020, we implemented a new inclusive hiring standard as outlined below. EARLY-CAREER RECRUITING To reflect our continued commitment to diversifying our talent pipeline, Team Dow again hosted two signature internal recruiting events. Diamond Symposium is intended for top U.S. ethnic minority undergraduate students from universities across the United States. In 2021, Dow hosted 53 students and extended 25 internship and full-time offers with 15 acceptances – increasing the offer acceptance rate from 2020 by 36% . BEST Symposium is primarily intended to introduce Black, Hispanic and Native American U.S. doctoral and postdoctoral scientists to the wide range of rewarding careers in industrial research and the many opportunities at Dow. Twenty-eight candidates attended the 2021 BEST Symposium, and Dow extended 16 full-time offers with 13 acceptances , the highest absolute number of BEST hires in a single season. GLOBAL INCLUSIVE HIRING STANDARDS TO DELIVER DIVERSE OUTCOMES Equitable Practices  Post open roles  Implement a diverse candidate slate for open roles  Ensure a diverse interview panel for hiring  Follow a structured interview process Dow policy prohibits hiring, firing or promoting on account of an individual’s race, gender, disability status, religion, age, sexual orientation or any other protected status. By institutionalizing inclusive hiring standards, Dow realized an increase in diverse hiring outcomes. In 2021, 31% of U.S. external hires were U.S. ethnic minorities and 35% were women globally. Overall hiring increased 15% from 2020 to 2021.