HEALTH & SAFETY INTEGRATING SAFETY INTO ALL WE DO DOW | 2021 ESG REPORT | 41 LORI PAVLISH received the prestigious American Chemistry Council (ACC) Responsible Care ® Employee of the Year Award for 2021. Throughout her career, Lori has been involved in transportation safety. She has been a key member of trade association teams and committees, pioneering unique programs and driving improvements to make transportation safety a way of life for Dow and logistics service providers. She has also been involved in the development of ACC’s Responsible Care Partner Program for many years, personally sponsoring at least 22 companies globally. Lori has worked to develop and share Dow’s Transportation Stewardship approach with all ACC members, leveraging many of our programs. Continuing Our Response to COVID-19 Our response to the COVID-19 pandemic continued with a disciplined management approach to support employees, customers and the community. While 2021 did not bring us relief from the pandemic, we consistently communicated with employees, provided educational seminars and advocated for vaccinations in alignment with the best medical science. All sites encouraged the practices of safe behaviors, both internally and in our communities. During the latter half of 2021, we recognized the need to update the COVID-19 Workplace Playbook  to shape guidelines in a more risk-based manner. The updated playbook uses public health data to determine the risk of infection to employees at each site and has helped us make a safe return to the workplace as we continue to minimize workplace transmission while maintaining business continuity. As we did with the company’s first playbook from April 2020, this revised playbook was shared with our external stakeholders.