Mission and VisionCorporate Strategy -- Invest in a market-driven portfolio of advantaged and technology-enabled businesses that create value for our shareholders and customers.Combination of low-cost and value-add products enables superior value creation throughout the cycle.Dow's Essential Elements -- Taken together, Dow's essential elements of mission, vision, values, and strategy describe why the company exists, who we are, what we intend to do, and how we intend to do it. These essential elements provide insight, offer motivation, and point the way forward as we seek to grow and achieve our goals.DowD4_32ca8c72-d3b1-11e6-81c1-35e80ebcdb3bDow combines the power of science and technology to passionately innovate what is essential to human progress. The Company is driving innovations that extract value from the intersection of chemical, physical and biological sciences to help address many of the world's most challenging problems such as the need for clean water, clean energy generation and conservation, and increasing agricultural productivity. Dow's integrated, market-driven, industry-leading portfolio of specialty chemical, advanced materials, agrosciences and plastics businesses delivers a broad range of technology-based products and solutions.Maximize long-term value per share by being the most valuable and respected science company in the world_32ca8db2-d3b1-11e6-81c1-35e80ebcdb3bTo passionately create innovation for our stakeholders at the intersection of chemistry, biology, and physics_32ca8e5c-d3b1-11e6-81c1-35e80ebcdb3bIntegrityRespect for PeopleEnvironmental StewardshipProtecting Our PlanetManufacturingIntegrated manufacturing positions in chemicals, plastics, key materials and agriculture_32ca8efc-d3b1-11e6-81c1-35e80ebcdb3b1_32ca8fba-d3b1-11e6-81c1-35e80ebcdb3bCostsLow cost in all product and asset positions, leveraging integrated sites_32ca905a-d3b1-11e6-81c1-35e80ebcdb3b2_32ca90f0-d3b1-11e6-81c1-35e80ebcdb3bMarketsMaintain presence in all growing geographic markets_32ca9208-d3b1-11e6-81c1-35e80ebcdb3b3_32ca92b2-d3b1-11e6-81c1-35e80ebcdb3bSpecialtiesGrow downstream specialties for value-add to low-cost positions_32ca9348-d3b1-11e6-81c1-35e80ebcdb3b4_32ca93e8-d3b1-11e6-81c1-35e80ebcdb3bCommoditiesBe in some commodities to achieve low cost for our integration and will run these for maximum cash to reinvest_32ca9488-d3b1-11e6-81c1-35e80ebcdb3b5PlasticsInvest in specialty positions (Integrated Plastics)_32ca951e-d3b1-11e6-81c1-35e80ebcdb3b5.1Electronics & AgricultureInvest in value-add specialties (Electronics & Agriculture)_32ca95f0-d3b1-11e6-81c1-35e80ebcdb3b5.2Buybacks & DividendsReward our shareholders via share buybacks and dividend increases_32ca96c2-d3b1-11e6-81c1-35e80ebcdb3b5.32017-01-05http://www.dow.com/en-us/about-dow/our-company/mission-and-visionOwenAmburOwen.Ambur@verizon.net