Andrew Liveris Presented Inspired Leadership Award From The Performance Theatre

Andrew N. Liveris, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW), was today presented with the 2012 Inspired Leadership Award (ILA), a recognition that honors visionary leaders who combine outstanding business performance with values and behaviors that strengthen the human and natural environments in which their organizations operate.

The award was announced in London at the annual gathering of The Performance Theatre, which brings together CEOs and chairmen with leaders and thinkers from across disciplines, geographies and philosophies. Its purpose is to debate ways of creating a new model for growth, generating value across not just quarters but generations, for both business and society as a whole.

During his acceptance keynote, Liveris told the audience that although world faces great challenges, mankind has “the ability to engineer a new model for growth…a model that exploits the markets strengths and evens out its disruptions and disparities.”

Liveris added: “What we need now are bold leaders: leaders collaborating across outdated divisions between what is best for companies and what is best for countries, leaders innovating new ways to make the world a healthy, productive place for generations to come. We can make great things again –sustainably, socially responsibly, successfully. Not just factories, but the jobs and communities they support. Not just products, but solutions to humanity’s greatest challenges . That is what inspired leaders do.”

When presenting the award to Liveris, ILA Committee Chairman Geoff Colvin said, “Under Andrew Liveris’ inspired leadership, Dow is turning the power of its scientific expertise to overcoming the world’s resource challenges and showing us that sustainability just makes good business sense.” Performance Theatre founder Dr Osvald Bjelland echoed this view: “Andrew Liveris’ achievements at Dow move us closer to The Performance Theatre’s aim: the creation of a new and better kind of growth that doesn’t destroy the planet.”

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