Dow has expanded the job description for its chief sustainability officer, Andre Argenton, to incorporate the chemical substances and supplies science firm’s progress and innovation technique.
His title now contains chief know-how officer, filling the place vacated by A.N. Sreeram, who retired efficient Jan 1. In his new function, Argenton is chargeable for Dow’s world analysis and improvement group and for its surroundings, well being, security and sustainability technique. His crew additionally leads Dow’s ESG reporting and governance.
Scientist by coaching
The expanded function marks a homecoming for Argenton, who was vp of Dow’s core analysis and improvement earlier than being named as Dow’s chief sustainability officer in April 2022.
He changed Mary Draver, who joined Dow in 1989 and rose to management roles in manufacturing and EH&S earlier than her retirement in 2022.
Dow has constructed environmental metrics into its innovation agenda over the previous decade, and greater than 90 p.c of its portfolio is aligned with some kind of sustainability end result, as of Dow’s newest ESG report in June 2025.
A key progress alternative for Dow is superior recycling know-how for plastics. The corporate goals to recycle 3 million tons yearly by 2030 and is utilizing synthetic intelligence in collaboration with Google mum or dad Alphabet to hurry issues up.
The corporate’s top-line local weather objective is to chop emissions for operations and electrical energy consumption (Scope 1 and a couple of) by 15 p.c by 2030, in contrast with a 2020 baseline, and to be carbon impartial by 2050. Dow hasn’t disclosed its progress towards these targets, however plans to take action with its 2025 progress report, due in mid-2026.
Argenton was educated as a bodily chemist. He joined Dow Brazil in 1999 and moved to the U.S. in 2007.
His new function was revealed in a submitting with the U.S. Securities and Trade Fee. Dow didn’t reply to a request for remark.