In 2011, The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and Dow began a journey to demonstrate thatintegrating the value of nature into business decisions can lead to better business and conservation outcomes。合作团队进行了广泛的研究，并开发了新工具，以证明像陶氏公司这样的公司如何将自然包含在其业务运营中。

For much of the first six years of our collaboration, the focus was on developing research and tools that qualified nature's value in different types of projects, including coastal marsh restoration, reforestation, and watershed enhancement. In 2015, this research encouraged Dow to issue its groundbreaking 2025 Valuing Nature Goal, through which Dow became the first major corporation tocommit to considering nature在几乎所有的业务决策中，同时致力于通过对业务和对环境更好的项目创造10亿美元的业务价值。在陶氏（Dow）的重视自然目标启动之后，该合作将其努力集中在道琼斯（Dow）的全球运营中实施目标。尽管我们拥有强大的研究和工具，但我们很快了解到将概念纳入道琼斯文化需要与现场人员进行直接互动，他们领导项目开发，交付和支持DOW的日常业务和运营。在接下来的几年中，合作团队访问了五大洲的25个以上的网站，以教育员工的自然目标，利用项目学习，并学习如何改善研究和工具以遇到更广泛的采用。通过这种参与，我们了解到，道琼斯工业团队已经从事的许多核心努力，包括浪费，能源和减少水的运营效率项目，对自然有好处，尽管以前没有被认为。

To date, Dow has recognized more than $500 million in net present value through projects that are better for business and better for nature, This recognition highlights the win-win proposition provided by nature-based solutions as well as our desire to stay at the forefront of developing cutting-edge analyses and tools needed to provide the robust science necessary for making and execution. Dow is well on its way to achieving its target of $1 billion by 2025.

As we move into the 11th year of the collaboration, we have expanded the scope of the collaboration to include topics of mutual interest to both organizations: coastal resilience, watershed improvement, and climate. These areas of expanded focus align with TNC's vision of achieving a future where people and nature thrive. More specifically, the work of collaboration will help tackle climate change, protect land and water, and build healthy cities. In addition, we will continue to work to implement Dow's 2021 Valuing Nature Goal.

As always, we will continue to share our progress. From published journal articles to media coverage and events around the world, we are always looking for new ways to reach the audiences that could benefit from the groundwork we have laid and join us in our jounrey to value nature.

We welcome any questions or feedback you may have and look forward to working with you on our collective sustainability efforts.

Sincerely,

Mary Draves

Chief Sustainability Officer & Vice President of Environment, Health & Safety

Dow

Lynn Scarlett

首席事务官

The Nature Conservancy

*自然保护协会不审核或与陶氏合作，以跟踪其价值自然目标指标。自然保护协会通过开发与将自然融入业务决策相关的工具和流程，支持陶氏实施价值自然目标。

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