Dow Partnership with Habitat for Humanity

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Description

Dow and Habitat for Humanity have partnered together in the US since 1983, and internationally since 1993, to provide safe & affordable housing to low-income families in communities around the world. Every year Dow contributes to both the annual Jimmy Carter Work Project and community builds.

Implementation of the Project/Activity

Dow provides staff financial, volunteers, product contributions, and home sponsorship.

Governed

Dow and Habitat for Humanity work in partnership to identify needs (i.e. building supplies, monetary contributions, etc.) and deliver safe & affordable homes.

Partners

The Dow Chemical Company & Habitat for Humanity

SDGS & Targets

Goal 11

Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable

11.1

By 2030, ensure access for all to adequate, safe and affordable housing and basic services and upgrade slums

11.1.1

Proportion of urban population living in slums, informal settlements or inadequate housing

11.2

By 2030, provide access to safe, affordable, accessible and sustainable transport systems for all, improving road safety, notably by expanding public transport, with special attention to the needs of those in vulnerable situations, women, children, persons with disabilities and older persons

11.2.1

Proportion of population that has convenient access to public transport, by sex, age and persons with disabilities

11.3

By 2030, enhance inclusive and sustainable urbanization and capacity for participatory, integrated and sustainable human settlement planning and management in all countries

11.3.1

Ratio of land consumption rate to population growth rate

11.3.2

Proportion of cities with a direct participation structure of civil society in urban planning and management that operate regularly and democratically

11.4

Strengthen efforts to protect and safeguard the world’s cultural and natural heritage

11.4.1

Total per capita expenditure on the preservation, protection and conservation of all cultural and natural heritage, by source of funding (public, private), type of heritage (cultural, natural) and level of government (national, regional, and local/municipal)

11.5

By 2030, significantly reduce the number of deaths and the number of people affected and substantially decrease the direct economic losses relative to global gross domestic product caused by disasters, including water-related disasters, with a focus on protecting the poor and people in vulnerable situations

11.5.1

Number of deaths, missing persons and directly affected persons attributed to disasters per 100,000 population

11.5.2

Direct economic loss attributed to disasters in relation to global domestic product (GDP)

11.5.3

(a) Damage to critical infrastructure and (b) number of disruptions to basic services, attributed to disasters

11.6

By 2030, reduce the adverse per capita environmental impact of cities, including by paying special attention to air quality and municipal and other waste management

11.6.1

Proportion of municipal solid waste collected and managed in controlled facilities out of total municipal waste generated, by cities

11.6.2

Annual mean levels of fine particulate matter (e.g. PM2.5 and PM10) in cities (population weighted)

11.7

By 2030, provide universal access to safe, inclusive and accessible, green and public spaces, in particular for women and children, older persons and persons with disabilities

11.7.1

Average share of the built-up area of cities that is open space for public use for all, by sex, age and persons with disabilities

11.7.2

Proportion of persons victim of non-sexual or sexual harassment, by sex, age, disability status and place of occurrence, in the previous 12 months

11.a

Support positive economic, social and environmental links between urban, peri-urban and rural areas by strengthening national and regional development planning

11.a.1

Number of countries that have national urban policies or regional development plans that (a) respond to population dynamics; (b) ensure balanced territorial development; and (c) increase local fiscal space

11.b

By 2020, substantially increase the number of cities and human settlements adopting and implementing integrated policies and plans towards inclusion, resource efficiency, mitigation and adaptation to climate change, resilience to disasters, and develop and implement, in line with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, holistic disaster risk management at all levels

11.b.1

Number of countries that adopt and implement national disaster risk reduction strategies in line with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030

11.b.2

Proportion of local governments that adopt and implement local disaster risk reduction strategies in line with national disaster risk reduction strategies

11.c

Support least developed countries, including through financial and technical assistance, in building sustainable and resilient buildings utilizing local materials

SDG 14 targets covered

Name	Description

Deliverables & Timeline

17 December, 2021

Begin builds in new countries. i.e. Australia, Kenya, Romania, Cote D'Ivoire

Resources mobilized

Staff / Technical expertise

Dow staff members volunteer around the globe on Habitat for Humanity Builds

In-kind contribution

Dow provides in-kind contributions such as Styrofoam insulation and Weathermate housewraps, among many more

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Timeline

01 January 1983 (start date)

01 January 1970 (date of completion)

Entity

The Dow Chemical Company

SDGs

Geographical coverage

USA, Australia, China, Indonesia, Korea, New Zealand, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Bulgaria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Bangladesh, Cote D'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Egypt, India, Kenya, South Africa, Argentina, Colombia