Dow Inc.

Dow Inc. is on the Cruelty Free Investing list for exploiting animals because the company does animal testing for some of its products and research practices.

Supporting Evidence:

The company stated on its website that they exploit animals for product testing.

Company’s Animal Testing Statement

“Until our vision is a reality, there will still be areas of health and safety assessment that cannot be addressed with non-animal approaches. Dow will continue to do what is required to maintain regulatory compliance and the safe handling and use of our products, which will include using animals in product safety testing when absolutely necessary.” Read the full article

PETA has initiated a Shareholder campaign against company’s animal testing policy. As per PETA’s report “Most of the animal testing at Dow is conducted by the company’s chemical and agro-science divisions, either voluntarily or as part of government-sponsored testing programs, including the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) high production volume (HPV) chemical-testing program.”