Dow Canada in Fort Saskatchewan: Community Advisory Panel
Dow Canada believes our corporate decision making process is made better by involving the community.
We have organized Community Advisory Panels (CAPs) in many of our plant communities, include Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, where our joint venture partner, MEGlobal™ is our CAP co-sponsor. An ethylene oxide/ehtylene glycol plant at the site is owned and operated by MEGlobal–a 50/50 joint venture between Petrochemical Industries Company (PIC) of Kuwait and Dow.
The goal of each CAP is to build trust, cooperation and mutual respect between the company and the community. A two-way dialogue is facilitated between site management and local stakeholders. Action is taken based on feedback from the CAP about our site and community activities. Based on this feedback, concerns are solved before they become issues.
CAP members are community residents that represent a broad cross-section of local interests, including health, education, civic, youth and Dow’s “near neighbours.” Each meeting involves a guest speaker, standing agenda items and an Environment, Health and Safety (EH&S) performance update.
Topics addressed by the Fort Saskatchewan CAP in 2006-2007 included:
- Site restructuring following the closure of the Chlor-Alkali and Vinyl Chloride Monomer facilities.
- Anticipated future developments in the Alberta Industrial Heartland area around the city of Fort Saskatchewan.
- Site environmental remediation activities.
- Risk management at worst-case scenarios at the site’s MEGlobal facility.
Get in touch with the Dow Fort Saskatchewan CAP
The Dow Fort Saskatchewan CAP meets on a bi-monthly basis. We urge you to contact Public Affairs at 1.780.998.8028 if you have a concern you would like addressed at the next CAP meeting, or would like to receive minutes from previous meetings.
