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Speaker 4: Hi, this is Victoria.

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This episode is the fourth in a
series I recorded at ACC's Responsible

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Care and Sustainability Conference.

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Today, you're going to hear from
Daryl Roberts, who's the Chief

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Engineering and Operating Officer.

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Of DuPont.

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I think you are really going to love
this episode and I know I really

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loved my conversation with Daryl.

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stood out for me and what I think you're
going to hear is just how people and

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value centric Daryl is, and he talks
about the importance of people, of

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values,  and engaging appropriately
In the community with employees and in

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the greater world and thinking really
about the positive impacts that their

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products, DuPont's products and other
chemical products make in communities

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and how they can enhance sustainability.

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So I think that was one of the
things that really, really,

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really came through for me.

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Um, the second piece is really
this aspect of career perspective.

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So.

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Darryl would tell you that joining
the chemical industry was natural.

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It came as part of a family legacy.

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Um, but one of the things that's really
critical to his career and critical to

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other people's careers is an openness
to continuous learning and reaching,

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growing your career, taking opportunities
and always being open to learning

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something new and doing something new.

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So.

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Lots of great nuggets of wisdom
in this episode with Daryl.

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Um, I think you're
really going to enjoy it.

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So enjoy the episode.

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Thank you for joining us on today's
episode of the chemical show.

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keep sharing, and we will

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Speaker 5: A key component of the
modern world economy, the chemical

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industry delivers products and
innovations to enhance everyday life.

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It is also an industry in transformation
where chemical executives and

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workers are delivering growth and
industry changing advancements while

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responding to pressures from investors,
regulators, and public opinion.

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Discover how leading companies
are approaching these challenges

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here on the chemical show.

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Join Victoria Meyer, president
of Progressio Global and

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host of the chemical show.

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As she speaks with executives across the
industry and learns how they are leading

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their companies to grow, transform, and
push industry boundaries on all frontiers.

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Here's your host, Victoria Meyer.

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Victoria: Hi, this is Victoria Meyer.

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Welcome back to The Chemical Show.

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Today, I am speaking with Daryl
Roberts, who is the Chief Engineering

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and Operations Officer for DuPont.

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We are at ACC's Responsible Care
and Sustainability Conference.

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So our conversation is going to
center on that a little bit, as

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well as maybe a few other questions.

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Daryl, thanks for joining me.

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Daryl: Well, thanks.

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It's great to be here with you today.

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Victoria (2): Yeah, excited to meet
you and to spend time with you.

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Let's talk about your career.

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What got you into the chemical
industry and to where you are now?

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Daryl: Well, no question that,
uh, that comes from my upbringing.

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My, my father was a production operator
at Eastman Kodak, uh, back in the day

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when, uh, people actually took pictures
on a camera and got them developed,

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you know, to tell people have been
around for a certain number of years.

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What a photo Matt booth is, which
many people don't remember any longer.

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But yeah, I grew up with the
father who worked in the industry.

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Uh, working shift work, uh, was, uh,
uh, really focused on me being, uh,

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educated, uh, and really use this position
to really push me to go to school, uh,

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that led me into chemical engineering.

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I spent a little bit of time in
the service as a chemical officer.

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So my expertise from the military and
from an upbringing standpoint really

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kind of led me to the industry that
it just felt like I always should have

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been a part of, and I've been a part
of it working for a number of companies

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from Eastman Kodak to Arkema to DuPont.

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But I'm kind of a lifelong, you
know, process chemistry, process

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operations, materials person.

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It's been a great career and provided me
a way to support my family and my kids.

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And it's been just been a great experience
and I've met as I've kind of grown.

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Victoria (2): That's really cool.

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Okay.

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And by the way, side note, have
any of your kids followed you

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into the chemical industry?

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Daryl: Uh, I've got two
that are both in college.

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The oldest is in marketing.

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I don't know what she's going to do.

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The youngest is in the civil
engineering program at Purdue.

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So I didn't get her to chemical
engineering, but I got her to civil and

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I'll have to take that as a victory.

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Victoria (2): Absolutely.

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That's a win.

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That's a win.

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Daryl: Yes.

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Victoria (2): Great.

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So we're, we're here and we're talking a
lot this week about, um, responsible care.

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So tell me what responsible
care means to you and to DuPont.

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Daryl: Yeah.

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Part of the reason that, uh, I came to
work at DuPont is because it was very

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aligned with my personal beliefs and
values, uh, around, uh, how we operate,

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how we think about employee safety, how
we think about the environments in which

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we operate and the trust that communities
have, uh, with us and trust that we have

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to earn and keep, uh, by operating in a
way that allows them to feel like, uh,

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they don't mind us being in the community
and actually see us as a partner from the

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education standpoint, from the support,
of everything from what we do, uh, from

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volunteer standpoint to us providing jobs.

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All of those things, which
are just really important.

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So, so DuPont.

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Believes in that.

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And when I think about responsible
care, it really focuses around that us

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being able to work in a community that
values us that knows that we value them

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that we value not only our employees
and contractor safety but we value

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their safety and the safety in the
environment, uh, which we share with them.

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And it is something we have
to earn Uh, and it's something

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we have to work at every day.

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Victoria (2): Yeah, that's cool.

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And in fact, as you say that, it
makes me reflect my first experience

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with DuPont as a company, um, and
interacting with some DuPont staff.

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Safety is what I would say, right?

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Like this real awareness of the
necessary safety of the workplace,

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of product handling, et cetera.

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So that's, so it's, you
know, part of the DNA.

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Daryl: Yeah.

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I think that's true.

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If you go back through the
history of the company, you know.

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Uh, DuPont started off with a
pretty, uh, big explosion five or

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10 years after operation, uh, when
we were just making gunpowder.

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And from that came a focus on safety
going forward from the DuPont family.

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And it stayed with the brand
through all of these years

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and some of the original OSHA.

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Uh, kind of processes and policies came
from, uh, DuPont, uh, systems that, that

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were developed through, uh, the 1900s.

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So it's, it's just in the DNA
of the company, uh, and it's

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something that, that is unwavering.

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Victoria (2): That's really cool.

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When we think about sustainability, cause
that's the other flip side of this, right?

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Responsible care is kind of the, the
interaction, but sustainability is

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another interaction that we have.

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What are employees and customers?

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And how is DuPont
navigating those priorities?

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Daryl: Yeah, so, so first DuPont
thinks about sustainability

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in really three pillars.

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The first one is innovate and 80 percent
of our product offerings, uh, drive

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towards something that will help with
sustainability and solve global problems.

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The second is protect, which really kind
of aligns perfectly with responsible care.

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Uh, and the third is empower, which is
what we do around empowering communities,

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empowering our employees, driving from a
diversity standpoint, uh, in the things

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that we do and the things that we value.

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So that's kind of how we're
structured, you know, our employees.

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Expect us to treat people right.

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And like I said, to be part of the
communities in which we operate because

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that's where they live, uh, our employees,
especially, you know, those that have

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started in the last 5 to 10 years, they
don't want to work for a company that

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doesn't really value sustainability, uh,
especially because some have a negative

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connotation to the chemical industry.

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But that's without knowing us and
knowing what we do and who we are.

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Uh, so it's really important that when we
go to speak to students that are potential

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hires, that we can speak about our values
and we can speak about sustainability,

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the things that we're doing to reduce our
greenhouse gas footprint, the things that

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we're doing to provide safe water for
people around the world, the things that

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we're doing, uh, to drive, uh, uh, EVs.

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with some of our products.

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So the things that we do are very
well engaged with sustainability So

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we've got to be able to talk about it.

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So for our employees and our communities
It's really central to what we do and our

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portfolio really is focused on sustainable
solutions and almost across the board.

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So it's really helpful to be able to
not only talk about what we do from an

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individual standpoint, but to talk about
how what we're innovating the things

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that we're thinking about are really
aligned with the things that they value.

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Victoria (2): Do you have some
examples that you could share?

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Daryl: Sure.

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If you look at, uh, a EV today
in the things that you're doing

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to, to lightweight vehicles, Uh,
and to reduce the, the greenhouse

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footprint of, of our automobiles.

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Uh, we make materials, uh,
that are auto adhesives, which

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go into electric batteries.

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Uh, we make materials, Capton is a,
example that go into the winds and motors.

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Uh, so we've got a number of
products which go into EV.

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So we're, we're very much on
that uh, in the spectrum there.

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We do a lot of things around the
semiconductor chips that you need to be

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able to power all of these devices today.

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We focus very much on that.

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Those are some great examples where a big
company when it comes to water filtration.

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Uh, from a municipal standpoint and
putting in, uh, things that allow you to,

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uh, to have clean water around the world.

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So those are some, I think some really
great examples of our portfolio.

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Victoria (2): Yeah.

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Things that people don't necessarily think
about when they think about chemicals and

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do you want that, uh, are really affecting
everyday life and making it better?

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Daryl: Absolutely.

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Yeah.

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And you know, the other example
I would give you is around, uh,

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we have a portfolio that are
around really kind of our shelter.

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So insulation for houses, the Tyvek
wrap that everybody knows when you drive

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by and you see it going up on houses.

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Uh, but we really can consider
that part of it as well.

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If you think about the need for
safe living around the world.

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Victoria (2): So you talked a
little bit earlier today, um, about

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operations and how your, how DuPont
is harnessing data and AI to, um,

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drive sustainability and operations.

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Can you talk about that a little bit more?

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Daryl: Yeah.

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I mean, boy, I think you're going
to get left behind if that's not

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what you're focused on today.

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Right?

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Right.

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So, so we really feel like
the use and harness of data.

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is really key for us to
continue to operate safe and

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to get safer as we go forward.

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Uh, and how do we take data that before
would have been too hard to collect

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and use it in a way which lets us not
just Uh, to, uh, solve issues after

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they happen, but to be predictive.

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So we're, we're doing, I think, a
really good job at our intelligent

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predictive maintenance system
to take data on, you know, pumps

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that may not be operating right.

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They're overheating, they're cavitating,
uh, and to have signals that we now send

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up into the cloud and let third parties
look at not only our data, but data from

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other companies, uh, and put that data
together and be able to call us now and

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say, Hey, We're looking at thousands
of these across the world and we can

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tell you this thing's about to fail.

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And we know that when we're
operating in non standard conditions,

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that's when processes go bad.

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That's when environmental
deviances, uh, deviances happen,

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uh, that's when people get hurt.

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So anything that we can do to understand
when equipment's not running right, uh,

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and, and stop it and correct it before it
fails is a, is a big piece of operating

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safe, safety within our community.

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So it's something we think a lot
about, and now, and then the next

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step is how do we, we use AI and add
AI even further into that by taking

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those, you know, uh, everything from
a procedure and now transmitting it

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into 17 different languages using AI
very quickly and effectively, uh, to

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now taking that procedure and letting
operators have the ability to be able to

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ask questions and to be able for AI to
look at our procedures, to look at our

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past incidences, uh, To look at outside
data, like incidents that have happened

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at other companies and really give an
operator some view of what might be

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wrong and use that to try to correct.

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That's just, that's so powerful and
something we couldn't have done five

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or 10 years ago, but those types
of things are on the forefront of

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the way we think about the future.

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Victoria (2): Yeah, absolutely.

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And it's amazing.

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I think about, you know,
early in my career working in

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manufacturing, we did a lot of logs.

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The operator logs were on paper.

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Right.

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Right.

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Right.

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And so it was only as good as
could you flip back any pages

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to see what else was happening.

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So, uh, the use of data is just really
accelerating those opportunities.

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Yeah.

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Daryl: And now the operators,
uh, have that data.

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They can go back and take a look.

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They can look at the best.

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The best run we ever had and what
the temperatures and pressure

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should be and compare it.

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And if something doesn't look right,
the system is telling them immediately.

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It's also sending a alert to a engineer
at home and saying, Hey, I think you

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should call and check in because I
see something in the process data

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that doesn't look normal and your
operators might need your support.

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So being able to connect data to people is
really important and those are the things

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I think will really be helpful going.

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Victoria (2): That's really great.

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And when you think about that, how does
this affect your future workforce in

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terms of skills and what you're looking
for, for the future employees of DuPont?

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Daryl: Sure.

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I think, I mean, there's two parts of
that one, you know, I don't want people

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to be scared about the use of data
because we're going to need employees,

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uh, and we're going to need a lot of them.

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And we're gonna need them to be trained
well, and we're gonna put time into

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making sure we train people right.

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AI will help us train
and help us get better.

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It will be a good assist to
our operators of the future.

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But but we're gonna need them.

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So, first of all, like, I'll start there.

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You know, if you think about the
skills that you need, it really kind of

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goes to the conversation we just had.

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You've got to be able to work with data.

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You can't be scared of data.

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Uh, so we're going to help teach you those
things, but coming in with the comfort

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with using computers, looking at data,
and being comfortable that we're going to,

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we're going to train you uh, to understand
the trends and what they mean, but you

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should feel empowered to take action.

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So if you see something that we don't
feel is safe, we want people that can

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stand up and say, I'm not doing this,
there's something here that's not

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right, and we're going to take a step
back until we figure out what it is.

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So, we're looking for people that are,
that are strong in their conviction

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that know what our core values are, uh,
that are going to lead by those, uh,

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but can use data and are comfortable
really leading because we expect

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all of our employees to be leaders.

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It doesn't matter who works
for you to be a leader.

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Leaders are people who
make decisions, right?

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Absolutely.

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So we expect everyone to
have those types of traits.

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Those are the people
we're really looking for.

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Victoria (2): That's great.

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So, so Daryl, you've obviously had
a great career in the industry.

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. You've.

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Reach some very senior levels
and then areas of opportunities

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of influence and leadership.

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What do you, you know, what's
the leadership lessons that

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you've learned along the way?

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And then that's part one.

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And then part two is what advice
would you give to somebody who

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wants to replicate your career?

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Daryl: Yeah, well, that's
an interesting question.

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You know, there's, there's been
so many learnings because there's

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been so many failures, right?

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Uh, and that's how you learn.

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So I would tell people to take chances.

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Uh, you know, it's important that when
people give you opportunities to stretch

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yourself and work in an area that you
haven't worked in in the past, that you

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take the time to do so, because I think
that's where the learning happens when

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you're working, you know, in a field or
an area that's not comfortable for you.

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So I'm a chemical engineer that also
took opportunities to work in E.

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H.

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S.

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And got some experience of that
and took the time to work in supply

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chain and learn what it means.

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You know where the product
goes when you're shipping it.

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And that's helped me as I've grown
because it's allowed me to have a very

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diverse view of what operations mean.

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So So for me, that's important.

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That's those have been
some of the lessons for me.

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So that goes along with what
I would tell people is find a

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way to continue your education.

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It doesn't have to be formal,
there's all types of ways.

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It can be taking a class online,
it can be signing up for a training

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program that the company offers.

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It can be getting on and finding
something on YouTube about something  that

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you just wanted to learn more about.

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And it can be anything from
how you lead people to how a

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centrifugal  pump works right?

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And I've always been interested in
those things and learning and having

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that kind of lifelong learning
mindset, I think is really important.

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I think when you have that mindset,
people notice and they tend to give

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you opportunities to do more because
they know that you're, uh, you're

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really thinking about, about what's
next and how you develop yourself and

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how you develop others around you.

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So, um, Those would be some
of the things I think about.

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Victoria (2): Awesome.

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Thank you.

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Well, Darrell, thank you
for joining us today.

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This has been a really great conversation.

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Daryl: Well, great.

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Thank you.

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Appreciate the time.

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Victoria (2): Absolutely.

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