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Growing OpportunityForewords3Paul M. AchleitnerLinda Fisher8Note: unless otherwise stated,all $ references are to US$.Allianz forewordAs a leading financial services andinsurance company, Allianz is acutelyaware of how global trends such asaging populations, climate change andthe globalization of supply chains areaffecting our customers and ourcommunities. The sorts of questionswe address on a daily basis include:How can people ensure that their lovedones and assets are protected from thefull spectrum of risks, including everincreasingmanmade and natural disasters?Do people have access to affordable andreliable health care — and, if not, whatcan be done to meet their needs?And where will the processes ofglobalization take our customers, ourindustry and our company?We see it as our responsibility to empowerour customers to prepare for and respond tothese and other challenges. But we cannotdo this alone. While we bring significantexperience, knowledge and passion to bear,we also seek inspiration from partners whocan help us to think outside the box and actas catalysts for innovation.Social entrepreneurs are one potentialwellspring of insight and inspiration.Individuals from Bonn to Bangalore areseizing the chance to turn challenge intoopportunity, in the process identifying andpioneering new markets. Microfinance,as an example, is now a $9 billion marketthat is increasingly empowering citizensto realize their full potential in society.Our hope is that collaborating with creativethinkers will help our people to realize theirfull potential — and to better serve theneeds of present and future customers.We are delighted to work alongside TheSkoll Foundation and SustainAbility. Thisproject has helped us to take a first lookat what collaboration between mainstreambusiness and social entrepreneurs mightlook like. While this is new territory for us,it is exactly the sort of opportunity spacethat our business needs to explore. We lookforward to ongoing conversation on waysto develop and deploy new generations ofsustainability solutions.Paul M. AchleitnerMember of the Board of ManagementDuPont forewordThe need for truly sustainable optionsfor 21st century life remains one of themost critical challenges facing the globalcommunity. The work of the social andenvironmental entrepreneurs profiled inGrowing Opportunity is truly inspirational.As a science company, DuPont has aninterest in being part of the solutions byputting our science to work in ways thatcan design in — at the early stages ofproduct development — attributes thathelp protect or enhance human health,safety, and the environment. Throughour science, we will design products andprocesses that pass rigorous criteria for theuse of renewable resources, energy, water,and materials. We believe this is a directroute to a successful, profitable businessthat adds value to our customers, theircustomers, consumers, and the planet.DuPont has broadened its sustainabilitycommitments beyond internal footprintreduction to include market-driventargets for both revenue and researchand development investment. The goalsare tied directly to business growth,specifically to the development of saferand environmentally improved newproducts for key global markets, includingproducts based on non-depletableresources.And we are investing to ensure thatDuPont moves towards sustainable growth.By 2015, we have committed to:— Double our research and developmentinvestment in environmentally smartmarket opportunities;— Double revenues to $8 billion 8 fromnon-depletable resources;— Grow annual revenues $2 billion ormore from products that create energyefficiencyand/or reduce greenhousegas emissions for its customers; and— Introduce at least 1,000 new safetyproducts or services.Linda FisherChief Sustainability Officer