DuPont de Nemours was formed by the merger of Dow Chemical and DuPont in 2017, and then subsequent spinoffs of Dow and Corteva. Within 18 months of the merger the company was split into three publicly traded companies with focuses on the following: agriculture with Corteva, materials science with Dow and specialty products with DuPont. The company believes that by collaborating with customers, governments, NGOs and thought leaders, it can help find solutions to global challenges like enough healthy food for people, decreasing dependence on fossil fuels, and protecting life and the environment.