Environmental Giving

 Beyond Clean Air and Water
Our commitment to sustainability extends beyond our doors to support environmental initiatives by others in 3M communities. Our vision of sustainability is meeting the needs of customers, employees and communities today, while respecting the ability of future generations to meet their needs. To learn more about this commitment, visit 3M’s Environmental, Social and Economic Sustainability.

We support programs that make meaningful contributions to the sustainability of the Earth’s ecosystems. At the same time, 3M employees and retirees volunteer to restore natural sites, preserve habitats and clean up open water areas in their communities.

Environmental Giving Emphasis

• Protect Earth’s ecosystems
• Science-based environmental and conservation education

Highlights

The Nature Conservancy

 To date, 3M has donated more than $21 million to support environmental organizations and projects, including species preservation, water conservation, forest protection and restoration, and creation of protected areas.  Our most recent grant to The Nature Conservancy supports two of the largest conservation acquisitions in North American history that knit together a 60-million-acre network of protected public lands from Montana to British Columbia called the Crown of the Continent.  Sustaining the Crown of the Continent and connecting this vast network of wild lands in the Northern Rockies presents one of the best opportunities on the globe for ecosystem protection and resiliency.

Visit nature.org for more information.