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Key Metrics
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| 2008
| 2007
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Net Sales |
Millions of U.S. Dollars |
$25,269 |
$24,462 |
$22,923 |
$21,167 |
$20,011 |
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2008 Annual Report |
Total Dividends |
Millions of U.S. Dollars |
$1,398 |
$1,380 |
$1,376 |
$1,286 |
$1,125 |
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2008 Annual Report |
Dividends per Share |
U.S. Dollars |
$2.00 |
$1.92 |
$1.84 |
$1.68 |
$1.44 |
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2008 Annual Report |
Research, Development, and Related Expenses |
Millions of U.S. Dollars |
$1,404 |
$1,368 |
$1,522 |
$1,274 |
$1,246 |
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2008 Annual Report |
3M Employees |
Number 3M employees as of December 31st |
79,183 |
76,239 |
75,333 |
69,315 |
67,071 |
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3P Projects |
Annual number of projects completed |
616 |
438 |
364 |
369 |
387 |
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Pollution Prevention Pays (3P) |
3P Savings |
Millions of U.S. Dollar savings from projects submitted in that calendar year |
$91 |
$91.3 |
$52.7 |
$48.3 |
$51.6 |
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Pollution Prevention Pays (3P) |
3P Pollution Prevented (tons) |
Short tons of pollution prevented from projects submitted in that calendar year |
61,000 |
56,600 |
35,100 |
196,800 |
27,300 |
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Pollution Prevention Pays (3P) |
U.S. GHG Emissions |
Million metric tons of CO2-equivalent emissions (includes Kyoto & non-Kyoto gases) |
5.1 |
6.7 |
8.1 |
9.6 |
11.4 |

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Climate Change & Energy |
Worldwide GHG Emissions |
Million metric tons of CO2-equivalent emissions (includes Kyoto & non-Kyoto gases) |
6.8 |
8.5 |
10.3 |
11.6 |
13.5 |

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Climate Change & Energy |
Worldwide Direct GHG Emissions |
Million metric tons of CO2-equivalent emissions (includes Kyoto & non-Kyoto gases) |
5.13 |
6.73 |
8.74 |
10.20 |
11.90 |
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Climate Change & Energy |
Worldwide Indirect GHG Emissions |
Million metric tons of CO2-equivalent emissions (includes Kyoto gases) |
1.66 |
1.71 |
1.53 |
1.45 |
1.62 |
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Climate Change & Energy |
Global Energy Use (All manufacturing facilities and any 3M location greater than 2,800 square feet) |
Million BTUs |
27,000,000 |
27,400,000 |
27,200,000 |
28,100,000 |
27,900,000 |
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Improving Energy Efficiency |
Energy Use Indexed to Net Sales (All manufacturing facilities and any 3M location greater than 2,800 square feet) |
Million BTU / million U.S. Dollars Net Sales |
1,071 |
1,119 |
1,188 |
1,327 |
1,395 |

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Improving Energy Efficiency |
Volatile Organic Air Emissions (VOCs) |
Thousand pounds |
13,600 |
12,700 |
13,500 |
15,000 |
14,000 |

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Reducing Air Emissions |
Volatile Organic Air Emissions (VOCs) Indexed to Net Sales |
Pounds / million U.S. Dollars net sales |
540 |
520 |
590 |
710 |
700 |

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Reducing Air Emissions |
U.S. Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) Releases |
Thousand pounds of TRI releases based on year reported |
3,500 |
3,700 |
3,700 |
3,800 |
4,200 |

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Reducing Air Emissions |
U.S. Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) Releases Indexed to Net Sales (releases based on year reported & net sales based on year released) |
Thousand pounds of TRI releases / million U.S. Dollars net sales |
.14 |
.15 |
.16 |
.19 |
.23 |

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Reducing Air Emissions |
Waste (excludes offsite recycling) |
Million pounds |
373 |
408 |
413 |
397 |
406 |

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Reducing Waste |
Waste Indexed to Net Sales (excludes offsite recycling) |
Million pounds / million U.S. Dollars net sales |
.015 |
.016 |
.018 |
.019 |
.020 |

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Reducing Waste |
Waste (includes offsite recycling) |
Million pounds |
634 |
671 |
680 |
648 |
unavailable |
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Reducing Waste |
Waste Indexed to Net Sales (includes offsite recycling) |
Million pounds / million U.S. Dollars net sales |
.025 |
.027 |
.030 |
.031 |
unavailable |
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Reducing Waste |
Manufacturing Water Use (Total water use at 3M's manufacturing facilities) |
Million Cubic Meters |
43 |
45 |
46 |
47 |
unavailable |
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Water Management |
3M Worldwide Recordable Incident Rate |
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1.65 |
1.78 |
1.84 |
1.72 |
1.94 |
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Safety & Health Data |
3M Worldwide Lost Time Incident Rate |
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.52 |
.54 |
.59 |
.49 |
.64 |
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Safety & Health Data |
Worldwide Fatalities |
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0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
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Safety & Health Data |
Notes:
1 pound = .454 kilograms
1 short ton or ton = 0.907 metric tons or tonnes
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