Partnerships

Partnerships are an important part of 3M’s sustainability strategy. 3M partners with a variety of organizations to help provide us with a diverse set of viewpoints on sustainability, a better understanding of the positions of our stakeholders, and a mechanism to learn from the successes and failures of our peers.

While 3M partners with thousands of organizations, some examples are listed below:

National, International and Local Governments

• Federal Office of Health (Switzerland)
• Federal Office of Social Insurance (Switzerland)
• United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (US EPA) Clean Air Act Advisory Committee (charter member)
• U.S. EPA Climate Leaders Program
• U.S. EPA’s Green Power Partnership
• U.S. EPA’s Performance Track Program
• U.S. EPA & United States Department of Energy (DOE)’s Energy Star Program

Community, Academic, and Nongovernmental Organizations

• Air & Waste Management Association
• Alliance to Save Energy
• Friends of the Mississippi River
• Harvard Medical School, Center for Health and the Global Environment
• Junior Achievement - US and Junior Achievement - Switzerland (Site in German)
• Minneapolis Institute of Arts
• Minnesota Environmental Initiative
• National League Against the Cancer (Site in French)
• National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF)
• The Nature Conservancy
• Points of Light Foundation
• The Science Museum of Minnesota
• Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
• St. Paul Public Schools
• The United Way
• WWF Italia

Business Associations

• Orée (Site in French)
• The Global Environmental Management Initiative
• The World Business Council for Sustainable Development
• U.S. Chamber of Commerce
• Zürich Chamber of Commerce
• Fuel Cell Council
• Federchimica