Climate Change / GHG Management
3M has an aggressive greenhouse gas (GHG) management strategy
which includes developing a 3rd-party certified GHG inventory, continuously
improving GHG accounting systems, reducing our GHG footprint, setting voluntary
GHG emissions reduction goals, and developing a range of products that help our
customers reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. For more information, please
see Climate Change and Energy. |
3M Environmental Product Solutions
3M’s commitment to sustainability and environmental
protection goes beyond reducing our own impact to the environment. 3M provides
product solutions that help our customers minimize their environmental impacts.
For more than a century, 3M's success has come from developing innovative
technologies for products that make people's lives easier and better. Our
inspiration comes from listening to customers and creating new products and
solutions for the challenges and opportunities they face. Please see
www.mmm.com/EnvSolutions.
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Ethics & Employment
Sustaining our future includes acting in a socially
responsible way toward potential, current and former employees. As an ethical
and law-abiding company, 3M complies with government regulations around the
world concerning human rights, employees and employment laws and expects
ethical behavior from employees in accordance with our global Business Conduct
Manual. Our conduct goes beyond obligation to include policies that help
support a challenging, productive and enjoyable work culture. For more
information on 3M's Ethics and Employment.
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Engaging Stakeholders
3M activities touch a broad and diverse group of
individuals and organizations. As we continue to move toward sustainability, we
endeavor to ensure these individuals -- our stakeholders -- are always
considered. For more information, please see
Stakeholder Interaction and Engaging Stakeholders.
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Perfluoroocantyl Chemistry and 3M
3M, at one time, was a leading manufacturer of PFOA, PFOS
and PFOS-related products. Even though the company has phased out of the
production of PFOA, PFOS and PFOS-related products, 3M remains committed to
furthering scientific research, to sharing that research and to continuing to
offer the company's expertise to government agencies around the world. 3M has
created a web site to answer your questions and provide links and references to
information resources independent of 3M. It can be accessed at
www.3M.com/PFOS-PFOA.
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Sustainability Report Development & Verification
3M's sustainability report, this integrated
sustainability web site, is developed using the Global Reporting Initiative
(GRI) Guidelines. 3M is currently pursuing external verification of the its
2009 sustainability report which address 2008 accomplishments. For more information,
please see 3M's Sustainability Report
Procedures and Verification and the GRI Content Index. |
