Each year since 2011, 3M has produced a report that captures the state of Sustainability in all facets of the company’s business, in all corners of the world. Aimed at 3M employees, job seekers, suppliers, customers, and Sustainability media, it provides an externally verified picture of where the company stands in its mission to improve every life.
Sustaining our business, and our planet, means protecting natural resources and empowering individuals and communities throughout the world to encourage progress. Above all, it means uniting under a common goal: improve every life. This is the continued story of our purpose: #improvinglives.
A look at the strengths and priorities that make 3M unique in the marketplace.
See how we combine the 3M Vision, Values, stakeholder engagement, and our Sustainability Framework, to advance sustainability across our organization.
See how our Sustainability Framework is addressing global challenges and how we measure success.
Learn how we’re investing money, products, and time to support communities, STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education, and environmental programs.
Learn how 3M is creating a respectful culture that supports and celebrates diverse, inclusive workforce.
In 2020, 3M again received accolades for its efforts in the area of sustainability. Here’s a partial gallery of them.
A look into how sustainability is embedded into the core of 3M.
A clear explanation of how corporate governance practices serve the long-term interests of 3M and sustainability.
How 3M helps assure adequate recognition and ownership of the most significant potential risks to shareholder value.
Defining the uncompromising values that bind us together as 3M employees, across business groups and geographies.
We set guidelines and identify high-risk areas in our ongoing effort to assure respect for human rights everywhere.
A work plan that provides competitive market pay and comprehensive benefits at all levels.
From parental leave to managerial development, we are dedicated investors in our most valuable resource: people.
An overview of 3M’s approach to responsible stewardship and the steps we’re taking today to advance the safety of 3M employees, visitors, locations, and surrounding communities.
How we design solutions that do more with less material, advancing a global circular economy.
How we’re applying science-based innovation to address the challenges and opportunities presented by climate change.
See how our supply chain policies and practices are an extension of our commitment to sustainability.
A look at how we utilize our fundamental strengths to create unique solutions for our customers and society, all in support of the greater good.
How 3M builds sustainability into all new products while innovating and growing with our customers.
How we use 3M culture, technology, manufacturing, and global capabilities to create sustainability solutions.
See how we’ve applied sustainability to our diverse product portfolio.
A behind-the-scenes description of the global standards and auditing procedures used to generate this report.
An explanation of how we collect, adjust (when appropriate) and verify the data in the 3M 2021 Sustainability Report.
A table referencing the Global Reporting Initiative and United Nations Global Compact Communication on Progress.
A table referencing the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board.
A statement from APEX LLC regarding its scope of work, methodology, and findings in the 2021 3M Sustainability Report.
The data that helps define our progress in improving sustainability, in all its forms, all around the world.