3M Launches a New Sustainability Goal With Global Skills-Based Volunteer Program
03 Décembre 2019 - 7:32PM
Business Wire
Increased investment makes 3M Impact the fastest-growing
skills-based global pro bono program
To increase employee empowerment and enrich communities across
the globe, 3M is expanding its 2025 Sustainability Goals with a new
commitment: Provide 300,000 work hours of skills-based volunteerism
by 3M employees to improve lives and help solve society’s toughest
challenges.
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3M Impact volunteers advised MimosaTEK, a
Vietnamese agricultural technology company, on step-by-step scale
up of their supply chain management and production; as well as
standardizing their process to ensure safety, quality and cost
effectiveness are met. (Photo credit: MimosaTEK)
“NGOs, universities and social enterprises around the world face
resource constraints to address the environmental and social
challenges in their communities,” said Gayle Schueller, 3M Vice
President and Chief Sustainability Officer. “With this new goal,
we’re empowering our employees to give back beyond 3M products and
technologies, as well as traditional volunteerism, by leveraging
their professional skills to help organizations reach their
goals.”
To reach 300,000 hours, the company is expanding 3M Impact, a
skills-based service program that allows employees to lend their
business skills, experience and energy to make a difference in
global communities, while also developing leadership,
problem-solving and interpersonal communication skills. In 2020,
200 3M employees will travel to 15 cities around the world to work
side-by-side with nonprofits, organizations, and local
municipalities. To help facilitate these diverse projects, 3M
partners with the industry-leading advisory firm, PYXERA
Global.
“This new commitment will make 3M Impact the fastest-growing
skills-based global pro bono program,” said Gavin Cepelak, Senior
Vice President, Global Pro Bono at PYXERA Global. “People want to
work for companies that are purpose-driven, and I’m delighted to
see 3M’s increased investment in their employees and communities
with this announcement.”
Along with international volunteer projects, 3M Impact will
provide opportunities for employees in their own communities as
well as in the region surrounding 3M’s global headquarters in Saint
Paul, Minnesota. In addition to assisting groups and organizations
in need, each one of these projects is designed to support 3M’s
Strategic Sustainability Framework, advancing its commitments to
Science for Circular, Science for Climate, and/or Science for
Community.
3M’s 2025 Sustainability Goals were established in 2015 and have
become increasingly ambitious over time. The new skills-based
volunteerism pledge brings the number of 2025 Sustainability Goals
to 15 and builds upon additional sustainability commitments by 3M,
including its legacy Pollution Prevention Pays program, membership
in the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s CE100 for circular economy, The
Climate Group’s RE100 for renewable energy, and 3M’s own
Sustainability Value Commitment, requiring every new 3M product to
demonstrate how it drives impact for the greater good.
To learn more about 3M’s 2025 Sustainability Goals and
commitments, visit 3M.com/Sustainability. To learn more about 3M
Impact, visit 3M.com/3MImpact.
About 3M At 3M, we apply science in collaborative ways to
improve lives daily. With $33 billion in sales, our 93,000
employees connect with customers all around the world. Learn more
about 3M’s creative solutions to the world’s problems at www.3M.com
or on Twitter @3M or @3MNews.
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