3M and Clean Air Asia Act on Climate Change with New Air Pollution Initiative
23 Septembre 2019 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Multiyear partnership aims to improve air
quality in two at-risk cities
Coinciding with its participation in Climate Week and the United
Nations Climate Action Summit, 3M is acting on climate change
through a new partnership with Clean Air Asia. 3M will collaborate
with the international non-governmental organization on
science-based air quality solutions for New Delhi, India, and Metro
Manila, Philippines. This partnership aims to create healthier,
more livable cities in Asia, and will ultimately advance the Clean
Air Initiative announced by UN Secretary-General António Guterres
in July 2019.
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3M-Clean Air Asia partnership aims to
improve air quality for growing population of Metro Manila. Photo
courtesy of Clean Air Asia.
To move toward this goal, 3M will spend the next five years
assisting Clean Air Asia in its efforts to assess baseline air
quality conditions, design capacity-building programs for air
quality management, implement awareness and education campaigns,
develop Clean Air Action Plans with selected city and district
governments, and measure the resulting impact on air pollution
levels.
“Air pollution is a significant known health risk across the
globe,” said Gayle Schueller, 3M Vice President and Chief
Sustainability Officer. “We are eager to partner with the Clean Air
Asia team and share our expertise, so that we may continue
addressing the negative impacts of climate change with
science-based solutions.”
According to the World Health Organization, air pollution causes
7 million premature deaths each year. The health impact of poor air
quality is particularly notable in the WHO South-East Asia Region,
where people in 99% of cities are exposed to pollution levels that
exceed WHO guidelines.
In Metro Manila, PM2.5 levels in four of five cities with
monitoring data in 2017 exceeded the National Ambient Air Quality
Guideline Value and WHO Air Quality Guideline. India is also
struggling with poor air quality nationwide. According to the WHO
in 2016, 14 of the 20 most-polluted cities in the world were in
India, and 900,000 premature deaths were attributed to poor air
quality. New Delhi’s sources of air pollution include industrial
facilities, vehicles, road dust and domestic cooking.
“Solutions are at hand to address this severe health threat in
Asia, although there are challenges due in part to a lack of
institutional resources, technology solutions and financial
support,” said Bjarne Pedersen, Clean Air Asia Executive Director.
“This new collaboration with 3M will support our work to bridge
these gaps and implement science-based policies and programs to
improve lives in New Delhi and Metro Manila.”
3M continues to increase its long-standing commitment to
sustainability strategy and action, both through its own
initiatives as well as its broad approach to partnerships around
the world. It has announced bold new goals for renewable energy
use, advancing the circular economy, and embedding sustainability
in all new products, and is on a path to do much more. Together
with its employees, customers, partners, governments and
communities, 3M is committed to a science-based, collaborative
approach to solving shared global challenges and improving
lives.
Learn more about 3M’s commitment to sustainability at
www.3m.com/sustainability. For more information about Clean Air
Asia’s work, visit www.cleanairasia.org. In addition to this
partnership, 3M has made a grant to GlobalGiving Foundation, Inc.
and has recommended Clean Air Asia as the recipient.
About 3M At 3M, we apply science in collaborative ways to
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About Clean Air Asia Clean Air Asia is leading the
regional mission for better air quality, and healthier, more
livable cities throughout Asia. We work with partners to reduce air
pollution and greenhouse gas emissions across Asia by building
capacity, advocating for effective and appropriate policies and
practice, and informing stakeholders of air pollution and climate
change impacts. We’re using our expertise and networks to build the
capacity of those who are at the very forefront of the fight
against air pollution, and are advocating for the implementation of
evidence and science-based best policies and practices, and using
data and knowledge to inform stakeholders and the public about air
pollution, its sources and impacts, and co-benefits for climate
change mitigation.
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3M media contact: Jennifer Ehrlich, jehrlich2@mmm.com,
651-592-0132
Clean Air Asia media contact: Robyn Garner,
robyn.garner@cleanairasia.org
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