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The 3M Young Scientist Challenge is the premier middle school science competition in the U.S. for students in grades 5 through 8. This one-of-a-kind competition seeks to spark curiosity in students and empower them to solve real-world problems that help improve lives. The winner receives a $25,000 scholarship and the title of “America’s Top Young Scientist” for the year. In lieu of the poster session typically held on campus, this year, 3M hosted five virtual sessions to introduce 3M employees to our 2020 3M Young Scientist Challenge finalists and their 3M mentors. The 2020 winner found a molecule that can selectively bind to the spike protein of the SARS-CoV-2 virus to help find a cure for COVID-19.
Inspiring employees to make an impact.
By investing in programs that promote a circular economy, fight against climate change, and create a more positive world through science, 3M inspires employees to make an impact on the world.
Skills-based volunteering 3M offers a portfolio of skills-based volunteering programs for employees called 3M Impact, including 3M Impact Global, which sends employees to communities around the world to work on-site with local nonprofit organizations for two weeks. In 2020, 3M Impact Global planned to expand to 250 participants and 15 deployments. The Mexico and India deployments were completed in February, but due to COVID-19, the remaining deployments were put on hold.
3M Impact Local, where employees partner with a nonprofit organization located in their own community, transitioned to a virtual format in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, Mexico, and Brazil, and expanded to additional locations in India, Costa Rica, and the Philippines.
3M’s hackathon model, called 3M Impact in a Day, was also held virtually, supporting 16 nonprofit organizations by providing functional expertise in human resources, marketing, IT, finance, and process improvement. Most notably, in response to both COVID-19 and 3M’s commitment to social justice, we launched 3M Impact Health Care, the newest addition to the 3M Impact portfolio, to use our health care expertise to help address health care inequities.
The goal of 3M Impact Health Care is to build the capacity of nonprofit and community health organizations whose mission is to provide health care services to historically disadvantaged populations. The first deployment included 32 of our employees who partnered with eight organizations, including locations in the U.S., Brazil, and Kenya.
Post-graduate learning opportunity.
While some 3M internships were able to move to a virtual format this summer, others required hands-on experience, such as the 3M Optimized Operations Experience. This manufacturing and supply chain development program provides recent engineering, supply chain, data analytics, and environmental, health, and safety graduates the opportunity to jump-start their careers. These manufacturing-focused interns were assigned to 3M sites that prioritized building and distributing products to help frontline workers during the pandemic.
In 2020, 3M provided 14.6K work hours of skills-based volunteerism through 3M Impact.
Feature stories Who we are How we work What we create About report 65 3M 2021 Sustainability Report | #improvinglives
A world of volunteers.
Our seventh annual 3M Global Volunteer Day, observed in September, was held virtually and focused on four key United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): SDG 2, Zero Hunger; SDG 4, Quality Education; SDG 10, Reduced Inequalities; and SDG 15, Life on Land. Fifteen of our sites around the world participated by choosing one of these four SDGs, identifying a related NGO or virtual volunteer project, recruiting a 3M team to participate in the project, and then sharing the team’s project on a virtual volunteer site.
Standing out among standouts.
For the past 34 years, the 3M Volunteer Award has celebrated extraordinary 3M volunteers who generously share their time and talents to improve lives in the areas of education, community, or the environment. 20 awardees were honored globally in 2020, representing the U.S., U.K., Germany, Australia, Italy, and Mexico.
Big hearts, matched.
As part of the 3M Foundation Volunteer Match program, 3M Foundation donates money to eligible nonprofit organizations when a 3M employee or retiree volunteers 25 hours or more per calendar year in the United States. Since 2000, 3M Foundation has donated $10.2 million in 3M Volunteer Match dollars, and in 2020, Volunteer Match grants supported 1,339 unique schools and/or nonprofit organizations throughout the United States.
Giving that starts at home 3M Foundation seeks to amplify the philanthropic impact of U.S.-based employees through the Community Giving Program. 3M Foundation’s program matches up to $1,000 per employee gift plus an added level of matching gifts to higher education institutions. In 2020, employees contributed $3.04 million in donations and pledges to the Community Giving Program. When combined with the 3M Foundation match, this totaled more than $5.80 million in donations to help solve our communities’ greatest needs. 2020 marks the first year this program has been open year-round to align with our employees’ giving priorities.
Enhancing community vibrancy 3M and 3M Foundation enhance the vibrancy of our communities by assuring access to basic needs, preparing youth for lifelong success, increasing access to diverse arts opportunities, and contributing to global humanitarian relief efforts.
Go-power for NGOs 3M worked with the National Association for the Exchange of Industrial Resources (NAEIR) to provide needed materials and supplies to a multitude of nonprofit organizations in the United States, from hospitals to schools to shelters. In addition to streamlining 3M’s excess product donations process, NAEIR is a 3M strategic partner, administering the 3M Supplies for Community Partners and the 3M Supplies for Schools product donation programs in 3M communities across the United States.
A large part of this effort involves donating excess inventory, leveraging life-improving products in meaningful ways to help people who are in need.
For information on how 3M products help build sustainable communities, visit the Our customers and Our products sections.
When combined with 3M Foundation match, employee donations totaled more than $5.80 million to help solve our communities’ greatest needs.
2020 giving by focus area.
Cash In-kind Total Volunteer hours.
Community $36,000,000 $24,600,000 $60,600,000 194,000 Education $19,900,000 $5,440,000 $25,400,000.
Environment $1,910,000 $8,160 $1,920,000.
Total $57,800,000 $30,100,000 $87,900,000 194,000 2020 global giving by region.
Cash In-kind Total Volunteer hours.
Asia Pacific $1,200,000 $1,530,000 $2,720,000 5,820.
Europe, Middle East, Africa $333,000 $197,000 $526,000 4,570.
Latin America $1,140,000 $576,000 $1,720,000 13,800.
United States, Canada $41,500,000 $25,800,000 $67,300,000 169,000.
OUS, region not defined $13,600,000 $1,970,000 $15,600,000 128.
Total $57,800,000 $30,100,000 $87,900,000 194,000.
Values presented in this table represent the most current values, in $USD, but are still subject to change. Totals may vary due to rounding. Volunteer hours include employees and retirees. In-kind giving includes a small subset of pro bono volunteerism assessed at then-current value per hour in alignment with valuation guidance defined by CECP.
Feature stories Who we are How we work What we create About report 66 3M 2021 Sustainability Report | #improvinglives
Global community investments Empowering local communities 3M sites in the U.S. have their own 3M Foundation budgets as well as the authority to determine how to help address local community needs and set priorities. See our Site spotlight stories for examples.
In addition to annual, locally allocated budgets, given COVID-19 and the growing social needs in our community, 3M Foundation did the following: • Asked 76 U.S. sites, including Puerto Rico and 3M headquarters, to nominate a local public charity or school for a hunger relief grant that they could verify was offering food assistance or meals to the public. Grants were then provided to the identified organizations.
• Provided a grant to Feeding America to further allocate funds to a food bank within each U.S. state (plus Puerto Rico) where we have 3M operations. Humanitarian aid for natural disasters (non-COVID-related)
In 2020, we provided financial and product donations to help with Australian wildfires, an ammonium nitrate explosion in Beirut, Hurricane Laura in the U.S., and Hurricane Eta in Honduras/Nicaragua. In January, prior to the global spread of COVID-19, we provided funds to Wuhan, China, to assist with the outbreak.
Product donations were distributed through MAP International and Direct Relief and included respirators, insect repellant, surgical masks, coveralls/ isolation gowns, ACE™ products, eyewear, ear protection, Nexcare™ products, FUTURO™ braces, exam gloves, and safety vests.
In total, 3M reached 35 food banks with these hunger relief funds.
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Kenya South Africa.
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