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3M is committed to the education and training of our teams. The global EHS Team supports the professional development of EHS site staff by holding topic-specific meetings and global conferences as well as by providing scholarships for professional certification training courses. 3M covers fees for professional certification exams, recertification dues, external conferences, and other professional development opportunities.
In 2020, 100% of 3M manufacturing sites worldwide had active employee safety and health committees.
3M regional and global recordable incident rate.
Per 100 3M employees (200,000 work hours) 1.2 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 2.0 1.6 1.8 1.4 0.0.
Global.
Asia Pacific.
Europe, Middle East, Africa.
Latin America.
United States, Canada 2018 2017 2019 2020 2016.
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Commitment to PFAS stewardship.
PFAS refers to a broad category of compounds that encompasses thousands of materials with distinct and widely varying properties and profiles. Their strong and stable carbon-fluorine bond offers unique performance properties such as resistance to oil, water, chemical, and fire resistance.
Processes to commercially produce PFAS were first developed in the 1940s. In the 1950s, 3M was able to use these processes to begin manufacturing various PFAS, including PFOA and PFOS—two types of PFAS—for product applications. The strength of the carbon-fluorine bond that is emblematic to these materials also means that these compounds do not easily degrade. The weight of scientific evidence from decades of research does not show that PFOS or PFOA causes harm in people at current or past levels. However, in 2000, we voluntarily decided to phase out of PFOS and PFOA production globally in response to evolving knowledge regarding the detection of these materials in the population and in unexpected places in the environment.
Because of their unique properties, PFAS are invaluable for many innovative products of industrial and social significance, including health care, advanced electronics, and replacement of materials with high global warming potential. Important applications, such as semiconductor manufacturing, high-performance electronic devices 3M global recordable incident rate category.
Per 100 3M employees (200,000 work hours) 3M regional and global lost time incident rate.
Per 100 3M employees (200,000 work hours) like cell phones, life-saving medical devices, and low-emission vehicles all rely on modern PFAS, and 3M’s internal processes help ensure our products are safe for their intended uses. To help ensure companies and communities that rely on these products can continue to access them, 3M supports appropriate PFAS regulations that are established with transparent processes and objective science. We regularly engage with government officials, scientists, and communities at all levels globally to help share our perspective on these important topics.
Our thoughtful, scientific approach and innovation has driven success for our people and businesses for more than 100 years, and we will continue to apply this same approach to our stewardship decisions. 3M acted responsibly in connection with products containing PFAS and continues to contribute to scientific discourse regarding these important materials. 3M has published more than 150 studies on health science and environmental effects of PFAS and created a research clearinghouse of our own research into PFAS testing, remediation and measurement best practices. In addition to investing in remediation, installation of appropriate treatment technologies, and testing water sources, 3M is committed to applying our scientific and innovative approach to advancing technologies in this field.
We continue to invest our resources and our expertise to advance sound science in this important space. To learn more, see 3M’s Commitment to PFAS Stewardship.
0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.0 2018 2017 2019 2020 2016.
Global.
Asia Pacific.
Europe, Middle East, Africa.
Latin America.
United States, Canada 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.0 2018 2017 2019 2020 2016 0.5 0.4.
Exposure, biological agent.
Ergonomics.
Contact with object, equipment.
Transportation accident.
Slip, trip, fall.
Physical agent exposure.
Noise exposure.
Miscellaneous.
Exposure, chemical.
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Looking forward.
We will continue to drive EHS management programs across all our global manufacturing, supply chain, and R&D operations. In the coming year, we will enhance our existing EHS self-assessment process with targeted self-audits by performing robust, comprehensive evaluations of key aspects of the programs to prevent Significant Injuries and Events (SIEs). We will expand the number of global EHS audits and work to bring multidisciplinary teams to help sites achieve risk reduction and EHS goals. Furthermore, we will continue to lead in sustainability through pursuit of our environmental goals, which include achieving carbon neutrality by 2050, reducing water use by 25% at our facilities, and enhancing the quality of water returned to the environment after use in 3M manufacturing operations.
We will continue to implement a new global site EHS management of change system and a new Environmental Hazard Assessment (EHA) process tool; implement standard work for event investigations; and improve our internal real-time data systems to track EHS compliance, risk reduction, and cultural excellence.
3M will continue to follow a centrally coordinated investment approach to mitigate risk and facilitate the implementation of sustainable technologies to align with our Strategic Sustainability Framework.
Our work to help reduce the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic will continue into 2021. See how 3M is Helping the world respond to COVID-19.
We will continue to improve our internal real-time data systems.
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Our commitment.
Our current global economy’s linear business model of “take, make, and waste” is depleting natural resources faster than they can be replenished and is straining our ecosystems. Imagine repurposing a piece of plastic at the end of its use and giving it another life as something else. Its use would become circular, and the end of use wouldn’t mean the end of life.
A circular economy does more with less, keeps products and materials in use, designs out waste and pollution, and regenerates natural systems.
Circular materials.
Advancing a global circular economy by designing solutions that do more with less material.
At the core is an opportunity to develop technologies and business models that are restorative and regenerative by design. We see the circular economy as an opportunity to inspire leadership, innovation, and disruptive change, all driving impact for a sustainable future.
At 3M, Science for Circular is one of three pillars of our Strategic Sustainability Framework and focuses on designing solutions that do more with less material, advancing a global circular economy. We believe it is our responsibility to carefully assess renewable and recycled materials, water, packaging, and waste as we focus on Science for Circular. It is also our responsibility to be strategic, planful, and to mitigate risks related to these materials along the way.
We believe that risk management is an essential component of strategic planning — with broad risk oversight by the 3M Board of Directors and its committees and with committee-level risk analyses reported to the full Board and executive-level internal auditor and chief ethics & compliance officer appointed by, and reporting directly to the Audit Committee.
The highest level of sustainability risk governance is the responsibility of our Science, Technology & Sustainability Committee of the Board of Directors. The committee oversees the twin demands of developing products to meet the ever-changing needs of our customers while assuring that those products cause no harm to people or to our planet. The committee’s roles and responsibilities include reviewing the company’s sustainability policies and programs; and identifying and analyzing significant sustainability, materials vulnerability, and geopolitical issues that may impact our overall business strategy, global business continuity, and financial results. For more information on risk, see the Enterprise risk section. Imagine repurposing a piece of plastic at the end of its use and giving it another life as something else.
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Reusable, renewable, and recycled materials 3M continually looks for ways to recover, reuse, and recycle byproducts and other surplus material, and we include renewable and recycled materials in our products when we can. Increasing usage of renewable and recycled raw materials through product design and operational considerations helps us support the circular economy.
Water stewardship.
Water is an important raw material supporting our manufacturing processes. We respect our ecological and ethical responsibilities and have a vested interest in preserving and improving the quality and availability of water in the communities we serve and beyond. 3M’s Water Stewardship Standard outlines our commitment to water resources that secure social equity, economic growth, and environmental protection. Water resources include water intake, effluent water discharge, and rainwater.
The threat of water scarcity is real and is already occurring in some areas of the world. We are continually evaluating risks and opportunities related to water scarcity. To define our high-risk sites, 3M uses the World Resource Institute’s (WRI) Aqueduct™ tool to screen the company’s various sites and their water use with validated WRI water availability information, both on a country and watershed basis.
In 2020, 16 sites with annual water use equal to or greater than 1,000 cubic meters were in water-stressed areas as defined by the extremely high baseline water stress value, according to the WRI Aqueduct tool.
Each 3M site located in a water-stressed area is required to understand its water use and associated business risks and impacts and must work with local water resources to understand potential impacts on the surrounding area. Those sites are also asked to do water conservation planning, outlining current and future water conservation efforts. Annual stress-level screening evaluations are conducted for global operations using available updates from the water tool, an analysis of site operations, and a review of water usage and local conditions.
United States (three)
Mexico (four)
India (four)
France (one)
Spain (one)
Turkey (two)
Thailand (one) 3M locations in-scope for the 2025 Sustainability water-stressed/scarce communities goal.
Science for Circular goal.
In 2015, 3M set a goal to reduce global water usage by 10%, indexed to sales, by 2025. In 2021, we expanded this goal. 3M’s new commitment is to reduce global water usage by the following amounts: 10% by 2022, 20% by 2025, and 25% by 2030, indexed to sales.
We expect to reduce our overall water usage by 2.5 billion gallons (about 9.5 billion liters) per year.
behind goal of 10% improvement 2025 goal 2015.
Science for Circular goal.
Engage 100% of water-stressed/ scarce communities where 3M manufactures, on community-wide approaches to water management by 2025 3M will partner with local communities to advance water recycling and conservation. Ultimately, we aim to help these communities build and manage their own clean water efforts into the future.
2025 goal 2015 maintaining goal.
Science for Circular goal.
In 2021, 3M announced a new goal to enhance the quality of water returned to the environment after use in 3M manufacturing operations.
Our initial focus is on stateof-the-art water purification technology at the largest U.S. water use locations; operational by 2024.
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Packaging 3M’s product diversity, markets, and global multi-channel distribution systems create a complex landscape that does not lend itself to a “one solution fits all” approach for product packaging. Our packaging sustainability roadmap takes into consideration the requirements and needs that are quickly evolving around the world and our responsibility to meet those needs.
Our roadmap’s top priorities include: • Product protection: Design every package to optimally protect the product from point of manufacture to point of use.
• Efficient packaging: Minimize the amount of material used. Optimize cube utilization at all pack levels. Eliminate all unnecessary packaging.
• Circular packaging: Design packaging to be reusable, recyclable, and/or made with renewable resources. Maximize recycled content of packaging materials.
Waste management.
We reduce, recover, reuse, and recycle byproducts and other surplus materials in our operations whenever feasible. When not feasible, we responsibly dispose of waste materials.
The 3M Waste Management Standard applies to all 3M sites and provides a framework for managing all waste types from the time of generation until reused, recycled, treated, or disposed. The standard sets a baseline for several core waste program elements and encourages waste minimization and recycling whenever possible.
Per the standard, each 3M site has a waste management coordinator who is responsible for assuring conformance to the standard, including organizing appropriate waste training for all personnel. Compliance with all 3M and other regulated waste requirements is evaluated through the internal environmental auditing program.
Our Disposal of Chemical Waste Standard calls for appropriate management and disposal of chemical waste to manage risks and protect the environment. This includes efforts to reduce the amount and hazards of waste materials generated, to recycle or reuse those materials whenever practical, and to control waste disposal through final disposition.
Science for Circular goal.
Achieve zero landfill status at more than 30% of manufacturing sites by 2025 exceeding goal of 30% 2025 goal 2015.
In addition to our waste reduction goal, we plan to increase the repurposing, reusing, and recycling of potential waste materials to divert them from landfill disposal. The intention of our zero landfill goal is to drive our sites to increase product and process optimization, on-site and offsite recycling, and composting.
Science for Circular goal.
In 2021, 3M announced a new goal to reduce dependence on virgin fossil-based plastic by 125 million pounds by 2025.
We will innovate new solutions for products and packaging in our Consumer Business Group. These solutions will use recycled content and bio-based plastics, and ultimately work to decrease our overall plastic use.