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14 innovate, grow, deliver
We are a company of dedicated employees who also
strive to be good citizens. 3M Community Giving is
about the collective effort of 3M, the 3M Foundation,
and 3M employees and retirees in giving cash, products
and time to meet ongoing and emergency community
needs. Most recently, 3Mers around the world stepped
forward in an unprecedented way to help with relief
efforts in the Southern Asian and African countries
devastated by the undersea earthquake and ensuing
tsunami. 3M’s global gift totaled nearly $4.7 million.
This includes $757,000 from 3M employees and retirees
globally, $200,000 donated by 3M’s international
companies, $500,000 in matching funds from the 3M
Foundation to selected relief agencies, and $3.2 million
in products from 3M locations around the world.
In 2004, 3M and the 3M Foundation contributed more
than $48 million in support of education, social services
and the environment in communities where 3M employees
live and work.
2004 was the third consecutive record-breaking year of
giving to the United Way. Together, the 3M Foundation,
employees and retirees pledged $7.9 million to United Way
agencies in 3M communities across the United States.
More than 1,600 employee and retiree volunteers earned
cash for organizations where they volunteered during
2004. The Volunteer Match by the 3M Foundation sent
a total of $325,000 to 833 schools and nonprofit organ-
izations in 45 states and the District of Columbia.
3M Ingenuity Grants of up to $3,500 each recognized
innovative math, science and economics teachers in
grades three through eight at 58 schools in Minnesota
and six other U.S. states. These outstanding teachers
reach more than 18,000 students in 1,000 classrooms.
We also celebrated the opening of the Smithsonian’s new
National Museum of the American Indian in Washington,
D.C. Members of 3M’s Native American Council and
other employees took part in this historic event. 3M and
the 3M Foundation have donated more than $1 million
in cash and 3M products for the construction of this
unique museum.
In 2004, 3M’s Office Supplies Division contributed to
breast cancer awareness and research by constructing
the world’s Largest Pink Ribbon, a 70-foot-high ribbon
constructed entirely of 75,000 pink Post-it®Super
Sticky Notes, in New York City’s Times Square. This
eye-catching ribbon attracted attention worldwide. In
connection with this effort, 3M contributed $300,000
to the City of Hope – a world-renowned cancer research
facility – in 2004, and we will continue to support this
cause further in 2005.
Our progress toward sustainability During the past
year, 3M again made good progress in reducing its
environmental footprint. Between 1990 and 2000, we
reduced volatile organic air emissions, indexed to net
sales, by 93 percent worldwide. Since 2000, the company
has reduced these emissions by an additional 58 percent.
We reduced solid waste disposal, indexed to net sales,
by 47 percent over the period 1990 to 2000, and we’ve
achieved an additional 29 percent improvement over
the past four years.
We recently joined the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency’s Climate Leaders program, and we have
committed to reducing U.S. greenhouse gas emissions
by 30 percent over the period 2002 to 2007.
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