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Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions 3 different? What makes Scope while growing our business. Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 68.1% basis, and 3M has reduced its overall and Scope 2 emissions on an annual calculated the company’s Scope 1 Health and Safety) Laboratory has. |
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consumer who buys and plugs in a for example, the energy used by a related to the company’s activity — controlled by the company but are from sources that are not owned or emissions, not included in Scope 2, |
Scope 3 — All other indirect electricity, heating, and cooling. Examples include purchased purchased by the company. from the generation of energy. |
Scope 2 — All indirect emissions |
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Since the introduction of penicillin in the 1940s, resistance to antibiotics has been a known occurrence but was considered a minor problem. |
However, in recent years, as the development of new antibiotics has decreased and the use of antimicrobials has increased, a surge of drug-resistant infections is visible across the globe and is now defined in broader terms as antimicrobial resistance. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimated in a 2019 report that at least 700,000 people die each year due to drug-resistant diseases, and by 2030 antimicrobial resistance could force up to 24 million people into extreme poverty.1. |
In 2015, member states of the United Nations (UN) unanimously adopted Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to “end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity by 2030.” As one of the SDG’s 17 interrelated goals, the UN added this focus on health care access: “Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages.” In 2016, for only the fourth time in the history of the UN, a high-level meeting focused on health care was convened. |
The topic of this historic UN meeting was the growing global antimicrobial resistance problem. |
Since 2016, the member states of the UN and the WHO have been working together to address the problem of antimicrobial resistance, looking at multiple approaches to and acknowledging the interconnected nature of the problem across the food chain, health care, and environmental health systems. |
and Victor Miranda, M.D., MBA, Health Care Compliance and Clinical Research Director, 3M Health Care Business Group; and was attended by WHO officials, several ministers of health, vice ministers, chief medical officers, UN delegates, and advisors from various countries and regions including the United States, United Kingdom, Latin America, European Union, Africa, and Asia. The open dialogue among the participants focused on promoting national health strategies to emphasize infection prevention and control and to undertake pilot projects that will demonstrate the value of releasing of resources that can be applied to increasing access to care. |
said Dr. Fruchterman during the meeting. “By reducing healthcare-acquired infections, the need for antibiotic use is reduced, therefore dampening the emergence of antimicrobial-resistant organisms. The resources saved by eliminating infections can then be released and targeted toward expanding health coverage consistent with national priorities,” he added. |
3M’s Medical Solutions Division and Health Care Business Group have a relentless focus on a future world with zero complications. The company is partnering with other organizations to help improve patient outcomes, using its passion for patient-centered science to create differentiated, efficacious solutions. By tackling these challenges with creativity, curiosity, and empathy, 3M will make a difference for patients and health systems across the globe. This is 3M Science. Applied to Life.™ This is 3M Sustainability in action. |
1 World Health Organization, Interagency Coordination Group on Antimicrobial Resistance. Report to the Secretary-General of the United Nations. (April 2019). No Time to Wait: Securing the future from drug-resistant infections. https://www.who.int/antimicrobialresistance/interagency-coordination-group/ IACG_final_report_EN.pdf?ua=1. |
Working to combat antimicrobial resistance “One of the simplest and most impactful steps [to reduce antimicrobial resistance] is the use of proven infection prevention and control practices,” |
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Assembly in September 2019. The resistance held during the UN General the kickoff event on antimicrobial made it a natural fit for 3M to sponsor focus on Science for Community, many years. This, coupled with 3M’s infections has been a primary pillar for preventing health care-associated. |
For the 3M Medical Solutions Division, antimicrobials in the first place. they occur to reduce the need for use and preventing infections before antibiotics in order to reduce their strategies: properly dispensing. |
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Over the next 10 years, skilled trade jobs are expected to increase faster than the national average of all jobs.1. |
Meanwhile, the industry is experiencing a skills gap in manufacturing and other trade jobs: A recent survey found that 45% of employers are having difficulty filling skilled jobs.2 3M recruits, hires, and relies on the best skilled trade workers worldwide, but many of these manufacturing jobs are highly technical and require specialized training. |
As part of the company’s focus on Science for Community, 3M is helping to create a diverse pipeline of well-trained science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduates, including those with advanced manufacturing and vocational skills. Not only is it good for the workers, but it’s also good business for 3M. |
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When a business is set in a rural area, the pool of potential employees can be small, and the pool of qualified employees even smaller. Many of 3M’s manufacturing plants in the United States are in rural areas, and when the talent pool began shrinking several years ago, the company took action by creating 3M Manufacturing and Academic Partnerships (MAP), designed to fill 3M’s talent pipeline by providing students with the opportunity to discover meaningful careers in advanced manufacturing. |
MAP takes a holistic approach to bridging the skills gap by working with schools to provide grants for equipment and curriculum, professional development for instructors, scholarships for students, and involving 3M employees as mentors. |
This strategy dovetails with 3M’s Vision for improving every life and also supports 3M’s strategic Sustainability focus on Science for Community. |
By the end of 2019, the MAP initiative included 13 mechatronic hubs in seven states, partnering with: • 11 post-secondary schools (technical colleges) • 39 high schools • 3 middle schools 3M’s investment of more than $2.5 million has resulted in: • 51 educators trained • 3,130 students reached • 65 scholarships in mechatronics and advanced manufacturing. |
Best of all, 3M has hired five graduates as System Multi-Skilled Technicians, so far, who participated in MAP programs. This number will increase in the near future as these high school students graduate from 3M’s partner technical colleges. |
The program continues to grow with plans to increase scholarship funding and other investments in the coming years, including expanding MAP to prepare students and give them the tools necessary to succeed in the new economy (“Industry 4.0”) with a focus on smart manufacturing. |
Helping close the skills gap educators trained 51 students reached 3,130 scholarships 65 3M’s investment of $2.5M+ resulted in: SkillsUSA. |
SkillsUSA is a professional leadership organization for high school and trade school students that prepares them to thrive in skilled careers by focusing on technical, personal, and workplace skills. Participants also have the opportunity to take part in skills competitions and demonstrate mastery in their skill area, such as in manufacturing, construction, transportation, health care, and many more sectors. |
3M was the lead sponsor for the 2019 SkillsUSA national team, which faced off against young people from 70 countries at the WorldSkills™ competition in Kazan, Russia. The 22 WorldSkills USA team members competed in categories like auto body repair, cybersecurity, mechanical engineering, web design, welding, and more. As the global sponsor of the WorldSkills USA team, 3M was thrilled to bring the entire team to 3M’s headquarters in St. Paul, Minnesota, to help them prepare for the international competition and celebrate their commitment to represent the United States overseas. |
“3M and WorldSkills USA share a commitment to addressing the shortage of qualified skilled workers across many industries,” says Mojdeh Poul, Executive Vice President, Health Care Business Group. “As a global, science-based company, we recognize that STEM skills are the foundation for many trades. This sponsorship is about inspiring the next generation of skilled workers and supporting their efforts in Kazan.” |
National Coalition of Certification Centers (NC3) 3M has partnered with National Coalition of Certification Centers (NC3) to establish national skills standards, provide certifications, and sponsor Train-the-Trainer events. These hands-on development opportunities are designed for community college, technical college, and high school instructors. |
Led by expert master instructors, the events last one to five days depending on the topic and help instructors become experts in the newest certifications, allowing them to bring their knowledge back to their classrooms. |
Students then benefit from having additional knowledge and marketable skills that prepare them for future careers. |
In 2019, 3M and Festo Didactic North America started a new NC3 “Introduction to Mechatronics” certification for high school participants in the MAP program, allowing students to earn this credential to prepare them for careers in advanced manufacturing. |
3M also has certifications in several other areas: 3M Worker Health and Safety Awareness Program • Respiratory hazards • Hearing hazards • Head, eye, and face hazards 3M™ VentureClad™ Tape Program • Jacketing, sealing, and insulating solutions for HVAC systems. |
Several other certifications are planned for introduction later in 2020. 3M is also proud to support NC3 with product donations, classroom kits, and other materials to help support the success of educators and students. |
1 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: https://www.bls. gov/ooh/construction-and-extraction/home.htm 2 Manpower group survey: https://www. manpowergroup.com/media-center/newsreleases/ talent+shortages+at+record+high+ 45+of+employers+around+the+world+report+ difficulty +filling+rolestalent+shortages+ at+record+high+45+of+employers+around+ the+world+report+difficulty+filling+roles. |
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Making an impact around the world. |
How many problems can be solved in 300,000 hours? 3M is going to find out because the company has expanded 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. |
“NGOs, universities, and social enterprises around the world face resource constraints to address the environmental and social challenges in their communities,” says 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, its skills-based service program where employees lend their business skills, experience, and energy to make a difference in global communities, while also developing leadership, problem-solving, and interpersonal communication skills. |
“This new commitment will make 3M Impact the fastest-growing skills-based global pro bono program,” says Gavin Cepelak, Senior Vice President, Global Pro Bono at PYXERA Global, the advisory firm 3M partners with to facilitate the diverse 3M Impact projects. |
Strong from the start 3M Impact got its start in 2017 when 3M sent 50 global employees to three countries (Malaysia, Vietnam, and Indonesia) to work on-site with local nonprofit organizations for two weeks. |
In its second year, 2018, 3M Impact launched 3M Impact Local in both St. Paul, Minnesota, and Mexico City, Mexico, offering volunteer opportunities for 3M employees in their own communities. |
3M Impact in a Day was added in 2019. The program organized a week of halfday service hackathons connecting 100 3M employees with more than 20 local nonprofits seeking functional expertise on a specific project. Also in 2019, the global program expanded from 50 to 125 participants who traveled to nine cities around the world. |
In the fall of 2019, 200 3M employees were selected for the next wave of 3M Impact Global, making up 15 cohorts in cities around the world to work side by side with nonprofits, organizations, and local municipalities. |
Lasting relationships. |
Although the global and local 3M Impact projects are designed for short-term engagement, in many cases, the relationship and collaboration continue far past the project end date. |
MySkills Foundation is one of the organizations that participated in 3M Impact’s inaugural year. Located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, MySkills is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing second-chance opportunities for at-risk youth in the ethnic Indian community of Malaysia. |
When discussing the results achieved by the 3M Impact team in 2017, MySkills CEO Devasharma Gangadaran says MySkills “was deeply impacted by the relentless effort of 3M to transform lives of youth at risk in Malaysia. We had a vision for a self-sustaining campus with numerous enterprising ventures in the future, and they helped us make it real in a short amount of time.” |
More than two years after the initial 3M Impact project, 3M is still involved with MySkills, providing a grant in 2018 to help them continue their life-changing programs and to help them implement the 3M Impact team recommendations. And in 2019, 56 3M Malaysia employees, including 3M Malaysia’s Managing Director, volunteered at MySkills for an inspiring Volunteer Day. |
The Kids in Need Foundation (KINF) is another organization that has benefited from 3M Impact after participating in the 2019 half-day hackathon, 3M Impact in a Day. |
KINF is a national organization whose mission is to source free school supplies for students with the greatest need, but they were experiencing a backlog after dozens of school supply drives. During the hackathon, KINF and a half dozen 3M employees brainstormed solutions and developed recommendations to streamline donation processing. But the partnership didn’t end there. The effort continued when the 3M Impact in a Day team partnered with 3M Optimized Operations employees — a rotational program for supply chain and engineering — and, as a result, reduced KINF’s supply donation cycle time from two months to four days during the 112 school supply drives it conducted in 2019. |
Supporting 3M’s Strategic Sustainability Framework. |
In addition to assisting groups and organizations in need, 3M Impact volunteer opportunities all align to 3M’s Strategic Sustainability Framework, advancing the company’s commitments to Science for Circular, Science for Climate, and Science for Community. |
The MySkills and KINF projects are aligned to 3M’s Science for Community pillar. Other examples include designing a structured STEAM (science, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematics) curriculum for students ages 7–12 in China (Science for Community), analyzing the potential for material and energy recovery through waste management in Morocco (Science for Circular), and developing a scalable business model for a sustainable transport company in Colombia (Science for Climate). |
skills-based volunteer hours by 3M employees by 2025 300k. |
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A virtual reality (VR) video game in Spain is changing the way young teenagers feel about science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) subjects. |
3M Spain Foundation partnered with VR company Presentys to create a multilingual VR platform on PlayStation® Spain containing the four different STEM teaching blocks. Each teaching block is divided into three separate modules in order to foster collaborative work. |
The goal of the project is to encourage students to pursue STEM careers as part of 3M’s strategic focus on Science for Community. Targeted to students ages 12-15, the game was activated in 60 schools (with many more on a waiting list), six summer STEM camps, and seven hospitals, reaching more than 7,000 students in 2019. |
A year and a half in the making, the video game, called “You make it real,” is designed to be experienced in groups of three players at a time. |
You make it real: STEM + VR 3M Spain Foundation partners with PlayStation ® Spain to bring virtual reality video game to teens students in 2019 7,000 “You make it real” reached. |
Each of the four blocks (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) is 20 minutes long and contains three modules. In each module, the kids visit different locations and scenarios, learn specific content about STEM subjects, and must solve challenges together. Each of the players gets the chance to “live” one of the modules by wearing the PlayStation® VR headset. |
Topics covered include: • Science: Solar system; classification of living beings; the cell • Technology: Sustainability (recycling); fabrication process; inside a computer • Engineering: Graphic expression; types of strength; electrical circuit • Mathematics: Neolithic (natural numbers); Egypt (triangles classification); Greece (geometry with polyhedrons) |
When the game begins, a robotlike guide called “Pi” (referring to the infinite decimal π) welcomes the players to the 3M Foundation virtual experience. “You will see that it is going to be very fun, but I warn you that you must be alert during our tour since you will have to solve collaborative challenges in order to continue,” Pi says. |
The players are then prompted to build and design their avatars for the game, choosing hair, outfits, and other features to personalize their experience. Once complete, the game begins. |
The launch of “You make it real” was a huge success in Spain — 91% of the participants said they would repeat it. |
“It is a more effective method for learning that kids prefer, by including games,” says one of the students who tried it. |
The game was initially available as a free download in Spain in the PlayStation® store and expanded to be available as a free download in 21 additional English, Spanish, French, and Portuguese-speaking countries. In 2020 it will also be available in the United States and South America. |
Future plans are to use the game as an inclusion activity to help students in difficult social situations or with different abilities, as well as to continue promoting activities that focus on STEM careers for girls. |
The 3M Spain Foundation is now preparing for the launch of its next big project: an inclusive video game focusing on recycling that will be presented at the beginning of 2020. |
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Environmental performance and employee safety achievements 3M Columbia stopped shipping waste to the local landfill in September 2018 and is now officially a “zero landfill” designated site. The site accomplished this by demonstrating a strong focus on recycling, which was the first step in the process, and then ultimately leveraging a waste-to-energy facility to process what was unable to be recycled. The zero landfill efforts removed 180 tons per year of landfill waste being sent to the Columbia landfill. This accomplishment, together with continued efforts to reduce its energy footprint, enabled the site to be recognized in the city of Columbia as a 2019 winner of the Mayor’s Climate Protection Award. |
Beyond its environmental achievements, the site has seen increasing engagement from its employees in driving continuous improvement, specifically in the area of safety. Many employees are active in small continuous improvement projects — successfully completing 52 projects in 2019, which doubled the number completed in 2018. |