3M

We bring change through visionary leadershipSustaining innovation, growing business and building brands are no easy tasks, yet 3M has triumphed on all fronts for more than a century. 3M’s success is not accidental. Focussed leadership, discipline and trust have enabled a proven legacy over the years as we have continued to deliver upon a vision for unyielding innovation, uncompromised quality, and unparalleled progress for our customers and ourselves.
We have been a committed member of the New Zealand community since 1953, and our continued tradition of innovation has become a vision and self image of 3M, and has positioned the company well for sustainable growth in the future.
Operating sustainably
At 3M being environmentally sustainable is nothing new as we were one of the first companies Worldwide to introduce a formal environmental policy.
Globally we introduced the 3P (Pollution Prevention Pays) programme in 1975, and we have been operating by this policy ever since. 3P prevents pollution at the source in products and manufacturing, which back in 1975 was considered highly innovative thinking. To date, globally, 3P has resulted in the elimination of more than 3 billion pounds of pollution and saved us nearly $1.4 billion.