work event in 2013, and 3M
is striving to beat that number this year. Additional 3M
Earth Day activity includes
the opportunity for volunteers to create mobile battery powered lights using 3M Solar Mirror Film, which will
ultimately be donated to schoolchildren
in Africa through the nonprofit New
Vision Renewable Energy. 3M will also
match grants for employee donations to
New Vision Renewable Energy and The
Nature Conservancy during the 3M environmental match period in April.
To reiterate its commitment to corpo-
rate responsibility, 3M recently became
a member of the United Nations Global
Compact. “We are extremely proud of
our achievements in energy efficiency
and corporate responsibility, and the
Compact formalizes that commitment,”
said Gayle Schueller, 3M’s vice president
of Global Sustainability. “We look for-
ward to building an even stronger record
in the years to come.”
The U.N. Global Compact outlines
10 principles in the areas of human
rights, labor, environment and anti-
corruption, and is the largest voluntary
corporate responsibility initiative in the
world. While 3M has always acted in
accordance with the core values repre-
sented by the Compact, this formal com-
mitment aligns the company’s business
practices and strategies with these 10
principles, and to publicly report prog-
ress against them.
AkzoNobel’s CEO Attends
to Commemorate Swedish-
Dutch Relationship’s 400th
Anniversary
Official celebrations to mark the 400th
anniversary of diplomatic and trade
relations between the Netherlands
and Sweden were recently held, when
AkzoNobel CEO Ton Büchner attended two high profile events designed to
highlight the importance and impact of
the relationship.
The company has strong links to both
countries and Büchner singled out the
long-standing bond between Sweden and
the Netherlands as being a key driving
force behind the continued economic and
cultural progress of both countries.
“There is a very special connection
between Sweden and the Netherlands
which we at AkzoNobel are only too
happy to recognize,” he said. “There is
a mutual spirit of enterprise and coop-
eration borne out of something rooted
in the culture of both countries, and we
have benefited greatly from this ever since
Akzo merged with Nobel Industries ex-
actly 20 years ago.”
He added that both Sweden and the
Netherlands remain key countries for
AkzoNobel, particularly in the areas of
research, innovation and sustainability.
The company also takes great pride in
its strong cultural heritage in both coun-
tries, with the Swedish legacy dating back
to 1646, while its Dutch history can be
traced to 1792.
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