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ChemScore report card 2025
3M
Total Score
8/100
Ranking
32/40
About the company
3M is an American multinational corporation and Fortune 500 company that produces over 60,000 products under several brands. The company operates through four key segments: Safety and Industrial, Transportation and Electronics, Health Care, and Consumer. Its wide range of products includes adhesives, abrasives, laminates, passive fire protection, personal protective equipment, window films, paint protection films, dental and orthodontic products, electronic connecting and insulating materials, medical products, car-care products, electronic circuits, healthcare software and optical films. 3M is based in Saint Paul, Minnesota but operates in more than 87 countries.
Transparency
0 out of 25 points
Action points
- Start disclosing revenue connected to hazardous chemicals
- Start publishing volumes of hazardous substances that leave the company’s facilities as products or services
- Report on the company’s global hazardous substances portfolio (beyond EU/US) on a substance-by-substance basis
Phase-out of persistent chemicals
8 out of 25 points
Action points
- Be open about and acknowledge that persistent chemicals may be problematic from a human health or environmental perspective
- The company specifically maps the presence of persistent chemicals, but should include a broader spectrum of persistent chemicals
- The company reports a medium share of revenue connected to persistent chemicals, but should include a broader spectrum of persistent chemicals in the calculation
Product portfolio
0 out of 25 points
Number of registered hazardous chemicals
92
Number of chemicals on the EU’s Candidate List
19
Number of chemicals on the EU’s Authorisation List and/or POP substances
1
Number of persistent chemicals
58
Product portfolio transparency
36%
Action points
- Reduce the number of hazardous substances the company is using, producing and placing on the market
Safer solutions
0 out of 25 points
Action points
- Either start reporting the company’s share of safer solutions or increase it substantially. At a minimum, REACH candidate list substances must be excluded from such products
- Publicly commit not to develop or market new products containing hazardous substances. At a minimum, REACH candidate list substances must be excluded from such products
- Publicly commit to increasing the share of sales of safer solutions
Category breakdown
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Company facts
Founded
1902
Headquarters
Saint Paul, USA
Revenue
24.6 billion USD
ISIN
US88579Y1010
Category
Paint / Coating
Other
Plastic / Rubber / Fibres
