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3M Launches New Brand Campaign that Demonstrates How Innovation and Action Improves Lives

Stuart Mitchell

3M has launched Improving Lives – an integrated nationwide 3M Company brand campaign across multiple communication channels. Improving Lives tells the stories of science and innovation through the lens of its inventors to emphasize how and why 3M scientists are passionate to create solutions that are meaningful and make people’s lives better. Improving Lives will be unveiled on broadcast TV with the first in a series of high-profile advertisements airing to millions of people during the first World Series game tonight on FOX. 3M will also reach a broad audience…

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3M and Discovery Education Announce ‘Improving Lives Award’: Nominate Your Favorite 3M Young Scientist Challenge Finalist

Stuart Mitchell

3M and Discovery Education, today announced the opening of its inaugural Improving Lives Award as part of the annual 2019 3M Young Scientist Challenge (#YoungScientist). The Improving Lives Award, a public voting recognition, will celebrate the student innovation with the most potential to improve lives. The online public voting period is open October 14-25, 2019. As part of the 3M Young Scientist Challenge, the nation’s premier middle school science competition for grades 5-8, for the first time in competition history, the public will select one project from the 2019 top…

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3M and Discovery Education Search for America’s Next Top Young Scientist in National Middle School Competition with Chance to Win $25,000 Grand Prize

Stuart Mitchell

3M and Discovery Education have announced the start of the 12th annual 3M Young Scientist Challenge (#YoungScientist), the nation’s premier science competition for students in grades 5-8. The 3M Young Scientist Challenge is designed to encourage the exploration of science and innovation among America’s youth and to promote the importance of science communication. Ten national finalists will have the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to learn from a 3M Scientist Mentor, compete for $25,000, and earn the title of America’s Top Young Scientist. The competition entries are accepted until the Tuesday, May 7, 2019 deadline. The program challenges participants to…

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Manufacturing giant 3M commits to 100% renewable power for global operations

Stuart Mitchell

Manufacturing and technology giant 3M has become the latest company to join RE100, the global leadership initiative bringing together companies committed to 100% renewable power, led by The Climate Group in partnership with CDP. The company has committed to source 100% renewable electricity for its global operations by 2050, with an interim goal of 50% by 2025. Making the announcement, 3M stated that its global headquarters will now be renewably powered – taking the company to sourcing 30% renewable electricity globally.  Helen Clarkson, CEO, The Climate Group, said: “By joining…

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DoSomething.org and 3M Team Up To Launch Campaign to Say “Thanks a Billion” to Science Teachers

Stuart Mitchell

It is time to go beyond just thanking science teachers. They dedicate countless hours to their students. They inspire young people to become the next generation of science leaders. And teachers collectively spend over $1.6 Billion of their own money on school supplies every year. In 2015, one in ten teachers across the US spent $1,000 or more on supplies for their classrooms. For science teachers, new lab equipment is essential, but often expensive to buy. That’s why DoSomething.org, one of the largest organizations for young people and social change,…

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