This document provides information about 3M Company, a conglomerate founded in 1902 in Minnesota with over 80,000 employees worldwide. It discusses 3M's focus on sustainable development through satisfying customers, providing returns to investors, and respecting social and environmental responsibilities. The company encourages innovation and creativity through supporting individual initiative and searching for customer needs within its own abilities. It also considers sustainability in new product development and assesses costs of greener products versus cleanup costs of dirtier alternatives.

2. Company profile Industry : Conglomerate Founded : Two Harbors, Minnesota U.S.(1902) Founder(s): Dr. Danley Budd, Henry Bryan, Hermon Cable, John Dwan, William Mc Gonagle. Human resource: over 80,000 employees. Product: more than 55,000 products. Headquarters: Maplewood, Minnesota,U.S. Area served : Worldwide Key people : George Buckley (Chairman, President & CEO) Revenue: US$ 26.662 billion(2010)

3. Company believes….. Mistakes will be made, but if a person is essentially right, the mistakes he or she makes are not as serious in the long run because the person who made mistake means he/she are taking initiative and it is essential that we have many people with initiative if we are to continue to grow. .

6. Providing investors an attractive return through sustained,high-quality growth

7. Respecting our social and physical environment.

9. Knowing when to grab and let go discipline and support, in a parody of strategic planning versus evolutionary approach. The company strives to search out customer needs while concentrating on its own abilities, and priorities development by encouraging individual initiative. Layer2

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11. The innovation process Things they consider………… Q)Is sustainability was incorporated into the NPD process? Generally they start by considering the product’s intended use and then look for risk or factor that might hamper sales they also improve or modify the product from a sustainability point of view.

13. The safety and environmental risk in manufacturing and sourcing product.

14. The risk to customers in using product

16. Corporate culture

17. Diversified technologies

18. Networking

19. Recognition

20. Measurement

22. Terminology LCM => Life cycle management. EHS => Environmental healthy & safety . 3 P. Enventropreneur