Month: March 2023

Originally published on 3M News Center

The Ethisphere Institute has recognized 3M for ethics and integrity in business conduct and compliance for the 10th straight year. 3M is one of only nine industrial companies worldwide to be honored this year. 

“At 3M, we are committed to doing things with unwavering integrity,” said Michael Duran, 3M senior vice president and chief ethics and compliance officer. “It is our commitment to unwavering integrity that makes it possible to receive this recognition as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies for the 10th straight year. I am truly proud of all of our employees who work to protect 3M’s reputation every day.”   

3M’s Code of Conduct is the foundation for its strong reputation with customers across many industries. Company leaders create and promote a workplace environment where compliance and integrity are expected and encouraged.  

3M is one of 135 companies around the world designated as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies in 2023.  

“Ethics matters. Organizations that commit to business integrity through robust programs and practices not only elevate standards and expectations for all, but also have better long-term performance,” said Ethisphere CEO, Erica Salmon Byrne. “We continue to be inspired by the World’s Most Ethical Companies honorees and their dedication to making real impact for their stakeholders and displaying exemplary values-based leadership. Congratulations to 3M for being named one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies for the 10th year in a row.” 

Grounded in Ethisphere’s proprietary Ethics Quotient®, the World’s Most Ethical Companies assessment process includes more than 200 questions on culture, environmental and social practices, ethics and compliance activities, governance, diversity, and initiatives that support a strong value chain. The process serves as an operating framework to capture and codify the leading practices of organizations across industries and around the globe.

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Taco Bell Blog

At Taco Bell, we empower our teams to be fearless, embrace different and drive change. We believe that each one of us has a story to tell.

This year’s nationwide Women’s History Month’s focus is Celebrating Women Who Tell Our Stories, which you can learn more about on nationalwomenshistoryalliance.org.

To honor and celebrate this year’s focus and women at The Bell, we will continue to tell their stories and amplify their voices. We will share their stories every week in the month of March in hopes that they not only educate but inspire you to drive positive and intentional impact within your community.

But first, a little Women’s History Month background… March is dedicated as Women’s History Month in the U.S., United Kingdom, and Australia. In 1982, Women’s History Week was officially launched in the United States. Five years later, the entire month of March was devoted to acknowledging courageous trailblazers across all backgrounds – creating room to celebrate the cultural impact of past, current, and future generations.

Throughout the year, we will continue sharing the incredible stories of our Taco Bell teams; the sharing and celebration doesn’t stop here.

Erika P. – Entertainment, Sports & Collaborations

“The hustle is real.” Being a full-time college student, working three jobs all while applying and interviewing for multiple internships, Erika was ingrained in ’the hustle of life.‘

Erika was working on her Communications degree at California State University of Fullerton, while simultaneously working in the food, entertainment and medical industries. As she got closer to graduating, Erika knew she needed to get an internship to help her jumpstart her career, and that’s where she found the Taco Bell Foundation. In 2014, she began an internship as a social media content creator for the Taco Bell Foundation, interning there for 4 months before transferring over to the Taco Bell Corp. social media team where she made content for the Taco Bell Instagram, Snapchat, Vine and much more. During this time, she found a passion for her work and for Taco Bell, “… from the beginning I always knew there was something special about Taco Bell, and I could tell it was rooted in that family-oriented culture that I love,” she said.

Erika grew in her role and eventually oversaw the social media team; however, her desire to keep the hustle alive pushed her to expand her career and eventually be a part of Taco Bell‘s first-ever entertainment, sports and collaborations team. But right before taking on this new role, Erika took on the most important job she could think of – becoming a mother.

After having her child and starting a new role, Erika began truly navigating the balance of work and family life. “I was a work horse before having my kid. If I’m doing something productive, it makes me happy and now, I have to mom in between work, so it has pushed me to create a good work-life balance,” she said. However, Erika knew that she would not be on this new journey alone, “I am very fortunate that Taco Bell has so many powerful women leaders who are role models and great women to look up to. [They’re] humble and will say, ‘let‘s learn that together.’”

Now having been with The Bell for over nine years, Erika is looking forward to continuing her journey with this new mindset: being the best role model she can be.

“I want to be the best role model for my daughter, to teach her that you can do anything you put your mind to and to not be afraid to use your voice,” she said. “Being a new mom in a corporate space, I feel even more empowered because I have a bigger purpose in life. My kid.”

We’re helping solve our customers’ big challenges by innovating and delivering solutions that are better for their business – and for the environment.

Project At-a-Glance:

The opportunity: Help Fife Creamery (Scotland) improve the efficiency and sustainability of its operations by moving away from diesel-powered units.

The solution: Modernizing their fleet with 30 new vehicles featuring engineless, compressor-driven refrigeration systems and two additional inverter-powered systems for 18-ton vehicles.

Sustainability outcomes:

Reduced fuel consumption of up to 200,000 liters a yearReduced emissions of 1,929 mtco2eEstimated savings of $427,280 per year

As one of Scotland’s leading chilled and frozen food wholesalers, Fife Creamery understands the importance of investing in partnerships and technologies that create a more sustainable cold chain. The company, which considers itself “Scotland’s Original Chilled Food Service,” determined that replacing its diesel-powered units would be a critical step in improving the efficiency and sustainability of company-wide operations.

The benefits of diesel-free refrigeration

When looking for diesel-free refrigeration systems for two new drawbar trailer vehicles, Fife Creamery opted to partner with Thermo King®. The company needed a high-performance system capable of coping with a high-demand, multi-drop operations environment while also delivering fuel savings and emissions reduction.

Thermo King’s Frigoblock FK25RL unit, powered by an alternator and inverter system, proved to be the right solution for the 18-ton vehicles. The immediate success of the Frigoblock systems inspired Fife Creamery to turn to Thermo King’s high-power compressor-driven solutions for a secondary project: A new fleet of thirty 7.5-ton vehicles.

“Fife Creamery operates long-haul and intensive deliveries in busy urban centers such as Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen,” explains Fife Creamery logistics manager Richard Wishart. “Rising fuel costs and expanding low-emission urban zones across the country have put emission reduction, fuel efficiency and performance at the forefront of priorities when selecting new vehicles and refrigeration systems for our fleet.”

To meet the needs of the high-demand fleet, Fife Creamery opted to install Thermo King’s multi-temperate V-800 MAX Spectrum diesel-free refrigeration systems in each of the new vehicles. In addition to immediate fuel and emission reduction, the new systems, approximately 250 kg lighter than the diesel-powered equivalent, offered a secondary benefit of reduced weight, allowing Fife Creamery to increase their vehicles’ payload on each route.

Customer-focused solutions without compromise

“By partnering with our customers, we can help accelerate the industry’s transformation to electrification, proving that sustainable and diesel-free transport refrigeration is possible without compromising the cold chain,” says Jon Jerrard-Dinn, sales manager at Thermo King UK. “Our collaboration with Fife Creamery demonstrates that Thermo King has the solutions. We can help them lower their carbon footprint, reduce the impact of rising fuel costs, and keep transporting food and perishable goods efficiently and reliably.”

Fife Creamery estimates that by choosing Thermo King’s diesel-free refrigeration systems, the company will reduce its fuel consumption by up to 200,000 liters annually, reducing emissions by 1,929 mtco2e and saving the company an estimated $427,280 per year.

Most vehicles in Fife Creamery’s new fleet are already in operation, delivering chilled, frozen, and ambient-temperature products to customers across Scotland. Working in partnership for bold, sustainable refrigeration solutions, Fife Creamery, Thermo King, Frigoblock, and Trane Technologies are leading the way in reducing emissions and costs – without compromising efficiency or reliability of the cold chain.