Improve over 100 million lives through targeted social impact programs
Roadmap to 2030
To begin working on our ten-year ambition, we will first:
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Implement signature partnerships that can amplify our social impact
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Establish regional advisory councils to support community impact grants and volunteerism locally
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Implement a corporate grants management system and a global volunteer management system to quantify our collective impact and catalyze employee volunteerism
Wherever DuPont operates around the world, we want to enable people and communities to thrive.
In 2019, we worked with an external consultant to hold over 60 internal interviews with DuPont business presidents, functional directors, site managers, and regional and country leaders to help inform a new global Community Impact strategy for the company. We wanted to create a Community Impact strategy that aligns with the company’s purpose and strategic goals, that also provides shared value to both the company and the communities.
The result was a strategy that provides guidance for our community giving and initiatives, that is still flexible enough for our global sites to tailor to meet their specific community needs. Through our people, products, and partnerships, we focus on supporting and furthering Community Impact initiatives in three key areas of focus that are core to DuPont:
Basics to Thrive
empowering communities by increasing access to critical needs such as water, shelter, nutrition, and economic opportunity
STEM Education
increasing access to STEM education for all, and helping to build a talent pipeline for the future
Innovations for Good
focusing our science and innovations on megatrends that can improve people’s lives and create scalable impact in communities around the globe
To help drive progress in these areas, we partner with local, national and global organizations to develop programs that can make a meaningful difference and achieve measurable outcomes in people’s lives. Beyond funding, we believe the most successful collaborations involve all our assets – people, products, and partners – alongside our customers, our suppliers, and community organizations.
Our Global Community Impact Team leads our efforts by helping our local teams engage stakeholders, build long-term relationships and develop high-impact programs that address critical community issues. We want to provide our employees with ample opportunities to help build thriving communities through volunteerism, both skills-based and traditional. This is how we build a culture of purpose.
Clear into the Future® is a long-standing, global grant program that DuPont created to drive positive impact in our communities and for the environment. Clear into the Future® supports employee-nominated environmental programs that engage and educate the communities that we live and work in. Grants also support scientific work that expands the understanding of ecological challenges and opportunities in these communities. All of the supported projects focus on creating impact in one or more of five areas: climate change adaptation and mitigation, water stewardship, circular economy and ecosystem services.
In 2019, Clear into the Future® awarded 23 grants to nonprofits in four regions delivering environmental and social impact in nine countries.
Our Building Thriving Communities stories
Enabling the dream of a safe, affordable home
DuPont partners with Habitat for Humanity International to provide safe, affordable, and energy-efficient housing for people in need worldwide. Each year, hundreds of DuPont volunteers in many communities help to build new houses or rebuild and revitalize neighborhoods.
Providing warmth to those in need
To help address basic needs of low-income and at-risk community members, in December 2019 DuPont employees collected winter clothing, blankets and other products and delivered them to people in need in communities through partnerships with local organizations.
Engaging with young people to help the planet
DuPont employees in China partnered with a primary school in Dongzhou to give local students in China’s Shenzhen region a fun way to think about the environmental challenges the world faces – and the actions we can each take to make a difference for the planet.
See how we build thriving communities
Read all of our community impact stories in the Sustainability Story Hub.
More Goals
Delivering Solutions for Global Challenges
Align 100% of our innovation portfolio to meaningfully advance the UN SDGs and create value for our customers
Delivering Solutions for Global Challenges
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Enabling a Circular Economy
Integrate circular economy principles into our business models considering lifecycle impacts in the markets we serve.
Enabling a Circular Economy
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Innovating Safer By Design
Design 100% of our products and processes using sustainability criteria including the principles of green chemistry.
Innovating Safer By Design
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Acting on Climate
Reduce greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions 30%, including sourcing 60% of electricity from renewable energy by 2030, and deliver carbon neutral operations by 2050.
Acting on Climate
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Leading Water Stewardship
Implement holistic water strategies across all facilities, prioritizing manufacturing plants and communities in high-risk watersheds; and enable millions of people access to clean water through leadership in advancing water technology and enacting strategic partnerships.
Leading Water Stewardship
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World-Class Health and Safety
World-Class Health and Safety
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Accelerating Diversity and Inclusion
Become one of the world’s most inclusive companies, with diversity well ahead of industry benchmarks.
Accelerating Diversity and Inclusion
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Cultivating Well-Being and Fulfillment
Create a workplace where employees report high levels of well-being and fulfillment.
Cultivating Well-Being and Fulfillment
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Building Thriving Communities
Improve over 100 million lives through targeted social impact programs.