Latest Benefit Offered to Employees of 3M: Discounts on Solar-Energy Panels, Installation

Four companies, including 3M Co., have begun offering their workers discounts on solar panels as an employee benefit.

The Maplewood, Minn.-based manufacturer is offering the discount as a means of helping workers move toward energy sustainability, Keith Miller, strategic adviser for global sustainability at 3M, told Bloomberg BNA Oct. 23. Workers can also get discounts on installation of the panels, he said.

Cisco Systems Inc., Kimberly-Clark Corp., and the National Geographic Society are also offering the benefit to their employees, Miller said. The companies together have about 100,000 employees eligible for the benefit, and it is hoped that 1,000 or ...