/PRNewswire/ Today, the Flemish Government and 3M Belgium announced plans for 3M Belgium to invest a total of more than €571 million to benefit the People.
The US multinational will pay hundreds of millions to the government and local communities in Flanders after dangerous chemicals from one of its plants were found to be leaking into the groundwater.
Flanders is going through with its 2019 plan to roll out digital energy meters in homes across the region, but has now shortened the deadline for switching by five years.
Belgium – a country that struggles with both excessive rainfall and water scarcity – is looking to implement extra preventative measures ahead of the summer.
The American chemical company 3M is promising to invest €150 million in cleaning up the pollution it caused in the Antwerp neighbourhood of Zwijndrecht, according to a statement by the company.