Social and Environmental Impact

Daughter of Cleveland, Tenn. plant employee turns Whirlpool Sons and Daughters Scholarship into degree and job serving her community
May 25, 2022 | Social and Environmental Impact , Workplace Culture
Few people are more motivating and inspiring than Whirlpool Corporation’s Cleveland Manufacturing New Employee Trainer, Clarissa Shepherd. It’s easy to see that her daughter, Sierra, learned excellence, enthusiasm and integrity by example. “Winning the $24,000...
Whirlpool Corp. Fall River plant creates ‘Culture Committee’ to recognize employees, make improvements and serve the community
May 18, 2022 | Social and Environmental Impact , Workplace Culture
Fall River Massachusetts is the home to Whirlpool Corp.’s commercial dryer plant, where a “Culture Committee” has been established to engage employees with their community and make improvements at the plant. “Alex Silva, a supervisor on one of the lines and the...
A successful season for Whirlpool Corp. sponsored FIRST Robotics teams
May 17, 2022 | Innovation , Social and Environmental Impact
After a couple of quiet years due to COVID-19, Whirlpool Corporation’s local FIRST Robotics teams were back with a full season of competition. Whirlpool supports seven different teams in its headquarters community with funding, coaching and mentoring. One of those...
UK Students challenged to ‘improve life at home’ with ideas to make appliances more sustainable for people and for the planet
May 11, 2022 | Social and Environmental Impact
Whirlpool Corp.’s vision is “to improve life at home,” which includes care for the planet that everyone lives on. With this in mind, the company has recently launched a new campaign called “Purposeful Innovation,” which aims to inspire the next generation to...
Senator West teams up with Whirlpool Corp. to provide refrigerators to Dallas community organizations addressing food inequality
May 11, 2022 | Social and Environmental Impact
“Feel Good Fridges” filled with food help community organizations close the hunger gap in North Texas. State Senator Royce West and Whirlpool Corp. are collaborating to bring “Feel Good Fridges” to Dallas in collaboration with local community organizations....
Benton Harbor family moves into ‘BuildBetter with Whirlpool’ home
May 10, 2022 | Social and Environmental Impact
After renting a home for several years, Jasmine was ready to move into a home of her own. “Because I have six kids, my credit wasn’t great. My house had mold issues, it was located in a bad area and had been broken into multiple times,” said Jasmine. She decided...

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