Gore's culture is most evident in the ways we work together: team-oriented, engaged, and operating as shared owners in the organisation.
Associates are encouraged to contribute creative ideas, actively pursue personal growth and take reasonable risks to explore new opportunities.
Gore offers wellness programs and activities to support physical and mental health and work-life balance.
In this 2022 Enterprise Sustainability Update our sustainability efforts — across purposeful innovation, environmental stewardship, and enhancing our social impact — stay true to our core values and uphold our brand promise: Together, improving life.
2022 Enterprise Sustainability Update
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Our Enterprise Sustainability Update is an expression of our shared promise — Together, improving life — and our long-established values, culture and commitment to Associates, customers and communities. The update presents an overview of our progress driven by our sustainability programs in the 2022 calendar year. It also provides a look at who we are, how we innovate and what we are doing to enhance our social and community impact.
The first plant in 1961 was Paper Mill West in Newark, Delaware (USA).
W. L. Gore & Associates was founded on January 1, 1958, in Newark, Delaware, by Wilbert L. (Bill) and Genevieve (Vieve) Gore.
Gore is proud of its company history. More insights can be found at the Gore Capability Center in Barksdale (USA).
In its Capability Center, Gore presents its visitors what the innovative materials of the Enterprise can do. A look back at the company's heritage and history is a must.
Bob Gore was (oldest son of Bob and Vieve Gore) fully committed to research and development. This led in 1969 to his discovery of a versatile new polymer form, expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) and made him the inventor of the GORE-TEX Technology.