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Sustainability

About us
About us
Sustainability

At AkzoNobel, we’re focused on ensuring that the pioneering paints and coatings we supply continue to protect what matters – both now and in the future. We innovate with and for customers and play a progressive and collaborative role in energizing entire industries to advance towards a more sustainable future.

We’re always finding new and exciting ways to make our products more sustainable and longer lasting. By looking beyond the surface and radically rethinking paints and coatings, we can color people’s lives, protect what matters most and Paint the Future together.

Environment

We’re aware that climate change could affect our supply chain, our customers and the way we operate. Therefore, our target is to reduce carbon emissions across our full value chain by 50% by 2030 (2018 baseline).

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Social

Our focus on people covers many different aspects. It's about ensuring a safe, diverse and inclusive work environment, developing our talented workforce, embracing our values and our approach to human rights. While also bringing benefits to people and the communities where we operate.

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Governance

We're determined to lead with integrity in our industry. Our core principles define the culture and behaviors that we’re committed to embedding throughout AkzoNobel. We have three core principles – safety, integrity and sustainability.

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Our 2030 sustainability ambitions

Annual report 2024

Read our 2024 annual report, which provides extensive coverage of the company’s financial results and key business developments during the year. An in-depth analysis of our sustainability performance is also included.

Annual Report 2024

More on sustainability

Delve deeper into our ESG approach, the role we play in green buildings and the circular economy, our wide-ranging collaborations, external benchmarks and developing more sustainable technologies.