Sustainability is at the core of how we work, think, operate and innovate.
Our approach is informed by the issues that matter most to our stakeholders, including customers, employees and investors, and that are most aligned with delivering our business strategy. We see sustainability as a value driver and a principle for how we run our business.
"We are focused on building stronger partnerships with our customers and other key stakeholders to create value and shape a more sustainable future."
Chris Brown Vice President, Environment, Social and Governance
To support the delivery of our business strategy we have made sustainability central to everything we do – whether that’s designing it into our products across their lifecycle, embedding it into our procurement processes, or using it to shape our people agenda. We are committed to working in partnership with our customers to deliver the products and solutions that help them meet their sustainability goals. Here we share a selection of our biggest successes.
Sustainability as a Service
Many of our products already have sustainability benefits built in. For example, more than 80% of our products consist of water-based dispersions, which eliminate the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) associated with solvents. At the same time, our innovation teams are meeting needs for formaldehyde-free, biocide-free or lower-VOC applications, and developing biodegradable, bio-based or industry-compostable products to support a more circular economy.
Sustainability has an essential role to play in helping us deliver our strategy to drive value and growth as we become a speciality chemicals platform. But to realise the opportunities that are available to us, we need to be bold, building on our strengths in areas like raw material selection, innovation, manufacturing and customer relationships, and applying a sustainability lens to everything we do across our whole value chain.
The following topics provide further information about how we integrate sustainability into our business: