Akzo Nobel announces the first round of sustainable development goals for 2030

Akzo Nobel has released the first round of a series of challenging sustainable development goals, aiming to accelerate the company's process of achieving zero waste emissions and halving carbon emissions by 2030 Akzo Nobel recently proposed a new concept of sustainable development based on the three dimensions of "human, earth and paint" The first round of goals and related measures proposed in this paper are based on the "Earth" dimension of this concept "Akzo Nobel has been leading the sustainable development of the paint and coating industry, achieving the goal of carbon balance and zero waste emission in 2030 can ensure that we maintain a leading position in the industry as a benchmark," said Thierry vanlancker, chief executive of Akzo Nobel "We will act on this goal and create a better world for the next generation through innovation Our focus on paints and coatings continues to inspire us to make a positive contribution to our community " The 2030 sustainable development goals include: 30% reduction in energy consumption, 100% utilization of renewable power, and 100% water reuse in the largest plants, and zero production of non recyclable waste Rinske van heiningen, director of sustainable development, Akzo Nobel "We have set realistic and achievable goals to continue to make outstanding contributions to the sustainable development challenges facing companies, customers and society as a whole," explains the explanation As a global enterprise, we also actively contribute to the realization of the sustainable development goals of the United Nations " Akzo Nobel's long-term commitment to sustainable development has made remarkable progress The company is steadily moving towards the goal of achieving zero waste landfill by 2020, and has used renewable power in 33 production bases in eight countries, and installed solar panels in 14 production bases for power generation In addition, Akzo Nobel has reduced waste emissions by 40% over the past eight years and total VOC emissions by 24% in 2019 Rinske van heiningen, Akzo Nobel's director of sustainable development, continued: "sustainable development has penetrated all aspects of the company's work, and the new goals set around" human, earth, paint "can further effectively turn sustainable development into the top priority of daily work, and let us focus on areas that are good at and can have an impact Sustainable solutions and processes can help us create tangible benefits for our customers, society, environment and business, thereby enhancing our position as a sustainable leader in the paint and coating industry " The specific details of Akzo Nobel's 2030 sustainable development goals are as follows: reduce 50% carbon emissions by 2030, reduce 30% energy consumption (2025: reduce 15%), achieve 100% use of renewable power (2025: more than 50%), achieve zero waste production by 2030, achieve zero production of non reusable waste (2025: 25%) The plant with the largest water consumption achieves 100% water reuse (2025: 50%) * Note: the above goals are based on 2018 and cannot be offset The sustainable development goals around the two dimensions of "human" and "paint" will be released in due time.