AkzoNobel

AkzoNobel

In 2013 AkzoNobel launched Planet Possible, our renewed commitment to sustainability: working together with our customers and suppliers to deliver more value from fewer resources

Planet Possible

AkzoNobel committed to Zero Harm and Positive Impact from products

Changing the world one sustainable idea at a time

Britain throws away 20 Olympic swimming pools of paint a year – let’s recycle it

Singapore inspires the world to turn city skylines green

Business and the post-Paris climate agenda

Tackling climate change: Look beyond your operations

Time for the use of lead compounds to come to an end in all paints

Why trusted partnerships are key to driving emissions down

Safe, accessible and easy transportation is the only way to sustain well-being of cities

Why participate in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index?

Trusted partnerships: The key to driving down emissions

The writing had been on the wall long before Norway's $890bn government pension fund decided to sell off most of its investments related to coal.

Inspiring innovation through partnerships

We know that humanity is going to grow to about nine billion people by 2050 and about 70% of them will be living in cities. If we want all of those people to live safely, healthily and comfortably, we're going to have to do things differently. We're going to have to innovate...

The flexibility to manage a mix of energy sources is the key to navigating these exciting clean-energy times

Analysis presented during last week's Bloomberg New Energy Finance annual summit in New York offered more evidence that the tide is slowly turning against fossil fuels.

Moving forward on bio-based raw materials

It doesn't take a genius to understand the advantages of getting the best raw materials at the best prices. One way to do that, and an increasingly important part of our procurement strategy, is to take advantage of industrial biotechnology.

Sustainable innovation: addressing the world’s great challenges

We live in a world where consumers are increasingly concerned about the impact of the products that they use, resources are growing scarcer and where regulators are increasing the requirements for products to be more environmentally friendly.

Future proofing our cities

We now live in the age of the city. More than half of the world's people live in urban areas and by 2050, it will be more like 70 percent. At the same time, we are using natural resources 1.5 times faster than the world can replenish itself. With city living set to continue rising, climate change and resource scarcity challenges are only going to increase.

empowering sustainable business