Step towards Greener

The products & services we offer
The way we behave towards the people & communities with whom we interact
The environmental impact of the energy we use
The way we transport our products and ourselves
The way we use the earth's resources to minimise waste

We have been striving to be a more sustainable business for some time, and have made real progress, but the more we understand about the issues, the greater we see the need for more radical action.

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Step towards Greener

Sustainability is important to us. We are committed to systematically improving our performance across the whole sustainability spectrum. To achieve this we have set ourselves ambitious visions and goals across five broad strategic areas:

Products & services

Our innovative products and services will create sustainable value by systematically reducing the ecological footprint of the whole-life decorating process and contributing to more sustainable home, work and leisure environments.

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People & communities

Our employees will be proud to work for a successful company that puts sustainability at the forefront of its agenda. We will also be a good neighbour, playing a positive role in both the local and global communities.

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Energy

We will halve our CO2 emissions from our energy consumption by 2020 (baselined from 2005) and drive further reductions across our total value chain.

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Transport

We will significantly reduce the impact on people and the environment associated with the movement of our products and our people.

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Waste & resources

We will eliminate all waste and emissions from our own operations and reduce the impact of our products and our packaging for our customers.

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Our ambition

It is our ambition to reduce the whole-life ecological footprint of the decorating process and to contribute to more sustainable home, work and leisure environments, as well as minimise the environmental impacts of our own operations. 'Step Towards Greener' explains our approach. It recognises that there are no instant fixes but acknowledges that progress will be made by making many step-wise improvements to reach our sustainability goals.

The way we achieve this is also important and we are committed to step towards greener with openness and honesty. Our hope is that the following pages will demonstrate these commitments.

Download our policy report

For further information download "Sustainability in Action 2009 - How we are delivering on our vision" (PDF, 1.32MB)