
Reporting principles
Area | Unit | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | |
SOCIAL |
Ambition 2025 | ||||||
Employees 1 | |||||||
Organizational health score (OHI) | number | 58 | 61 | 69 | 72 | 72 | Top quartile14 |
Female executives | % | 20 | 18 | 21 | 22 | 26 | 30 |
Executive Committee female representation | % | 29 | 33 | 40 | 43 | 50 | – |
Supervisory Board female representation | % | 33 | 33 | 38 | 33 | 37.5 | – |
Culture and change ambassadors | number | 300 | – | ||||
Executive vacancies filled internally | % | 54 | 53 | 60 | 68 | 62 | – |
High potential turnover 2 | % | 8 | 4 | 6 | 4 | N/A | – |
Total CEO compensation vs median employee compensation |
Ratio | 71.3 | 81.9 | 126.4 | 149.0 | 81.1 | – |
Total CEO compensation vs mean employee compensation 3 |
Ratio | 56.4 | 65.0 | 99.2 | 115.7 | 59.8 | – |
Total employee turnover rate | % | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 15 | – |
Voluntary employee turnover rate | % | 8 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 9 | – |
Employees covered by an independent trade union or collective bargaining agreements 4 | % | 56 | 56 | 59 | 49 | 45 | – |
Number employees | number | 34,500 | 33,800 | 32,200 | 32,800 | 35,200 | – |
Diversity: Age by gender | |||||||
<25 | % Female | N/A | 32% | 32% | 29% | 31% | – |
25 - <35 | % Female | N/A | 32% | 32% | 31% | 33% | – |
35 - <45 | % Female | N/A | 26% | 26% | 26% | 28% | – |
45 - <55 | % Female | N/A | 25% | 25% | 23% | 23% | – |
55 - <65 | % Female | N/A | 20% | 21% | 20% | 20% | – |
≥ 65 | % Female | N/A | 11% | 12% | 15% | 16% | – |
Total | % Female | N/A | 25% | 25% | 26% | 27% | – |
Diversity: Functions by gender | |||||||
Facilities | % Female | N/A | 53% | 46% | 44% | 46% | – |
General Management | % Female | N/A | 50% | 40% | 55% | 51% | – |
Integrated Supply Chain | % Female | N/A | 14% | 14% | 15% | 14% | – |
Research Development & Innovation | % Female | N/A | 35% | 34% | 35% | 35% | – |
Sales & Marketing | % Female | N/A | 26% | 27% | 27% | 29% | – |
Support | % Female | N/A | 55% | 54% | 54% | 55% | – |
Diversity: Management level by gender | |||||||
Executive | % Female | N/A | 18% | 20% | 22% | 26% | – |
Senior MM level18 | % Female | N/A | 27% | 27% | 28% | 31% | – |
Junior MM level | % Female | N/A | 29% | 30% | 30% | - | – |
G level | % Female | N/A | 24% | 23% | 24% | 24% | – |
Ungraded | % Female | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 25% | – |
Diversity: Gender split per region | |||||||
North America | % Female | N/A | 19% | 19% | 19% | 20% | – |
South America | % Female | N/A | 22% | 22% | 23% | 27% | – |
EMEA | % Female | N/A | 29% | 29% | 30% | 30% | – |
North Asia | % Female | N/A | 23% | 23% | 23% | 24% | – |
South Asia Pacific | % Female | N/A | 19% | 19% | 20% | 21% | – |
People and process safety | Ambition level | ||||||
Fatalities employees | number | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
Total reportable injury rate employees/temporary workers | /200,000 hours | 0.20 | 0.24 | 0.23 | 0.21 | 0.236 | 0.2 |
Lost time injury rate employees/temporary workers | /200,000 hours | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.11 | 0.126 | – |
Occupational illness rate employees | /200,000 hours | 0.012 | 0.003 | 0.010 | 0.003 | 0.003 | – |
Occupational illness frequency rate (OIFR) | /1,000,000 hours | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.01 | – |
New Wellness Checkpoint participants | number | 446 | 388 | 740 | 1776 | 115 | – |
Total illness absence rate employees | % | 1.98 | 2.17 | 2.59 | 2.66 | 3.24 | – |
Fatalities contractors (temporary workers plus independent) | number | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
Total reportable injury rate contractors | /200,000 hours | 0.18 | 0.19 | 0.17 | 0.12 | 0.212 | – |
Lost time injury rate contractors | /200,000 hours | 0.07 | 0.09 | 0.11 | 0.08 | 0.064 | – |
Life changing injuries | number | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | – |
Distribution incidents | number | 21 | 26 | 15 | 14 | 12 | – |
Loss of primary containment – Level 1 | number | 6 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 2 | – |
Loss of primary containment – Level 2 | number | 63 | 64 | 52 | 67 | 51 | – |
Regulatory actions – Level 3 | number | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – |
Regulatory actions – Level 4 | number | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
Priority substances with management plan | % | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
Security events Level 3 | number | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – |
HSE management | |||||||
Safety incidents (Level 3) | number | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – |
Safety incidents (Levels 1, 2, 3) | number | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | – |
Management audits plus reassurance audits | number | 25 | 32 | 28 | 29 | 33 | – |
Management audits plus reassurance audits | percentage | – | – | – | – | 27 | – |
Environmental certification ISO 140015 | % of manufacturing sites | 77 | 75 | 76 | 80 | 78 | – |
Health and Safety Management certification - ISO 450015 | % of manufacturing sites | 55 | 53 | 53 | 57 | 55 | – |
AkzoNobel Cares | Ambition 2020-2030 | ||||||
Members of local communities empowered with new skills | number | 4,276 | 4,078 | 2,669 | 11,193 | 24,225 | 100,000+ |
AkzoNobel Cares projects | number | 126 | 225 | 170 | 182 | 239 | 2,000+ |
ENVIRONMENTAL |
Ambition 2030 | ||||||
Energy use and emissions | |||||||
Total energy use 6 | 1000TJ | 6.20 | 6.02 | 5.69 | 6.33 | 5.91 | – |
per ton of production | GJ/ton | 1.91 | 1.88 | 1.83 | 1.89 | 1.90 | 30% less15 |
Renewable energy (own operations) | % | 31 | 31 | 33 | 37 | 41 | – |
Renewable electricity (own operations) | % | 38 | 37 | 40 | 45 | 50 | 100 |
Greenhouse gas emissions – Direct CO2(e) emissions (Scope 1) 7 | kiloton | 62.9 | 58.3 | 57.2 | 64.5 | 60.1 | – |
per ton of production | kg/ton | 19.42 | 18.18 | 18.42 | 19.27 | 19.35 | – |
Greenhouse gas emissions – Indirect CO2(e) emissions (Scope 2) | kiloton | 226.0 | 183.1 | 168.2 | 172.1 | 147.5 | – |
per ton of production | kg/ton | 69.77 | 57.13 | 54.22 | 51.41 | 47.45 | – |
Total Greenhouse gas emissions – Scope 1 and Scope 2 combined CO2(e) emissions | kiloton | 288.92 | 241.45 | 225.38 | 236.60 | 207.6 | 50% less 15 |
per ton of production | 89.19 | 75.31 | 72.64 | 70.68 | 66.8 | ||
Volatile organic compounds (VOC) | kiloton | 1.57 | 1.19 | 0.95 | 0.96 | 0.83 | – |
per ton of production | kg/ton | 0.49 | 0.37 | 0.31 | 0.29 | 0.27 | – |
NOx emissions | kiloton | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.07 | 0.07 | – |
per ton of production | kg/ton | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | – |
SOx emissions | kiloton | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | – |
per ton of production | kg/ton | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | – |
Resource efficiency | |||||||
Total waste | kiloton | 67 | 67 | 62 | 67 | 59 | – |
per ton of production | kg/ton | 20.97 | 21.00 | 19.96 | 19.87 | 18.95 | – |
Circular use of materials16 | % | 52 | 55 | 57 | 58 | 56 | 100 |
Total reusable waste | kiloton | 33 | 34 | 32 | 35 | 29 | – |
Total non-reusable waste | kiloton | 34 | 33 | 30 | 31 | 30 | – |
per ton of production | kg/ton | 10.63 | 10.28 | 9.57 | 9.39 | 9.68 | – |
Hazardous waste total | kiloton | 30 | 29 | 28 | 31 | 28 | – |
per ton of production | kg/ton | 9.13 | 9.07 | 8.93 | 9.19 | 9.15 | – |
Non-hazardous waste total | kiloton | 37 | 38 | 34 | 36 | 30 | – |
Hazardous waste non-reusable | kiloton | 15 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 17 | – |
per ton of production | kg/ton | 4.59 | 4.46 | 4.70 | 4.95 | 5.36 | – |
Total Hazardous waste reusable | % of hazardous waste | 50 | 51 | 47 | 45 | 41 | |
Hazardous waste to landfill | kiloton | 0.69 | 0.45 | 0.23 | 0.11 | 0.14 | – |
per ton of production | kg/ton | 0.21 | 0.14 | 0.07 | 0.03 | 0.05 | – |
Non-hazardous waste to landfill | kiloton | 10.93 | 9.40 | 6.22 | 1.39 | 1.12 | |
Total waste to landfill | kiloton | 11.6 | 9.8 | 6.5 | 1.5 | 1.3 | Zero (<1% of total waste) |
Total freshwater use | million m3 | 9.27 | 8.05 | 9.12 | 9.56 | 8.63 | – |
per ton of production | m3/ton | 2.86 | 2.51 | 2.94 | 2.86 | 2.78 | – |
Total fresh water consumption (excluding water related to product) | million m3 | 1.27 | 1.14 | – | |||
per ton of production | m3/ton | 0.38 | 0.37 | – | |||
COD emissions | kiloton | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.03 | – |
per ton of production | kg/ton | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | – |
Supplier management | Ambition 2025 | ||||||
PR8 suppliers signed Business Partner CoC9 | % of spend | 98 | 98 | 98 | 99 | 99 | – |
NPR8 suppliers signed Business Partner CoC9 | % of spend | 83 | 84 | 89 | 89 | 93 | – |
Suppliers participating in sustainability program | % against baseline | 60 | 65 | 75 | 84 | 77 | Close to 100 |
Suppliers in sustainability program - under development | % against baseline | 22 | 18 | 24 | 27 | 24 | – |
Suppliers in sustainability program - in line with our expectation | % against baseline | 38 | 47 | 51 | 57 | 52 | – |
Third party on-site sustainability audits (TfS)10 | number | 263 | 315 | 313 | 298 | – | |
PRODUCT PORTFOLIO |
Ambition 2030 | ||||||
Sustainable product portfolio and product safety | |||||||
Sustainable solutions 11 | % of revenue | 39 | 40 | >50 | |||
Eco-premium solutions 11 | % of revenue | 22 | 22 | 21 | – | – | – |
Value chain emission12 | |||||||
Renewable raw materials | % organic RM | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |
Cradle-to-grave carbon footprint (Scope 1, 2 and 3) - Total |
million tons | 14.9 | 14.4 | 13.4 | 15.1 | 13.8 | – |
Cradle-to-grave carbon footprint (Scope 1, 2 and 3) - Selected scope 313 |
million tons | 14.3 | 13.8 | 12.8 | 14.7 | 13.4 | – |
Cradle-to-grave with selected scope 3 as part of total cradle-to-graven carbon footprint | in % of total carbon footprint | 96 | 96 | 96 | 97 | 95 | – |
Scope 3 upstream selected categories13 | million tons | 6.5 | 6.3 | 5.9 | 6.8 | 6.2 | – |
Scope 3 downstream selected categories | million tons | 7.5 | 7.3 | 6.7 | 7.7 | 7.0 | – |
Scope 3 - upstream and downstream combined19 | million tons | 14.0 | 13.6 | 12.6 | 14.5 | 13.2 | 50% less15 |
Scope 3, category 1. Purchased goods and services | million tons CO2 (e) (estimated) | 6.5 | 6.3 | 5.9 | 6.8 | 6.2 | – |
Scope 3, category 2. Capital goods | million tons CO2 (e) (estimated) | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.03 | 0.03 | – |
Scope 3, category 3. Fuel- and energyrelated activities | million tons CO2 (e) (estimated) | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | – |
Scope 3, category 4. Upstream transportation and distribution | million tons CO2 (e) (estimated) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | – |
Scope 3, category 5. Waste generated in operations | million tons CO2 (e) (estimated) | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | – |
Scope 3, category 6. Business travel | million tons CO2 (e) (estimated) | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | – |
Scope 3, category 7. Employee commuting | million tons CO2 (e) (estimated) | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | – |
Scope 3, category 8. Upstream leased assets | million tons CO2 (e) (estimated) | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | – |
Scope 3, category 9. Downstream transportation and distribution | million tons CO2 (e) (estimated) | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | – |
Scope 3, category 10. Processing of sold products17 | million tons CO2 (e) (estimated) | (Included in use) | (Included in use) | (included in use) | (included in use) | 5.5 | – |
Scope 3, category 11. Use of sold products17 | million tons CO2 (e) (estimated) | 5.9 | 5.7 | 5.2 | 6 | (included in processing) | – |
Scope 3, category 12. End-of-life treatment of sold products | million tons CO2 (e) (estimated) | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.5 | – |
Scope 3, category 13. Downstream leased assets | million tons CO2 (e) (estimated) | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | – |
Scope 3, category 14. Franchises | million tons CO2 (e) (estimated) | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | – |
Scope 3, category 15. Investments | million tons CO2 (e) (estimated) | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | – |
1 – Due to privacy law, such as GDPR, we are not allowed to collect certain diversity data from our employees in certain regions, other than gender. Therefore, we currently only disclose gender diversity at consolidated level.
2 – In 2020 we changed the definition of our high potential turnover, which is now: High performers (scoring a 4 or 5 in their P&DD for the past 2 years) who leave the organization voluntarily or as part of a redundancy.
3 – The 2020 increase is mainly due to the 2020 Performance Incentive Plan payment. Without this one-off special payment, the ratio would have been 62.3. The 2021 CEO pay ratio seems to be higher due to the reappointment grant of 17,500 shares and a lower average salary per employee. Without the reappointment grant, the ratio would be 82.4.
4 – We operate in some countries where the right to exercise freedom of association and collective bargaining may be at risk. We ensure that systems are in place for employee involvement and engagement in line with company values and HR policies, for example by inclusion in the Code of Conduct.
5 – This percentage covers manufacturing sites under our Global group certification. Some sites are certified against local standards and are not covered in the group certificate. The year-on-year differences can be explained by site closures.
6 – The 2021 number includes a baseline shift of 199 TJ, or 3.5%, due to central procurement of electricity, elevating part of the stores organization above the materiality level.
7 – We have restated our 2018 Scope 1 emissions due to a temporary database outage in the prior year leading to misstated values.
8 – PR stands for Product-related and NPR for Non-product related.
9 – CoC stands for Code of Conduct.
10 – Third party on-site sustainability audits. This includes Together for Sustainability (TfS) shared audits, cumulative. Includes re-auditing sites in high-risk regions.
11 – As of 2021, we report on sustainable solutions instead of eco-premium solutions. The reporting period for both eco-premium as well as sustainable solutions is November-October.
12 – We have restated our 2018-2019 Scope 3 downstream and upstream due to improvement of methodology by better incorporating raw material formulation. The reporting period for Scope 3 remains October-September.
13 – This includes: Upstream Category 1 (purchased goods and services including packaging), Downstream: Category 10 - processing of sold products; Category 11 - use of sold products; Category 12 - end-of-life treatment of sold products and VOC emissions in processing/use.
14 – Since we’re striving to achieve top quartile on an ongoing basis, the OHI ambition is not tied to the 2025 time frame.
15 – Versus 2018 baseline.
16 - The 2020 and 2021 figures for circular use of materials have been restated, reflecting an incorrect classification of by-product for one of our production sites.
17 – We changed the reporting category for the joint use and processing stage to category 10 on request of the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) and to better reflect in which stage the emissions actually occur.
18 – Since 2022, we merged both Senior and Junior MM levels.
For a detailed summary of our financial and sustainability performance in 2022, read the online version of our integrated Report 2022.