Sustainability driven innovation

We’re committed to capturing the opportunities that sustainability presents as a catalyst for innovation.

We’re committed to capturing the opportunities that sustainability presents as a catalyst for innovation. We recognize that sustainability is driving changes in our industry and believe this aligns with our strengths in innovation and our leadership position in sustainability.

We’re developing products that are more sustainable, which enables us to gain market share and generate higher margins in certain markets. We’re also focused on accelerating our development efforts and reducing time to market.

During 2025, we launched several solutions that demonstrate our commitment to advance towards a more sustainable future, especially in our three main end-user segments – the built environment, transport and consumer goods. They included:

• Award-winning powder coatings technology for protecting electric battery bottom plates for EVs, tripling the life of the battery shielding coatings, compared with using standard solutions for the same application method
   

• Superdurable architectural powder coatings containing bioattributed raw materials that help deliver reduced product carbon footprint, achieved through our ongoing value chain partnership with Arkema and BASF
   

• A new generation waterborne basecoat for vehicle repair which requires just a single visit to the spray booth, enabling faster processing times compared with the conventional basecoat application method, and reducing both energy costs and carbon emissions
   

• Next generation clearcoat for consumer electronics applications which combines premium aesthetics with exceptional stain and wear resistance
   

• A “sunscreen” coating system in China which features a radiative cooling topcoat and a thermal radiation barrier mid-coat, helping to cool down buildings and make them more energy efficient, compared with using standard mid-coat and topcoat solutions for the same application