3. AkzoNobel in brief
• The world’s largest paint and coatings company and a world leading
chemicals producer
• Committed to delivering Tomorrow’s Answers Today
• Global Fortune 500 company
• For five consecutive years listed as one of the leaders of the Dow Jones
Sustainability Indexes (Chemical sector)
Values
• Focusing on our customers’ future first
• Embracing entrepreneurial thinking
• Developing the talents of our people
• The courage and curiosity to question
• Integrity and responsibility in our actions
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4. Sustainability is integrated in everything
we do
We have set ambitious sustainability targets:
• Remain in the top three in the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes
• Reduce our total recordable injury rate* to 2
• Deliver a step change in people development
We focus on long-term performance. By 2015 our ambition is:
• That Eco-premium** products will make up 30 percent of sales
• To reduce our cradle-to-gate carbon footprint with 10 percent
• To achieve sustainable fresh water use on all our sites
We have linked remuneration to these targets and ambitions:
• Our executive bonuses are linked to performance in the leading
sustainability index (DJSI)
* Total recordable injury rate refers to amount of incidents per million hours worked
** Higher eco-efficiency than main competitive product
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6. The sustainability building blocks
Invent (tomorrow)
Integrate sustainable
value propositions
Manage (today)
Include
sustainability in
all aspects of
the value chain
Improve (yesterday)
Continue to comply and
ensure a license to
operate
R&D
Manu-
facturing
Sourcing
Sales
and
marketing
Market
research
Investment
decisions
Level of development
Environmental Economic Social
Required
eco-analysis
Supportive
supplier visits
Carbon and
water policies
Eco-premium
Code of
Conduct
Stretched
safety targets
Aspect of sustainability (linked to DJSI)
Examples
Leadership
training
Product
Stewardship
Operational
Eco-Efficiency
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8. Carbon policy
kgCO2perkgproduct
Source: Sustainability Council June 18th 2008
Extraction Salt Chlor-Alkali Transportation Application Use
Suppliers AkzoNobel’s operation Customers
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11. People Development
Developing the
talents of our
people:
advanced
leadership
programs
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12. 03 How to Successfully Implement?
5 Lessons
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13. 1 - Sustainability is not a department
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• It needs to be part of the DNA of your people
• All functions in the company need to contribute
• Integrate it at work, at home and in social life
• Link to compensation
• Facilitate through small expertise and knowledge centres
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14. 2 - Make the data visible
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15. 3 - Walk the talk….and talk the walk
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16. 4 - It is the right thing to do
You
=
AkzoNobel
Sustainability has a strong business case
Sustainability
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17. 5 – Put innovation and collaboration high
on the agenda
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• Step 1: Use existing knowledge and concepts from within your company
• Step 2: Find and implement existing knowledge and concepts in other
industries
•Step 3: Research and collaborate to address longer term un-met needs
and issues
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