Akzo Nobel: Towards "Zero Waste" and to foster more environmental protection possibilities with start-ups

With China’s “carbon neutrality and carbon peaking” goals, sustainable development and carbon reduction and emission reduction have become issues that cannot be ignored in all walks of life

In 2019, Akzo Nobel has put forward its own vision, defined a new concept of sustainable development around the three dimensions of "human beings, earth, and coatings", and combined forces inside and outside the industry to find ways to accelerate the realization of this concept

Recently, Kaj van Alem, Industrial Coatings Business Director of Akzo Nobel Asia, together with International Business Daily, discussed the significance of moving towards "zero waste" for Akzo Nobel's sustainable development goals

The content of the dialogue is intercepted from an interview with International Business Daily:

What are Akzo Nobel's sustainable development goals for carbon reduction and environmental protection?

In the new concept of sustainable development released by "Humanity, Earth, Coatings", we released the 2030 goal based on the "earth" dimension: achieving zero waste emissions and halving carbon emissions by 2030

In addition, we have recently released a new carbon reduction target to reduce carbon emissions related to the entire value chain by 42% by 2030 (compared to 2020)

In order to achieve the goal of reducing carbon and waste, what efforts has the company made?

From our production process to the painting of products, Akzo Nobel has taken a series of sustainable development measures to minimize waste as much as possible

In product development, green product performance has always been one of Akzo Nobel's innovation goals

These are just some examples of our products and solutions.

Has Akzo Nobel made any progress in reducing emissions?

In the past nine years, we have reduced waste emissions by 40%.

What value can the “create the future” collaborative innovation system bring to sustainable development?

We have made many positive attempts and efforts in the company itself.

In recent years, we have been trying to build a collaborative innovation and cooperation system represented by "creating the future".

What progress has been made in this open and innovative system?

Through years of hard work, Akzo Nobel's collaborative innovation cooperation system has made substantial progress