Dulux owners, AkzoNobel right on top in SAM Index
AkzoNobel - owner of the world famous paint brand Dulux has won the
first place and named ‘Super Sector Leader’ in the latest SAM
Sustainability Assessment. It is the sixth consecutive year that
AkzoNobel has been in the SAM top three.
The influential ranking which is used by Dow Jones to create their
Sustainability Index assesses 90 companies in the chemical and coatings
industries and ranks the leaders in sustainability based on economic,
social and environmental categories.
AkzoNobel, the largest global paints and Coatings Company and a major
producer of specialty chemicals - has topped the list and achieved first
position in all three categories economic, environmental and social
criteria. “The number one ranking in the SAM index is a real achievement
for our company,” said André Veneman, AkzoNobel’s Corporate Director of
Sustainability and Health, Safety and Environment.
“It demonstrates how we have integrated sustainability practices into
our day-to-day processes. It is a reward for the hard work put in by
many of our businesses and functions, who have driven further
improvements in several departments this year.”
In assessing the companies, nearly 20 unique criteria are reviewed,
including customer relationship management, safety, product stewardship,
governance, human capital development and talent attraction.
Commenting on achieving first position in all three categories,
Director Veneman said, “We have especially succeeded in improving on
Operational Eco-Efficiency, Product Safety and Talent Attraction and
Retention.
This shows that sustainability is strongly embedded in our strategy.
The SAM ranking is also an excellent tool to measure our progress by
benchmarking our performance with our peers”.
Describing the achievement, he added that the excellent score is the
result of the contribution of 55.000 people being engaged in amongst
others improving our product safety and the reduction of waste and
energy at all our sites. “It’s great to see that we have made
significant improvement on training and talent development programs.” |