AkzoNobel is a Dutch paints and coatings company headquartered in Amsterdam; its roots go back to 1792.
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AkzoNobel has cut its own emissions 47% since 2018 and its total footprint from 14.9 to 12.2 MtCO2e, but value-chain emissions are down only 19%. In 2025 it stopped reporting group water use, and it has no nature footprint. Its subsidiary International Paint was fined £650,000 in 2023 for pollution of the Yealm estuary in England.
AkzoNobel scores 37/100 (Below expectations) on SINK's independent climate assessment, scored from public data only. Fees pay for the review, never the result. Last verified October 2026.
That places AkzoNobel joint 453rd of 883 companies scored, and joint 5th of 14 in Chemicals.
Where AkzoNobel sits among chemicals peers.
Among the 14 major chemicals brands we've scored, AkzoNobel is tied =5th of 14, with 2 others.
Its three lowest-scoring questions, and what the evidence didn't show.
Company states biodiversity not material to double materiality assessment; no production sites in IUCN key biodiversity areas.
2023: subsidiary fined £650k for TBT discharge into Yealm Estuary.
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Get in touch →Strongest on Carbon Footprint — Operations and Carbon Footprint — Supply Chain (9/10, 8/10). Weakest on Nature & Biodiversity Impact and Water Impact (4/10, 4/10).
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SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × Scale15 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
8 of 15 sources are independent of the company.
“Scope 1 - Direct emissions million tons CO2eq”
“Scope 1 54,664”
“auditor’s report and limited assurance report of the independent auditor included in this PDF”
“69% renewable electricity in our own operations”
“none of our production sites are located in areas of significant biodiversity value”
“100% circular use of materials in our own operations by 2030”
“Offence Type : water pollution violation”
“The estuary is a Special Area of Conservation due to its rich flora and fauna.”
“absolute scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions 42% by FY2030 from a FY2020 base year.”
“We monitor association behavior and act when any misalignment with our interests occurs.”
“Between 2018 and 2022, AkzoNobel paid around 5 million USD in penalties for environmental violations”
“It includes companies such as Unilever, AkzoNobel, Iberdrola, Nestlé, Tesla and IKEA.”
“AkzoNobel has strengthened its position as a sustainability leader by making substantial progress toward its long-term climate goals.”
“AkzoNobel is now operating on 100% renewable electricity across three continents”
“confirming its status as the first paints and coatings company to receive this endorsement”
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AkzoNobel is a Dutch paints and coatings company headquartered in Amsterdam; its roots go back to 1792. It had about 31,500 employees and €10.2 billion revenue in 2025.
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