DuluxGroup has more than 970 fleet vehicles primarily used by our customer facing employees across Australia and New Zealand, and collectively they account for 34% of our total energy consumption. Adoption of hybrid vehicles is one opportunity available now on the transition pathway to our 2030 and 2050 targets, until electric vehicles and the required infrastructure are readily available. The selected vehicles are estimated to save around 700 liters of petrol and 1.6 tonnes of CO2 per 100,000km travelled, which will make a substantive difference across our large fleet. The transition commenced in 2021 and to date 8% of our Australian fleet and 68% of our New Zealand fleet are hybrid vehicles, which equates to 18% of the total fleet.

DuluxGroup established targets in 2021 for the Pacific businesses (Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea) to achieve a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions (Scope 1 and 2) of 50% by 2030 and net zero by 2050, together with 50% renewable electricity consumption by 2030. Significant planning to achieve these targets was undertaken during 2022 and identified the required actions and timing to ensure achievement, including site energy efficiency improvements, solar installations, renewable power purchase, and electric vehicle fleet adoption. Implementation of these actions commenced late in 2022, including installation of a 250 kW solar panel system at the Cabot’s, Fosroc, and Dulux Protective Coatings factory in Dandenong South, Melbourne, Australia. Further solar installations are planned for completion at multiple DuluxGroup sites in 2023.