Roadmaps of Sustainability Teams

Released April 3, 2025

 

Environment & Safety

Climate change

Step1
2024
Step2
2025
Step3
-2030
Step4
2050-2060
  • Established collaboration group for understanding and improving carbon mitigation, such as:
    • Scope 3 footprint calculation and insights
    • Reduction opportunities and improvement initiatives
    • Engagement with PCG innovation and sourcing teams
  • Reviewed and action carbon disclosures (TCFD, IFRS/CDSB) as appropriate
  • Enable Carbon collaboration group for understanding and improving carbon mitigation, such as:
    • Scope 1 & 2 improvement
    • Scope 3 data approach & evolution
    • Scope 3 Improvement program in collaboration with procurement
    • Share of experience for data collection & reporting tools
  • NIPSEA Group: 15% Scope 1 & 2 reduction 2025 (2021 baseline)
  • DuluxGroup (Pacific): 50% renewable electricity consumption and 50% Scope 1 & 2 reduction 2030 (2020 baseline)
  • DuluxGroup (Europe): Targets to be established in 2025
  • Japan Group: 37% Scope 1 & 2 reduction 2030 (2019 baseline)
  • Net zero carbon (Scope 1 & 2)

Resources & Environment

Step1
2024
Step2
2025
Step3
-2060
  • Reviewed circularity best practice (waste, water) and identify improvement opportunities
  • Reviewed emerging nature-related disclosure standards (TNFD) and action as appropriate
  • Embed adopted reporting metrics and leverage from PCG initiatives and insights to promote learning and identify opportunities
  • Review emerging nature-related disclosure standards (TNFD) and action as appropriate
  • Significantly improve the circularity of our supply chains (e.g. renewable resources, waste, water)

Safe People & Operations

Step1
2024
Step2
2025
Step3
-2060
  • Established process safety collaboration group
  • Supported implementation of high potential incident reporting and improvement action across PCGs
  • Enable collaboration group to share, review, and align technical and operating standards across PCGs for management of high-consequence process safety risks (i.e. flammable solvents, combustible dusts)
  • Enable effective control of high-consequence safety risks to reduce high-potential incidents and prevent all disasters and fatalities

 


People & Community

DE&I

Step1
2024
Step2
2025
Step3
2026-
NIPSEA Group
  • Continued to build a Strong Leadership Pipeline Across Regions
  • Developed future-ready leaders through our Group-level Leadership Development programs
DuluxGroup
  • Under a leader-led approach, efforts drove toward gender balance, emphasized areas where women were under-represented, and focused on broader inclusion initiatives, such as disability and inclusive leadership practices
Dunn-Edwards
  • Diversity training for all levels, follow-up survey
Japan Group
  • Initiated a development program targeting female employees
NIPSEA Group
  • Achieve 35% female representation in management and emerging leaders
  • Launching the career portal
  • Strengthen leadership diversity by enhancing career pathways, leadership programs, and the Women Mentorship Program
DuluxGroup
  • Drive gender balance
  • Embedding inclusion initiatives tailored to each country
  • By hiring, developing, and advancing talented women
Dunn-Edwards
  • Shape initiatives based on survey feedback (career growth) and shift committee from DEI to Engagement focus
Japan Group
  • Continue improving the ratio of women in managing positions and resetting the mid-term target for the future
NIPSEA Group
  • Sustain long-term progress in talent development
  • Further development of career pathways
  • Integrate inclusive leadership practices
  • Expand mentorship initiatives
  • Leverage data insights from employee engagement survey
DuluxGroup
  • Leaders in all countries, regardless of statutory requirements, track and address gender pay gaps. Ongoing focus on inclusion and belonging initiatives
Japan Group
  • Recruitment and training of women and, creation of an environment that draws out individual potential

Growth with community

Step1
2024
Step2
-2025
Step2
2026-
  • Developed Nippon Paint Group CSR Website
  • DuluxGroup
    • Launched the 'Dulux Communty Donations' portal
    • Significantly increased social media coverage of CSR projects and scaled-up the 'Colour your Club' program
  • Dunn-Edwards: Creation of Dunn-Edwards Foundation
  • NIPSEA Group: Invest at least US$5 million to support CSR initiatives each year
  • DuluxGroup
    • Invest at least $1.5M in CSR projects each year
    • Continue to increase the number of employee volunteer hours by at least 10% (yoy)
  • NIPSEA Group: Invest at least US$5 million to support CSR initiatives each year

 


Innovation & Product Stewardship

Sustainable Products

Step1
2024
Step2
2025-
Step3
-2030
  • Developed methodologies & modeling of LCA (PCF*, software, database)
  • IT Tool implementation for product sustainability scoring in system
  • Sustainable products portfolio optimization
  • DuluxGroup
    • Developed recommendation for Scope 3 reduction target and roadmap
    • Continued implementation of sustainable products sales and packaging roadmaps
  • Implement the LCA tool into daily operations in Japan and China, with plans to extend its use to other regions, including Southeast Asia and the DuluxGroup business
  • Optimize our sustainable product portfolio and drive sustainable business growth by engaging the entire value chain
  • Manage the performance of Sustainability Scoreboard of each PCG every quarter
  • Promote creation of more innovative sustainable products
  • Implement sustainable products and Scope 3 roadmaps
  • DuluxGroup: Deliver 2030 Best in Class sustainable product sales target

*1 Product Carbon Footprint

Chemicals of Concern

Step1
2024
Step2
2025-
Step3
-2030
  • Proceeded the CoC phasing out plan by regions and business units based on local status
  • Continuously evaluated other CoC restriction requirements and implementing action plans
  • DuluxGroup: Continued development of positions statement for 95% of CoC
  • Continue to proceed the CoC phasing out plan by regions and business units based on local status
  • Continuously evaluate other CoC restriction requirements and implementing action plans
  • DuluxGroup: Continue development of Group CoC position statements
  • Create sustainable products based on phase out plan
  • Phase-out 4 heavy metals before the end of 2030 globally

R&D

Step1
2024
Step2
2025-
Step3
-2030
  • Initiated and drove flagship projects in Sustainability
  • Created sustainable project portfolio and drove sustainable business growth
  • Throughout the entire value chain, we are committed to reducing carbon emissions and delivering additional value to our customers
    • Developing bioplatfoms on the upstream side
    • Developing low-temperature fast-curing solutions and long-life platforms on the customer side
  • Drive innovation towards UN SDGs and carbon neutrality

Product Stewardship

Step1
2024
Step2
2025-
Step3
-2030
Monitored, recorded and communicated the change of global regulations
  • Assessed raw materials introduction, registered new substance and ensured SDS and GHS label generation, registration hazard chemical permits correctly and precisely
  • Responded to customers requests, i.e., RoHS, IMDS etc.
  • Continue to monitor, record and communicate the change of global regulations
  • Continue to assess raw materials introduction, register new substance and ensured SDS and GHS label generation, registration hazard chemical permits correctly and precisely
  • Continue to respond to customers requests, i.e., RoHS, IMDS etc.
  • Implement inquiry management database Inquiry response training
  • Training for customers and business partners
  • DuluxGroup: Implement packaging roadmaps

 


Governance

Board of Directors governance

Step1
2024
Step2
2025
Step3
-2026
  • Enrichment of discussion on growth strategy
  • Improvement of the operational efficiency of Board meetings
  • Thorough engagement in succession planning
  • Further fine tuning of the "Audit on Audit" framework
  • Enrichment of discussion on growth strategy
  • Thorough engagement in succession planning
  • Further upgrading of the "Audit on Audit" framework
  • Further sophistication of growth strategy discussions
  • Enhance and implement succession plans

Execution governance

Step1
2024
Step2
2025
Step3
-2026
  • Proactive improvement tailored to the situation of each PCG through voluntary self-inspections by CSA (Control Self-Assessment) List
  • Operating and enhancing the effectiveness of internal reporting channels tailored to the situation of each PCG
  • Strengthening collaboration within the Sustainability Team to respond to changes in social demands such as "human capital" and others
  • Effectively utilise the CSA list as a tool for voluntary inspections and promote the penetration of an autonomous, exhaustive risk identification to countermeasure implementation system in each PCG
  • On the Whistleblowing Hotline, share best practice from each PCG to ensure more effective and efficient operation
  • Extend and brush up various measures and initiatives to new AOCs joining the Group in order to maintain and improve governance and internal controls across the Group
  • Verify effectiveness and refine
    • risk management system
    • whistleblowing hotline
  • Upgrading the governance framework (Including compliance and risk management) to respond to changes in social demand

 


Sustainable Procurement

Strengthen Internal Mindset and Enhance Understanding of Sustainable Procurement

Step1
2024
Step2
2025
Step3
2026-
  • Supported Group Environment, Health, and Safety (EHS) to compile Scope 3 for the NIPSEA group progressively
  • Improved understanding of Scope 3/ESG among the group’s procurement through training
  • Developed supplier ESG audit program with NIPSEA China
  • Conduct supplier ESG assessment
  • Develop supplier ESG engagement framework
    • Supplier awareness/training workshop
    • Supplier ESG audit program
  • Compile RM Life-cycle Assessment (LCA) data
  • Support compilation of Scope 3 carbon emission
  • Update country & region of origin of RM in the SAP system (for climate risk assessment)
  • Continue to strengthen internal mindset for sustainable procurement

Sustainable Procurement Actions with Suppliers

Step1
2024
Step2
2025-
  • Conducted supplier questionnaire (94% by value)
  • Engaged suppliers to provide primary data to improve Scope 3 data quality
  • Strengthen internal capabilities, reduce GHG emissions, and conduct due diligence to ensure supply chain sustainability
  • Collaborate with key suppliers to innovate sustainable products and processes via the Global Key Account Management (GKAM) strategy
    • define our supplier assessment methodology
    • engage suppliers on defining lower carbon feedstocks and raw material
    • set expectations for supplier GHG emissions reductions
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