AkzoNobel is currently operating on 100% renewable electricity on three continents – North America, Latin America and Europe – covering 69% of its manufacturing sites. The full switch over was also recently completed in South Africa and Vietnam. In total, 92 of the company’s locations now use 100% renewable electricity.
One of the most important contributions to achieving the 2030 Scope 1 ambition has come from the Pilawa site in Poland, where a recent €1.7 million investment was made to replace the facility’s gas boilers with heat pumps. The site is also home to the company’s largest solar energy plant in Europe. The installation has been operational since 2024 and features 3,551 solar panels.
A recent example is the Eco+ Cure energy calculator launched by the company’s Interpon powder coatings brand. It can help customers to reduce energy consumption, lower operating costs and reduce carbon emissions by analyzing operational data such as gas usage, oven temperature and throughput.
