Decorative Paints value creation summary 2014
As a leading global supplier of decorative paints, our brands are crucial to our success. Our Decorative Paints activities are fully focused on the Buildings and Infrastructure end-user segment, serving the do-it-yourself market and professional painters. In order to create more economic, social and environmental value, our innovation is geared towards reducing our upstream and downstream supply chain impact by changing formulations to waterborne technology.
Many of our brands are household names and we work closely with local communities via a series of national and international initiatives, some of which involve volunteer support from our employees. This benefits the creation of more social value.
All these initiatives will contribute to our financial performance and ultimately lead to more economic value for our investors.
Organization
€3.9 billion
revenue
€248 million
€2.8 billion
€143 million
capital expenditures
In 2014, we invested in high growth markets and in creating efficiency in Europe through optimization of our production footprint
Revenue breakdown by business unit in %
Revenue breakdown by end-user segment in %
Revenue development in % versus 2013
Outcomes
6.3% ROS
8.8% ROI
27%
of revenue from eco-premium solutions
RD&I investments have resulted in 27 percent of revenue derived from eco-premium solutions with customer benefits
Eco-premium solutions with customer benefits
% of revenue
Input
Organization
2.5 million tons
upstream CO2(e) emissions
1,800 TJ
energy use
We continue to improve efficiency by reducing our energy use per ton of production, and are working towards improving our share of renewable energy. We continue to improve the environmental footprint of our operations by focusing on operational eco-efficiency
0.1 million tons
CO2(e) emissions own operations
35 kilotons
total waste
Outcomes
1.3 million tons
downstream CO2(e) emissions
3.9 million tons
CO2(e) emissions cradle-to-grave
0%
decrease CO2(e) per ton of sales from 2012 cradle-to-grave carbon footprint
Organization
Employee safety is a key priority and we are actively driving towards a reduction in the number of incidents
Total reportable rate of injuries
per million hours
Outcomes
€704 million
employee benefits
4.02
employee engagement score
We highly value, and actively work on improving, employee engagement. We’re investing in training and development and continue to work on a more diverse workforce
15,200
employees at year-end 2014
7 million
lives positively impacted by our “Let’s Colour” program
5,000
people trained as painters
We participate in community programs and local sponsorships