QuestionHas Dulux reviewed the environmental impacts of its operations? AnswerWe are committed to managing the safety, health and environmental (SHE) aspects associated with our products throughout their life cycle in a responsible and ethical way, as expected by our customers and the community within which we operate. We maintain SHE data on our raw materials and carry out regular assessments of our products and activities, focussing on ensuring continued safe use of our products and making progress on the main environmental issues:
The regular assessments are carried out in an Annual SHE Review of our Products and Business Activities. Each annual review involves our formulating chemists and our product stewardship/toxicology specialists meeting and agreeing a SHE risk assessment for each raw material type, as used in the full range of finished products. For each raw material, we confirm its current status in terms of hazard (based on our continuous monitoring of available toxicological data), assess the risks to human health and the environment at the level the raw material is used in our products, decide on a detailed policy/target for whether we continue using it or plan for replacement, and finally agree any actions required to achieve that position. |
