Publications

Sustainability In The Global Paint Coatings Industry

The World Coatings Council’s Sustainability Report highlights the global industry’s ongoing sustainability efforts to advance technologies in coating science and manufacturing, while minimizing impacts on human health and the environment. The report emphasizes the critical role coatings and the global industry play in contributing to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as framed by nine specific SDGs where industry can have the greatest impact.

These are as follows:

• Good Health and Well-being (UN SDG #3)
• Quality Education (UN SDG #4)
• Clean Water & Sanitation (UN SDG #6)
• Decent Work and Economic Growth (UN SDG #8)
• Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure (UN SDG #9)
• Sustainable Cities and Communities (UN SDG #11)
• Responsible Consumption and Production (UN SDG #12)
• Climate Action (UN SDG #13)
• Life Below Water (UN SDG #14)

KPI Guide For Sustainable Development Goals

This guide aims to help WCC members in their support of creating sustainability goals using the UN SDGs. The Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) outlined in the guide can be used as critical markers of progress toward the SDGs, and WCC’s guide outlines relevant information for KPIs that member association companies may use for their Sustainability programing to track and report progress on their activities.

WCC’s KPI Guide provides an “Essential” and “Advanced” track for companies to use as a template for their Sustainability agendas, and notes that users may wish to collect data or report on other activities which complement and amplify their contributions to a specific SDG.