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The report highlights initiatives and results related to the company's ongoing process to reduce CO₂ levels by at least 50% by 2030, and become net carbon neutral by 2050. For every sustainability report that is downloaded, Sun Chemical will plant a tree through the established nongovernmental organization, One Tree Planted.

To remind the world that ‘rust never sleeps,’ the Association for Materials Protection and Performance will celebrate World Corrosion Awareness Day on April 24 to recognize the impact corrosion prevention and control professionals make and promote sustainable management practices for critical industrial assets.

The innovations in modifiers aim to enable paint and coatings manufacturers to rethink modern coatings to include enhanced performance and safety with consideration for the environment. 

The company's most recent white paper illustrates why metal cans are favored by the market due to their infinite recyclability, and safety and performance benefits, which contribute to a circular economy.

How does the right paint enable a ship to use less fuel? This article discusses choosing the right marine coating and the corresponding environmental considerations. 

The new resins have a renewable carbon content, can be formulated and used without hazardous ingredients found in most competitive products, and were developed to have efficient crosslinking with environmentally compliant carbodiimide-type crosslinkers.

This exclusive covers a contract coating company's search for a sustainable powder coating solution that can also be applied to sensitive substrates — materials that are traditionally liquid coated. 

This article makes the case for a single coating layer system to replace two-coat systems for concrete coatings, claiming superior hardness and abrasion resistance as well as comparable adhesion to wet or dry concrete and equivalent chemical resistance.

The goal of the site is to make it easy for RadTech members to learn about sustainability and to take steps to reduce their environmental impact.

The conference welcomed 24,605 coatings experts and 1,017 exhibitors from 42 countries despite a nationwide strike by public transport workers leading up to the event.