Focused on the Future

Our Commitment to Progress

Sustainability isn’t new to us—it’s embedded in our values, culture and way of doing business. We embrace a science-based, holistic approach to sustainability and are continuously seeking ways to integrate it into every part of our business.

Our efforts toward building a better future are guided by these pillars:

• Environmental Footprint
• Product Blueprint
• Social Imprint

Environmental Footprint

Our continuous improvement approach aims to reduce our carbon emissions, energy use and waste generation on top of expanding our renewable energy use and recycling methods.

In doing our part for the planet, we’re working toward achieving the following goals by 2030:

• Reduce absolute Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 30%
• Increase electricity from renewable sources to 50% of total electricity usage
• Increase operational energy efficiency by 20%
• Reduce waste disposal intensity by 25%

Driving sustainability through the innovation of our products is where we make the biggest impact in building a more sustainable future. From life cycle assessments to using bio-renewable materials in our products, we’re implementing sustainability into every stage of our product innovation and development processes.

We evaluate chemical formulations, product performance, manufacturing processes, health and safety considerations and product packaging. Plus, we’ve taken our innovation a step further and integrated Sustainability by Design into our existing Stage-Gate process.

To continue providing world-class products in a safe and responsible manner, we’ve:

• Established the Sustainability by Design Stage-Gate Process as a standard part of the product innovation and development process
• Enhance the supplier engagement component of our Product Blueprint strategy
• Refined our definition of “sustainably advantaged products” to be clearer and more verifiable – with the Sherwin-Williams definition as “products that achieve a level of third-party green chemistry, ecolabel or similar recognition
• Enhanced our culture of internal engagement to further embed sustainability into the business and into our products

Social Imprint

We are committed to providing a safe and inclusive workplace where employees of all backgrounds are welcomed, celebrated and appreciated.

Our people are what make us. To attract the best talent out there and help sustain a workforce where our employees can grow, we’re working to:

• Reduce recordable case rate to 0.8 by 2025, compared with 1.06 in 2020
• Reduce ergonomic injuries by implementing two ergonomic interventions per year in each manufacturing site
• Increase women in management roles to 30% by 2025, compared with 26% in 2020
• Increase underrepresented racial/ethnic groups in U.S. management roles to 30% by 2025, compared with 26% in 2020
• Achieve and improve upon a favorable score on the Sherwin-Williams Inclusion Index, based on results of our global employee engagement survey
• Foster economic inclusion for underrepresented suppliers

Governance & Ethics

We believe a strong foundation helps us hold ourselves to the highest standards of ethics, business integrity and corporate governance.

Our approach to sustainability and environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance is managed within a governance structure that enables broad engagement across the organization, while providing appropriate oversight and accountability throughout the company.