Crown Paints celebrates industry award shortlist

Crown Paints is delighted to have reached the final stage in the Sustainable Innovation category of the British Coatings Federation (BCF) Awards, for significantly reducing its environmental impact across its transport and haulage operations. Crown Paints, owned by Hempel A/S, created its Sustainable Transport Project to support Hempel’s ambition of becoming carbon neutral across its […]

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Sustainability and the state of the economy take centre stage at the British Coatings Federation Annual Conference

Over 150 senior decision-makers from the UK’s paints, coatings and printing ink sectors gathered in Birmingham for the annual British Coatings Federation (BCF) Annual Conference. The opening keynote from the UK Government’s Business Department (BEIS) highlighted the government’s growth drivers and Net Zero ambitions for energy, chemicals and coatings. The Bank of England outlined the […]

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Industry body takes action on greenwash claims in decorative paints

The British Coatings Federation (BCF) have launched a new online guide, ‘Green Claims Guide to Decorative Paints’, to tackle the rising number of green claims emerging in the decorative paints industry.  According to the UK Government’s website, green claims (sometimes called ‘environmental claims’ or ‘eco-friendly claims’) are ‘claims that show how a product, service, brand […]

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