Reducing hazardous chemical

A major priority is reducing hazardous chemical use – a key challenge for all paint manufacturers. One area where we are working especially hard is cadmium, a heavy metal that when added to artists’ paint creates an intrinsic quality that many artists value and that is currently hard to replicate artificially. We have removed cadmium colours from our value ranges, thus reducing the heavy metals that could potentially be released into the environment. But at the same time, we recognise the role that cadmium plays in our professional ranges. For this reason we devote utmost care and attention to the manufacture of these products and we have launched programmes to develop alternatives to cadmium.