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We’re excited to launch Colart’s 2024/2025 Impact Report, built on three pillars: Creating Value, Sustainable Culture, and Circularity.
A major milestone—our Net Zero plan has been approved by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), making us the first in our industry with a validated commitment.
Watch the video to see how our brands, people, and products are driving real impact—and share it with your network to support our sustainability journey.
Click below to find out all about the reportLefranc Bourgeois Gifting
The holidays are fast approaching! 🎁✨This year, with the Lefranc Bourgeois Gifting campaign, dare to paint and give inspiration! Discover our selection of gift sets designed to suit all tastes: oil painting, acrylic painting, gouache painting... thanks to tutorials from artists!
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Les fêtes approchent à grands pas ! 🎁✨Cette année, avec la campagne Gifting Lefranc Bourgeois, osez peindre et offrez l’inspiration ! Découvrez notre sélection de coffrets conçus pour accompagner toutes les envies : peinture à l’huile, à l'acrylique à la gouache... grâce aux tutos des artistes!
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Enjoy the vibrant Liquitex trending palette for Summer 2025
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Visit our dedicated Health & Safety webpage to explore how we are continuously improving and ensuring compliance, and meet our global network of Health & Safety Ambassadors.
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The Wall
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Richard Llewellyn posted an update in the group
The Wall 3 years, 4 months agoSustainability Improvements in Lowestoft.
A really lovely last visit to Lowestoft today to see all my colleagues and friends. Great to see the changes being made in shipping with paper bagged brushes, paper taped boxes and paper banded cartons. Great to see the new bags coming off the production line.
Tim, Teresa & the team have done a great job here. Well done, Lowestoft
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Frederique ROUSSEAU posted an update in the group
The Wall 3 years, 4 months agoPleasure to share Charbonnel pop-up spirit with Colart teams today during the joyful Christmas luncheon in Le Mans !
A selection of arty gifts such as sustainable limited edition scarves designed by Carole Rampinetta with Lefranc Bourgeois Linel gouache (printed in France on a recycled soft fiber), James MacKeown book with a chapter dedicated to colors, and Michel Costiou’s repros were presented for sale.
Every coworker was also invited to participate in our new “Art of Movement” quiz… Stay tuned for the winners’ revelation!
Congratulations to our summer plein air painting contest awards, thanks for sharing your beautiful artworks and let’s keep on painting the future together!
Aujourd’hui se tenait une vente au personnel organisée par l’équipe Lefranc Bourgeois dans le restaurant d’entreprise du Mans. Une occasion de présenter les collaborations récentes de la marque, et l’exposition Lefranc Bourgeois de Michel Costiou en cours chez Charbonnel autour de l’art du mouvement. Merci à tous pour ce sympathique moment d’échange, bonne chance à tous les participants du quiz, et bravo aux gagnants du concours Plein Air !
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Jane Beeston replied 3 years, 4 months ago
what a great event!! 👏👏…
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Gail Pasquier replied 3 years, 4 months ago
Fantastique !! Lovely to see how everyone can experience the beauty of the Lefranc Bourgeois Brand first hand.…
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Looks really great! The scarves are stunning too…
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Amelia Macdonald posted an update in the group
The Wall 3 years, 4 months agoShameless plug. I am running 6k every day in December, YES Christmas day, YES New Years Eve to raise money for a charity close to my heart, Stop Domestic Abuse, and I’d really appreciate your support.
You can donate to my JustGiving page by clicking here: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/amelia6k?utm_source=Sharethis&utm_medium=fundraising&utm_content=amelia6k&utm_campaign=pfp-email&utm_term=33119041ae684e10b9595fc93497fbee.
Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Once you donate, they\’ll send your money directly to Stop Domestic Abuse, so it\’s the most efficient way to give – saving time and cutting costs for the charity.
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Jane Beeston replied 3 years, 4 months ago
that’s really impressive Amelia. Well done!…
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Jo Sass replied 3 years, 4 months ago
Keep on running Amelia I love your spirit and this is a worthy cause. Well done. …
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That’s impressive and such a great initiative from you Amelia, especially with this icy/cold weather too. Good luck with the daily runs.…
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wow wow wow… 6k a day keeps the doctor at bay (I hope!) Impressive and ambitious target Amelia. I hope you’ll raise lots of support for the charity. …
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Amelia Macdonald posted an update in the group
The Wall 3 years, 4 months agoGreatArt London Retail Experience. Thanks to everyone who helped make this event happen. Here’s a great timelapse that Francesca recorded at the event.
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I just love seeing this wrapping paper coming together from start to finish.. quite mesmerising and beautiful work by Andrew full of colour and movement.…
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Charlotte Caton replied 3 years, 4 months ago
Brilliant looking event and the time lapse really helps to bring it to life for anyone that couldn’t make it in person (like me, sadly) …
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We missed you being there. …
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Richard Llewellyn posted an update in the group
The Wall 3 years, 4 months agoColart has PEFC certification
I am delighted to report that Colart now has PEFC certification. PEFC is an alternative internationally recognised standard to FSC for sustainably sourced wood and paper products. We already have FSC which covers many items within our ranges such as the wooden handles on our paint brushes, the majority of our paper ranges and a lot of our packaging but having PEFC covers many items not certified by FSC such as W&N studio pencils whose wood is certified by PEFC.
Going forward this will now allow us to update the artwork packaging on our pencil sets to add the PEFC logo.
These standards are important to Colart, our consumers, our customers and most importantly the planet as they give assurances that the items certified come from sustainably managed forests.
Ajita Chamberlin has driven this project from start to finish. Well done Ajita!
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That’s incredible news. Massive well done and congrats Ajita (and team)!…
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one step more to become a truly sustainable company – proud to see we don’t stop inspired by the fact that there is so much more to go after …
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Piet van Nassau replied 3 years, 4 months ago
well done all involved: really incredible good news!…
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Great to see the ongoing progress on sustainability. Well done Ajita!…
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Well done Ajita! What a fantastic news for Colart!
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Great achievement Ajita! Congratulations!!! …
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Great! well done Ajita. Looking forward to seeing the logo on our products!…
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Anthony Taylor replied 3 years, 4 months ago
Really positive news…
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Samantha Atkins replied 3 years, 4 months ago
Brilliant News Ajita, well done!…
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Laura Bruder replied 3 years, 4 months ago
Awesome news! Congratulations Ajita & team!…
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Great new Richard and Ajita et al.…
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New York winner of the International Art Prize – W&N
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Millions of tonnes of clothing, shoes and other textiles end up in landfill every year because very little is sent for recycling .
“The current fashion system uses high volumes of non-renewable resources, including petroleum, extracted to produce clothes that are often used only for a short period of time, after which the materials are largely lost to landfill or incineration. “This system puts pressure on valuable resources such as water, pollutes the environment and degrades ecosystems in addition to creating societal impacts on a global scale.” There are good reasons to seek out alternatives to chucking clothes in the bin – globally the fashion industry is responsible for 10% of all greenhouse gas emissions, with textile production alone is estimated to release 1.2 billion tonnes of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere every year. Vast amounts of water are also needed to produce the clothes we wear too and the fashion industry is responsible for 20% of global waste water. At the same time we are buying more clothes than ever – the average consumer now buys 60% more clothing than they did 15 years ago. More than two tonnes of clothing are bought each minute in the UK, more than any other country in Europe. Globally, around 56 million tonnes of clothing are bought each year, and this is expected to rise to 93 million tonnes by 2030 and 160 million tonnes by 2050.
"Reuse. Recycle. Rethink — your clothes deserve a second life, not a landfill."
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Well done team, now let’s do the same for the promarker range in Tianjin !…
Looks great! Curious to learn how our retailers will respond
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