Creating Impact

We are pleased to share Colart’s 2024/2025 Impact Report with everyone. The report outlines the launch of its Creating Impact strategy, which is built on three pillars: Creating Value, Creating Sustainable Culture, and Creating Circularity.

Our brands, products, and employees take centre stage as we share different ways our business has created impact in the last year.

We are also proud to announce that Colart has now had our Net Zero decarbonisation plans approved and validated by the science-based targets initiative (SBTi).

This is where a third party has checked our carbon data and plans and said they are credible. This is a great achievement making us the first in the industry to commit to Net Zero and be validated.

Everyone is encouraged to read the impact report and watch the video. These are great tools for customers, employees, suppliers and new starters. Please share it with stakeholders and become ambassadors for our sustainability initiatives.

Check out the Creative Impact video below

 

 

 

"Get Involved"

  • Read the report
  • Share on your social channels
  • Share with our customers, consumers and partners
  • Become a sustainability ambassador
  • Volunteer and use your community day
  • Ask your manager about the Leadership Development Programme and find out what they’ve learnt and how you can help support them in making a change
  • Help Liquitex promote theIr bio based acrylics by following and sharing their posts: https://www.instagram.com/liquitexofficial/
  • Help Lefranc Bourgeois promote their Flashe Bio Based acrylics and sharing their posts https://www.instagram.com/lefrancbourgeoisofficiel/
We have joined the B Corp,™ community and pledge to use business as a force for good.

As a B Corp,™ in the arts manufacturing industry, we’re counted among businesses that are leading a global movement for an inclusive, equitable, and regenerative economy. This is not just for Colart but all arts manufacturing businesses. By leading an industry community, we can collectively work for the better good.

Creating Impact Framework

Creating Value 

We include economic, environmental and social considerations when measuring the value Colart creates to benefit society

Our brands create value for our customers and community through sustainability focused products, projects and partnerships

 

Creating Sustainable Culture

We embed sustainability within our company culture and empower our employees to be change makers

We incorporate sustainability into all stages of our employee journey.

 

Creating Circularity

We are future focused & create sustainable, innovative, safe products and services with our customers, consumers and planet in mind

Our facilities focus on reducing negative impact (waste, carbon, water).

We utilise efficient, sustainable and ethical production processes throughout our value chain.

 

We have created a series of tools that will help you communicate 'Creating Impact' to our external stakeholders; customers, suppliers as well as internal teams and new starters

Click here for Creating Impact Toolkit 

Sustainability Ambassador Network

 

The Sustainability Ambassador Network, works together globally to advocate and support sustainability within Colart. The mission of the Network is to:

  • Promote sustainability in the company by recommending initiatives to reinforce sustainable thinking and actions.
  • Implement thoughtful, practical, iterative, and innovative strategies to cultivate a culture where sustainable thinking and action is respected and intentionally valued.
  • Encourage consultation and participation of people across the business respecting formal representative mechanisms.
  • Promote participation to all employees in activities supporting sustainability particularly linked to DEI, wellbeing and community support.
  • Communicate sustainability initiatives, actions, and results in a timely manner.

 

 

Register to become an ambassador

Sustainability Ambassadors are there to stoke the conversation, drive change in the business and integrate sustainability into our every day actions.

The Impact of an Ambassador

Being a Sustainabillity Ambassador at Colart means you are joining the same community as Colart has through our B Corp,™ Certification and pledge to use business as a force for good. You will be empowered to be change agents and have the full support of our CEO, The Sustainability Team and the line manager.

As an ambassador, you are driven to see change and take action as:

    • someone who sees themselves as an ‘activist’ in a network that leads, inspires and supports sustainable practice across Colart.
    • somone who is sustainably aware and notices things that need to change or could be improved.
    • someone who can start, sustain and/or grow experimental projects.
    • willing to learn and celebrate what works and share it.
    • someone who can build energy, participation and momentum across Colart for a sustainable organisation.
    • someone who can share and discuss ideas as a learning community.

Ambassadors bring sustainability to work with them, whether that be in their everyday role or through ideas that can help Colart in any part of the organisation. 

We have 26 ambassadors across all sites, plus an ambassador network within a Teams site for the ambassadors to share their ideas and updates.

 
Read about our Sustainability Ambassadors

Ambassador Interview - Jan

 

Our Social Impact

Colart Community Day

Colart is committed to dedicating one day a year (within work time) per employee to community-related activities.

Find out more about how you can use your Colart Community Day by clicking on the button below.

Apply for your Community Day

Speak to your manager and then submit your request via Splash to participate. 

If you do not use Splash, then complete the form below. You will also need to get the authorisation from your line manager.

Form in English Formulaire en Francais

Colart Discontinued Stock Donation

Colart wants to donate discontinued stock to local charities and needs your help in doing so. Instead of disposing of discontinued stock sitting at our warehouses, the Sustainability Committee has designed a local fast track charity process. This process allows you the chance to work with local charities you are interested or passionate about and want to help, by providing discontinued stock to them. Do you know a local charity that would be interested? Simply fill the form below and send it back to the email address mentioned in it.

Form in English Formulaire en Français

Sustainability Resource Centre