Reporting Principles Sustainability Statements

The report explains how AkzoNobel's sustainability indicators are defined and compiled within the consolidated reporting boundary. It documents a 2023 double-materiality assessment and the resulting material topics, alongside detailed methods for energy, water, waste and greenhouse-gas reporting. For Scope 3, it identifies the categories included and explains that the reporting period differs from the calendar year. It also records the retrospective update to 2022 Grupo Orbis Scope 3 data and the introduction of location-based Scope 2 reporting in 2023.