At Crown, we help everyone paint their own possible.

The challenges facing people and our planet are more evident today than ever. But this is not a time to feel down. It’s a time to step up.

That’s why we’ve launched Project Possible.

Project Possible covers five key areas and runs through our entire business and beyond. It’s bold and ambitious, but those are words we’re proud to live up to. 

Read on to discover our crowning achievements.

sustainability

Our overall ambition is to radically improve our environmental and social impact, so that our company, customers and colleagues are able to thrive – now and into the future.

Over 500
solar panels
generating clean energy

Over 50%
reduction on CO2 emissions from company vehicles

We Reuse & Recycle
with NIMTEC, our specialist
recycling partners

1,800 tonnes
of waste recycled
in 2022 alone.
(equivalent to 266 elephants!)

1 million
paint cans recycled in
our Can Back scheme
in just 12 months!

500+
solar panels installed

50%
Reduction
in CO2

NIMTECH
specialist recycling partners

1,800 t
of waste recycled and repurposed through NIMTECH

1 m
paint cans
recycled in 12 months!

charity

We’re as committed to supporting charities and charitable causes as we’ve always been. Whether that’s through raising as much money as possible for our national and local charities or by donating our paint and expertise to bring the positive power of paint to those who need it most.

CDC
aiming to raise £50,000 for Alzheimer’s Society

£20,000
raised in one day
through the annual corporate golf day

donated over three years
£ 0

Bake
for Dementia fundraiser

CDC
raising funds for
Alzheimer’s Society

£20K
raised in 1 day

£75K
donated
over three years

Bake
for dementia fundraiser

community

From creating more joyful local spaces through the power of colour, to giving back to local youth sports teams in honour of our decades-long association with top-flight football, we love nothing more than using our expertise and heritage to help make the places around us happier and healthier.
Paint donations
to community
groups
0

Stunning murals
and street art nationwide

400 litres
of paint donated
to the Blackburn Empire Theatre

We created the
Grass Roots
Sports Fund

437
Donations to
Community groups and
good causes

400lts
to Blackburn
Empire Theatre

Grass Roots
sports fund

Stunning
murals and street art
nationwide

education

We know it can be difficult out there. That’s why we give every ounce of support we can to all those in our industry. And we do mean ‘all’ — from professional designers, engineers, chemists, architects and craftspeople, right through to those apprentice painters, decorators and designers still in college

387
apprentice decorators

100+
learning and development presentations

5
chemistry
graduates

387
apprentice decorators

100+
learning and development presentations

5
chemistry
graduates

people & culture

Our Crown family are at the heart of everything we do and we’re committed to creating an environment rich in possibility for all.

34%
female business leaders

Employee assistance programme

Culture of continual learning

Managers
actively leading
& recruiting diverse teams
0

437
Donations to
Community groups and
good causes

Employee
assist programme

Culture
of continual learning

Managers
leading & recruiting diverse teams

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