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ChemScore report card 2025
Sherwin-Williams
Total Score
11/100
Ranking
28/40
About the company
Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, the Sherwin-Williams Company is the largest paint and coatings company in the world. The company’s products are sold to professional, industrial and commercial customers, but also directly to retail customers primarily in North and South America. Sherwin-Williams has additional operations in the Caribbean region, Europe, and Asia.
Transparency
4 out of 25 points
Action points
- Start disclosing revenue connected to hazardous chemicals
- Start publishing volumes of hazardous substances that leave the company’s facilities as products or services
- Report on the company’s global hazardous substances portfolio (beyond EU/US) on a substance-by-substance basis
Phase-out of persistent chemicals
0 out of 25 points
Action points
- Start mapping the presence of intentionally or unintentionally present persistent chemicals in the company’s processes and upstream value chain
- Start reporting and/or limit the share of revenue from persistent chemicals considerably
- Stop producing persistent chemicals and set up a timed phase-out plan
Product portfolio
6 out of 25 points
Number of registered hazardous chemicals
26
Number of chemicals on the EU’s Candidate List
10
Number of chemicals on the EU’s Authorisation List and/or POP substances
4
Number of persistent chemicals
3
Product portfolio transparency
80%
Action points
- Reduce the number of hazardous substances the company is using, producing and placing on the market
Safer solutions
1 out of 25 points
Action points
- Either start reporting the company’s share of safer solutions or increase it substantially. As a minimum, REACH candidate list substances must be excluded from such products
- Publicly commit not to develop or market new products containing hazardous substances. As a minimum, REACH candidate list substances must be excluded from such products
- Publicly commit to increasing the share of sales of safer solutions
Category breakdown
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Company facts
Founded
1866
Headquarters
Cleveland, USA
Revenue
23.1 billion USD
ISIN
US8243481061
Category
Paint / Coating
