Baril Coatings achieves ECG certification

As the first company in the Netherlands, Baril Coatings together with another company, SNEW - Circular Telecom & IT from Boxtel, received the Economy for the Common Good (ECG) certificate on Wednesday, March 23. From the hands of Estefania Matesanz Medina of the Dutch ECG-Hub, Technical Director Joost Broeders received this certificate.

Baril Coatings is one of the pioneering companies with which the "True Profit Brabant" working group sat down to start this process. Through the tireless efforts of Joost Broeders and Suzanne Smits of Baril Coatings and under peer guidance, the company has been able to successfully implement this practical method. "This particular certificate puts the community at the center of our actions," said Joost Broeders. "By committing to it, we show that we are really serious about sustainable business. Creating value for the environment and our staff is our goal without leaving a negative impact (damage to people and the environment)."

Why this certificate for Baril Coatings?

Achieving ECG certification seems like a seemingly impossible task for a paint manufacturer. But the opposite is true. Protect and beautify home & hearth, bridges, buildings, lighting, (agricultural) machinery with paints based on bio-based, circular and renewable resources. That's what Baril Coatings can do. Achieve the maximum with little paint. All construction paints are now biobased. And also the premium protective coatings are based on the patented thin film technology and also already contain biobased raw materials. A lifetime of protection with little paint.

Incentive to stay on sustainable path

Joost Broeders: "However, we are far from there yet. We are still too dependent on fossil raw materials, but fortunately the supply of bio-based and circular raw materials is increasing noticeably. The switch to waterborne, also in the Protective Coatings market, is being stimulated thanks to stricter working conditions and environmental requirements. But our own initiatives with suppliers and knowledge institutions are also accelerating the transition. Obtaining this certificate is a confirmation of our choices, but above all an incentive to continue on the sustainable path."

Baril Coatings

Baril Coatings started producing paints and coatings in 1982. Since then, Baril Coatings has grown into a true developer of innovative, sustainable solutions and operates in several European countries and the US and with production sites in the Netherlands, the US and Poland. Baril Coatings goes for solutions that suit the customer and respect the living environment. Baril Coatings is a developer of high-quality, industrial coatings and building paints that are exceptionally durable. Baril supplies them worldwide to steel and commercial construction, OEM and metal industries, marine and offshore, painting companies and consumers.