Earth Hour Explores the Future of Sustainable Development

At 20:30 on March 30th, in response to the energy-saving activities advocated by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) in response to global climate change, "Earth Hour", as in previous years, all offices of the Digurila Group, which belongs to Fenlin Lacquer, were turned off for one hour. This is to seriously consider the biggest challenges facing the global environment today - climate warming and loss of biodiversity. Earth Hour is a global grassroots environmental movement. With the concept of environmental protection getting deeper and deeper into people's minds and the increasing load of the natural environment. Digurila, from Finland, a big environmental protection country in the world, is trying to bring the concept of sustainable development to the world and protect the homeland on which human beings live. At the same time, sustainability has been an important development strategy for Digurila. On this day, two experts, Elisabet Sahlin, manager of sustainable development department in Digurila, and Cecilia Wetterholm, director of RDI in Digurila, Sweden, discussed the future of sustainable development:

Today, global warming and loss of biodiversity affect not only individuals, but also the industry as a whole. This sensitive issue, which often appears in news reports, has deepened consumers'understanding of environmental hazards. It has aroused more and more people's awareness of environmental protection. Now many people understand what is destroying our homes and how to protect our beloved planet and family. The awakening and worries of environmental awareness have led to dramatic changes in the market: consumers are paying more and more attention to the environmental protection of purchasing products, which also makes artists, designers and decoration companies looking for an environmentally friendly and sustainable way to meet customers'desire for a healthy and comfortable environment. For example, in Sweden, many of them will choose coatings with international environmental certification to meet customers'harsh environmental needs. In China, this trend has become increasingly evident. Cecilia hopes that more and more paint companies will begin to consider sustainable environmental development strategies like Digurila, which can not only ensure the safety and health of their employees, but also ensure the working environment and living environment of all clients who use environmental protection paint in their offices and homes. It has been improved. In the opinion of experts, the right direction for sustainable development is the choice of raw materials and waterborne coatings, the protection of the surface of building materials, longer life cycle of building materials, more efficient resources and environmental protection. In addition to the effective protection and decoration of walls and building materials, it can be called sustainable environmental protection products only after withstanding the test of time. So one of the main directions of Digurila is to vigorously develop water-based coatings, and the next step is to completely abandon non-environmentally friendly oily coatings.

Compared with oily coatings, waterborne coatings require completely different treatment technologies: for example, when searching for functional adhesives and additives in waterborne products, when dealing with biological surface treatment or reusable materials, it is necessary to ensure that the correct formulation is found to ensure the final effect, which Digurilla has been trying to do for a long time.

Whether on civil or industrial paints, the Paint Brand of Digurila, headed by Finlin Paint, is working closely with suppliers, customers and research institutes to develop more environmentally friendly products with sustainable development by using new technologies and means. In Cecilia's view, "There are many ways to make us different through products and solutions. Compared with five years ago, the whole industry has become more and more focused on sustainable development and biotechnology materials, and this demand will continue to grow in the future. This trend is irreversible. For the future, Elisabet believes that circular economy is a good solution, for example, if we can find a recyclable material to replace today's disposable materials, it will be very fantastic. In addition to sustainable development of environmental protection products, efficient logistics distribution is also of great benefit to environmental protection.