Here at COAT, we're hell-bent on taking the headache out of choosing paint. Just take a look through our carefully-curated palette of designer shades and take your pick. Whether you go for an on-trend yellow like Moritz or something dark and moody like the ever-dramatic David Rose the perfect colour is here waiting for you. Welcome.
But when it comes to choosing your paint company, does it matter whether the people behind the brand make sound ethical and environmental decisions?
We think it does, which is why we thought we'd sum up our approach when it comes to creating eco-friendly paints with a conscience. We're about putting people and planet before profit, and by backing COAT you're helping us do just that...
PAINT MADE WITH CARE
From day one at COAT, we were set on building a company based on solid ethical and environmental principles. We wanted to follow our gut instinct to do the right thing, the decent thing, in every aspect of our business. And for us that meant adopting sustainable practices, reducing waste, and treating both people and the planet with fairness and decency.
In our view, making quality, highly-pigmented paint that goes on like a dream was a no-brainer. But we wanted to make everything else in the business the best it could be, too.
"We’re not chaining ourselves to trees at the weekend or anything, we’re just actively making the right decisions for a better future - even if they’re the harder ones. People deserve to know who they’re buying from, to make conscious choices."
– Rob & Rob, Coat Founders
Cheesy since the 80's
ZERO-WASTE PRODUCTION
We make paint when you order it. Unlike most paint companies who batch produce millions of litres at a time (that ends up going bad and getting sent to landfill...), we carefully create and mix your paint to order. That means nothing get's made that isn't going to be used. Why create potential waste from the off?
A GREENER CHOICE
Reducing waste is a core part of our mission at COAT. The last thing we want is yet more pots of paint ending up in landfill. That's why all our eco-friendly paints can be sent back to us to be fully processed for recycling. Our recycled tins, handles, and any excess paint is all fully recyclable 🌱
The way we pack up our green paints is also planet-friendly. The cardboard packaging we use is unbleached and 100% recyclable, and our paper packaging tape is 100% recyclable and vinyl-free. When it comes to despatching your paint, we reduce our carbon footprint by delivering your order direct to your home. Think less lorries on the road and fewer trips back and forth to the DIY store...
Our game-changing Peel & Stick swatches are not only 100% colour accurate they are also fully recyclable (we're the only paint company who does this) and help reduce waste as a greener alternative to tester pots.
A SUSTAINABLE APPROACH
As well as producing sustainable paint, here at COAT we can also kit you out with sustainable decorating materials. Never decorated before? No problem. Simply order our Essential Supplies Kit along with your paint and you'll receive a bamboo roller, tray, brush and decorating tape. All made from recycled materials and sustainably-sourced bamboo. No nasty plastics!️
MAKING PAINT SAFER
We know you want to create a home that feels safe, warm and comfortable. Trendy too of course. But the kind of place that feels like a big, welcoming hug 🤗 So when it comes to choosing low toxin paint, particularly for kids' rooms and nurseries, you've come to the right place.
The entire COAT range is water-based, solvent-free and low VOC (that's toxins to you and me) so it's safe to use around the home and around little ones. It's super durable too, which also helps.
Our low VOC paints are vegan friendly too, and 100% animal cruelty free 🐶
A CARBON POSITIVE COMPANY
We're super proud to have made the move from being a Carbon Neutral business (from the start...) to becoming Carbon Positive.
So what does this actually mean? Well we think that sustainability really isn't enough anymore - so we've taken action to make sure we're actually giving back more to the planet and to society than we take. That's a lot of measurement of us, our suppliers, staff and partners, and our respective environmental impact - then taking steps to offset and more.
It's all about making a positive difference. Not just minimising our impact, but actually going above and beyond to bring about beneficial change 🙌
Talking of giving back, although our business helps people transform their homes, we know that for many people a home is an unattainable luxury. And it really shouldn't be. That's why we donate a proportion of our profits each quarter to Crisis UK – the national charity for homeless people.
We want to create a cycle of home improvement that’s fairer to everyone. And although we know there's no simple answer to the UK's growing homeless problem, we think it's a step in the right direction.
By choosing COAT paint you're helping to drive a movement in business that puts planet and people before profit. Now if that doesn't give you a warm, fuzzy feeling inside then we don't know what will.
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