Coatings World - October 2014

Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting in New York – establishes a partnership with 100 Resilient Cities – pioneered by The Rockefeller Foundation.

As well as compiling an urban resilience guide for cities, AkzoNobel has also committed to undertaking special projects in four cities named on the 100 Resilient Cities list. In addition, the company will make its expertise in paints, coatings and chemicals available to the program’s advisory committees.

“Partnering with The Rockefeller
Foundation and 100 Resilient Cities
is a natural fit for AkzoNobel, follow-
ing the launch of our Human Cities
initiative in June,” explained Büchner.
“It offers further proof of our seri-
ous commitment to tackling the many
challenges being faced by some of the
world’s biggest urban areas.”
He added that by making a Clinton
Global Initiative Commitment to Action,
AkzoNobel is reinforcing its position as
a key player in the whole area of urban
resilience and regeneration, helping plan-
ners and policy-makers to build more ca-
pacity and adaptability into city systems,
businesses and communities.

“As an industry leader with operations in 80 countries, we are uniquely positioned to play a key role in building resilient cities across the globe, both in terms of physically safeguarding infrastructure and creating a stronger sense of community, identity and belonging,” continued Büchner.

“We therefore believe we can make a
vital contribution and take positive ac-
tion to help make city life more enjoy-
able, inspiring and vibrant for people all
over the world.”
Commenting on the announcement
of AkzoNobel’s commitment, Michael
Berkowitz, President of 100 Resilient
Cities said: “We are proud to join with
AkzoNobel in our efforts to build re-
silience in cities around the world.
AkzoNobel is on the cutting edge of de-
veloping resilience building tools, and
we look forward to working with them
to deliver those tools to cities. One of
the key tenets of our organization is to
influence the market, and help the pri-
vate sector understand what additional
resilience building tools cities need –
this partnership will help us deliver on
that promise.”
AkzoNobel’s Human Cities initiative
is built on six key pillars – color, heritage,
transport, education, sport and leisure,
sustainability – and is designed to engage
with the challenges and opportunities
posed by 21st century cities.
Established in 2005, the Clinton Global
Initiative encourages global leaders to cre-
ate and implement innovative solutions to
the world’s most pressing challenges.

100 Resilient Cities is a program launched by The Rockefeller Foundation designed to help cities become more resilient to the physical, social and economic challenges that are a growing part of the 21st century.

Axalta’s Paint on Chase
Qualifying Racecars

Axalta Coating Systems paint is on six of
the 16 motorsports teams’ racecars that
qualified for the 2014 Chase
for the NASCAR® Sprint Cup.

After last weekend’s first race of the 10-week shootout at Chicagoland Speedway, all six drivers are still very alive in the competition and have a chance to be named Sprint Cup champion in November at Homestead-Miami Speedway, including four-time NASCAR Cup Series champion and driver of the No. 24 Axalta Chevrolet SS, Jeff Gordon.

Axalta is proud to partner with both Hendrick Motorsports and Stewart-Haas Racing. Each race team sports Axalta’s brilliant paint colors on its racecars. The six cars and drivers include four from Hendrick Motorsports: No. 24 Jeff Gordon; No. 5 Kasey Kahne; No. 48 Jimmie Johnson; No. 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. and from Stewart-Haas Racing: No. 4 Kevin Harvick and No. 41 Kurt Busch.

“We started the season feeling very confident that our paint could find its

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