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Kingspan Data & Flooring Technology Achieves Cradle to Cradle Certified® Bronze

Kingspan Data & Flooring Technology, the industry leader in data and flooring solutions, has achieved Cradle to Cradle Certified® bronze for their key raised access flooring solutions, based on an impartial and independent evaluation of material health, material reutilisation, renewable energy, water stewardship and social fairness. Cradle to Cradle Certified®

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BDC 321 : Oct 2024

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Kingspan Data & Flooring Technology Achieves Cradle to Cradle Certified® Bronze

Kingspan Data & Flooring Technology, the industry leader in data and flooring solutions, has achieved Cradle to Cradle Certified® bronze for their key raised access flooring solutions, based on an impartial and independent evaluation of material health, material reutilisation, renewable energy, water stewardship and social fairness. Cradle to Cradle Certified® is a globally recognised measure of safer, more sustainable products, demonstrating how successfully their products support the circular economy. At the end of life, Kingspan Data & Flooring Technology’s steel encapsulated wood-core panels, stay in closed-loop cycles with around 1,000 tonnes of recycled panels and 500 tonnes of waste-production sawdust, used to power three onsite biomass boilers, which then generate 2,500 megawatts of energy each year to power their manufacturing operations. Waste steel and off-cuts are shredded on-site and recycled into other products. The assessment was conducted by Eco Intelligent Growth before submitting to Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute. The accreditation is the culmination of 12 months’ work by Kingspan Access Floors’ Quality and Compliance Manager, Phil Major, with assistance from internal teams in Hull, UK. Bianca Wong, Kingspan’s Global Head of Sustainability, comments: “Across all Kingspan divisions, we are working hard to further reduce the environmental impact of our products. We want to ensure all of our products reach the highest ethical standards and that our Planet Passionate strategy and commitments are embedded in everything we do globally. This achievement is an excellent example of Kingspan’s divisions constantly challenging themselves in partnership with industry to work towards a more sustainable future.” Kingspan Data & Flooring Technology’s Managing Director, Seamus Cussen, added: “Achieving overall bronze Cradle to Cradle Certified® status for our key raised access flooring solutions, is testament to the progress and the dedication our team has made to improve the sustainability of our entire portfolio of access flooring solutions. We will continue our focused efforts to improve and innovate but achieving this accreditation demonstrates our commitment driven from all areas of our business, to achieve high sustainability criteria.” Product designers, manufacturers and brands around the world rely on the Cradle to Cradle Certified® Product Standard, as a transformative pathway for designing and making products with a positive impact on people and planet.

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KINGSPAN COMMITS TO AMBITIOUS NEW SCIENCE BASED TARGETS AS THE RACE TO ZERO GATHERS MOMENTUM

90 per cent reduction in Scope 1 and 2 emissions targeted by 2030 42 per cent reduction for Scope 3 targeted by 2030 Kingspan Group, the global leader in building envelope solutions, today announces ambitious new targets for reducing its Scope, 1,2 and 3 GHG emissions. In 2018, Kingspan signed up to the Science Based Targets Initiative[1], a validated emissions reduction framework that has been adopted by over 1000 companies globally. The targets committed the Group to reducing Scope 1, 2 and 3 targets by 10 per cent by 2025 versus a 2017 baseline. Over the last three years Kingspan has expanded considerably through acquisition and organic growth. In line with best practice, new targets have been set reflecting the size and scale of the business today.  The new targets align with Kingspan’s Planet Passionate programme and reflect the company’s determination to be a global leader in sustainability. The Group has now committed to reducing absolute Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions[2] by 90% by 2030 from a 2020 base year. It has also pledged to reduce absolute Scope 3 GHG emissions[3] by 42% within the same timeframe. The ambitious new targets are in line with the scale of reductions required to keep global warming below 1.5C from pre-industrial levels. As part of its Planet Passionate commitments Kingspan has already pledged to achieve net-zero carbon manufacturing by 2030 through a combination of process improvements, energy productivity and renewable energy use. This is just one of 12 targets that address impacts in four key areas: carbon, water, energy and circularity. “Significantly reducing our carbon impact across our value chain by 2030 is not just business-critical, it’s planet-critical,” said Bianca Wong, Kingspan’s Global Head of Sustainability. “Our revised science-based targets reinforce our commitment to be an industry leader on climate action and will help to drive change throughout the business at the pace required.” [1] The Science Based Targets Initiative is a partnership between CDP, the United Nations Global Compact, World Resources Institute (WRI) and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). The SBTi call to action is one of the We Mean Business Coalition commitments. 2 Scope 1 emissions are direct greenhouse emissions that occur from sources that are controlled or owned by an organization (e.g., emissions associated with fuel combustion in boilers, furnaces, vehicles). Scope 2 emissions are indirect emissions associated with the purchase of electricity, steam, heat, or cooling. 3 Emissions from purchased goods and services, use of sold products and end-of-life treatment of sold products. The target boundary includes biogenic emissions and removals from bioenergy

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