We will do more with less. Learn about how we reduce, reuse and recycle at Knauf Insulation, and discover how we help our customers do the same.
Our commitments and targets
We have set ourselves three key commitments for 2025 to achieve a circular economy. We've already started work on these targets, and will continue to strive for change.
At Knauf Insulation, we know that being environmentally sustainable is an issue that we all have to pay attention to today - for the sake of tomorrow and beyond.
Commitment
We will find ways to use resources that have a minimal environmental impact.
Targets for 2025
We are committed to using external recycled material in our batch (indicative targets for Rock Mineral Wool: >25%, and Glass Mineral Wool: >65%). We will continue to monitor improvements through LCA results.
By 2025 we will have reduced SOx emissions from our plants by 50% compared to 2019 levels and we will have made significant reductions in relation to cutting NOx emissions.
We will have implemented a range of new projects to reduce the amount of fresh water we use in five plants.
Commitment
We will send zero waste to landfill.
Targets for 2025
We will be sending zero production waste to landfill from our Rock, Glass and Wood Wool plants by 2025.
We will take back 25% of the waste generated by our customers on job sites wherever possible. This waste will be either fed back into our processes — through briquetting — or transformed into new products by other companies.
We will have programmes in place in (at least) five countries to recycle insulation from demolition sites.
Commitment
We will reduce the environmental impact of our packaging.
Targets for 2025
We will reduce our virgin plastic film packaging by more than 25%.
Where possible, between 25% and 50% of our plastic film will be recycled. 35% of our wooden delivery pallets will be collected, sorted, repaired, and reused or recycled.
TOWARDS GREEN TRANSFORMATION & CLIMATE NEUTRALITY
By voluntary assessing and scoring our own “green performance” through different environmental disclosure systems we aim to become one of the leaders on environmental transparency and action.
Annual Review 2022
Our annual review celebrates the power of our people and our inspired culture of challenge.create.care. It is also a showcase for our sustainability strategy ‘For A Better World’ — a public declaration of our long-term commitments — as well as our sustainability achievements of the past decade.
