This is a very proud moment in Kingspan’s long history of leading the way in sustainability, as we launch our first Planet Passionate annual report. Planet Passionate follows on from our very successful Net Zero Energy programme which was also pioneering in its ambition and scale when it launched in 2011. I’m delighted to say that we achieved our Net Zero Energy goals during the course of 2020 and would like to sincerely thank everyone who played a part in making it happen.

Despite the global pandemic, it has been inspirational to see the spirit with which the whole business has risen to the challenge of the 12 targets of Planet Passionate and I encourage you all to read the interactive report and learn about the excellent progress that we all made in 2020.

Circularity is a key focus for us at Kingspan, and today we are officially launching our new LIFECycle product circularity framework to everyone across Kingspan Group. We have many exciting developments happening at the moment including innovative pilots for re-use and recycling of our products.

Finally, I would like to welcome the new additions to the Kingspan Group family in recent months: Bromyros, Krohn, Terasteel, Wetterbest, Skydome, Dyplast, Baga, Dome Solar and Logstor. We look forward to their contribution on our journey towards ever more energy-efficient and low-carbon buildings that enhance the wellbeing of people and our planet.

Our Planet Passionate sustainability programme will span a decade. 2020 marked the first year of the journey and an array of key milestones were realised.

Across the Group, we are committed to significant decarbonisation by 2030 including 60% direct renewable energy in our manufacturing and the elimination of 50% carbon from our primary supply chain. We now know that the entire planet needs to reduce carbon emissions by 45% by 2030 in order to prevent catastrophic climate change and we are determined to significantly exceed that goal through our Planet Passionate targets.

Explore the milestones achieved, progress made and details on how our global business is stepping up to the challenging goals of our sustainability programme, all portrayed in our first ever global, interactive Planet Passionate Annual Report.

Our mission is to accelerate a net zero emissions future-built environment, with the wellbeing of people and planet at its heart.

Visit our 2020 Annual Report interactive microsite to discover more about how we’re positively impacting four global megatrend:

1.     Renovation 

2.     Circularity

3.     Innovation

4.     Carbon in construction 

We’re about to launch LIFECycle – our new product circularity framework that is allowing us to evaluate our existing product portfolio and providing a clear framework to enable us to take meaningful steps forward in our circularity journey.

Watch this short webinar, presented by Lizzie Young, to learn more about LIFECycle and our Group approach to circularity.