Kingspan up for green manufacturing award

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Almost 50 of Britain’s top manufacturing companies have made it through to the finals of one of the UK’s largest and most rigorous manufacturing industry awards programme. The awards ceremony will take place on 14 November at the Exhibition Centre in Liverpool, rounding off Digital Manufacturing Week.

A statement from Kingspan read: “In the UK, both Kingspan Insulation and Kingspan Insulated Panels work hard to implement clear sustainable and responsible business practices, from reducing the environmental impact of their manufacturing processes to engaging with external stakeholders to ensure their passion is translated into industry-wide action.

“Central to this strategy is also its commitment to become a net-zero energy (NZE) company by 2020. NZE means that in a given year, it must be energy neutral on an aggregate basis across its entire estate. It is a global effort, covering 129 sites and over 14,000 employees. It has now reached over 75% NZE and is well on course to achieve the NZE goal by 2020.”

“Of course, sustainability is not just about looking inwardly. Both divisions take an active role in the communities surrounding their sites, proactively communicating their actions, consulting with them on local issues and helping them to improve the local area through various division-run schemes.”