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News Kingspan publishes 2021 first quarter trading statement and inaugural Planet Passionate sustainability report

Kingspan publishes 2021 first quarter trading statement and inaugural Planet Passionate sustainability report

Written by Global Insulation staff
19 April 2021
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Ireland: Kingspan’s consolidated net sales increased by 24% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2021 to Euro1.28bn. Insulated panels sales grew by 25% having started the year with a strong order backlog and insulation boards grew 12%. Communications company Edison Group said that growth was most pronounced in Germany, France and Benelux and Latin America, with a strong order intake in North America and the UK. Net debt at 31 March 2021 was Euro352m.

The company noted increasing inflationary pressure and challenges regarding availability despite strong demand and a strong backlog. As such, it has given no guidance for the year.

Kingspan highlighted its inaugural Planet Passionate sustainability report. The report details the company’s achievements in the first year of its 2019 10-year sustainability strategy. In 2020, the producer achieved net-zero energy and cut CO2 emissions by 5% year-on-year. It issued a Euro750m green private placement in September 2020. The company called the major achievements the ‘first leg’ of its decarbonisation journey. In its latest report, it set the target of net-zero CO2 emissions by 2030. Additionally, it is aiming to halve CO2 intensity over the same period. Altogether, Planet Passionate covers 12 sustainability targets across the key areas of energy, circularity, CO2 and water.

Chief executive officer Gene Murtagh said “Our Planet Passionate targets demand radical thinking and action. Our aim is to get as close to zero emissions in our manufacturing as technically possible by transforming our processes. Industry has a vital role to play in addressing the threat of climate change.” He added that the group target of 50% primary raw materials CO2 intensity reduction “will also lower the embodied carbon in our products, and consequently the whole life carbon of buildings.”

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