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Johns Manville Wins Outstanding Vendor Award For Sustainability

Sexton Group Ltd. Presented Johns Manville with their Outstanding Vendor Award for Sustainability.

Johns Manville, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is a leading manufacturer and marketer of premium-quality products for building insulation, mechanical insulation, commercial roofing, and roof insulation, as well as reinforcement fibreglass and technical nonwovens.

The company is continually working to increase the volume of post-consumer recycled glass used at its fibreglass insulation manufacturing plants. Using recycled glass in their manufacturing process keeps that glass out of landfills. Additionally, recycled glass takes less energy to melt, and glass is an excellent material, as it can be recycled over and over without any loss in quality or purity. By recycling glass into fibreglass insulation, there are energy savings both in the production and application of the insulation products. JM facilities have saved an estimated 13,100 tons of CO2 emissions and 7,800 megawatt hours of electricity.

During the previous three years, JM increased the average amount of recycled glass used in their fibreglass insulation products by 19 percent which improved their energy consumption for us and had a positive impact on the environment.

When asked how the average consumer can help do their part for the environment, Canadian Sales Manager Gino Allegro had two words to say, “Recycle glass!”

The biggest challenge in increasing the amount of recycled glass used in fibreglass insulation manufacturing is the availability of recycled glass. In Canada, glass recycling rates averaged about 61 per cent, while many European countries (or U.S. states with bottle deposit laws) see rates of 70 per cent.

Sexton Group Ltd. also presented awards to Owens Corning for Innovation and Taiga Building Products for Community Support.

Above top: Gino Allegro from Johns Manville accepts the environmental sustainability award from Sexton Steering Committee member Dave Jackson.

Bottom left: Russ Permann from Taiga Building Products accepts the community support award from Sexton Steering Committee member Marcel Lentze.

Bottom right: Mark Geres from Owens Corning accepts the innovation award from Sexton Steering Committee member Eric Toivanen.

OWENS CORNING NAMED ONE OF 2022 WORLD’S MOST ETHICAL COMPANIES ® BY ETHISPHERE

Owens Corning has been recognized by Ethisphere as one of the 2022 World’s Most Ethical Companies. This marks the fifth consecutive year the company has been recognized with this honour.

Owens Corning is one of just three honourees in the Construction and Building Materials industry, underscoring its commitment to leading with integrity and prioritizing ethical business practices. In 2022, Ethisphere honoured 136 companies from 22 countries and 45 industries.

Ethisphere is a global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices.

“We are honoured to be recognized by Ethisphere for the fifth consecutive year,” said Executive Vice President and General Counsel Gina Beredo. “This is an achievement earned and shared by our 20,000 employees across the world who live our purpose each day with an unwavering commitment to ethical business practices.”

Sustainability is a key focus of Owens Corning’s strategic plan, with the company on track to be one of the first to have a circular economy through recycling shingles and using recycled glass in its insulation products. They have also committed to powering all their facilities with wind power or off-setting their power consumption with carbon credits where the wind power infrastructure doesn’t yet exist. They invite other manufacturers to switch to wind power as well.