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Owens Corning Reports Sustainability Progress08-05-15 | News

Owens Corning Reports Sustainability Progress
Continues Reducing its Environmental Footprint

The global company operates with 46 percent less absolute greenhouse gas emissions than their peak in 2007, has experienced intensity reductions of 65 percent in toxic air emissions from its 2010 baseline, and facilitated 2.4 billion pounds of end-of-life recycled shingles and consumed 1.3 billion pounds of recycled glass in 2014.

Owens Corning (NYSE: OC), which develops, manufactures and markets insulation, roofing, and fiberglass composites, recently released its ninth annual sustainability report that documented progress in reducing its environmental footprint and improving the environmental impact and transparency of its products.

"We are proud of what we accomplished this past year, further reducing our environmental footprint and expanding our positive handprint by introducing new solutions to the challenges of climate change, energy consumption and infrastructure development," said vice president and chief sustainability officer Frank O'Brien-Bernini. "Today, our global enterprise operates with 46 percent less absolute greenhouse gas emissions than our peak in 2007, and we are developing ways to make additional reductions. We are committed to expanding our impact through sustainability and collaborating with others to further our progress."

The report also highlights the company's joint efforts with customers and suppliers to improve sustainability, and analytics on its handprint. All of these support the goal of becoming a net-positive growth company.

Other highlights of 2014 progress include:
• Intensity reductions of 34 percent in greenhouse gas and 65 percent in toxic air emissions from its 2010 baseline.
• Facilitated 2.4 billion pounds of end-of-life recycled shingles and consumed 1.3 billion pounds of recycled glass, year-over-year increases of 33 percent and 15 percent respectively.
• Launch of the new WindStrand???(R)???AE???? high performance glass fiber roving and Ultrablade???(R)???AE???? fiberglass reinforcement fabric products, which enable longer and lighter wind blades. This advancement supports the continued growth of economical wind energy for low-wind sites.
• Placement in the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for the fifth consecutive year and named Industry Leader in Sustainability for the second consecutive year.

The report is consistent with Global Reporting Initiative guidelines known as GRI-G3.1, which are designed to set a globally applicable framework for reporting the economic, environmental and social dimensions of an organization's activities, products and services.

The full report and a downloadable summary progress report are available online at: https://sustainability.owenscorning.com