Thinking About Our Impact

Cradle to Cradle Certified®

At Knauf Ceiling Solutions, we have fully embraced the Cradle to Cradle Certified® challenge.

Building on nature’s blueprint, this innovative concept provides manufacturers with a verified rating system for assessing and constantly improving products.

Measured to achieve five levels of certification from Basic through to Platinum, progress is transparent as manufacturers like us embark on a demanding journey to achieve ultimate sustainability for our products. 

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Renewable and Recyclable

 

Certification is both comprehensive and rigorous, completely changing how we think about product design, what it contains and where it goes after use.

Cradle to Cradle Certified® is based on five criteria: 

  • Every ingredient must be safe and not harmful to health or the environment. 

  • Every component must biodegrade naturally to restore the soil or up-cycle into high-quality materials for subsequent products. 

  • All energy used in manufacture should be from renewable sources and must be used efficiently. 

  • Water must be managed and used effectively, with no unhealthy releases into the local ecosystem. 

  • Manufacturers should conduct business responsibly, respecting the health, safety and rights of people and the planet. 

The Cradle to Cradle Certified® Products Program has been developed to meet growing customer demand for sustainable products, with certification already becoming a requirement for building projects in the United States and Europe.

Safe, Healthy and Endlessly Re-Usable

 

Ceiling solutions with Cradle to Cradle Certified® standard are designed to be safe, healthy and endlessly re-usable, benefiting customers in many ways: 

  • Help specifiers and clients through the maze of environmental claims, providing a transparent mechanism to compare the sustainability performance of competitive products. 

  • Help customers choose good-quality and healthy materials without paying more. 

  • Provide transparency regarding material safety. 

  • Provide a safer environment for building users. 

  • Add value to a project and part of the Knauf Ceiling Solutions recycling programme. 

  • Help protect and sustain our environment for future generations by keeping resources in the economy for longer. 

  • Manufacturing processes minimise water consumption, adopt renewable energy strategies and acknowledge social responsibility.