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Kingspan cuts emissions by 65 per cent as it strives to prove green credentials

Bianca Wong, the company’s global head of sustainability, said the group ‘still have a lot of work to do’

Bianca Wong, global head of sustainability at Kingspan, said the company still had a lot of work to do. Picture: Naoise Culhane

Kingspan, the Dublin-listed insulation maker, cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 65 per cent between 2020 and 2023.

According to the firm’s fourth annual sustainability report, Kingspan had 40 per cent reduction in scope 1 and 2 emissions in 2023.

Scope 1 are emissions directly made by the company while scope 2 are produced indirectly. For example, the emissions caused when generating the electricity that used to heat a business’ premises would fall into this ...