Saint-Gobain Solar Gard has achieved an EPD (Environmental Product Declaration) certification from The International EPD System®, encompassing 92 architectural window film products (in 12 EPDs), covering its architectural range of solar, and safety films, the range of Low-E films, films for both inside use and outside use (SENTINELTM) and for the decoration & design films.
The scope of EPDs is: Europe, Middle east, Africa and India.
Saint-Gobain has been named one of the world's “100 most innovative companies” in the Clarivate Top 100 Global Innovator™ 2021 ranking, for the tenth year in a row.
In line with its May 20, 2021 announcement, Saint-Gobain has today completed its acquisition of Chryso, a leading global player on the construction chemicals market.
Farécla has joined forces with Saint-Gobain Abrasives in South Africa, for the distribution of all Farécla’s product ranges to the Automotive, Marine, Industrial and Retail sectors.
Saint-Gobain, global leaders in light weight and sustainable construction, continue their commitment to growth on the African continent with recent acquisitions in Kenya, Mauritius and the Ivory Coast. These come shortly after the announcement of Saint-Gobain’s new global strategic plan, Grow & Impact, increasing their business stronghold of industrial operations to 10 Sub-Saharan African countries.
Saint-Gobain has once again been recognized this year for leadership in the fight against climate change by the CDP, a global environmental non-profit organization.
The civil engineering and infrastructure markets have significant growth prospects, given rapid urbanisation and the poor access to drinking water suffered by a significant portion of the world population, especially in sub-Saharan Africa.
Increasing population and urbanization in the world: growing rate of construction, need to be able to adapt and build quickly to meet the population's needs