WHAT'S NEW? KERAKOLL ACHIEVES B


CORP CERTIFICATION Kerakoll has become one of the first companies in the construction sector to achieve B Corp certification.


This important environmental, social and governance (ESG) milestone for Kerakoll represents the evolution of a long history of green building into a new corporate model in which business is seen as a positive force for the production of economic, social and environmental value.


This latest step in Kerakoll’s history, achieved with the help of NATIVA, began when the Group became a Benefit Company in September 2021. Certification has meant the inclusion, among the company’s declared objectives, of specific common social and environmental benefits, to be pursued in parallel with profit.


The process assessed the Kerakoll Group’s overall impact by evaluating its activities in all 11 countries where it operates, divided into five areas of interest: employees, governance, community, environment and customers. Kerakoll’s B Corp assessment revealed the following virtuous aspects:


• Governance systems based on ethical principles and transparency.


• Employee wellbeing (working conditions, health and safety, people engagement and satisfaction).


• Personnel development opportunities (a culture based on merit and equal opportunity, with a turnover below 2%).


• Constant support for non-profit organisations in the communities where Kerakoll operates, and the screening and evaluation of suppliers and partners for positive social and environmental practices.


• Respect for natural resources according to circular economy principles such as the use of recycled materials, the reclamation of areas of nature and the use of energy from renewable sources.


• The gradual elimination of chemicals and volatile organic compounds (VOCs).


• Ecological product design and sustainable logistics based on intermodal transport systems.


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communities and environments where it operates, and its determination to continuously improve practices and processes and to spread a culture of inclusion and regeneration.


Only 240 Italian companies are currently B Corp certified. Over 7,000 have completed the process worldwide.


Fabio Sghedoni, vice president of Kerakoll, said: “We are proud to be one of the largest B Corp certified companies in Italy and one of the first in the building sector to join a global movement of market leaders moving in the same direction as us.


B Corp certification – issued by the B Lab international body – recognises an organisation’s commitment to respecting the strictest standards of social and environmental performance, transparency and responsibility, its commitment to measurably improve its impact on employees and on the


BAND OF BUILDERS HELPS SUFFOLK MAN


RETURN HOME Building charity Band of Builders has completed an extension to the home of a Woodbridge family so that they can get their 21-year-old son home – more than three years after he suffered a catastrophic brain aneurysm, which left him requiring round-the-clock care at a specialist neurological care centre in Ipswich.


More than 70 tradespeople from across the UK answered the call to


“This certification demonstrates our determination to promote a company culture supported by ESG, as well as our desire to serve as a catalyst for change in the building industry. We want to show that it really is possible to build a better future, in which we can develop in harmony with our surroundings and promote the wellbeing of the people and communities with whom we work.”


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build the extension in just four weeks so that there’s room for a ground- floor bedroom and wet room for Luke and also a bedroom for a specialist live-in carer.


Luke said: “I just want to say thank you so much to every single person who helped to build me my new home – and how happy I am that I will be back with my family again. I’ve missed them all so much. You’re all amazing and I’ll never forget what you’ve done for me.”


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