SUSTAINABILITY ROUND-UP
SUSTAINABILITY
BARRETINE: UV PROTECTION OIL U
V Protection Oil is the latest high-performance addition to the specialist range of ArmourFlex coatings from Barrettine, offering an efficient
solution to protect exterior wood facades and vertical surfaces. Armourflex UV Protection Oil is designed to capture the damaging UV rays from the sun and dissipate them safely away as heat. In turn, this averts greying and hinders swelling, shrinkage, splitting, and warping of wooden surfaces.
With performance-tested resins the UV Protection Oil also resists water and dirt, thereby reducing potential discolouration from fungal attack. This gives an overall picture of
healthy timber, with an extended service life and reduced maintenance expenses. Wooden facades will regress to grey and warp if left unprotected, requiring the expense of re-cladding and reduces the ecocredentials of the design. UV Protection Oil retains the cladding as a protected investment, looking new for longer and maintaining its structural integrity. The product will not crack, peel or flake when subjected to the intense variety of our annual weather cycle.
The product is not limited to wide expanses of cladding, it is equally suitable for exterior doors, window frames and joinery, to protect the wood against UV damage and weathering. Application is easy, the product glides onto
SIG COMMITS TO SUSTAINABILITY
T
he first sustainability report from distribution giant SIG details the company’s commitment to environmental, social and governence issues, as well as transparency and its dedication to changing how the business will operate in order to achieve net-zero carbon by 2035.
Philip Johns, SIG UK Managing Director, said: “This provides us with a prime vantage point from which to work with both suppliers and customers to deliver a defined sustainable product range that meets and exceeds environmental standards.”
In the document, Sustainability Report 2021 Commencing our journey 2022-2025, SIG explains its three strategic stages: ¡ Years 1-3: Commencing the Journey will involve the practical implementation of key initiatives ¡ Years 4-7: Advancing the Journey involve enhancements and improvements to existing sustainability programmes ¡ Years 8-10: Completing the Journey will see the last corrective and mitigating actions to achieve the targeted net-zero position. Since 2021, SIG has seen a 52% reduction in operational carbon footprint compared with its emissions level in 2010; enhanced its health and safety capability and know-how with new appointments to key positions; and established a CEO-led steering group to support the ESG agenda.
In addition, in January 2022 SIG became a partner of the Supply Chain Sustainability School to help raise awareness of sustainable building practices both internally and with its supply chain, and is now a CO2nstructZero Business Champion. n
November 2022 A supplement to builders merchants journal 31
the wood with a brush or roller. Both coats can be applied within one working day and cured by morning. n
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