Russian-occupied Ukraine: Knauf's gypsum wallboard was reportedly used in the on-going reconstruction of Mariupol in Russian-occupied Donetsk Oblast. Monitor Magazine News has reported that Knauf’s ‘official distributors’ in the city have supplied customers including the Russian Ministry of Defence. Russian forces took the city of 400,000 people following a siege in February – May 2022.
Knauf told Agence France-Presse that it ‘respects all the EU, UK and US sanctions against Russia.’