Gypsum industry news
US: USG says that the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has approved its 2030 emission reduction targets. The subsidiary of Germany-based Knauf said that it was one of just a few companies in the US building-product sector that has signed onto SBTi. The company has agreed to reduce its carbon emissions from manufacturing (Scope 1 and 2) at the WB-2°C (well below 2°C) level, which equates to a 30% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. USG has also committed to reducing carbon emissions associated with purchased raw materials and services, transportation and waste generation (Scope 3) by 15% within the same period.
New Zealand: Winstone Wallboards says it is moving away from its gypsum wallboard allocation model as a market shortage has eased. The company’s general manger David Thomas said that its GIB Weatherline and GIB Barrierline products were no longer on allocation. It now intends to take all of its wallboard products out of allocation over the next few months. The subsidiary of Fletcher Building introduced an allocation model of wallboard supply in the summer of 2022 to cope with a national shortage.
