Swisspacer has achieved Environmental Product Declarations (EPD) for all sizes of its spacer bars, as it aims to become climate neutral by 2050.  

An Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) is a globally recognised standard which provides comparable, reliable data about the environmental impact of manufacturing and using a product over its entire life cycle.

Swisspacer has published environmental data for all widths and sizes of its spacer bars for insulating glass, including its Ultimate and Advance spacer bars and its Georgian bar products.

To achieve the independently verified EPD standard, Swisspacer had to provide information about the environmental impact of each product from the procurement and provision of raw materials, through the manufacturing process, to the dispatch of finished goods from the factory.

This EPD information is readily available and can be used by installers and fabricators who want to reassure their customers about the environmental impact of the products they are buying, or by architects and builders trying to achieve a sustainable certification such as BREEAM (Building Research Establishment’s Environmental Assessment Method).

John Cooper, commercial director at Swisspacer UK, said: “EPDs are the prelude to our wider sustainability strategy. As a subsidiary of the Saint-Gobain Group, we are following in our parent company’s footsteps by officially announcing our intention to become climate neutral by 2050.

“To achieve this goal, everything in our business needs to be looked at under the microscope from development, production and packaging to logistics and administration. Ultimately our journey will help support our customers on their own path to climate neutrality and encourage more industry suppliers to follow suit which will all benefit the planet.”

Swisspacer is already looking to accelerate its progress to climate neutrality by closing the loop on the materials used in its products. As one example of the company’s short-term aims, it is currently participating in a NEST research project in Switzerland to test which new technologies and building concepts are most sustainable and how to adopt a circular approach to construction products. Other sustainability goals and activities are due to follow over the coming months and years.