The glass giant, based in Eggborough, is a finalist in the Best Business Initiative of the Year, New Product of the Year and Sustainability initiative of the Year categories for the G24 Awards, with the winners to be announced next month.
For both the Best Business Initiative and the Sustainability Initiative accolades, Saint-Gobain Glass is recognised for its investment in industry-wide sustainability, in addition to implementing and supporting its Glass Forever post-consumer flat glass recovery and recycling programme.
The company invested €4.5 million to enhance its cullet processing capabilities by building a state-of-the-art recycling plant at its Eggborough factory. Completed in 2023, the facility supports its commended Glass Forever programme by transforming waste glass into high-quality, reusable cullet, ready for remanufacturing into new, high-performance glazing. The initiative has helped increase cullet ratio at the company’s North Yorkshire hub to above 40%, with over 300Kg of CO2 being saved for every tonne of post-consumer cullet used at the factory.
The Glass Forever initiative equips Saint-Gobain customers in both pre-consumer and post-consumer glass markets with the resources and knowledge needed to make glass recovery easy, affordable, and attractive, committing to circular economy principles and to sustainable business practices.
For the New Product of the Year accolade, Saint-Gobain Glass has been shortlisted for MIRALITE EASYSAFE, a revolutionary safety mirror. It is a shatterproof mirror that retains 98% of glass splinters if the mirror breaks. It is also highly sustainable, being made from water-based and lead-free components to ensure better indoor air quality through very low volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions.
MIRALITE EASYSAFE has an anti-shatter resin coating applied in a single step process at Saint-Gobain’s factory, which not only removes the aesthetic and environmental challenges of previously used films, but also makes it easier and safer to work with for processors and installers.
Mike Butterick, Marketing Director at Saint-Gobain Glass said: “We’re thrilled to be a finalist in three categories for this year’s awards. All three nominations recognise our sustainability efforts and further cement our commitment to the environment and industry revolution.”
“We are delighted that more and more of our customers are getting involved in our Glass Forever programme and are also embracing our new products such as MIRALITE EASYSAFE. It has been recognised in the G24 awards as a game changer for shatterproof mirrors, making environments safer and more sustainable for both processors, installers and end users.”
The G24 Awards presentation and gala dinner will take place on Friday 29 November and will be held at the prestigious London Hilton on Park Lane.
