Sustainability at Cembrit

For Cembrit sustainability is preservation of resources in long-term. It covers environmental, social and governance (ESG) aspects throughout the value chain.

How we define sustainability

For Cembrit, sustainability means our ability to respond to short-term needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their long-term needs. In other words, we factor the preservation of resources for future generations into our decision-making.

For us, this includes environmental, social and governance (ESG) aspects at Cembrit and throughout our value chain.

Business model

Cembrit is a leading manufacturer of fibre-cement products for building applications. Cembrit’s main markets are in Europe. In addition, Cembrit buys and resells construction products as part of our business. The Group is headquartered in Denmark, where our administration and most of our corporate functions are centralised. Our customer service and technical support activities for sales are decentralised to each of our national markets.

Cembrit operates five modern factories located in four countries – Poland, Hungary, Finland and Czechia – with each factory specialising in producing one of our product categories. Sustainability risks involved in Cembrit's own operations are mainly related to industrial manufacturing, safety, the global supply chain and regulations.

Cembrit’s values

The foundation for business integrity at Cembrit is based on two components in particular: Cembrit’s values and Cembrit’s Code of Conduct.

Our Code of Conduct includes a set of principles outlining how we conduct business in a responsible and ethical way throughout the Cembrit Group. We refer to our Code of Conduct in several parts of this report.

Our values provide the behavioural basis for how we conduct our business and also provide inspiration for the direction of our sustainability efforts. We have 6 values in Cembrit supported by supplementary reflections. We present them next.