2021 Owens Corning Sustainability Report | Expanding Our Product Handprint | Product Innovation & Stewardship | 96 By 2030, we intend to offer the most recognized and preferred products for sustainability. To meet this ambitious goal, we are striving to implement strategies that deliver the lowest impact with respect to embodied carbon among all available options. We will design our products for recycling or reuse at their end of life while using Life Cycle Assessments as our guide. We will ensure our products contain a high percentage of recycled and renewable materials. In addition, we will collaborate with our suppliers to increase transparency regarding the raw materials we use in our products. This helps us understand and control the full impact of our products — and enables us to share that information with our customers so they can do the same. OUR APPROACH Product innovation is essential to all three of our core businesses — Composites, Insulation, and Roofing — as we develop new products and applications across a growing range of key market segments. This innovation is inspired by the needs of our customers and addresses growing global trends. By collaborating closely with stakeholders, we can deliver sustainable solutions that meet the demands of the marketplace. As these demands increasingly include the need to address human impact on the environment, our approach to innovation is rooted in a commitment to sustainability. That means our products can make a material difference as people and companies work to meet their own sustainability goals. Product stewardship is a driving force behind our approach to innovation. As we develop new products or improve existing products, everyone involved understands that they share the responsibility for reducing those products’ environmental footprint and increasing its product handprint. Product sustainability and transparency is engrained in our commitment to delivering innovation that also provides sustainability advantages for customers across all our businesses. We achieve this by evaluating our products’ environmental and material health. Many of our insulation products are GREENGUARD ® Gold Certified, meeting the most stringent standards on indoor volatile organic compound (VOC) emission levels. We are working to increase the number of Health Product Declaration ® (HPD) and Declare “nutrition labels” for our products, and we are participants in and sponsors of the Embodied Carbon in Construction Calculator (EC3) tool. This tool is used to help designers and specifiers make more informative choices when it comes to product selection. At every point in a product’s life cycle, we must consider its potential environmental impact. To mitigate that impact, we work to ensure our products are sustainably made, using our stringent stewardship process to evaluate 100% of our new and significantly modified products for EHS impacts. 2030 GOALS FOR PRODUCT INNOVATION & STEWARDSHIP Photo submitted by: Eddy De Munter | Zele, Belgium Umman Tanriverdi (right) presents her new design concept on the Max20 and Max22 to eliminate fabric waste, reduce costs, and help solve concerns from operators. Also pictured is Wendy Crabbe (left). Our eleven Science & Technology Centers, located in key markets around the world, play a vital role in the development of solutions that meet customer needs and address global concerns regarding sustainability.