2021 Owens Corning Sustainability Report | Expanding Our Product Handprint | Sustainable Growth | 116 SPEAKING OF SUSTAINABILITY In her seven years with Owens Corning, Lindsay Eybs has seen sustainability become an increasingly important priority among our customers. As a strategy leader for our Roofing business, Lindsay is helping to develop the business’s strategic direction and long-range plan, and sustainable growth is very much at the center of that planning. She has many insights into the importance of integrating sustainability into our overall business goals, as well as the importance of bringing different perspectives together to achieve our company’s shared vision. Photo courtesy of Lindsay Eybs On helping customers connect growth and sustainability One of the biggest challenges is continuing to meet the needs of customers, maintaining or the same or better per product performance, while understanding how we can positively impact the environment in meaningful ways. Another challenge is education. Many are familiar with what it takes to achieve financial success, and learning more about how sustainability fits into our business models will help. But the other side of this is educating others on the importance of growing sustainably. If we want to continue leadership in this area, educating customers and other key stakeholders so we’re all growing together will help us to identify some well-defined solutions. And then finally, we must establish a connection to sustainable growth goals. If everyone sees the value in financial success inclusive of sustainability, I believe the passion and commitment of our people will ensure success. On the value of collaboration throughout the organization Working cross-functionally with other groups at Owens Corning is incredibly important to achieving our various goals, whether that’s working with our science and technology team, our sustainability team, or our finance and pricing teams. I often sa y that I can hardly do anything completely on my own within my role at Owens Corning. And I love that, because I think it truly does take a team. I also think that by working together, we push each other to be better and do better because we come up with different ideas. This helps us to push us a little bit further into what we need to be doing. And I think working together truly helps us to achieve our goals in a better and faster way. On the importance of sustainable growth goals Having a goal provides clear direction. It holds us accountable and helps us plan for the future. What I also like about having a sustainable growth goal is that it’s iterative. The ways in which we will achieve it will grow and change, which means that we need to be adaptable. And that’s exciting to me because it doesn’t allow us to be stagnant and definitely drives us to do better in the future. Sustainability isn’t a fad — it’s our future, and I think this helps us to see ourselves in how we’re contributing to those goals. Sustainability isn’t a fad — it’s our future. ” “ Lindsay Eybs Strategy Lead