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Cornerstone Leads Environmental Stewardship Initiatives
Cornerstone Building Brands embrace the responsibility to uphold product integrity and safety while also leveraging innovation and stewardship to create more sustainable building products. While a commitment to creating high-performance products has never wavered, a dedication to environmentally friendly construction materials has grown. Cornerstone’s solutions match that commitment. By manufacturing components high in recycled materials, Cornerstone meets ENERGY STAR and LEED Certification requirements. Several residential window products were named as ENERGY STAR 2020 Most Efficient.
Product Innovation, Process Improvement
Recognizing that climate change will continue to have a growing impact on communities, stakeholders, business partners, and customers, Cornerstone is setting certain sustainability targets across its business. The goals are to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions while continuing to develop more environmentally sustainable products to withstand changes in the environment. This includes the evaluation of renewable or low-carbon energy sources for the company’s manufacturing initiatives. In addition to reducing GHG emissions, Cornerstone continues to produce long-lasting, energy-saving products that empower consumers to conserve energy, reduce heating and cooling costs, and promote sustainability.
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Home for Good
As of 2019, more than 37 million U.S households were cost-burdened, paying more than 30% of their income on housing. This meant forgoing the personal and economic stability that safe, decent housing can provide. The COVID-19 pandemic made obtaining affordable housing even more difficult for families across North America.
Since the Home for Good project’s inception in 2016, Cornerstone has partnered with Habitat for Humanity, donating more than $2 million in Ply Gem building products and countless employee volunteer hours to build more than 550 homes in 90 communities. Beginning in 2021, Cornerstone expanded efforts to help build resilient homes using fortified products that included impact windows, metal roofing, and performance siding.
About Cornerstone
Cornerstone Building Brands is the largest manufacturer of exterior building products in North America, including commercial, residential, repair, and remodel markets. Serving the industry as the number-one manufacturer of vinyl siding, windows, metal roofing, and wall systems, Cornerstone employs more than 20,000 people working out of 80 manufacturing plants.
For more information, visit https://www.cornerstonebuildingbrands.com/
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