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Marshalls has published its 2023 sustainability report which covers key areas of human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption.
Its key findings in the report include the publication of 16 additional Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) to give customers complete transparency on the environmental credentials of additional Marshalls products. 
Mike Edwards, head of sustainability at Marshalls, said: “In the past 12 months, we’ve made important strides across our pillars of Better Workplace, Better World, Better Product, specifically by improving transparency as we increase our library of EPDs. We understand the need for clarity on environmental reporting for our customers, and as a leader in our sector, we have a responsibility to spearhead this visibility, as well as use EPDs to identify ways we can further reduce carbon emissions from cradle to grave.
“The report summarises some significant improvements to date which are reflected in our Climate Leader status, and we are building on those in 2024.”
Further achievements include Marshalls becoming the first pre-cast concrete manufacturer in the UK to adopt CarbonCure Technologies.
It’s estimated that the carbon sequestration process at Marshalls’ Grove site in Wales removes approximately 30,000kg of CO 2 annually. Until last month, Marshalls had been using the technology on existing ranges only; in April, it launched Glenwall, its first new facing brick range to incorporate waste carbon.
At the manufacturer’s St Ives site in Cambridgeshire, it has recently installed a 740KW solar array on the factory roof, which it estimates will reduce mains grid electricity consumption by approximately 17% per year. St Ives now joins four other sites across the Marshalls Group that are utilising self-generated solar array.
The company’s latest sustainability report also outlines the manufacturer’s’ wider ESG progression including how Marshalls has grown its apprenticeship programme with a focus on engineering roles. In 2023, 184 colleagues were in apprenticeships – a 30% increase versus 2022.
