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STARK Group has published its latest Sustainability Market Outlook Report, mapping how new requirements for product climate data and environmental documentation are expected to change within the building materials market towards 2030.
The report reveals that product environmental documentation is becoming a market standard across the construction industry, and an increasingly important prerequisite for market access. New requirements for carbon footprint data and environmental documentation mean that the ability to document the environmental performance of products increasingly influences which products are selected for construction projects.
This is changing the roles across the value chain. Suppliers will need to provide more comprehensive and verified product data, while tradespeople and builders will increasingly need to document their material choices.
This gives distributors a more central role in ensuring customers have access to the documentation, product data and guidance they need to navigate the new requirements. Distributors such as STARK Group are becoming not only suppliers of physical products, but also of data.
Senior director of group Sustainability & ESG at STARK Group, Louise Askær-Hune, says: “The construction industry is facing a significant shift. The companies that can turn data, documentation and guidance into simple and value-adding solutions for customers will be best positioned in the market of the future.”
The Sustainability Market Outlook Report was developed by The Footprint Firm in collaboration with STARK Group and is based on analysis of regulatory developments, market dynamics and trends across Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Germany, Austria and the UK.
