Johns Manville Sustainability Report Details Path to Building a Better Tomorrow

DENVER – October 7, 2024 – Johns Manville (JM), a leading global manufacturer of energy-efficient building products and engineered specialty materials and a Berkshire Hathaway company, released its 2023 Sustainability Report today. JM’s eighth report outlines the company’s commitment to sustainability.

“Innovating for the future, responsibly stewarding capital, providing a safe work environment, strengthening our reputation as the employer of choice and remaining mindful of our impact on the planet are core fundamentals of our business,” said President and CEO Bob Wamboldt. “In essence, our overall business strategy is one of sustainability, which means ensuring that every effort we make today contributes toward Building a Better Tomorrow.”

The new report is available here.

“Building a Better Tomorrow” is Johns Manville’s sustainability framework, anchored by three strategic objectives – reducing, expanding and innovating – that guide the company’s global efforts across three businesses to enhance people, planet and success.

“Sustainability is more than an outcome we’re trying to achieve,” said Scott Coons, Vice President R&D and Chief Sustainability Officer. “It also serves as a starting point, a way of thinking that begins at the very inception of a product.”

The new report details progress against the company’s sustainability goals and includes highlights of sustainable outcomes that benefit the planet, communities, employees and customers.

“Operating responsibly with sustainability as a strategic cornerstone better positions us to succeed in a dynamic environment,” Coons said. “There’s an optimism in understanding the essential role our products play in everyday life.”

The 2023 report aligns with a two-pillar reporting structure, leveraging Global Reporting Initiative Standards and Sustainability Accounting Standards Board’s Construction Materials Sustainability Accounting Standards. Expanding on the results of a double materiality assessment, the report communicates JM’s economic, environmental and social impacts, and examines the reciprocal effects around how operations impact stakeholders and how stakeholder concerns, in turn, impact business.

About Johns Manville

Johns Manville (JM), a Berkshire Hathaway company (NYSE: BRK.A, BRK.B), is a leading manufacturer and marketer of premium-quality products for building insulation, mechanical insulation, industrial insulation, commercial roofing and roof insulation, as well as fibers and nonwovens for commercial, industrial and residential applications. In business since 1858, the Denver-based company has annual sales over $4 billion and holds leadership positions in all of the key markets that it serves. JM employs nearly 8,000 people and operates in 43 North American and European locations. Additional information can be found at www.jm.com.