While some businesses grumbled about the challenge of complying with the California’s growing list of tough environmental regulations, Saint-Gobain Corp., the holding company for the U.S.- and Canadian-based businesses of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain, instead turned the situation to its advantage. Using the example of one of its California plants, the company has made effective waste management one of its top corporate-wide environmental priorities within the last five years.
A manufacturer of construction products, high-performance materials, packaging and flat glass, the company has 180 plants in the U.S. and Canada. In North America, some of its brand names include BPB, CertainTeed, Norton and Vetrotex. The CertainTeed Chowchilla, Calif., fiberglass insulation plant has led the way as a role model, achieving nearly zero discharge of manufacturing scrap into California’s landfills.
Now *that's* corporate stewardship.
