As a business, Saint-Gobain designs, manufactures and distributes materials and solutions that have a positive impact on each of us and provide wellbeing, quality of life and performance, all while caring for the planet.
Our materials and solutions can be found everywhere in our living places and in daily life; in buildings, transportation, infrastructure and in many industrial applications.
They provide comfort, performance and safety while addressing the challenges of sustainable construction, resource efficiency and climate change.
Our purpose, to make the world a better home, reflects who we are and sets the course for our future. Over 350 years of history, our collective strength and leadership empowers us to address major challenges facing humanity, including climate change, resource protection and inclusion. We operate both internationally and locally and are fully integrated within our local communities to support their vitality and help build a fairer and more sustainable world. Our purpose calls on us to innovate openly, with the profound ambition to act every day to make the world a more beautiful and sustainable place to live.
Saint-Gobain was founded in 1665 to deliver a world first – the production of glass on an industrial scale - and has continued to grow its business through adapting and innovating to provide new services, products and ways of working with customers. Saint-Gobain now has more than 179,000 employees of over 100 nationalities, who are proud to help create great living places across the world through industrial and distribution businesses, and improve daily life for everyone. Find out more about the saint-gobain group at www.saint-gobain.com
Saint-Gobain in the UK and Ireland includes some of the best-known and respected companies in the construction sector including: British Gypsum, Jewson, Weber, Isover, Glassolutions, Saint-Gobain PAM, and Ecophon. Together they offer a range of high performance energy-saving products and solutions to help create great living places and improve daily life.
including gypsum, insulation, mortar, ductile pipes and fittings.
including general builders and plumbers merchants and a wide variety of specialist materials distributors.
and Glass for buildings - including our glass brands.
Saint-Gobain operates across the UK and Ireland with a large industrial and manufacturing network comprising of 45 manufacturing sites making high performing products and solutions. We serve the construction sector, principally, but also the automotive, industrial, energy, agriculture and healthcare sectors. We also have a large retail network spanning more than 780 retail locations. This network supplies more than 400,000 general and specialist building materials
Saint-Gobain UK & Ireland is a broad organisation comprising of 34 businesses. This means we occupy a unique position with the capability to effect real change through our commitments. We aim to operate our business with the highest levels of responsibility underpinned by strong values communicated in our Principles of Conduct & Action. We use this position to help our industry be recognised as one that is responsible, innovative, low-carbon and positively impacts on the wellbeing of individuals. The Saint-Gobain Group has a rich history and I am proud to lead the UK and Ireland into an exciting future full of potential.
Mike Chaldecott, Saint-Gobain, UK & Ireland & CEO
Saint-Gobain creates, advocates for and designs solutions that focus on improving the performance and comfort of buildings, infrastructure, transportation and healthcare systems. The Group collaborates with partners to create products and systems to meet needs and also advocates for improvements in policy and regulations that support a built environment that delivers better performing buildings.
Saint-Gobain’s focus on this subject is founded on research and a strong belief that better performing buildings enhance people’s sense of wellbeing, improve educational results, help people heal better in healthcare settings and make those using buildings more productive and efficient
This belief led to the development of the Multi Comfort design concept. This concept is about building and renovating homes, offices, schools, hospitals and other buildings in a way that gives improved comfort and wellbeing, whilst protecting the environment. To find out more about Multi Comfort in the UK & Ireland visit www.multicomfort.co.uk or visit the Saint-Gobain Group Multi Comfort website for a global overview of Multi Comfort.