THE Kerakoll Group is a multinational company working in the construction industry, offering an integrated range of products and services for building better places to live.
Kerakoll was established in 1968, in the heart of the Sassuolo ceramic district, and began by producing ceramic tile adhesives. Today, the Group is divided into three Business Units focusing on the needs of Laying, Building and Design surfaces.
The Group achieved a turnover of 744 million euros in 2022 – 62% of which came from Italy and 38% from exports – and currently provides work for around 2200 people including employees and freelancers. We have a direct presence in 12 countries and operate 17 production plants.
Kerakoll is a Benefit Corporation. We also obtained B Corp certification in 2023, confirmation of our journey towards a new ESG business model generating economic, social and environmental value.
Building better places to live
Sustainability has been at the core of Kerakoll’s philosophy since 1984 when Romano Sghedoni declared that ‘there is no value in industrial success if it is not linked to sustainable development.’ And this approach has widened and deepened over the years to include a comprehensive commitment to ESG issues, with the Italian company becoming a Benefit Company in 2021, and the Group, including the UK, gaining B Corp certification in 2023.
For the product offering, this is shown by a commitment to developing the best possible products for the construction industry to enable the construction of safe, healthy and beautiful buildings. This means researching materials and processes to reduce the impact on the environment, with a built-in respect for natural resources and the circular economy.
The company uses life cycle analysis and the GreenBuilding Rating to guide its choice of classification system and product design principles. The GreenBuilding Rating was developed by Kerakoll, and certified by SGS, as a transparent measure of the product’s most relevant sustainability characteristics, allowing the installer to see at a glance how environmentally friendly a product is.
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