Aspiring for sustainability through roofing and cladding

Apart from deriving its sustainability from its own company values, Dimond has also strengthened its offering in this regard due to an increased appetite from architects and designers.

“As a business, we’ve noticed that the market, typically with architects, has become stronger in their sustainability requirements,” says Shane. “That’s why we’ve gone down the track of getting GreenTag accreditation for our products, to ensure that architects can feel comfortable using our roofing profiles and products, and that they meet their sustainability requirements.”

To achieve this, Dimond Roofing undergoes a number of distinct processes with its product. One example is the coating process: while Dimond doesn’t coat its roofing products itself, the company has made sure it partners with coating manufacturers that use certified products that have gone through the Environmental Product Declaration.

GreenTag is a third party eco labelling scheme that uses the principles of the UN’s sustainability goals to assess a company’s finished products and how they make them, while environmental product declarations (EPDs) demonstrate a commitment to environmental responsibility and transparency.

“From a steel perspective, it’s more about the process we use internally to make sure our products are sustainable,” says Shane. “This means constantly going through reworks and audits of how we manufacture roofing, to make sure that we’re meeting the required standards – and always looking for ways to improve.”

Learn more about Dimond Roofing and its sustainability initiatives.