Blue is the new green
Uponor is leading the effort of producing sustainable construction materials for commercial, residential, and infrastructural purposes. Sustainability is central to our mission, vision, and strategy.That is why we have created the Uponor Blue product family. Uponor Blue products help you achieve your environmental and carbon footprint reduction goals.
Uponor Blue offering meets the same standards, requirements, and performance as the traditional products. The methods and CO2 ratings are validated with ISCC and EPD certifications.
By choosing an Uponor Blue product, you can be confident in making the right decision today, for the environment of tomorrow. Uponor signature colour is blue, and we use it as our flagship to endorse our sustainability commitment. With Uponor, Blue is the new green.
Moreover, Uponor Blue products align with UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, such as climate action, clean water and sanitation, and responsible consumption and production.
With Uponor Blue, you will be on track to reduce carbon emissions by 55% by the year 2030. This reduction target – “Fit for 55” – is set by the EU, and it is an intermediate step on our way to a carbon-neutral Europe.
- Michael Rauterkus, President and CEO at Uponor Corporation
More about Fit for 55
The future will be only about sustainable products, or you are out of the market.
- Michael Rauterkus, President and CEO at Uponor Corporation
More about Fit for 55
Uponor makes cities Blue
The EU’s carbon footprint reduction targets for 2030 pave the way to a carbon-neutral Europe in 2050. Uponor Blue products help your organization to reach your sustainable goals, and build environmentally friendly cities. Together we make cities Blue!
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1st Uponor Blue product launched
Ultra Rib 2 Blue is the first gravity sewer pipe with up to 70 % reduction of carbon footprint. This milestone was achieved by using over 50% of certified renewable raw material.
Blue is the new green
Uponor Blue products have sustainability at its core. Either by using recycled or renewable raw material, or by gaining savings through greater performance.
PEX Pipe Blue
PEX Pipe Blue is launched for residential and commercial building. Uponor PEX Pipe Blue is the first bio-based PEX pipe on the market with up to 88 % reduction of carbon footprint.
40% of products are Uponor Blue
By the year 2025, 40% of our products are meeting the requirements of Uponor Blue products with full data transparency by EPD certification.
We have reached our targets
In 2030, all our products have EPD certifications and are Uponor Blue products. We have reached our environmental targets.
What makes Uponor Blue products sustainable?
Uponor Blue products can be sustainable in different ways – either by using renewable or recycled materials in their composition or by ensuring resource savings through greater performance. While the Uponor Blue offering helps you meet your carbon reduction goals, it also meets the same standards, requirements, and performance as the traditional products.
We provide full data transparency to ensure the sustainability of our products. This makes it easier for you to demonstrate the positive impact of your project. All our sustainability approaches are independently validated with third-party certifications. Thanks to our Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) and International Sustainability & Carbon Certifications (ISCC Plus), you can be confident about the amount of CO2 reduction when you choose a Uponor Blue product.
Mass Balance
The Mass Balance approach is one of the easiest and most cost-effective methods to cut the carbon footprint from infrastructure product manufacturing.
It consists of partially replacing fossil-based virgin material with renewable feedstock, which can be traced back to the first collection points. It enables gradually shifting from fossil to renewable raw materials, with little impact on the product cost.
It consists of partially replacing fossil-based virgin material with renewable feedstock, which can be traced back to the first collection points. It enables gradually shifting from fossil to renewable raw materials, with little impact on the product cost.
Environmental Product Declaration
The EPD is a standardized and third-party verified document reporting a product’s environmental impact. It assesses the product’s entire life cycle to provide its carbon footprint.
This allows forward-thinking organisations to reliably compare products fulfilling the same function. Uponor already has many of its products validated by an EPD to transparently report on the environmental impact.
This allows forward-thinking organisations to reliably compare products fulfilling the same function. Uponor already has many of its products validated by an EPD to transparently report on the environmental impact.
Meet the Uponor Blue products
Ultra Rib 2 Blue
Ultra Rib 2 Blue is a sustainable plastic sewer pipe with up to 70% CO2 reduction. Based on renewable raw material, containing at least 55% of bio-based feedstock, following the Mass Balance model.
PEX Pipe Blue
The first bio-based PEX pipe on the market for drinking water and underfloor heating systems with same product characteristics as conventional PEX pipes and a reduced carbon footprint by up to 90%.
IQ Blue
IQ Blue is the first sustainable stormwater pipe on the market. IQ Blue pipes can be used as stormwater pipes or as road drums in many applications like transportation, commercial construction or agriculture and forestry.
Fit for 55
The EU has set itself a binding target of achieving climate neutrality by 2050. As an intermediate step towards this objective, the EU is committed to cutting greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030.The “Fit for 55” package is a set of proposals to revise and update EU legislation to ensure that new policies and laws align with the climate goals for 2030 and onwards. A number of new initiatives are also included in the package.
With Uponor Blue, you are on track to meet the carbon reduction goal of 55% by 2030 – and carbon neutrality by 2050.