KR Group has been shortlisted as a finalist for the VIBES Scottish Environment Business Awards 2022.

The Aberdeenshire-based steel and cladding company's environmental achievements have been recognised on a national level. Following a series of awards finals this year, including the CeeD Awards and Northern Star Business Awards, the team at KR Group are "hopeful".

The VIBES Scottish Environment Business Awards are held each year to showcase organisations that have demonstrated significant business benefits from good environmental practice. It is a partnership between Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA), The Scottish Government, Energy Saving Trust, Highland & Islands Enterprise, Scottish Enterprise, South of Scotland Enterprise, Scottish Water, Zero Waste Scotland, and NatureScot.

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The Awards are further supported by CBI Scotland, the Institute of Directors (IoD), Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), Bright Green Business, Scottish Council for Development and Industry and the Scotch Whisky Association.

In 2021, KR Group first announced their pilot scheme initiative, KR Bon Reduction, and their plans to repurpose waste composite panels that would otherwise go to landfill. Thanks to partial funding from ERDF and Zero Waste Scotland, they were able to plan for a new repurposing facility and equipment designed to strip the steel jackets from the panels and efficiently cut to size.

The build of the new facility is set to commence later this year. In the meantime, their newly appointed Cladding Panel Separator, Trevor, is tasked with repurposing the panels manually.

Once the steel jackets are stripped, rigid PIR Board remains, which is perfect for insulating most spaces in domestic, commercial, and industrial structures.