Environment & sustainable building

The European Union regulation was enacted to improve the protection of human health and the environment from the risks that chemicals can pose.
Here you can find out how REACH works, what we at StoCretec and Sto are doing, and what you - our partners and customers - should be doing.

In August 2020, the new REACH restriction regulation for diisocyanates was published in the Official Journal of the European Union. The aim of the restriction is to prevent skin and respiratory sensitisation potentially caused by diisocyanates. Safety training is required for this purpose.

Due to this innovation in the REACH Regulation, some important deadlines for the use of PU products in the commercial and industrial sector will apply from 2022.

An Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) describes the environmental impact of building products by analysing their life cycle assessment. For numerous Sto and StoCretec products, there are product-specific EPDs or sample EPDs that are specific to the product group and are created by corresponding associations. Here you will find an overview of Sto products and the corresponding EPDs.

In order to make sustainable building plannable, measurable and comparable, there are a large number of different building certification systems worldwide. As planning and optimisation tools, these contribute to holistic sustainability quality. Here you will find classifications of Sto products according to the most relevant systems in Germany: DGNB, BNB and QNG.

StoCretec and Sto are committed to taking responsibility for the environment. For us, it goes without saying that waste is recorded and collected separately. No mixed fractions may be formed. Only then is recycling possible. We have organised the return of used packaging and its proper recycling in accordance with legal requirements. Collection and recycling is free of charge. You only have to bear the costs for the collection containers.