Etex Group: products and EPD coverage snapshot
Etex is a multi‑brand heavyweight in lightweight construction, spanning gypsum boards, fiber‑cement façades, slates and passive fire protection. Their flagship lines carry solid EPD coverage in many regions, yet some system accessories and finishing products still look patchier. For manufacturers in similar portfolios, this mix shows how EPDs can boost specability when the whole system is documented, not just the hero board.
Who Etex is today
Etex runs a portfolio model with specialist brands that show up on very different jobsites. Siniat handles gypsum systems. Promat focuses on passive fire protection. EQUITONE and Cedral serve façades and roofing in fiber cement. The group also includes insulation through URSA and Superglass, plus offsite light‑gauge framing under Remagin, all now endorsed “by Etex” in brand rollouts across markets (Etex news, 2025).
What they sell across the project lifecycle
On interiors they supply plasterboard families, high‑density and fire boards, metals and ceiling profiles, and a range of jointing and adhesive compounds. On envelopes they field fiber‑cement rainscreen panels, cladding boards and roofing slates. For fire, calcium silicate boards and coatings show up on structural steel, shafts and tunnels. Add glass mineral wool and XPS insulation in certain regions, and you have systems that can cover education, healthcare, offices and industrial with one vendor bench.
Sustainability posture in one glance
Etex has public 2030 goals to cut Scope 1 and 2 emissions intensity by 35 percent and to reduce selected Scope 3 categories by 25 percent, with 2024 reported intensity at 0.132 t CO2e per tonne of finished goods and total energy consumption at 5.25 million MWh (Etex Decarbonisation, 2025) (Etex Decarbonisation, 2025). Targets are useful context for product LCAs because factories with clear energy programs tend to renew EPDs on a steady cadence.
EPD coverage at a glance
Etex’s EPD footprint is broad rather than single‑category. You will find many current, third‑party verified EPDs for plasterboards from Siniat in Europe and Australia, for fiber‑cement façades under EQUITONE, for Cedral slates, and for Promat fire boards across multiple program operators. Coverage is strongest on the high‑volume board families and façade panels. That puts the group in a good position for projects that prefer product‑specific Type III EPDs under LEED v5 language and owner policies.
Where coverage looks thinner
Publicly visible documentation suggests finishing products like jointing compounds and certain adhesives are less consistently covered than boards in some markets. Typical example in the UK: Siniat advertises multiple joint compounds and fillers, yet product‑specific EPDs for those SKUs are harder to find on first pass compared with their board EPDs on the same documentation portal. That gap is common in drywall portfolios and it matters because teams often want the whole wall system to be EPD‑backed, not just the sheets.
Why those gaps cost specs
On jobs with embodied‑carbon accounting, a product without a product‑specific EPD often gets a conservative default that pushes the model in the wrong direction. Specifiers then favor alternatives with verified declarations to avoid the penalty. One missing link can trigger swaps late in procurement, even when performance is fine. An EPD on a best seller joint compound or a frequently paired adhesive removes friction and protects margin.
Competitive landscape by product family
Gypsum boards compete with Saint‑Gobain Gyproc and Knauf in Europe, and USG plus National Gypsum in North America. Many of these rivals publish active plasterboard EPDs with European program operators and in Australasia, so the baseline is no longer disclosure versus no disclosure, it is how complete your system set reads to a reviewer. For fiber‑cement façades and cladding, James Hardie and Swisspearl show up often, and Hardie communicates EPD‑verified boards in Europe. In passive fire protection, 3M, Hilti and Nullifire appear alongside Promat depending on application. In all these categories, the brands that win repeatedly tend to pair performance approvals with visible, current EPDs across the accessories that close out a system.
A practical example Etex could tackle next
Pick one jointing compound per top market and publish a product‑specific, Type III EPD. USG and ProForm already signal EPD availability for select joint compounds on their product pages, which gives them an easy checkbox in submittals. If a Siniat joint compound that routinely rides along with Siniat boards gains an EPD, the whole drywall spec reads cleaner and is less likely to be swapped for a competitor’s system. Two or three SKUs per region can change bid math fast.
A quick playbook to close the loop
Start with volume and substitution risk. 1) Prioritize finishing compounds and adhesives that ship with board bundles. 2) Add metals and common profiles if any gaps remain. 3) Pre‑empt renewals by queueing EPD updates for boards that expire in the next 12 to 18 months, so sales never faces a lapse. 4) For façades, ensure both panel and mounting substrate have declarations so the assembly is covered end to end. We push teams to make data collection painless adn complete because that is what unlocks speed without cutting corners.
What this means commercially
Teams chasing LEED v5 points or owner carbon caps will not spend cycles reconciling mixed documentation. They will spec the path of least resistance. Etex already has the hard parts in place with many board and façade EPDs. Extending coverage to the everyday consumables that travel with those boards turns a strong portfolio into a specification machine.
Want to dig into their roadmap
Etex publishes progress and targets for decarbonisation, energy and Scope 3 on a dedicated page that is worth bookmarking for future submittals and renewal timing. See the latest figures and targets here: Etex decarbonisation (Etex Decarbonisation, 2025).
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Etex publish group‑level climate targets that support EPD renewals and updates?
Yes. Public 2030 goals include a 35% reduction in Scope 1 and 2 emissions intensity and a 25% reduction in selected Scope 3 categories, with 2024 intensity reported at 0.132 t CO2e per tonne of finished goods (Etex Decarbonisation, 2025).
Which Etex brands most often carry current EPDs today?
Gypsum boards under Siniat, fiber‑cement cladding under EQUITONE, roofing and cladding slates under Cedral, and Promat fire boards have broad coverage across Europe and Australasia. Documentation depth varies by market for finishing compounds and adhesives.
Who are Etex’s most frequent competitors in specs?
For plasterboard systems: Saint‑Gobain Gyproc, Knauf, USG and National Gypsum. For fiber‑cement façades: James Hardie and Swisspearl, with Nichiha in some regions. For passive fire: Hilti, 3M and Nullifire depending on the application.
If a joint compound lacks an EPD, what is the risk?
Projects may default to conservative emissions assumptions, which can tilt comparisons against a system with a product‑specific EPD on the same component. Closing that gap reduces change‑outs late in procurement.
About the Author
Walker Ryan is a climate-tech entrepreneur focused on driving industrial decarbonization through better data. As the founder and CEO of Parq, he helps manufacturers generate high-quality, third-party–verified carbon disclosures at scale—accelerating a traditionally slow and expensive process. Before starting Parq, Walker led over $200 million in sustainability-focused investments as VP of Strategy & Growth at ReStream Solutions, following earlier experience in investment banking at Deutsche Bank. He brings a rare mix of capital markets expertise and hands-on sustainability knowledge to tackling the infrastructure of industrial emissions.
