Overview of Sustainably Sourced Materials In 2024

In 2025, 60% of the materials used for our products and packaging were recycled or sustainably sourced renewable materials , contributing to our future ambitions and targets ( 2024 : 56%).

This Is No Longer Speculative Exhibition at Material Source, Glasgow. Credits: Lewis Cannon With the end of the year nearing, we're reflecting back on some of your favourite sustainably focused materials and products of 2024 - all championing the concept of re-use, re-purposing and re-invention.
PDF Recycled and sustainably sourced materials

Our definition of recycled and sustainably sourced materials Our definition of "recycled and sustainably sourced materials " has evolved from evaluating a material's environmental factors compared to conventional alternatives, to taking a more holistic approach that includes social factors.
The Global Materials Perspective 2024 encompasses all these categories but primarily illustrates trends for those materials , such as battery materials , that are critical for the at-scale deployment of low-carbon technologies, and that are collectively referred to as "energy transition materials " throughout this report.

Guide To Material Sustainability 2024 (Resource Page)
Here's your guide to material sustainability. This resource page looks at popular materials to assess how sustainable there are. Learn more.
Moving the sustainability agenda forward, here are 24 bio and by-product based materials for 2024 . 1. Rosy Napper - ReCinder. ReCinder is a 100% recycled material made from discarded broken ceramic and waste ash that has been diverted from landfill.

Sustainable Materials Management
To introduce businesses, NGOs, and government officials to the concept of Sustainable Materials Management (SMM). To provide tools to allow stakeholders to take a lifecycle approach managing their materials , & to encourage them to join a SMM challenge.
In light of the growing worldwide consciousness regarding environmental issues and the depletion of resources, attaining sustainability in the construction sector has become a necessity. This study carefully examines how environmentally friendly materials support sustainable building practices, emphasizing three key areas of investigation: the broad spectrum of feasible green materials , the ...

Eco Breakthroughs
The paper analyzes the current status and future trends of the scientific literature for seven sustainability-related materials categories, such as sustainable materials , green materials , biomaterials, eco-friendly materials , alternative materials , material recycling and material recovery from complex products, and sustainable applied materials .









This dedicated topic collection aims to showcase some of the latest innovative approaches to developing sustainable materials and using them to replace other materials in less sustainable known processes. We are excited to highlight some of our published content that has attracted attention in the field of sustainable materials .