On December 1, 2021, Kingspan announced a partnership with the Mercedes Formula One Team. At first, the partnership was criticized as a greenwashing attempt. The backlash quickly shifted to Kingspan’s status as a core participant in the U.K. Government Inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire that killed 72 people in London in 2017, given the contribution of the … Continue reading Mercedes Ends F1 Partnership with Kingspan After 1 Week
Kingspan’s Attempt to Suppress Our Report
The topping out of protective sheeting and scaffolding at Grenfell Tower took place in time for the 1-year anniversary of the Grenfell Tower Fire. Photo by Carcharoth, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. On November 1, 2020, Kingspan’s attorneys sent us a letter demanding that we discontinue circulation of our report based on what they called “inaccurate … Continue reading Kingspan’s Attempt to Suppress Our Report