Kingspan, the global leader in high-performance insulation and building envelope solutions, has announced a multi-year partnership with Seven Clean Seas, a leading ocean impact organisation. The collaboration looks to tackle ocean bound plastic pollution and enable the recycling of recovered materials in community projects.
Through this partnership, Seven Clean Seas will expand on its work in Indonesia (Batam) and Thailand (Bangkok), with Kingspan supporting over the three-year period. The multi-phase initiative includes installing river barriers in both regions to prevent plastic leakage into the ocean; re-roofing a community school in Batam using recycled ocean plastic; and supporting ongoing recovery operations targeting the removal of 119,126 kg of marine plastic from the environment.
Seven Clean Seas is a mission-driven ocean impact organisation dedicated to protecting and restoring marine ecosystems by tackling plastic pollution at its source. Founded in 2018, the organisation builds and manages high-impact cleanup and prevention projects across Southeast Asia, deploying innovative collection systems, community-focused plastic recovery initiatives, educational programmes, and circular economy solutions that prevent plastic waste from reaching or remaining in the sea.
Beyond environmental impact, their projects provide ethical, formal, long-term employment for over 100 workers, challenging the waste sector’s heavy reliance on informal and often exploitative labour. Seven Clean Seas believes that addressing the plastic waste crisis at a global level means tackling the underlying social-economic issues at the community level.
“Our partnership with Seven Clean Seas reflects a shared commitment to reducing ocean plastic pollution,” said Holly Loughman, Head of Sustainability at Kingspan. “Over the next three years, we aim not only to prevent plastic waste from flowing into the ocean in these regions but also to build lasting waste management infrastructure that will continue to support the local communities beyond the partnership. We are delighted to collaborate with an organisation that shares our commitment to creating lasting improvements for these communities.”
In line with Kingspan’s Planet Passionate goals around sustainability and philanthropic support towards communities, the collaboration with Seven Clean Seas goes beyond plastic removal through the recycling of recovered LDPE into roof tiles to replace existing roofs in the local community. Through Seven Clean Seas’ cleanup operations this demonstrates how recovered ocean plastic can be used in local community infrastructure.
“Kingspan has shown remarkable leadership through their Planet Passionate programme, and it is an honour to partner with a team so deeply committed to meaningful, measurable impact. Seven Clean Seas is built on certified recovery, transparency and community-centred solutions, and we’re excited to work with Kingspan to expand this work across Southeast Asia. Together, we’re not only protecting marine environments, but we’re also building the systems that will keep them healthy for generations”, said Oliver Kade, CTO & UK Country Manager for Seven Clean Seas.
Kingspan’s mission is to accelerate a net-zero emissions-built environment with people and planet at its heart through Planet Passionate, the company’s global environmental sustainability programme.
Kingspan has a strong track record of supporting ocean clean-up initiatives, demonstrated through multi-year partnerships with rePurpose Global and 4Ocean to remove plastic waste and support local communities. Having achieved its ocean clean-up target in 2024, Kingspan remains committed to sustaining this impact through its latest partnership with Seven Clean Seas.
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