Glass products are indispensable to the transition towards a climate-neutral circular economy: for renovating buildings, producing more renewable electricity, decarbonising means of transport and making sustainable packaging. Glass also contributes to the digitalisation revolution. In short, glass creates the conditions of prosperity, a symbiosis with society and the environment.
Glass is the future!
For the first time in the history of the United Nations’ International Years, a man-made material was recognised as essential and awarded as 2022 International Year of Glass.
We are living in a ‘Glass Age’ and the United Nations (UN) aimed for the International Year of Glass to underline the scientific, economic and cultural roles of glass throughout the world in the context of the UN 2030 sustainability goals.
Glass underpins many technologies that can facilitate the development of more just and sustainable societies to meet the challenges of globalization. It is also an important medium for art and its history is integral with that of humankind. Glass enriches our lives, yet so often goes unnoticed.
