Company: OC
Filing Date: 2025-02-24
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001370946-25-000077
Chunk: 122

Company: Owens Corning
Filing Date: 2025-02-24
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1
Chunk 122
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 federal, state and local legislation and regulations concerning climate-related disclosures, including compliance with the European Commission’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and climate disclosure requirements that may be implemented by the SEC, may result in additional costs and capital expenditures, and the failure to comply with such legislation and regulations could result in fines to us and could affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows. In addition, judicial decisions or executive actions limiting the authority of regulatory agencies, or decisions impacting current regulations and policies implemented by such agencies, could create uncertainty regarding the regulatory landscape and impact the Company’s ability to plan for future investments. We could also face increased costs related to defending and resolving legal claims and other litigation related to climate change and the alleged impact of our operations on climate change. In addition, energy prices could increase as a result of climate change legislation or other environmental mandates, which could have an adverse effect on our results of operations.

In addition, from time to time, we establish targets, strategies and expectations related to climate change and other environmental matters. Our ability to achieve any such targets, strategies or expectations is subject to risks and uncertainties, many of which are outside of our control. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, our ability to execute our strategies and achieve our goals within the currently projected costs and expected timeframes, availability, use and success of on and off-site renewable energy, evolving regulatory and other standards, processes, and assumptions, the pace of scientific and technological developments, increased costs and availability of requisite financing, market trends that may alter business opportunities, the conduct of third-party manufacturers and suppliers, constraints or disruptions to our supply chain, and changes in carbon markets. There are no assurances that we will be able to successfully execute our strategies and achieve our targets. Failures or delays (whether actual or perceived) to achieve our targets or strategies related to climate change and other environmental matters could damage our reputation, customer and investor relationships, adversely affect our business, operations and increase risk of litigation.

Our intellectual property rights may not provide meaningful commercial protection for our products or brands and third parties may assert that we violate their intellectual property rights, which could have a material adverse impact on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We rely on our intellectual property, including numerous patents, trademarks, trade secrets, confidential information, as well as our licensed intellectual property, to differentiate our products and brands in the marketplace. We monitor and protect against activities that might infringe, dilute, or otherwise harm our intellectual property and rely on the laws