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SUSTAINABILITY DRIVING PROFITABLE GROWTH

We’ve built our sustainability plan around four focus areas to strengthen Âé¶¹´«Ã½â€™s leadership in sustainable construction.

1.SCALING OUR SUSTAINABLE OFFERING
 

We’re scaling our sustainable offering, including ECOPact and ECOPlanet, to meet our customers’ most ambitious goals.

Âé¶¹´«Ã½ has a 2030 target to reach over 50% of net sales from ECOPact in ready-mix concrete, and over 50% of net sales from ECOPlanet in cement. 

In 2025, ECOPact had a 31% share of ready-mix concrete net sales (+5 pp versus 2024) while ECOPlanet had a 36% share of cement net sales (+2 pp versus 2024). 

Our sustainable offering is tailored to customer demand and powered by premium brands that are sustainable, circular, energy-efficient, resilient and smart. 

Read how ECOPact is helping build Europe’s largest urban regeneration project, The Ellinikon in Athens, Greece.

Explore Âé¶¹´«Ã½â€™s Building Materials and Building Solutions.

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Note: All baselines are restated for discontinued operations. 
1ECOPact and ECOPlanet offers 30% lower CO2 emissions compared to ordinary (CEM I/OPC) concrete and cement.

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Note: All 2020 baselines have been restated for discontinued operations. 
1Defined as products and solutions with ECOCycle inside containing at least 10% construction demolition materials.

2. ADVANCING CIRCULAR CONSTRUCTION
 

Âé¶¹´«Ã½ is accelerating profitable growth in circular construction by increasing our construction demolition materials (CDM) volumes using our ECOCycle technology.

In 2025, we recycled more than 8 million tons of CDM (+23% versus 2024), and are targeting more than 20 million tons by 2030.

Scaling this technology in metropolitan areas, we can build cities from cities, creating high-value solutions that save valuable primary raw materials, minimize waste, and drive profitable growth.

Discover Recygénie the world’s first 100% recycled concrete building with ECOCycle inside.

Read how Âé¶¹´«Ã½ is advancing circular construction.

3. INNOVATION ACCELERATING decarbonization
 

Innovation is accelerating decarbonization for Âé¶¹´«Ã½, and we aim to reduce Scope 1 emissions to below 400 kg CO2 net per ton of cementitious materials by 2030.

To achieve this, we’re focusing on three levers:

  1. Formulation: Developing cement and concrete mixtures with a lower clinker content and increasing the use of alternative raw materials and binders. 
  2. Energy: Increasing the use of alternative fuels through our Geocycle business, investing in renewable energy sources and improving energy efficiency in our operations. 
  3. Advanced technologies: Pioneering and scaling advanced technologies, with a focus on carbon capture.

In 2025, we reduced our Scope 1 emissions by 11% to 502 kg CO2 net per ton of cementitious materials versus a restated 2020 baseline.* 

Learn how innovation is accelerating decarbonization for Âé¶¹´«Ã½.

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Note: 2020 baseline has been restated for discontinued operations and other material changes in scope.

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Note: 2020 baseline has been restated for discontinued operations and other material changes in scope.

4. BUILDING A NATURE-POSITIVE FUTURE

Âé¶¹´«Ã½ is building a nature-positive future by bringing nature into cities, while reducing freshwater withdrawal by 33% in our operations by 2030 versus a 2020 baseline:

  1. Water: Setting the industry’s most ambitious science-based freshwater reduction targets. 
  2. Biodiversity: Transformative rehabilitation measured by a science-based methodology developed with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
  3. Nature-positive solutions: Offering a wide range of solutions that bring nature into cities. 

In 2025, we reduced our freshwater withdrawal by 25% to 179 liter/t of cementitious materials, versus a restated 2020 baseline.*

Âé¶¹´«Ã½ is targeting a freshwater withdrawal of 160 liter/t of cementitious materials by 2030.

Discover Âé¶¹´«Ã½â€™s pioneering science-based freshwater targets

*All restated baselines and 2024 figures are restated for discontinued operations and other material changes in scope.

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