Sustainability highlights 2025

  • Construction began to build the UK’s first carbon capture plant at a cement works at our Padeswood site.
  • Scope 1 emissions down 12.3% from the 2016 baseline.
  • 966,000 tonnes of recycled aggregate processed, excluding Mick George Limited and B&A Group.
  • First 3,500 tonnes of evoZero carbon captured near-zero cement arrived in the UK from our Brevik plant in Norway.
  • £276 million of social value impact generated in the UK.
  • UK-first hydrogen fuel-switching project continued at our Criggion asphalt plant.
  • First calcined clay and CarbonCure trials completed at Greenwich.
  • All active quarries on target to provide at least 15% space for nature by 2030.

Net Zero

Padeswood cement plant
We drive decarbonisation and provide low-carbon products.
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Circular and Resistant

Heidelberg Materials Recycling
We drive circularity to reduce and reuse materials and natural resources
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Safe and inclusive

We place the health and wellbeing of employees, communities, and suppliers at the core of our business operations
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Nature Positive

A small lake surrounded by trees and greenery under a partly cloudy sky.
We contribute to a nature positive world through our biodiversity programmes and sustainable water management
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Sustainability policy 

We have a single sustainability policy, which is regularly reviewed and communicated to employees, contractors, visitors, key stakeholders and our supply chain to inform and promote wider adoption of responsible sustainability practices. View our policy

Footnote: Data contained within this report includes A1 Services (now Heidelberg Materials Agecroft) but excludes Mick George Limited or B&A Group.


Learn more about our 2030 sustainability commitments