Innovating for a Low-Carbon Future
Innovating for a Low-Carbon Future
Climate change is one of the defining global challenges of our time. We have a business ambition to be net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 and are working to ensure that our businesses and products are part of the solution.
We are implementing our 2030 decarbonization roadmap and are decarbonizing our own business by reducing our CO2 emissions, while achieving significant business growth.
CRH is well positioned to meet the increasing customer demand for solutions to mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change. We are delivering and innovating lower-carbon solutions to construct and renovate resilient, lower-carbon buildings and infrastructure, and to enable clean energy and transportation.
Underpinned by significant US and EU funding programmes and regulatory policy shifts, we believe that there is a significant opportunity to scale our innovative solutions, developed to meet increased regulations from Europe to North America, as the market evolves.
kg/$ kg CO2e emissions (Scope 1 and Scope 2) per $ revenue
% reduction in absolute in Scope 1 and 2 CO2e emissions in 2023
To achieve our target, we have developed a 2030 decarbonization roadmap, an important milestone of our strategy towards achieving our ambition to be net-zero by 2050. It is important to note that this target, which is inclusive of organic business growth, applies to our group-wide gross emissions and covers our footprint across Scope 1, 2 and 3.
The Science Based Target initiative (SBTi) has validated our targets for both the cement and non-cement businesses for Scope 1 and 2, as well as Scope 3 for purchased clinker and cement, to be in line with a 1.5°C trajectory1. We are also part of the Business Ambition for 1.5°C initiative.
Our 2023 performance:
Find out more about what we are doing on Decarbonization:
2023 Sustainability Performance Report
1 SBTi validated target wording: CRH commits to reduce gross Scope 1 and Scope 2 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions 33.5% per tonne of cementitious product by 2030 from a 2021 base year*. CRH also commits to reduce absolute gross Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions from other activities 42.0% by 2030 from a 2021 base year*. CRH further commits to reduce gross Scope 3 GHG emissions 23.5% from purchased clinker and cement per tonne purchased over the same timeframe. *The target boundary includes land-related emissions and removals from bioenergy feedstocks.
2 Total direct CO2e emissions – net: gross CO2e emissions minus CO2e emissions from alternative fossil fuels.
3 CRH is not relying on carbon offsetting to achieve its 2030 emission reduction target and is committed to decarbonizing our operations and value chain. We are involved in a number of initiatives with a goal of removing carbon emissions from the atmosphere. In the longer-term, carbon offsets may become more relevant for residual emissions.