Sustainability memberships and recognitions

LafargeHolcim has joined the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) “Business Ambition for 1.5°C,” becoming the first global building materials company to sign the pledge with intermediate targets for 2030, validated by SBTi. This commitment builds on LafargeHolcim’s leadership in green construction with cutting-edge solutions such as ECOPact, its green concrete, and Susteno, its leading circular cement.

In the wake of the COVID 19 crisis, LafargeHolcim is ramping up its production to best support our customers and help the world economy recover as quickly as possible. LafargeHolcim is doing this by putting sustainable construction at the heart of the recovery. Building on this commitment, LafargeHolcim has joined the “Recover Better” movement, launched by the Science Based Targets initiative, the UN Global Compact and the We Mean Business coalition to embed climate action in today’s economic recovery. LafargeHolcim, together with a number of other global companies has signed a statement urging governments around the world to align their COVID-19 economic aid and recovery efforts with the latest climate science. LafargeHolcim and the other signatory companies have already set, or committed to set, science-based emissions reduction targets. By signing the statement, LafargeHolcim is reaffirming that its own decisions and actions remain grounded in science, while calling on governments to prioritize a faster and fairer transition from a grey to a green economy.

In 2021 LafargeHolcim joined the Corporate Advisory Board of the World Green Building Council (WGBC). The WGBC is a global action network that aims to transform the building and construction sector across three strategic areas—climate action, health & wellbeing, and resources & circularity.

LafargeHolcim's net zero pledge has been named the 2021 edie Sustainability Leaders Awards "Net Zero Carbon Strategy of the Year." In their 14th year, edie’s RSA-accredited Sustainability Leaders Awards recognizes excellence across the spectrum of green business. They represent the UK’s largest and most prestigious sustainability awards initiative.

In March 2021, FastCompany recognized LafargeHolcim as one of the top 3 most innovative companies in urban development for creating a building material that’s friendly to both the climate and the developing world. FastCompany is the world's leading progressive business media brand with editorial focus on innovation.

LafargeHolcim is a participant in the UN Global Compact. With our integrated approach to sustainable development, LafargeHolcim aims to embrace the UNGC principles. We strive to implement the ten principles of the Compact and to use it as a basis for advancing responsible corporate citizenship. At the same time, the Compact provides LafargeHolcim with the opportunity to further push our own ongoing programs and processes in the areas of human rights, labor standards, the environment, and anti-corruption. In order to demonstrate our commitment, we publish a yearly Communication of Progress (COP). All our COP reports are available on the Global Compact website through the following link: https://www.unglobalcompact.org/whatis-gc/participants/6028.

LafargeHolcim is playing an active role in the development of the GCCA’s climate vision, by co-chairing its “Vision 2050” work group and its associated climate policy. LafargeHolcim, together with eight other leading companies in the cement and concrete sector, launched the Global Cement & Concrete Association in early 2018. The GCCA is a progressive new association, dedicated to developing and strengthening the sector’s contribution to construction. The association will focus on driving advancements in sustainable construction, working to enhance the cement and concrete industry’s contribution to a variety of global social and developmental challenges. LafargeHolcim CEO Jan Jenisch is on the board of the GCCA and EXCO member Marcel Cobuz is on the steering committee.

Since it was launched in Paris in 2015, LafargeHolcim has played a proactive role in the Global Alliance for Building and Construction (GABC), the leading global platform for governments, private sector, civil society and intergovernmental and international organizations to increase action towards a zero-emission, efficient and resilient buildings and construction sector. In 2021, LafargeHolcim was elected to the GABC’s Steering Committee.

LafargeHolcim is a signatory of the We Mean Business Coalition - a global nonprofit coalition working with the world’s most influential businesses to take action on climate change. Together they catalyze business leadership to drive policy ambition and accelerate the transition to a zero-carbon economy.