Net zero

We drive decarbonisation and provide low-carbon products

Headline KPIs

CO2 and energy

Reduce scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions in line with Heidelberg Materials Group SBTi.
CCS plant at Padeswood to be operational and feasibility studies for Ketton and Ribblesdale.
Reduce scope 1 emissions from UK operations by 15% from 2016 baseline.
Reduce CO₂ by 15% in concrete, asphalt, aggregates and cement from 2019 baseline.
Reduce scope 3 emissions in delivery transport by 15% from 2019 baseline.

Sustainable revenue

Achieve 50% of our gross revenue from sustainable products that are either low-carbon or circular.

Enabling and supporting KPIs

CO2 and energy

85% clinker incorporation in our cement.
Alternative fuel rate in cement above 80%.
Biomass fuel rate in cement above 35%.
Measurement framework for scope 3 emissions embedded by 2025 and 10% reduction to 2030.
10% reduction in operational electrical kWh/t from a 2016 baseline.
Net zero plans in all divisions developed to include targets for scope 1, 2 and 3.

Net zero in action:

A step closer to creating the UK’s first net zero cement works

Plans are progressing to build a carbon capture facility at our Padeswood cement works in north Wales. We have signed a statement of principles with the UK Government’s Department for Energy Security and Net Zero to enter into final negotiations, with the aim of making a decision by April 2025.

We have also signed a front-end engineering and design (FEED) with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Worley, marking another milestone in our plans to create the UK’s first net zero cement works.

If the project goes ahead, it would be the first facility of its kind in the UK and would set the UK’s construction industry on the path to net zero.

It would capture almost all the CO₂ produced during cement manufacture, equating to up to 800,000 tonnes annually, and enabling the production of evoZero carbon captured net zero cement from the site as early as 2029.

We are also involved in a number of other industry-leading decarbonisation trials using innovative technologies including:

Trialling C-Capture’s solvent-based carbon capture technology at Ketton cement works.
Taking part in a 12-month project to establish the feasibility of using ammonia as a source of hydrogen for use as a fuel in cement kilns at our Ribblesdale works.
Looking at the feasibility of using hydrogen to decarbonise asphalt production at our Criggion asphalt plant in mid-Wales.