Heidelberg Materials | Sustainability Performance
Produces and supplies building materials, including cement, aggregates, and ready-mix concrete.
1873
Germany
10,001+ employees
Building Materials
$10B+ in revenue
$1B - 10B in profitability
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Sustainability Ranking & Industry Benchmark
#12083
Overallⓘ#537
in Germanyⓘ#175
in Building MaterialsⓘSustainability Maturity
ⓘSustainability Intent
ⓘOverview
Environmental
Carbon emissionsCarbon certificatesEnergy consumptionWaste ManagementWater ManagementAir & land impactNature and biodiversitySocial
Diversity and InclusionPay GapsHealth and SafetyExternalitiesGovernance
TargetsSDG ImpactFinancial Data
Business performanceCapital & innovationAnalyst projections
Laggard
Aligned
Aligned
Laggard
Aligned
Intensity
Greenhouse gas intensity (Scope 1, 2, 3)(tCO₂e /$M)
Energy consumption (direct) intensity (MWh /$M)
Water consumption intensity (m³ /$M)
Waste generation intensity (tonnes /$M)
Industry Benchmark
3.9K
B/M 1.2K
3.8K
B/M 1.2K
3.0K
B/M 1.2K
19.6
B/M 17.6
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Controversy level
- Heidelberg Materials AG (rebranded from HeidelbergCement September 2022) has faced sustained scrutiny over CO2 emissions exposure at multiple Heidelberg Materials cement clinker operations globally including the contested 2024 EU ETS Phase 4 carbon cost exposure affecting German institutional shareholders amid European cement decarbonization sector pressure including the contested 2024 sustained Heidelberg Materials Brevik (Norway) CCS (carbon capture storage) USD 1+ billion sustained customer demand normalization.
Sustainability employees
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11+
ⓘThis value represents the estimated number of employees in a company with sustainability-related roles or job titles, as determined by Illuminem using publicly available data.