Enhancing the Environment for Future Generations
Enhancing the Environment for Future Generations
We see ourselves as custodians of the natural world, embracing the opportunity to reverse nature loss and to leave a healthy environment that can support the needs of future generations.
Our holistic approach to environmental management aims to limit our environmental footprint and create a positive impact on the world around us, one that helps to accelerate the world towards a nature-positive economy.
At CRH, we recognise the critical role forests play in biodiversity conservation and mitigating climate change, and we are committed to no net loss of our tree populations.
We comply with all relevant environmental regulatory and permitting requirements and all CRH extractive sites have comprehensive restoration plans. To support our biodiversity strategy, we engaged the Wildlife Habitat Council to assess our exposure to deforestation. Their evaluation concluded that our more than 1,200 extractive sites do not pose any risks to core forests.
Underlining our commitment to conserving and restoring forests, we have planted circa 1.2 million trees since 2018, ensuring we have achieved a net-positive impact on our tree populations.
c. % of all relevant locations have restoration plans in place
Group locations noted and managed for biodiversity
Clean air is one of our priorities, not only for the sustainability of our business, but for the continued protection of people and our natural world. This is why we are committed to reducing the impact of air emissions by ensuring that we meet the strictest air emissions limits.
As a responsible landowner, we recognise the importance of restoring land and protecting biodiversity. We strive to construct a nature-positive economy that is rich with resilient ecosystems and can adapt to and mitigate against the impacts of climate change. Thriving ecosystems are an essential part of a healthy natural world which is why we must take decisive action to enhance natural habitats. We do this by preserving biodiversity and natural capital across our locations, ensuring the long-term productivity of our operations.
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