Sustainability

As a leader in the building materials sector in Ireland, our clients and stakeholders require us to use our expertise to produce high quality, cost effective, innovative and certified products and solutions to meet their needs.

Our commitment to sustainability across our organization reflects and aligns the changing sustainability policy landscape while meeting client expectations and providing transparency on the sustainable products we provide. 

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Sustainability Targets

Our Framework for a Sustainable Future

Our Framework for a Sustainable Future identifies three hard-to-solve global challenges for the built environment and society: water, circularity and decarbonisation. Roadstone is well placed to provide the value-driven solutions needed to help solve these challenges and improve the quality of the world we live.  Our approach is underpinned by helping to protect the natural world, supporting our people and communities and continuing to operate as a responsible business.

Our Performance

107.5kT of CO2e

107.5kT of CO2e

Saved from 2021 to 2024
Trialled

Trialled

300,000 litres of HVO trialled
Solar Capacity

Solar Capacity

4.1MWhp Solar Capacity Installed On-site
Reclaimed Asphalt Mixes

Reclaimed Asphalt Mixes

70% Reclaimed Asphalt Mixes Successfully Supplied & Installed
EPDs

EPDs

40 Third Party EPDs Published
ICW

ICW

1 Integrated Constructed Wetland (ICW) implemented
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    Decarbonisation

    We work closely with our customers, prioritising collaboration to help achieve our shared goal of creating a more sustainable built environment.

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    Circularity

    Roadstone is committing to meet the challenges of tomorrow by being a leader in recycling, delivering Circular Solutions that are longer lasting, innovating new technologies and using resources efficiently.

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    Environmental Product Declarations

    An EPD tells the environmental story of a product over its life cycle in a clear, simple format suitable for many audiences. 

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    People & Communities

    People are central to our business, and our performance depends on the strength of the relationships we build with employees, contractors, suppliers, and the communities in which we operate.

Sustainable Dev Goals
Sustainable Development Goals

We pride ourselves on providing sustainable solutions and products for our clients. By embedding sustainability at the heart of our business strategy, culture and construction solutions we are supporting the delivery of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). While Roadstone supports all 17 goals, we have identified seven to which we believe we can make the biggest contribution, using these as a foundation to further develop our sustainable solutions and product range.

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Environmental Product Declarations & Carbon Footprint Reports

At Roadstone, we are committed to publishing EPD’s and Carbon Footprint Reports to drive sustainability and empower informed choices for low carbon designs.

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Sustainability Supply Chain School Ireland

An example of how we are driving change in such a way is our work as a founding Partner of the Supply Chain Sustainability School in Ireland.  Being a founding partner of the school demonstrates our commitment to support both our own supply chain and our customers in improving their resources and capability on how to deliver sustainable projects. The school assists Roadstone to be a better business and overcome sustainability challenges with a common industry wide approach. Together with the School, we're poised to drive lasting change, enhance skills, and boost performance in the Irish supply chain.  

Donal Rigney
“At Roadstone, we recognise that we must continually adapt our way of working to respond to the on-going climate crisis.”

This can only be achieved by driving improvements and innovation throughout our entire business, embedding sustainability in relation to environmental, social and economic matters across the entirety of our operations. We are committed to accelerating the effective and efficient delivery of sustainable and high-quality construction products and solutions for our clients and customers, in order to build, connect, and improve the world around us. Through our commitment, we will ensure Roadstone’s role in developing a sustainable world for current and future generations alike.

Our Vision

To reinvent the way in which the world is built, with sustainability at its core. We will lead across our industry in Ireland, developing sustainable products and solutions for our clients, maintaining harmony with our natural environment and our people.

Donal Rigney, Managing Director, Roadstone