Rudus publishes 2025 sustainability report focused on low-carbon innovation and circularity

Rudus announced that its Sustainability Report 2025, published in spring 2026, covers the company’s 2025 activities and highlights how low-carbon innovations and circular economy work are advancing its responsibility efforts despite a downturn in the construction sector.

Rudus said it continues voluntary reporting in line with the CSRD to better understand its impacts on stakeholders and to further develop its operations. The company’s sustainability lead Terhi Rauhamäki said that, in an increasingly complex regulatory environment, customers need reliable information to support both their own operations and sustainability reporting. She added that Rudus is planning next steps, including updating its double materiality analysis to better respond to customer information needs.

The report describes progress in cutting emissions calculated using the GHG Protocol, saying the company’s total emissions decreased by 32% compared with the 2021 baseline. Rudus notes that part of the reduction is linked to lower production volumes and prevailing market conditions, but it estimates it can still meet its interim target of a 30% reduction by 2030 through planned roadmaps and measures, even if production later returns to growth.

Rudus also lists highlights from 2025, including implementation of its Nopea Vähähiilinen Holvibetoni ready-mix concrete, where the company says emissions are around 30% lower than conventional concrete of the same strength class, with successful pours carried out in Kuopio and Helsinki. It also states that a two-year research effort showed recycled mineral aggregate works in concrete while helping to bind carbon, and that Rudus supported six WWF nature projects by donating significant amounts of mineral materials for wetland and river restoration. In addition, the company says its Tampere landscape product plant won Betoniteollisuus’ occupational safety competition.

The report sets out key targets: net-zero emissions by 2050, an interim goal of -30% CO2 emissions by 2030 (from 2021), a LUMO program aiming for biodiversity measures in at least 30% of permit applications and follow-up plans, and goals including zero accidents and being the safest company in its field in Finland.