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Holcim

NextGen Growth 2030, March 2025 to 2030

Building progress for people and the planet
Holcim’s purpose

NextGen Growth 2030

Holcim makes cement and aggregates, and more and more of what goes into a building: concrete, walls, floors, and roofs. After spinning off its North American business as Amrize in June 2025, it set out NextGen Growth 2030 to be the leading partner for sustainable construction, growing through low-carbon and recycled materials and a larger building solutions business.

Its vision: the leading partner for sustainable construction.

Building Solutions as a share of net sales

  • 202437%

  • 2030 targetAbout 50%

Holcim’s four strategic drivers,

Focused investment in attractive markets

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  1. 01Europe. Use its lead in sustainable products to grow profitably in Europe, where regulation favours them.
  2. 02Latin America. Accelerate in Latin America, and grow Disensa, its building materials retail franchise, from about 2,000 stores to about 5,000 by 2030.
  3. 03Asia, Middle East & Africa. Make North Africa an export hub, and grow in modular construction in Australia.
  4. 04Acquisitions. Keep making acquisitions that add value, in the most attractive markets.

Seven transactions closed in the first half of 2026: six acquisitions and one divestment.

Holcim took a majority stake in Cementos Pacasmayo in Peru, and its recurring EBIT margin in Latin America was above 30%.

More than half of cement and concrete sales low-carbon by 2030

Holcim’s ECOPlanet cement and ECOPact concrete have at least 30% less carbon than local ordinary Portland cement. Holcim also aims to recycle three times as much construction demolition material in 2030 as in 2024.

ECOPlanetof cement40%ECOPactof ready-mix concrete30%

The dashed line is the 2030 target of more than 50%.,

Recycled construction demolition materials

Million tons a year

  • 20201

  • 20246.5

  • 20258

  • 2030 targetMore than 20

Recycled in the first half of 2026
4.7m tons
Up 36%
Circular construction hubs
134
22 of them added with Xella

  1. Split what grows differently.

    Holcim spun off its North American business as Amrize in June 2025, so that each company could focus on its own markets with its own management. We recommend asking whether a part of your business would do better with a plan, and leaders, of its own.

  2. Make the sustainable product the better business.

    Holcim treats low-carbon and recycled products as a source of growth: customers pay a premium for them, and they avoid carbon costs. We recommend building the case for a sustainable product on what it earns, as well as on what it saves.

  3. Sell more of the building.

    Building Solutions were 37% of Holcim’s net sales in 2024, and it aims for about half by 2030, from foundations to roofs. We recommend looking at the next steps your customers take after they buy from you, and whether you could serve them too.

Sources

  1. 1. Holcim Ltd (2025). Investor Day 2025: NextGen Growth 2030 strategy. Presentation, 28 March 2025. holcim.com
  2. 2. Holcim Ltd (2025). Holcim unlocks value with NextGen Growth 2030. Media release, 28 March 2025. holcim.com
  3. 3. Holcim Ltd (2025). Holcim completes spin-off of North America business. Media release, 23 June 2025. holcim.com
  4. 4. Holcim Ltd (2026). Excellent 2025 results, double-digit recurring EBIT growth with industry-leading margin of 18.3%. Media release, 27 February 2026. holcim.com
  5. 5. Holcim Ltd (2026). Strong first half with 11.5% organic growth in recurring EBIT, guidance upgraded. Media release, 31 July 2026. holcim.com

Headwater is not connected with Holcim Ltd. Holcim, ECOPact, ECOPlanet, ECOCycle, Ytong, Xella, Disensa, and Amrize are trade marks of their owners. Updated 28 September 2026.

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