Sustainability / 1/10/2025

Mapei's 2023 Sustainability Report: innovation and responsibility

The eighth edition of the Sustainability Report has now been published, the second covering the entire world. The Group's guidelines: attention to the environment, people, the planet.

Mapei's 2023 Sustainability Report highlights its global growth, ethical commitments, and environmental initiatives, including offsetting CO₂ emissions for 144 products. With over 280 EPDs and extensive training programs, Mapei continues to promote community wellbeing and sustainability while surpassing 4 billion Euros in revenue.

Mapei is continuing to grow across all five continents and is keen to guide the market towards increasingly ethical and responsible decision-making. It is with this in mind that the company has published its eighth Sustainability Report, the second covering all 57 countries in which it operates. Putting its great experience and constant commitment to research to good use, Mapei set new and significant goals in 2023, the year when it exceeded 4 billion Euros in revenue as it continued to set the standard in the building industry. An important result also confirmed by the company's constant commitment to the environment, people, community and planet. “This eighth edition of the Sustainability Report once again confirms our commitment,” so Veronica Squinzi, Mapei Group CEO, noted, “reasserting Mapei's desire to ensure human rights and good working conditions. The principles of equal opportunities, diversity and inclusion are respected in all our operations.” Sustainability remains a core value. New EPDs covering Mapei products were published in 2023, reaching a total of 190 EPDs at Group level. This is a constantly growing number: today there are over 280 EPDs for Mapei products. The residual CO₂ emission offsetting project was also extended to all Mapei subsidiaries for a total of 76 products wth residual emissions fully offset (as of 2024, there are currently 144 EPDs for Mapei products), including building mortars, waterproofing materials, paints, cleaning products and ceramic/stone installation products. “A number destined to increase over time to encompass complete installation systems,” so Marco Squinzi, Mapei Group CEO, stated.

Mapei's numbers in 2024

The company also continued to implement energy efficiency measures at numerous manufacturing sites worldwide with several Mapei subsidiaries installing photovoltaic systems in their facilities: from Poland and Bulgaria to Malaysia and Hungary.

Considerable attention is also paid to environmental impact thanks to the RE-CON line solutions which enable concrete producers to reduce both their environmental impact and waste handling costs. By transforming waste streams like returned concrete and cementitious residues in trucks into recyclable aggregates, a more circular and cost-effective production model can be achieved.

Training is also at the heart of Mapei's corporate strategy, viewed as capital to be cultivated with dedication and commitment both for the company’s own staff - now more than 12,500 worldwide - and for all professionals working in the industry. The Mapei Academy enabled the Group to get around 290,000 people involved in its training activities in 2023 corresponding to a total of 52,609 hours of technical training on a global level. The promotion of culture and sport, together with attention to the wellbeing of communities, has been a constant throughout Mapei's history.

The company is continuing its traditional partnerships and support for numerous sports events and social, solidarity and cultural projects with the aim of promoting growth in the places where it operates and enhancing the artistic heritage. The Mapei Group has grown in a responsible way in the belief that profit must go hand in hand with ethics, respect for people, and the creation of value for local communities.

To download the Sustainability Report 2023 click here.

Veronica and Marco Squinzi, CEO of Mapei

Product Lines

Admixtures for concrete