Founded in 2003, the Holcim Foundation was one of the first organizations to define and promote the key principles of sustainability for the built environment. Today, we are more committed than ever to ensuring that leading-edge thinking and best practice solutions are placed in the hands of everyone.

Learn more about Who we are and how we are organized to achieve our Our Vision for a future built environment in which both people and planet can thrive.

The Holcim Foundation aims to identify, discuss, and democratize the latest leading-edge thinking and best practice in sustainable construction from around the globe. We focus on three main objectives as an organization to achieve this mission:

Zurich, Switzerland – February 6, 2023

The Holcim Awards is the world’s most significant competition for sustainable design. To reflect the increasingly urgent ambitions to enable a sustainable built environment, the format of the competition is evolving. The competition showcases the potential for sustainable design and sustainable construction approaches to transform the building sector.

The Holcim Foundation has a long experience in enabling knowledge transfer: we bring emerging and experienced pioneers in sustainable construction together and create the right conditions to inspire them to continue transforming the way the construction sector designs and builds.