SOCOTEC presents its 2025 Sustainability Report
SOCOTEC achieves historic 20% growth and consolidates its leadership in Green Durability validated by the SBTi (Science Based Targets initiative)
The Group reaches record revenue of €1.767 billion and secures official backing for its decarbonization roadmap.
SOCOTEC has presented its new Sustainability Report for the 2025 financial year. In a complex global environment marked by geopolitical tensions and the rise in extreme weather events across Europe and the Americas, the company consolidates its position as the international leader in building and infrastructure durability.
Thus, the SOCOTEC Group reaffirms its key role as a global testing, inspection, and engineering solutions provider for construction and infrastructure—a strategic partner in successfully navigating the energy, digital, and ecological transitions across the construction and real estate sectors.
This environmental strategy is validated by the SBTi (Science Based Targets initiative), a global partnership that assesses and approves corporate emission-reduction plans to ensure they align with climate science and the Paris Agreement goals to limit global warming.
Solid and balanced growth model
2025 Sustainability Report
The financial results demonstrate the excellent financial health of the SOCOTEC Group and confirm that economic success aligns perfectly with our environmental commitments:
- Record revenues:Global turnover exceeded **€1.767 billion**.
- +20% Growth:A historic breakthrough driven by two key drivers:
- External Growth (+15.6%):The result of an intensive strategy of international strategic acquisitions.
- Organic Growth (+5.6%): Reflecting strong momentum and confidence in our core business.
- High profitability: The Group recorded an excellent operating margin (EBITDA) of 17.3%.
This financial solvency consolidates our ability to continue investing continuously in technical talent, digital innovation, and solutions focused on the green durability of our clients' assets.
The financial results demonstrate the excellent financial health of the SOCOTEC Group and confirm that economic success aligns perfectly with our environmental commitments:
- Record revenues:Global turnover exceeded **€1.767 billion**.
- +20% Growth:A historic breakthrough driven by two key drivers:
- External Growth (+15.6%):The result of an intensive strategy of international strategic acquisitions.
- Organic Growth (+5.6%): Reflecting strong momentum and confidence in our core business.
- High profitability: The Group recorded an excellent operating margin (EBITDA) of 17.3%.
This financial solvency consolidates our ability to continue investing continuously in technical talent, digital innovation, and solutions focused on the green durability of our clients' assets.
Strategic Momentum in the Spanish Market
As part of the expansion strategy that added 14 global acquisitions in 2025, the report highlights the integration of Intercontrol in Spain in March of that same year.
This integration not only expands SOCOTEC’s footprint across the national territory, but also strengthens our technical and human capacity to advise developers, clients, and public administrations on their most complex projects.
Key Progress in Sustainability and Climate Action
Under ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) criteria, the organization has placed sustainability at the core of its strategy, achieving key milestones for the Group:
- •SBTi scientific validation: In April 2026, the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) formally validated SOCOTEC’s near-term decarbonization trajectory. This validation confirms that the Group’s emission-reduction plans comply with the goals of the Paris Agreement.
- Transparency under the CSRD directive: Anticipating regulatory requirements, the Group voluntarily prepared this report in accordance with the European CSRD directive and GRI standards, based on a double materiality analysis.
- “Green Trust” solutions and taxonomy:With a global workforce of more than 15,000 professionals, the SOCOTEC Group helps its clients mitigate their carbon footprint through its “Green Trust” services. Since 2022, revenue associated with these sustainability solutions has been verified under European Taxonomy criteria.
Social commitment, innovation, and employee-centricity
Blue Alliance & BlueGen
The 2025 Sustainability Report also highlights the importance of human capital and social equity. Through the Blue Alliance program, the Group has advanced in value distribution, achieving 25% employee shareholding globally by the end of 2025.
Additionally, SOCOTEC continues to drive technical specialization through the Blue Academy training platform and accelerate its technological transformation.
In this regard, the deployment of BlueGen, its proprietary generative Artificial Intelligence, stands out, complemented by AI agents specifically designed to ensure regulatory compliance across the building and infrastructure sectors.
The 2025 Sustainability Report also highlights the importance of human capital and social equity. Through the Blue Alliance program, the Group has advanced in value distribution, achieving 25% employee shareholding globally by the end of 2025.
Additionally, SOCOTEC continues to drive technical specialization through the Blue Academy training platform and accelerate its technological transformation.
In this regard, the deployment of BlueGen, its proprietary generative Artificial Intelligence, stands out, complemented by AI agents specifically designed to ensure regulatory compliance across the building and infrastructure sectors.
Towards Horizon 2028
These results are part of the roadmap defined in the Ambitions 2028 strategic plan, presented to employees in 2024. This plan ratifies the firm’s corporate purpose: “Building Trust for a safer and sustainable world”.
For SOCOTEC Spain, the publication of this report endorses the daily work of our local teams. Furthermore, it reaffirms that every inspection, technical assistance, and environmental consultancy project we carry out in our country directly contributes to achieving a more resilient and sustainable built environment.
