Who We Are
With over 90 years of expertise, Colas are world leaders in the science of roads.
Colas are the world leaders in the development, sourcing and application of a wide range of products and services for the road industry.
The COLAS team and our subsidiaries have been involved in road maintenance for 90 years. We have a policy of leading innovation and maintaining the highest standards in all of our activities, from our road surfacing to our sustainable recycling.
What We Do
The COLAS Group is a world leader in road maintenance. We provide both contracting and direct services to customers throughout the island of Ireland. The Colas group provide services that cover the entire lifecycle of a road
We have an extensive network of bitumen importation terminals and manufacturing plants for the processing of bitumen emulsion, polymer-modified bitumen and chemicals.
Our People
At the COLAS Group, we also provide a broad spectrum of specialised roads maintenance services including standard and proprietary surfacing systems, in-situ recycling, and high-quality road delineation processes. Each year we are setting newer and higher standards. Our people are at the heart of our operations. With many years of experience and expertise, our people provide the best in class solutions to our customers.
Sustainability
Earlier this year, Colas Ireland launched a “Go Green with Colas” initiative to raise awareness with our many customers and stakeholders of how Colas can help them meet their carbon reducing targets.
Find out more about the Green offerings from Colas Ireland:
Go Green
Our Business Values
Colas’ approach to corporate social responsibility is based on the dual conviction that its businesses help fulfill essential needs and aspirations, and that they must be conducted in a responsible manner. Colas has to take into account the expectations and contradictions of contemporary society, including social cohesion, climate change, biodiversity loss, preserving resources, transportation and housing needs, improving living conditions, energy transition, resource management and rising expectations with regard to ethics.
Our social responsibility approach seeks to foster a deep and lasting culture of continuous improvement in the field, across the Colas Group’s 800 construction business units and more than 3,000 materials production units in all the countries where we operate.
CSR
Colas’ approach to corporate social responsibility is based on the dual conviction that its businesses help fulfill essential needs and aspirations, and that they must be conducted in a responsible manner. Colas has to take into account the expectations and contradictions of contemporary society, including social cohesion, climate change, biodiversity loss, preserving resources, transportation and housing needs, improving living conditions, energy transition, resource management and rising expectations with regard to ethics.
Our social responsibility approach seeks to foster a deep and lasting culture of continuous improvement in the field, across the Colas Group’s 800 construction business units and more than 3,000 materials production units in all the countries where we operate.
Certifications
Colas implements this approach based on a number of priorities rooted in the idea of risks and opportunities, whether with regard to the specific characteristics of its business lines or the need to make progress across all businesses in all industry sectors.
This approach and the associated objectives and actions are consistent with the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), half of which apply directly to Colas’ activities: good health and well-being; gender equality; affordable and clean energy; decent work and economic growth; industry, innovation and infrastructure; sustainable cities and communities; responsible consumption and production; climate action; and life on land.
FPC Standards (CE Mark)
- EN 13808 – Bitumen and bituminous binders – Framework for specifying cationic bituminous emulsions.
- EN 12273 – Slurry surfacing – Requirements.
- EN 12271 – Surface dressing – Requirements.
- EN 12591 – Bitumen and bituminous binders – Specifications for paving grade bitumens.
- EN 15322 – Bitumen and bituminous binders – Framework for specifying cut-back and fluxed bituminous binders.
- EN 14023 – Bitumen and bituminous binders – Specification framework for polymer modified bitumens.
- EN 13108 – Bituminous mixtures – Material specifications.
ISO 9001:2015 Certified Companies
- CBE Galway
- CBE Dublin
- CBE Sligo
- CBE Armagh
- Atlantic Belfast
- Atlantic Galway
- Chemoran
- Colas Contracting
- Colas NI
- SIAC BP
The ACT
corporate project
Act & Commit Together
In 2020, the Group’s CSR goals were translated into an ambitious, challenging corporate project named ACT (Act & Commit Together), focused on Colas’ 8 CSR commitments with respect to its stakeholders.
For nearly 20 years, Colas has pursued a social responsibility approach that includes the main priorities for sustainable development, and everywhere we operate, our people already take part in many local initiatives.
Today, ACT will allow us to better coordinate, share and document these actions, specifically and transparently, with targets and indicators that allow us to measure our progress and accomplishments. It must also bring all the Group’s stakeholders on board and empower them to take action.
Governance
The CSR Department is responsible for implementing and overseeing the ACT corporate plan. Each CSR commitment is handled by a project manager who oversees its roadmap in collaboration with sponsors within the operating units. Each business unit is then responsible for implementing actions and tracking their progress.
All of Colas’ teams worldwide are fully engaged and committed to achieving the eight CSR commitments made by the Group.
