Jakarta, INTI - The LEGO Group announced that it reached 52% renewable and recycled content in the materials used to make LEGO bricks in 2025. This number is a significant increase in the company’s sustainability efforts compared to the 33% renewable and recycled content in materials used in 2024.
The LEGO Group has sustainability goals to make its products use renewable and recycled materials and also to generate little to no waste by 2032. The company also targets to reach net zero emissions across the value chain by 2050 and to reduce carbon emissions by 37% by 2032, on a 2019 basis.
LEGO Group Invests in Sustainability Research
The company announced that it increased its investments in sustainability. LEGO Group spent on environmental and social initiatives rising 20% year-over-year in 2025, after growing by 68% the prior year.
One of LEGO Group’s sustainability strategies includes initiatives to invest in sustainable materials research to reduce the carbon footprint of products and packaging. Even though LEGO bricks are directly produced with some recycled and renewable materials, most of the materials are sourced through a mass balance approach. This approach means the suppliers mix both virgin fossil and certified renewable and recycled sources, such as used cooking oil or plant oil.
LEGO Group Improved 2025 Mass Balance Approach
The company revealed that in 2025, it increased the mass balance approach to 60% of its purchased materials, up from 47% in 2024, and directly sourced 4% sustainable materials, resulting in an estimated average of 52% renewable and recycled materials.
The company said that the brick production used less virgin fossil-based material in 2025 than it did in 2022, despite 29% revenue growth over that period.
In addition to sustainable materials, in 2023 LEGO Group also had the initiative to not use single-use plastic packaging in LEGO boxes and replace it with paper-based bags.
Conclusion
The LEGO Group used renewable and recycled materials in LEGO brick production up to 52% in 2025. The company also targets investments in sustainable materials research and a mass balance approach in producing LEGO bricks, as part of its efforts to reduce emissions and achieve its long-term sustainability goals by 2032 and net zero by 2050.
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