2050 Materials joins Once For All Group
What happens when the most sophisticated sustainability‑data engine in the built environment joins forces with Europe’s leading supply‑chain and compliance platform? We’re about to find out.
Today we are thrilled to announce that 2050 Materials has officially become part of the Once For All Group.
The Context & Why It Matters:
Over the last few years we’ve seen one undeniable truth: the construction and real‑estate industries are no longer simply building structures. They’re building futures and those futures hinge on data, transparency, and trust.
At 2050 Materials, we set out to democratise climate‑data for the built environment. We turned fragmented reports, PDFs and inscrutable product sheets into searchable, comparable, trusted‑data for architects, engineers, real‑estate investors and manufacturers.
Meanwhile, Once For All has built the vital infrastructure of the industry — connecting contractors, suppliers, certifiers, compliance frameworks and risk systems across Europe’s built‑environment supply chains.
This union is not an add‑on. It is a step‑change.
By joining forces, we are layering material‑performance data (embodied carbon, water, circularity, end‑of‑life) with supply‑chain and compliance intelligence, enabling new capabilities and unlocking previously impossible workflows.
What this means
🧱 We are going to accelerate our vision of data for all: making the full richness of material sustainability accessible to everyone in the process: from specifier to subcontractor to manufacturer.
🌍 We will scale our data‑engine far faster: building on a network already designed to validate, distribute and act on complex data in real‑time.
💡 We will shift the paradigm: instead of sustainability being a “bolt‑on” or a nice‑to‑have, it becomes embedded into procurement, sourcing, design, manufacturing and risk decisions.
📈 We will open up new pathways: imagine a world where specifying a lower‑carbon product, sourcing a compliant supplier, and verifying ESG credentials are part of the same workflow seamless, visible, verifiable.
Why now and why this partnership:
The momentum has arrived. Regulatory pressure is sharp; client expectations are expanding; the cost of being inefficient or opaque is rising. But the truth remains: much of the industry simply doesn’t have the right systems, workflows or reliable data to act at scale.
At 2050 Materials we knew the data‑engine was only part of the answer — distribution, uptake and trust matter equally. Once For All brings the network, the supply‑chain reach, the real‑world connections. Combine that with our data‑depth and you get something special.
What stays the same — and what evolves:
We want to be clear: the 2050 Materials platform will continue to operate as a stand‑alone entity within the Once For All Group. For our clients, nothing will change in terms of the service and the mission. What will change is the scale, the pace, and the breadth of possibility.
2050 Materials was built on a simple premise: sustainability decisions are only as good as the data behind them. By joining forces with Once For All, we’re scaling that premise from insight to infrastructure. This is how the industry moves beyond reporting and starts operating sustainably by default - where carbon, compliance, and cost data coexist in a single, connected system.
We are very excited for what is coming.
Phanos Hadjikyriakou CEO of 2050 Materials
The acquisition of 2050 Materials marks an important milestone in Once For All’s mission to empower the construction industry with data-driven sustainability insights at every stage of a project. By uniting product data and sustainability intelligence within a single platform, we are enabling the industry to make smarter, more informed decisions from design to delivery.
We’re excited about how 2050 Materials will strengthen our sustainability strategy and ensure our customers continue to thrive in an ever-evolving construction landscape.
David Hornsby CEO of Once For All
This is more than an acquisition. It’s a signal. A signal that the future of sustainable construction is not just about better bricks, beams or insulation — it’s about better data, better networks, and better decisions.
We at 2050 Materials couldn’t be more excited to step into this next chapter with the Once For All team at our side.
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