Concrete Sustainability Council
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Concrete is the world’s most widely used building material. It is without any doubt the most durable material, the Pantheon in Rome or the colloseum are examples of its solidity.
By creating a certification system for responsibly sourced concrete, the Concrete Sustainability Council (CSC) promotes and demonstrates concrete as a sustainable building material to enable informed decision in construction.
It is our vision to build a sustainable, safe, durable and comfortable future.
The certification includes the complete concrete supply chain. cement producers, aggregates suppliers and concrete manufacturer.
More than
839
Certified Projects
In already
21
Countries
Currently around
244
Projects in progress
Congratulations to the 12 Plants that have obtained the CSC Certification in August 2023 in Italy, Austria and Germany! Welcome to the #CSCcommunity Together we will continue demonstrate that concrete […]
Calcestruzzi SpA (Italy), part of the Heidelberg Materials Group, recently certified all concrete plants of its Ancona production Cluster, comprising the plants of Loreto, Ancona, Falconara and Villa Potenza-Macerata, respectively. […]
The already existing “Grinding System” was extended by a system for cement blending stations. Cement production in cement blending plants is performed by blending Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC, CEM I) […]
CSC certification follows a holistic approach and requires compliance with five fundamental prerequisites and a wide range of social and environmental performance indicators, including “occupational Health & Safety”, “Labor practices”, “Land use”, “Energy & climate”, “Air emissions”, “Water”, “Biodiversity”, “Secondary materials”, and “transport”. With this, the CSC aims to contribute to the implementation of the SDGs in the concrete sector and its supply chain. Most of the SDGs are directly or indirectly addressed, namely:
