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
678
Certified Project
In already
20
Countries
Currently around
100
Projects in progress
As of December 1st, the CSC has complemented its certification system by adding a dedicated system for “Slag Grinding Stations”.Slag, a by-product of pig iron production, is used in cement […]
AKCANSA, a joint venture of Sabanci Holding and HeidelbergCement, strengthens its commitment to CSC certification in Turkey. AKCANSA Kemerburgaz Plant has recently achieved the CSC-recertification at the level “Gold”. The […]
Heidelberger Beton recently achieved CSC R-Module certification for eleven of its concrete plants in Germany. For the first time world-wide, the concrete plants Marzahn, Dettingen, Ingelheim, Aschaffenburg, Fürth, Recklinghausen, Stuttgart-Neckarhafen, […]
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:
