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 colosseum 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.
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The Concrete Sustainability Council (CSC) is pleased to publish its 2025 Annual Report, reflecting a year of continued international growth, collaboration and progress towards a more sustainable concrete value chain. […]
As one of Germany’s leading manufacturers of concrete products, Lithonplus has once again achieved CSC-recertification at the level Gold for 14 sites. Alexander Humbert, Managing Director of Lithonplus: “Sustainability is […]
From 27 September 2026, the EU Empowering Consumers for the Green Transition Directive (EU) 2024/825 (“EmpCo”) will apply across the European Union. The Directive strengthens consumer protection against misleading environmental […]
CSC’s General Assembly and 10th Anniversary celebration will take place in Geneva this year, the city where CSC was founded.
This invitation-only gathering will mark ten years of CSC’s work to advance responsible sourcing and sustainability across the concrete value chain.
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:
