Sustainability Strategy

All BRMCA Members operate Sustainability Standards;

BRMCA and its Members formally 'signed up' to the 'Sustainable Construction Strategy for the Concrete Industry' led by Jonathon Porrit, on 30 July - see the Certificate of Signatures. Read about this landmark occasion here.

Further Downloads:

• The BRMCA Sustainability/Responsible Sourcing Performance and Targets
• The Concrete Industry Sustainability Performance Report
• The BRMCA Guidance Document on Sustainable Concrete Design and Rating Systems
• Concrete Industry Guidance Document to Support BES 6001
• Sustainability Performance Indicators Guidance

BRMCA Members are committed to:

• Sustainability Management - working with Government & The British Research Establishment (BRE) to enhance current performance and reduce CO2 emissions
  
• Governance and Business Ethics
  
• Working with Local Communities
  
• Environmental Performance
  
• Responsible Sourcing & Procurement

Concrete Industry Initiatives & Achievements:

Ready Mixed Concrete is one of the most eco-friendly construction materials used today:

• The majority of concrete contains cement produced as a by-products of other industries such as fly ash from coal-fired power stations and ground granulated blast-furnace slag from the iron industry; both these would historically have gone to land-fill.
• Concrete has inherent thermal mass properties (unlike steel). When used in buildings concrete reduces need for air conditioning and so saves energy and CO2 emissions.
• The average delivery distance is 6 radial miles - saving on transport fuel and reducing CO2 emissions
• At the site, the 'plastic' product is poured into purpose-made moulds (formwork), and with good site supervision this results in virtually zero waste.
• Any excess concrete returned from site is re-constituted and is very rarely sent to tip.
  
• All reinforcement bars produced in the UK are manufactured from recycled scrap.
• At the end of a building's life, the in-situ concrete and reinforcement can be totally recycled and re-used in construction.
• The durability of concrete is proven by the continued existence today of buildings up to two thousand years old.
• Life Cycle Analysis (LCAs) of other construction products do not stack up against concrete.

United Kingdom Concrete Platform:

This initiative is designed to ensure concrete is at the forefront of the industry in terms of development and sustainable strategy.

Click below to visit the sustainable concrete website: