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Heavy Industry
Clean Concrete Pledge Initiative
Commitments from buyers and suppliers to procure, demonstrate, or supply low-carbon concrete materials send a strong market signal to drive the US concrete industry's carbon pollution to zero.
Clean Concrete Pledge Initiative
Cement and concrete are fundamental ingredients for modern life. 30 billion tons of concrete are poured every year to build the roads, bridges, and buildings that drive the global economy. The concrete industry is also a major contributor to climate change, comprising 8% of annual global emissions.
A key barrier precluding market transformation in the concrete industry is a lack of alignment amongst key value chain stakeholders. To address this gap, RMI, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), and the National Ready-mixed Concrete Association (NRMCA), in collaboration with the White House, have brought together key concrete industry stakeholders to identify actionable paths forward to decarbonize the US concrete and cement industry.
The Clean Concrete Pledge Initiative, hosted by RMI, offers a framework for collective action to deliver clean concrete at scale, driving down climate pollution and creating economic opportunity.
Pledge Categories
The Clean Concrete Pledge Initiative aligns concrete industry stakeholders from across the value chain around a set of key actions to decarbonize the sector. The pledges are organized into four key categories:
PROCUREMENT PLEDGES
For Real Estate Developers, Owners, Public Agencies, And Departments Of Transportation.
DEMONSTRATION PROJECT PLEDGES
For Real Estate Developers, Owners, Public Agencies, Departments Of Transportation, Ready-Mixed Concrete Suppliers, Emerging Technology Vendors, Pre-Cast Suppliers.
CEMENT SUPPLIER PLEDGES
For Cement And/Or Ready-Mixed Concrete Companies
MARKET ACCELERATOR PLEDGES
For All Stakeholders, Including Universities, Financial Institutions, And AEC Firms.
Our Current Pledgers
An inaugural group of 17 cities, states, real estate firms, and cement and ready-mixed concrete producers, representing some of the largest US buyers and suppliers of concrete, pledged to take specific actions to decarbonize the concrete industry. Pledges were designed to align with existing standards and efforts, such as the ACI low-carbon concrete code and the First Mover's Coalition.<br><br> We invite stakeholders to review the pledges and join the pledge community as we grow the group and build a lasting collaborative to move the industry forward.
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