Carbon

The UK concrete industry has an ambition to decarbonise as soon as practically and economically possible. We are working hard every day to achieve this goal and have set out four pillars that will enable us to do this.​

Our goal is to progress our UK Concrete and Cement Industry Roadmap to Beyond Net Zero, advancing carbon reduction plans and policies, and developing the prerequisites by 2030 to fully decarbonise by 2050. The Roadmap to Beyond Net Zero shows a scenario of how the sector can build on the significant carbon reduction from 1990 to 2018, which has seen absolute emissions reduce by 53 per cent. The roadmap is based on seven decarbonising levers, and each lever is explored in more detail, including progress to date in a series of lever papers.​

MPA UK Concrete has also been actively involved in the publication of Green Construction Board Low Carbon Concrete Group (LCCG) Route map, and is supporting the value chain to achieve its goal in the accelerated adoption of low carbon concretes. ​

The UK concrete industry is also actively engaged in developing new product formulations using alternative cements with lower carbon impacts. These product innovations are an important aspect of the transition to net zero and can operate as replacements for traditional Portland cement or interim measures as the cement sector decarbonises. ​