About us
Who we are
Concrete industry partners from Europe, USA, Latin America and Asia initiated the development of a global responsible sourcing certification system, designed to help concrete, cement and aggregate companies obtain insight in the level to which a company operates in an environmentally, socially and economically responsible way.
Concrete is the world’s most widely used building material. 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.
Goals and objectives
Demonstrate how the operators are minimising impacts through responsible sourcing.
Raise awareness of the positive attributes of concrete and
Be transparent, and report on agreed goals/targets.
Be recognised by (global) sustainable certification systems and financially valued in green procurement government policies.
Supply chain certification
Concrete industry partners from Europe, USA, Latin America and Asia initiated the development of a global responsible sourcing certification system, designed to help concrete, cement and aggregate companies The certification includes the complete concrete supply chain: cement producers, aggregates suppliers and concrete manufacturers. The certification takes place in the categories management, environment, the social aspect of sustainability as well as in the category economy.
What we do
The CSC Certification System for Concrete is being issued and maintained by the Concrete Sustainability Council (CSC) and applicable globally. In regions with a substantial interest in sustainable concrete certifications, the CSC is implementing and adapting the CSC system in partnership with Regional System Operators.
The CSC system is a product certification system, which typically applies to all products manufactured and supplied by the plant. Ready-mix concrete plants and precast concrete plants can obtain a ‘CSC certificate’.
Cement and aggregate suppliers can obtain a ‘CSC supplier certificate’. The CSC supplier certificates are being recognized in the CSC concrete certification in the category ‘Chain of custody’.
No CSC certificate can be issued if the prerequisites have not been satisfied.
Prerequisites
P1
Ethical and Legal Compliance
P2
Human Rights
P3
Indigenous People Rights
P4
Environmental & Social Impact
P5
Traced Materials
In addition to the prerequisites for certification, the four categories are subdivided into individual credits (Version 2.1).
Management
M1
Sustainable Purchasing
M2
Environmental Management
M3
Quality Management
M4
Health & Safety Management
M5
Benchmarking
Environment
E1
Life Cycle Impact
E2
Land Use
E3
Energy & Climate
E4
Air Quality
E5
Water
E6
Biodiversity
E7
Secondary Materials
E8
Transport
E9
Secondary Fuels
Social
S1
Local Community
S2
Health Product Information
S3
Occupational Health & Safety
S4
Labor Practices
Economy
B1
Local Economy
B2
Ethical Business
B3
Innovation
B4
Feedback Procedure
Governance
The CSC Executive Committee is responsible for all CSC activities and stakeholder engagement.
The CSC Technical Committee is responsible for the CSC technical manual, registration and certification process.
The CSC system awards additional innovation points. The CSC Innovation Committee qualifies whether a process or solution qualifies is innovative at regional and/or global level.
The Advisory Committee advises and gives input to the CSC’s program of work and on potential new areas of focus as well as the structure and content of the CSC certification system. The Committee is conceived as a forum for bringing together representatives of some of the world’s leading civil society organisations, academics, and others (such as experts) who provide input, analyse, understand and present ideas on ways to assess and improve the responsible sourcing of concrete through the CSC certification system.
The Communication Committee is responsible for CSC global brand identity and external communications.