Seventeen businesses from various areas of the construction industry have publicly made the commitment to end emissions from concrete use, such as Wilmott Dixon, Canary Wharf Group, and Thornton Tomasetti. 

Other founding members include:

• Buro Happold
• Byrne Bros
• The Carey Group 
• Clancy Group
• Grimshaw Architects
• Grosvenor
• Joseph Homes
• Laing O’Rourke
• Mace
• Morrisroe
• Multiplex Construction Europe
• Ramboll
• Skanska UK
• WSP

In addition to committing to 100% net-zero concrete by 2050, those who have made the pledge have set short-term targets to use 30% low-emission concrete by 2025 and 50% by 2030.

As part of the pledge, ConcreteZero members will measure and report on the carbon emissions associated with the concrete they use.

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This data will allow the industry to provide more clarity and set a global standard of what low emission and net-zero concrete is. 

As concrete production is responsible for 8% of global annual carbon emissions, Climate Group believes that the concrete industry becoming net zero is key to halving carbon emissions by 2030 and limiting global temperature rise to 1.5C. 

“ConcreteZero is signalling to the industry that the biggest buyers want the industry to innovate and act now on emissions. 

“We won’t address the climate crisis without big bold measures on industry.”

Paul Toyne, sustainability leader at Grimshaw, said: “Grimshaw has committed to net-zero carbon-ready designs for all our building and infrastructure projects.

“This action can only be delivered in collaboration with our design supply chain and, as part of that, the selection of materials which reduce embodied carbon is critical. 

“Our support of ConcreteZero is a step towards making our and the industry’s commitments real: advocating for innovation and ambition for us to collectively meet carbon targets and tackle the climate challenge.”

James Low, global head of responsible business at Mace, added: “Zero-carbon concrete is an essential part of our journey to a truly sustainable built environment, and becoming a founding member of ConcreteZero provides Mace with a valuable platform to collaborate, share knowledge, positively influence and drive meaningful change, and to accelerate our response to the climate emergency.”