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Federación Iberoamericana
del Hormigón Premezclado
IBEROAMERICAN FEDERATION OF READY MIXED CONCRETE
FEDERAÇÃO IBEROAMERICANA DO BETÃO PRONTO
SUSTAINABILITY:
CERTIFICATIONS, EPDS, EMS, &
MORE
WHAT SHOULD A CONCRETE PRODUCER DO RIGHT
NOW?
DOUG RUHLIN
•  LEED GA, CCPf
(Sustainability), 4 Concrete
Industry Certifications
(NRMCA), others
•  Company: Resource
Management Associates
•  NRMCA Sustainability
Committee, Vice-Chair
Environmental Task Group
•  Instructor, NRMCA
Environmental Certification
Course
•  NRMCA Green-Star EMS
Developer
SUSTAINABILITY BENEFITS
•  Environmentally Friendly
–  Green building credits / Meet customer demands
•  More Profits
–  Green products = Higher dollar value
•  Product & Company Differentiation / Industry & Market Leadership
WHAT CAN YOU DO?
SUSTAINABILITY IS NOT JUST ABOUT THE
PRODUCT.
•  Triple Bottom Line
–  Planet
•  What are the environmental
impacts of your business,
product, & process?
–  Profit
•  Can you operate & produce
in a sustainable manner?
–  People
•  What are the societal
impacts of your business?
CONCRETE & SUSTAINABILITY
•  Are there impacts on the
environment & human
health from creating &
using concrete?
•  Is it a safe & viable
construction product?
•  How can we prove it?
BUILDING BLOCKS OF SUSTAINABILITY
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
(EMS)
•  A method for continual
improvement
–  Reduction & control of
environmental impacts
–  Pre-requisite to many
certifications
–  Proof of commitment
Check
Act
Do
Plan
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
(EMS)
•  Proof of commitment
–  ISO 14001 EMS
•  Additional options
–  Health & Safety
Management System
(HSMS)
–  Quality Management
System (QMS)
CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY REPORTING
(CSR)
•  Transparency
–  Discuss your company’s
sustainable performance
•  Typically cover
–  Environmental
performance &
commitment to
improvement
–  Social responsibility
–  Financials related to
sustainability
•  Options
–  3rd Party
CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY REPORTING
(CSR)
RESPONSIBLE SOURCING SCHEMES
•  Transparency
–  Business practices
–  Material sourcing
•  Sustainable Supply
Chains
–  Upstream & Downstream
•  Options
–  Internal
–  3rd Party Certified
A voluntary commitment by
companies to take into account social
and environmental consideration when
managing their relationships with
suppliers.
- International Chamber of Commerce
ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCT DECLARATIONS
(EPDS)
•  “Nutritional Facts” for your
product’s environmental
impacts
–  Global Warming Potential
–  Eutrophication
–  Acidification
•  Compare similar & different
product’s environmental
“facts”
•  Individual vs Industry
Average
ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCT DECLARATIONS
(EPDS)
•  Individual EPDs
–  Specific
•  Based on your product
–  More useful
•  More LEED Credits
–  More expensive
•  Potentially hundreds of EPDs
–  Great for top tier
organizations
•  Helps on one organization
•  Industry Average
–  General
•  Data from numerous products
–  Less useful
•  Less LEED Credits
–  Less expensive
•  One general EPD
–  Great for middle & bottom
tier organizations
•  Helps the masses
Published
February2016
HEALTH PRODUCT DECLARATIONS (HPDS)
•  “Nutritional Facts” for
your product’s human
health impacts
–  Cancer Causing Potential
–  Toxic Chemicals
•  Concrete toxicity?
•  Compare similar &
different product’s health
“facts”
BUILDING BLOCKS OF SUSTAINABILITY
?
CONCRETE SUSTAINABILITY COUNCIL
CERTIFICATION
•  Program to certify
facilities
–  Similar to LEED rating
–  Credits based on multiple
factors
•  “High Level”
–  Internationally recognized
–  Highest concrete specific
certification
–  USGBC recognition
(LEED)
CREDIT CATEGORY &
WEIGHTING
15%
30%
20%
Management
Environmental
35%
Social
Economic
CONCRETE SUSTAINABILITY COUNCIL
CERTIFICATION
ü  Creates transparency on the production of concrete and
concrete products regarding environmental & social aspects
ü  Promotes responsible sourcing of concrete
ü  Improves resource efficiency & social contribution of concrete
production
ü  Fosters stakeholder engagement
WHICH BLOCKS SHOULD YOU USE?
WHAT ARE YOUR WANTS/NEEDS?
CONCRETE PRODUCTS
EPDS, HPDS
FACILITIES
EMS, RSS, CSR, CSC
CERTIFICATION
THANK YOU!