Sika White Paper – Making Concrete a More Sustainable Building Material
Introduction
This white paper shows how Sika – a global leader in construction chemicals – is tackling this enormous task with a holistic approach along the concrete value chain. New products and services are being developed according to Sika's sustainability levers Less3C (clinker, cement, concrete), Water & Aggregates, Productivity & Efficiency and NETs to achieve a high sustainable impact in the market. In addition, a strong focus is being placed on employee training to make the concrete process as sustainable as possible, from raw materials to recycling.
Conclusion:
Concrete is a huge consumer of raw material and energy and has a very high carbon footprint. Consumption of concrete, the main building material, will continue to increase driven by megatrends such as urbanization. The industry is under pressure to optimize its entire business: doing more and faster with less and greener. This is an opportunity for the construction chemicals industry. Indeed, Net Zero 2050 may never happen without continued innovations from companies like Sika. Sika has therefore developed 4 strategic levers to support the construction industry along the entire value chain, with products and services that enable customers to reduce emissions and drive the development toward circularity in construction. The focus on digitalization will be an important key to mastering the major challenges of the construction industry.
To make its own business model more sustainable, Sika has committed to the Net Zero Pledge 2050 according to the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). In addition, the company is involved in working groups addressing the topic of avoided emissions and downstream customer benefits with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). With the 4 levers as a guide, Sika will continue to invest in sustainable products and services that enable a greener concrete value chain. Specialized teams are working on digitalization, knowledge transfer and research to further drive customers’ and Sika’s journey toward Net Zero.
ABOUT SIKA
Sika Limited and Sika Ireland are subsidiaries of the worldwide Sika Group which, for over 100 years has produced and marketed a wide range of state-of-the-art systems for construction, industrial manufacturing, automotive manufacturing and the DIY market.
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