Holcim ViroDecs™ Zero – Carbon neutral ready-mix concrete
Details
- Product Type Concrete, Construction Services
- Regions Australia, Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Contact
- Joshua Marks 0429 790 817
- Website Visit
- Email evan.smith@holcim.com
ISupplier
- Company Name Holcim (Australia) Pty Ltd
- ISupplier Profile Visit
About
Holcim Australia is a leading construction materials supplier with a focus on providing sustainable solutions to our customers. This means we take a holistic approach to sustainability, including reducing embodied carbon and water consumption alongside taking a proactive role in advancing the circular economy and supporting biodiversity.
We are proud to have been the first concrete company in Australia to have developed an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) for our ready-mix concrete in 2019 under our ViroDecs™ range. Our new ViroDecs™ Zero ready-mix concrete range uses our rigorous EPD data to quantify the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of our ready-mix concrete, offering a transparent, ISO compliant and, third party verified basis to our carbon neutral certification. Through our ViroDecs™ Zero Concrete range, we are helping our customers to be leaders in sustainable infrastructure and building industry.
We can confidently offset the remaining GHG emissions produced by our ready-mix concrete on an ‘opt-in’ basis in accordance with the Federal Government’s ‘Climate Active’ Carbon Neutral Standard for Products & Services. Holcim is certified to use the Australian government’s Climate Active trademark, confirming that our carbon neutral ready-mix concrete is based on best practice, international standards and represents genuine carbon offsetting.
Sustainability Outcomes
Materials use credits
Our ViroDecs™ Zero ready-mix concrete may help achieve reductions in embodied carbon under Mat-1 (v1.2) and Rso-6 (v2.0). Our ViroDecs™ Zero ready-mix concrete is covered by an ISO 14025 and EN 15804 compliant, product-specific EPD. The EPD is a Type III environmental label with a Sustainability Factor of 0.75 under the Mat-2 (v1.2) and Rso-7 (v2.0) credits. Please refer to our ViroDecs™ Concrete listing for more information on the benefits of our ViroDecs™ range of ready-mix concrete.
Achieve innovation credits
Our ViroDecs™ Zero ready-mix concrete may contribute to the “innovative technology or process” innovation credit for an Australian or world first. In addition, projects considering the Carbon Neutrality innovation challenge, IC-3 (v1.2) and IC-1 (v2.0), can count ViroDecs™ Zero ready-mix concrete toward offsetting its residual carbon footprint. ViroDecs™ Zero ready-mix concrete may assist in the targeting of IC-2 (v2.0) and IC-5 (v1.2) for High Clinker Substitution such as supplementary cementitious materials (SCM). Lastly, improving on credit benchmarks for the resource use credits is another advantage that ViroDecs™ Zero ready-mix concrete may assist with.
Applicable Credits
| IS v1.2 | Inn-1 , Mat-1 , Mat-2 |
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