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Industry-Wide EPD and Benchmark LCA Report — Version 4
Strength Through Transparency
America’s ready mixed concrete producers are putting sustainability into practice—investing in better mixtures, more efficient operations, and transparent environmental reporting. They are expanding the use of supplementary cementitious materials and blended cements, optimizing material use, and working directly with customers to deliver lower-carbon concrete that meets each project’s strength, durability, and construction requirements. Their investments are helping communities build the future while preserving the performance that makes concrete essential.
Concrete Producers have made environmental transparency a defining strength of the industry. A March 2026 review reported nearly 90,000 concrete Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) in the United States, representing the vast majority of declarations developed under ISO 21930. Behind that number are concrete companies collecting plant data, documenting their mixtures, and investing in verified environmental information. Those efforts give designers, contractors, and owners practical tools to evaluate options, specify lower-carbon concrete, and track progress toward project goals.
For more than a decade, NRMCA members have also contributed operational data and technical expertise to industry-wide life cycle assessments and national and regional benchmarks. By sharing knowledge and supporting research, producers are strengthening the information available to the entire construction community. Their participation helps turn sustainability goals into informed decisions that reflect local materials, production conditions, and project needs.
Member support also makes NRMCA’s work on sustainability codes and standards and our Certified EPD Program possible. Working with government agencies, designers, researchers, and environmental experts, the industry helped advance the 2026 NSF Concrete Product Category Rule (PCR), Version 3. The updated 2026 Concrete PCR is among a small number of PCRs that ERG reviewed and found to be consistent with the U.S. EPA’s 2024 PCR Criteria for the Low Embodied Carbon Construction Materials Label Program. This collaborative work strengthens the credibility of producers’ environmental reporting and helps prepare their businesses for evolving market requirements.
NRMCA supports this producer leadership through education, technical guidance, research, and consensus-based standards development. Together, we are advancing practical improvements that consider carbon, resource efficiency, durability, resilience, and long-term service—helping our members compete and deliver lasting value to the communities they serve.
Sustainability Tools and Resources
NRMCA Concrete Carbon Calculator
How to use the NRMCA Concrete Carbon Calculator:
Example: Quantifying and Reducing the Carbon Footprint of a Concrete Building (PDF)
Video: NRMCA Concrete Carbon Calculator: How to Reduce, Quantify, and Specify Carbon
The Top 10 Ways to Reduce Concrete’s Carbon Footprint (PDF)
Climate Action What You Can Do Right Now (PDF)
Guide to Specifications for Reducing Embodied Carbon (PDF)