Holcim and Climate Earth expand Environmental Product Declarations worldwide
- Scaling up Environment Product Declarations in line with worldwide building standards
- Building on Holcim’s ECOPact low-carbon concrete verification in North America
- Expanding verified sustainable building solutions to accelerate green demand
Holcim and Climate Earth partner to expand Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) worldwide. The partnership builds on the success of Climate Earth’s EPD GeneratorTM digital platform, certifying Holcim’s ECOPact low-carbon concrete across North America. The partners will expand this platform globally, making it compliant with worldwide EPD standards and extending it to cement material solutions. Initial implementation has already succeeded in certifying Holcim’s entire cement portfolio in Germany, and is rapidly expanding to cover cement and ready-mix portfolios in additional countries around the world. As an independent verification system validating the environmental profile of a product, EPDs are key to accelerating low-carbon demand to decarbonize building at scale.
Edelio Bermejo, Head of Global R&D: “Transparency is key in Holcim’s journey to net zero. In Climate Earth we have found an ideal partner to provide reliable online EPD information to our customers, empowering them to build low-carbon in a transparent and verified way. By expanding Climate Earth’s EPD GeneratorTM worldwide, we will accelerate the third party validation of our low-carbon solutions to deploy them at scale.”
Chris Erickson, President and CEO of Climate Earth: “We are delighted to be working with Holcim on this critical project. Holcim has proven to be an innovative and visionary partner, showing a deep commitment to reaching net zero and an understanding of the strategic role that advanced software must play in measuring and managing the transition.”
The EPD GeneratorTM is a sophisticated and easy-to-use tool that verifies embodied carbon, helping building materials suppliers and customers manage and reduce the footprint of their products and projects. To date, Climate Earth has generated over 50,000 third party verified EPDs for ready-mix concrete. Climate Earth is the main provider of on-demand, digital EPDs for the concrete industry, and the leader in the sector with 95% of all concrete EPDs in North America issued by them.
Holcim partners with hundreds of start-ups around the world to develop the next frontier of building solutions. These collaborations help expand the company’s offering of low-carbon solutions as part of its net-zero journey.
About Holcim
Holcim is a global leader in innovative and sustainable building solutions with net sales of CHF 29.2 billion in 2022. Driven by its purpose to build progress for people and the planet, its 60,000 employees are on a mission to decarbonize building, while improving living standards for all. The company empowers its customers across all regions to build better with less, with its broad range of low-carbon and circular solutions, from ECOPact to ECOPlanet. With its innovative systems, from Elevate roofing to PRB’s insulation, Holcim makes buildings more sustainable in use, driving energy efficiency and green retrofitting. With sustainability at the core of its strategy, Holcim is becoming a net-zero company with 1.5°C targets validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).
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About Climate Earth
Climate Earth is the first and only global provider of on demand, digital EPDs and business intelligence tools for the concrete industry. Climate Earth’s mission is to increase transparency and help concrete producers accelerate product innovation for low carbon concrete with on demand EPDs and advanced digital tools that measure, analyze, and project environmental impacts. Founded in 2008 and based in Richmond, California, Climate Earth systems have automated EPD creation for over 700 ready mix, block and cement plants worldwide and have generated over 50,000 third party verified EPDs. For more information, visit: www.climateearth.com.
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