Certified Concrete^®

The name 'Certified Concrete®' is synonymous with concrete quality. As the industry leader, Firth Certified Concrete® consistently demonstrates product leadership and innovation to meet changing customer needs and evolving market conditions. Firth provides a range of solutions for delivery of ready mix concrete to sites. These include standard mix designs for pumping applications, or specifically formulated mixes to meet your particular needs.

Firth have been reviewing the environmental credentials of its ready-mixed concrete for a considerable period and recognise that the transparency of an EPD and the calculation of Firth’s Global Warming Potential footprint is key to providing a base line for minimising our impact on carbon emissions, waste production and water use. Firth are using EPD data to provide lower carbon concrete options to the market, allowing us to calculate the environmental credentials of any Firth Certified concrete mix from any location. Partnering with Firth Industries for concrete supply provides a very advantageous starting point in achieving your sustainability goals.

Firth have developed EcoMix low carbon concrete, and an embodied carbon (EC) rating for various strength grades. The larger the EC number the lower the carbon footprint relative to the baseline benchmark. By specifying EcoMix and an EC rating after discussing with Firth, we will ensure that the cradle to gate carbon footprint will be less than summarised in the table in our EPD. The global warming potential is assessed using the independently verified EC3 calculator.

Implementing sustainable practices throughout the manufacturing process is only the beginning of the contribution Firth makes to long-term sustainable building. Firth recognises that the integration of sustainability goals into business operations is key to the longevity of the concrete industry and its impact on the ecological, social and economic environment. Firth’s sustainability framework encompasses pillars centred on carbon reduction, water conservation, the circular economy, supply chain efficiency and social sustainability.

Firth are in a very strong position to assist the construction industry in economically reducing its carbon footprint and achieving its sustainability goals. As part of these initiatives, Firth has launched the EC³ - Embodied Carbon Concrete Calculator which has been developed with thinkstep-anz and verified by start2see. The EC³ calculator allows Firth to calculate the carbon footprint of any Firth concrete mix (cradle to gate). View our EPD in the downloads section below.