In a landmark step for the cement and concrete sector, RMI and the Center for Green Market Activation (GMA) launched the Sustainable Concrete Buyers Alliance (SCoBA), bringing together founding members, including Amazon and Meta, alongside other leading organizations to accelerate the adoption of low-carbon cement and concrete for 21st-century construction.
SCoBA is the first buyers group formed to collectively procure environmental attribute certificates for low-carbon concrete, aiming to turn demand into real-world offtake agreements that enable producers to invest at scale in new infrastructure and pioneering technologies.
“The cement and concrete sector’s decarbonization challenge is also one of its greatest economic opportunities,” said Jon Creyts, CEO at RMI. “By aggregating demand from major buyers and establishing rigorous standards, we’re creating the market conditions for breakthrough low-carbon cement innovations to scale. RMI is proud to work with GMA and leading organizations to launch SCoBA and enable concrete producers to invest confidently in clean and resilient materials.”
SCoBA will leverage an innovative book and claim system to enable companies to purchase the environmental attributes from sustainable concrete and upstream products such as cement and clinker, reducing their associated supply chain emissions, and generating additional revenue to help finance capital-intensive decarbonization projects.
The first request for information is now open, seeking information from suppliers about the current availability of low-carbon cement and concrete and its performance characteristics, prospective use cases, and operational approaches for environmental attribute certificates, as well as any opportunities or challenges related to participating in a book and claim system.
“SCoBA builds on proven approaches from other hard-to-abate sectors, bringing aggregated buyer demand to the concrete industry,” said Kim Carnahan, president and CEO at GMA. “By connecting buyers and suppliers through a credible book and claim framework, we can unlock the investments needed to scale next-generation cement and concrete solutions in one of the world’s most emissions-intensive industries.”
To join SCoBA, please reach out to [email protected].
