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from Harvard, “The Impact of a Corporate Culture of Sustainability on
Corporate Behaviour and Performance”, demonstrated that companies
oriented toward sustainability have a higher return on investment by
greater involvement of their people (Eccles et al., 2011). Sustainability in
the concrete industry will have a highly positive impact on all stakeholders,
though the move from volume toward quality thinking does not come
easily for some.
• Concrete's image will be improved and better recognised as a high-
tech material after having proven itself over 2000 years.
• Companies that coordinate sustainability of projects with all stake-
holders will find value addition in the economy.
• Owners will be proud to use a safe, responsible, and affordable
material.
• Architects and engineers will rediscover concrete with great new
choices.
• From the producers of ingredients the cement industry will evolve
from distributor toward sales engineers of high quality binders with
good financial contributions.
• Aggregate producers will develop many different very precise and
consistent fractions, including good quality dust, offering the lowest
paste demand.
• Admixture producers will continue their good work as sales engineers
involved in mix optimisation and maybe get more involved in mineral
admixtures as well.
• Concrete producers will attract better people who get more satisfac-
tion supplying a high-tech, tailor-made product for specific demand,
than standard concrete.
• Research and technology companies that provide the producer with
quality control (QC) of input and output materials, mix, and process
optimisation will flourish.
• On-site inspection of Real-Crete using new nondestructive instru-
ments for testing, for example, permeability will create new repair-
cost-saving jobs.
• Sustainability evaluation companies that understand that managing
is measuring will have more involvement with concrete to demon-
strate its real impact.
• Vocational schools will graduate students with skills, proud to be
involved with a high-tech material that is the most used globally and
thus provide international mobility.
• Universities can present students, the industry, and public bodies with
a range of new possibilities from research that may be applied more
often in service of sustainable structures.
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