Lower Carbon Products and Solutions

Innovative solutions for a lower carbon future

Vertua Lower Carbon Solutions

Products and Solutions that have a lower CO2 footprint when compared to a defined industry or market reference. Vertua is designed to move us closer to a more sustainable future. We’ve reduced CO2 emissions by over 30% across various products by carefully selecting raw materials that contain the highest quality ingredients to reduce the carbon footprint of the finished product. This means you can now choose lower carbon materials for your projects.

Products include cement, concretes and mortars.

Vertua - Lower Carbon Concrete and Cement Products

  1. Lower Carbon Concrete

    Lower Carbon Concrete

    Lower Carbon Concrete and UK's first CarbonNeutral® concrete solution

  2. Lower Carbon Sprayed Concrete

    Our lower carbon sprayed concrete, part of our family of Vertua products and solutions, has a carbon embodiment of 23% below our industry renowned “Bank Mix” Silo Sprayed concrete, making it an ideal solution for constructors of large-scale tunnelling projects where the necessity of developing new infrastructure needs to be balanced against the environmental impact.

  3. Readyblock - Concrete Blocks

    Available in either Dense or Lightweight ranges, and where possible made using recycled aggregates
  4. Rugby Premium Low Carbon Cement

    Premium Cement

    Top of the range, high quality cement - now available in 100% waterproof bags to keep it dry in any weather!

  5. High Strength Cement

    A a factory produced cement ideal for use in multiple applications particularly where higher strength at early and/or later stages is a necessity.

  6. Sulfate Cement

    Rugby® Sulfate is designed to prevent the rapid deterioration of concrete made from Portland cements which occurs in structures exposed to certain types of soils and groundwaters.

  7. CEMEX Cemstone

    CEMEX Cemstone is a factory produced Portland-limestone cement with a lower carbon footprint that complements our range of Portland (CEM I) cements.

  8. Cemex Extra - CEM II Cement

    CEMEX Extra is a factory produced Portland-fly ash cement that complements our range of Portland (CEM I) cements. The enhanced properties of the product provide benefits in a wide range of concrete, mortar, render, screed and grout applications.

Vertua - Lower Carbon Asphalt and Mortars

  1. Carbon Neutral Asphalt

    We're paving the way to a greener Britain with VIALOW - our range of low temperature and low carbon asphalts

  2. Dry Silo Mortars

    CEMEX dry silo mortar provides an innovative and efficient solution to mortar delivery, particularly to larger sites

  3. Bagged Mortar Products

    Supplied in waterproof bulk bags, our dry bagged mortar is ready mixed – just add water and mix to the required workability.

  4. ONPOINT Coloured Pointing Mortar

    Gun injected pointing mortar available in any colour.

Vertua - Doing More To Emit Less

Vertua Low Carbon Construction Solutions

The Vertua lower carbon product symbol is awarded to selected cement and other products characterised by their unique raw material composition, which contains the highest quality ingredients to reduce the carbon footprint of the finished product.

Products bearing this sign are guaranteed to reduce CO2 emissions in the process of their manufacture by 20 - 70% compared to products with similar technical parameters. It is worth noting that, thanks to the use of raw materials of local origin and the management of waste material streams from other industries in the spirit of a closed loop economy, these products have a reduced overall environmental impact.

Our Fact Label

When you use Vertua, you can measure the sustainable impact of your project because all the benefits are verifiable, each product has a fact label that outlines the specific characteristics of its environmental impact and benefits. This can be reflected both in the product manufacturing process and in the useful life of the project.

The decisions we make today shape our destination. Choose a better future. Choose Vertua.

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