Accelerator Program
Sustainable Building
Materials

CRH is a leading provider of
building materials solutions
that build, connect and
improve our world

Creating value through sustainable solutions:

CRH is leading the transition to smarter, more sustainable construction to meet the evolving needs of our customers and society.

  • $13.9 billion revenue generated from products with enhanced sustainability attributes in 2023

  • 43.9 million tonnes of wastes and by-products from other industries recycled

  • 400+ innovation projects underway across CRH operating companies since the start of 2023

This accelerator offered startups an opportunity to partner, pilot and commercialise their solutions with CRH.

Shortlisted 2025 Applicants

We're excited to to be working with four shortlisted companies developing sustainable building materials solutions capable of lowering emissions, demonstrating circularity or reducing waste, energy and water usage in the built environment.

Developing a process that turns industrial waste like steel slag into sustainable cement while capturing CO2.

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A growing technology company offering innovative and sustainable byproduct treatment solutions.

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An ultra-low carbon cement from industrial byproducts.

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Re-engineering concrete to make it regenerative, resilient and carbon neutral.

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Focus areas

Sustainable binder solutions

Enhancing the carbon performance and / or the circularity of traditional materials via binder design innovation, SCMs innovation or other approaches creating sustainable cement and concrete solutions for the customer

  • Cementitious binders and concrete solutions

  • Novel or activated supplementary cementitious materials

  • Recycled or CO2 mineralized cementitious materials

New materials & applications

Developing novel materials or products, or  new applications of existing building materials to create sustainable solutions with non-traditional materials for cement or concrete applications

  • Alternatives to clinker and novel binder chemistries

  • Biobased, self-healing or inductive cementitious materials

  • Nanomaterials 

  • Admixtures, fillers and additives for cementitious products

CO2 mineralised materials

Utilising CO2 in binders, aggregates, waste feedstocks or concrete to develop a building materials or products that also offer carbon storage

  • CO2 mineralised building materials e.g., aggregates, SCMs, ready-mix concrete

  • CO2 mineralised building products e.g., masonry, hardscapes

Working in collaboration with:

An extensive network of leading businesses.

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