What is the Toolkit?
The Portland Cement Association’s Advocacy Toolkit is a collection of resources for policymakers, agency leadership, and their staffs. The kit is designed to help you understand and share information about the cement and concrete industry—an economic engine for the U.S. with a clear set of goals for reaching carbon neutrality.
Fact Sheets
Download these PDFs to source economic data specific to the U.S. industry and individual states.
Cement and concrete manufacturing adds $130 billion annually to the U.S. economy. The industry employs more than a half-million people.
Cement and concrete production is vital to every state in the union. The industry pays nearly $220 million annually in state tax revenues.
One-Pagers
These PDF resources provide essential facts in a quick-study format.
Cement is the “glue” that binds concrete, the most prevalent man-made material there is.
Using alternative fuels in cement manufacturing is a crucial lever to reaching carbon neutrality.
Reducing carbon in operations and emissions is just a start to sustainability.
Support legislation advancing lower-carbon cement mixtures with solid performance records.
Encourage the use of lower-carbon cement and concrete in federally funded projects.
Support the withdrawal of a proposed measure that would mean regulatory overreach.
Advocacy enables our industry to protect the environment and domestic manufacturers.