Advocacy Toolkit
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.
*Source: 2022 PCA Market Intelligence survey results
Cement and concrete production is vital to every state in America. The industry pays nearly $220 million annually in state tax revenues.
*PCA only produces datasheets for states that have cement production.
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.
