Cement Carbon Intensity Framework

Cement production is responsible for 8% of global CO2 emissions, mainly due to the high-heat combustion and chemical calcination required to create clinker, the primary component of the most common cements.
While decarbonization strategies like the use of supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs), alternative fuels, and CCUS exist, their effectiveness is often limited by regional costs, material availability, product demand and data availability.

Sylvera’s  framework assigns a comparable carbon intensity (CI) to cement types produced around the globe, shifting from discrete categories to a continuous scale. This is key to moving away from traditional categorical labels (e.g., "blended"), which often conceal the true environmental and financial opportunities within global production.

Our Approach

Using Sylvera’s proprietary methodology, we calculate carbon intensity values by combining open-source databases with manual data extraction. Our model integrates commodity-specific expertise with Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) principles and leading emission factors databases to provide representative modeling pathways based on the best available data.

Understanding Confidence Scores

Each facility is assigned a 5-level Confidence Score, ranging from Very High to Very Low. This score reflects the completeness and relevance of the available facility data, as well as the representativeness of the emission factors used to generate the final assessment.