Tarmac Open Innovation Pipeline
Our Purpose
We're on the road to Net Zero and need your help! We are searching for emerging technologies and innovative companies to work with on our journey.
Successful submissions have the potential to not only be escalated throughout the Tarmac business, but also into our parent companies global network of operations.
We are looking for innovations, new technologies and solutions which are ready for integration now, or with potential scalability.
Example focus areas
Below are three focus areas for Tarmac, but we welcome any and all innovative ideas.
Decarbonisation
Tarmac are committed to being a net zero business by 2050 and are working to ensure that our businesses and products are part of the solution.
We are accelerating existing levers to decarbonise our operations and supply chain, in line with our 2030 roadmap, and we are partnering to innovate new technologies and solutions.
We are also innovating and delivering the low carbon solutions needed for a decarbonised and resilient built environment, including the construction of energy efficient buildings and clean energy infrastructure.
Circularity
We are committed to delivering a more resilient built environment, one that encompasses the principles of the circular economy.
As a leader in the use of wastes and by-products from other industries as raw materials and fuels in our processes and products, we see the circular economy as a growth opportunity for our business and a cornerstone to delivering solutions for the future. For decades we have been collaborating with industry partners and innovating to drive materials efficiency across the life cycle of our products and the buildings and infrastructure made from them.
Water
We are committed to help solve the global challenges associated with water. We work to conserve, efficiently manage and recycle water at our own operations, as well as provide solutions for water management to enhance the resilience of communities and the built environment.
Our innovative solutions are helping to upgrade and build new water infrastructure, enabling the capture, treatment, distribution and access to clean water supplies and treatment of wastewater. We also have a wide range of solutions to strengthen the resilience of cities and the wider built environment against coastal erosion, flooding, and stormwater.
Value for you
Message from our leadership
Alistair Graham
UK Procurement Director
Successful solutions will consider the following criteria
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Addresses
Key Issues
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Utilises emerging
technology
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Is a viable
technology
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Is ready for
integration
Meet our Judges
James Green
Senior Procurement Manager
Tarmac
Richard Frost
CRH VP Strategic Partnership
CRH
Tim Cowling
Senior Manager - Decarbonisation
Tarmac
Fayyaz Garda
Procurement Site Services
Tarmac
Previous Successful Submissions
Net Zero Carbon Cement Bag | Implemented
RKWs Solution to fight climate change is to innovate towards Net Zero-Carbon Packaging. Our Aberthaw Cement Plant is using up to 50% recycled material to reuse plastic waste. We are also trialling bags of up to 100% of recycled material to understand its performance. RKW is also investigating the usage of bio-based PE to compensate further for the Carbon footprint.
In an ongoing partnership RKW has also committed itself to using renewable energy from 2020 onwards and continue to provide innovative packaging solutions such as reduce printed surface to reduce carbon emissions even further. Taking this circular economy approach Tarmac and RKW are closing in on making net zero packaging a reality.
651t CO2e Carbon reduction achieved
Hydrogen Injection system | Implementation planned
The Direct Hydrogen Introduction System, which incorporates a Hydrogen-on-Demand generation system" is retrofittable into existing and or new Diesel engines as used in industrial plant for quarries/ construction and other sectors.
Self-contained Hydrogen-Diesel Injection unit which produces hydrogen on demand to supplement fuel into ICE (Internal Combustion Engine).
8% CO2 Reduction