GCCA – Global Cement and Concrete Association

We are pleased to announce we have signed a ground-breaking agreement with the UN’s Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) to work together on #decarbonising the cement and #concrete industry, with a strong focus on the Global South. Speaking at the signing ceremony in Austria, Gerd Müller, Director General of UNIDO, said: “Cement and concrete are a vital part of resilient #infrastructure development. Decarbonizing the cement and concrete sectors worldwide is essential to reducing CO2 emissions and tackling climate change. The GCCA and its members are leading the way on doing so for this important global industry. Our UNIDO Member States face a number of technical, market-related and policy hurdles that make decarbonization commitments even more challenging. That is why I am very glad to sign this Memorandum of Understanding with the GCCA and start a new phase of closer cooperation that will help our Member States overcome those challenges.” Thomas Guillot, our CEO, said: “Through our #NetZero Roadmap and the accelerator programme we have put in place, we are already working with policymakers, governments and industry to overcome procurement and resourcing challenges across the global south. Having this ground-breaking agreement with UNIDO is a natural progression which we hope will fast-track progress in a meaningful way.” Find out more: https://lnkd.in/ex_fUFYF Rana Ghoneim

En el marco de la #cop16, la industria de cemento representada en GCCA – Global Cement and Concrete Association FICEM Cemento y PROCEMCO estuvo hablando de Biodiversidad, soluciones basadas en la naturaleza y coprocesamiento. Como siempre dialogos muy enriquecedores con la academia y nuestros stakeholders. Muy orgulloso de los avances del sector Cemex Holcim Colombia ALIÓN Universidad EAN Cementos Argos Celsia Energía ASOCARBONO Organización Corona Wildlife Habitat Council Ricardo Lozano HORMIGON ANDINO S.A.

🏗️ 🌎 En #Cemex, creemos en la idea de un futuro que favorezca a la naturaleza. Nuestra reciente participación en la #COP16 subrayó este compromiso al debatir soluciones innovadoras para la conservación con líderes del sector.    Con el objetivo de alcanzar la neutralidad de emisiones de carbono para 2050 a través de nuestro programa Futuro en Acción, estamos reimaginando nuestro impacto en el planeta. Presentamos un evento en conjunto con la GCCA – Global Cement and Concrete Association titulado “Biodiversidad, Soluciones Basadas en la Naturaleza y Neutralidad de Carbono”, donde participamos en un diálogo significativo sobre cómo nuestra industria puede fomentar la biodiversidad y la neutralidad de carbono.    Descubre más sobre nuestro programa #FuturoEnAccion y nuestro compromiso con la biodiversidad: cmx.to/48FhrvX

🏗️ 🌎 At #Cemex, we embrace a vision of a nature-positive future. Our recent participation in #COP16 underscored this commitment as we discussed innovative pathways for conservation with industry leaders.    With an ambitious goal of achieving net-zero CO₂ emissions by 2050 through our Future in Action program, we’re reimagining our impact on the planet. Co-hosting an event with the GCCA – Global Cement and Concrete Association titled “Biodiversity, Nature-Based Solutions, and Carbon Neutrality,” we engaged in meaningful dialogue on how our industry can nurture biodiversity and carbon neutrality.    Learn more about our #FutureInAction program and our commitment to biodiversity: cmx.to/3Z12pxG

“Governments can do three things. They can set ambitious targets, they can have bolder visions and also include the timeline for delivering on these targets.” Want to hear more insights like this? We’ll be back with the #ConcreteFuture Pavilion at COP29 Azerbaijan this year. 🌱 We spoke to RIBA President Muyiwa Oki PRIBA, at the Concrete Future Pavilion last year at COP. ⬇️ 💚 The Concrete Future Pavilion at #COP29 will be located in the Blue Zone at E4. If you’re going, make sure to pay us a visit! #COP29 #Architecture #SustainableArchitecture #GreenBuilding #Policy

🤔 Wondering why the #cement and #concrete industry needs #CarbonCapture? Our CEO, Thomas Guillot's, latest blog discusses the technology and the progress it is making towards #NetZero globally. ⬇️

Carbon capture is not the only answer, but for our essential industry it is a key technology – and it works!  💡 I’ve just returned from a trip to what will be the world's first industrial scale cement plant to produce fully decarbonised cement when it starts production next year. I’ll write that again - net zero cement to be produced next year - no offsets, no fancy accounting, actual net zero cement. The technological marvel is CCUS - capturing the carbon at source and then either using it in other industries or storing it often deep in the earth’s geology. 🤔 Opinion on carbon capture is mixed with some thinking it is kicking the can down the road or a distraction, others it costs too much, others it won’t work, others it allows the fossil fuel industry to keep producing - and means society can not engage now in the urgent decarbonisation that is needed. 🌱 I can only write for my own industry. There is nothing that can replace concrete at the scale of the needs of our planet for durable, affordable, resilient communities and infrastructure, and there is nothing at scale to replace cement, the magic (but carbon intensive) ingredient that binds concrete together. As custodians of this amazing material our members are committed to, and already in the action of, reducing our emissions. Their activity ranges from the use of alternative fuels to substituting other materials into the mix with a less intense carbon footprint, innovating at every stage of manufacture and use, as well as encouraging recycling of our product or using societal waste and building demolition back into the materials in a circular loop.  However, there is no question we also need carbon capture and my latest blog addresses why.👇 #CCUS #NetZero #Innovation #CarbonCapture #GreenTechnology

Don't miss out! Our #webinar on 'The role of the cement industry in fighting plastic pollution - INC-5 Plastic Treaty Road to Busan' next week, 29 November from 12:30 - 13:30 UK time. 💻 https://ow.ly/oEvJ50TQuFz The 5th Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5) to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment, is scheduled to take place from 25 November to 1 December 2024 in Busan, Republic of Korea. We support the United Nations Environment Assembly Resolution 5/14 and the overarching objectives to protect human health and the environment from plastics pollution. We support an international agreement that sets ambitious targets and the enabling policy frameworks to end the global plastics waste crisis. Our webinar will focus on: • Explaining how co-processing can contribute to the reduction of micro plastic release into the sea • The importance of recognizing co-processing as a sound waste management option for plastic waste which cannot be otherwise recycled Learn about the cement industry’s important role in managing non-recyclable wastes and plastics, and how we hope to influence the treaty in a positive way that both effectively addresses plastic pollution while promoting sustainable practices. Register here: https://ow.ly/oEvJ50TQuFz #CoProcessing #WasteManagement #PlasticPollution #PlasticTreaty

UltraTech signs agreement with the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to pilot ZeroCAL, an innovative process that can eliminate nearly 98% of carbon dioxide emission associated with limestone decomposition in cement manufacturing. Read: https://bit.ly/4hkYTqm

Today is #UNDay the anniversary of when the Charter of the United Nations entered into force. 🌎 This year we signed a ground-breaking agreement with UNIDO to work together on #decarbonising the cement and #concrete industry, with a strong focus on the Global South: https://lnkd.in/ex_fUFYF We're also pleased to share that we will be hosting the #ConcreteFuture Pavilion at COP29 Azerbaijan, where we'll be hosting a full events programme on the work our industry is doing to get to #NetZero.