Last week saw not one but two major events in Washington, D.C., coalescing the most influential buyers and policy makers in decarbonized cement and concrete.
Our CEO Leah Ellis and VP of Policy & BD Joe Hicken attended a workshop put on by the #FirstMoversCoalition U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and World Economic Forum, focused on catalyzing the market for industrial decarbonization.
The workshop underscored the urgency to decarbonize and the supportive policy environment provided by recent legislative measures such as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act, funding Sublime is accessing through our award from the DOE Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations. These policies build on innovative partnership models, such as demand aggregation and coalition financing, to create a robust support system for cement’s decarbonization.
By assembling all players involved — from producers to end-customers to policy makers — we can seize this moment and follow in the successful footsteps of clean energy generation.
Furthering this momentum, on Friday, the White House held its first ever Concrete Innovation Summit to highlight progress in reducing emissions, accelerating commercialization of new clean technologies, and building the momentum of increasing customer demand for higher performance and lower emission products. Leah Ellis was honored to attend with fellow innovators advancing low-carbon cement, as well as critical thought leaders and buyers who are essential in its rollout to the market. The event also unveiled exciting new federally funded initiatives in both the deployment and R&D of low-carbon cement. We are so grateful for the federal government's embrace of industrial decarbonization as the next frontier for fighting climate change, particularly given the public sector buys more than half of all cement in the U.S.
We often say that one major challenge with decarbonizing cement was bringing awareness to a legacy material that is so ubiquitous it is nearly invisible. No more — low-carbon cement is capturing attention on some of the biggest world stages and energizing a global community of buyers, policy makers, and inventors who are committed to its role in reducing global CO2 emissions. Thank you to the incredible teams of organizers, we look forward to much more.
Learn more about the White House event and new initiatives here: https://lnkd.in/exrt7KKk
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