Cement News tagged under: GCCA
GCCA releases its Cement Industry Net Zero Progress Report 202304 December 2023, Published under Cement NewsThe Global Cement & Concrete Association (GCCA) has released its Cement Industry Net Zero Progress Report 2023 providing an update on global action and progress by the GCCA and its member companies. Initiatives featured include development of carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS), increasing use of alternative energy sources and research into new materials and technology. The new report comes two years after the launch of its Concrete Future 2050 Roadmap for Net Zero Concrete. F... |
ClimeCo leads development of low-carbon cement protocol03 November 2023, Published under Cement NewsClimeCo, a leading global sustainability company, recently leveraged its industrial and methodology expertise to lead the development of Climate Action Reserve’s (CAR) new US Low Carbon Cement Protocol. The protocol establishes a first-of-its-kind pathway to generate voluntary carbon credits from the production of novel and under-utilised alternative cementitious materials (ACMs) and supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs). Funds generated by these credits will be used to incentiv... |
GCCA appoints Fernando González as new president17 October 2023, Published under Cement NewsFernando González, CEO of CEMEX, has been elected as the new president of the Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA), succeeding Jan Jenisch. Mr González has been the association’s vice president since 2018 and is seeking to galvanise collective efforts to cut greenhouse emissions, setting out the following priorities for industry and governments: • take decisive action to phase out fossil fuels and promote the use of alternative fuels by encouraging regulation to divert societal... |
GCCA and LeadIT release Green Cement tracker21 July 2023, Published under Cement NewsThe Leadership Group for Industry Transition (LeadIT) and the Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) have launched a new decarbonisation tracker, to help policymakers, industry experts, academics and the public monitor worldwide decarbonisation efforts in the cement industry. The Green Cement Technology Tracker was unveiled at an international inter-governmental meeting focused on clean energy, which is taking place in India. Per Andersson, head of the Secretariat – LeadIT, sai... |
Ultra High Materials shortlisted for GCCA's 2nd Innovandi Open Challenge14 July 2023, Published under Cement NewsUltra High Materials of Reston, VA and Washington, USA, is one of 15 start-ups, shortlisted by the Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA), from a global list of applications, for its pioneering Innovandi Open Challenge scheme, to work on developing low-carbon concrete for the world. The GCCA’s Innovandi Open Challenge brings together start-ups and the industry’s leading manufacturers to work together on innovative ways to cut emissions and accelerate progress. During the Spring, a... |
GCCA shortlists 15 start-ups for Innovandi Open Challenge03 July 2023, Published under Cement NewsFifteen start-ups have been shortlisted by the Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA), from a global list of applications, for its pioneering Innovandi Open Challenge scheme, to work on developing low-carbon concrete. The Innovandi Open Challenge brings together start-ups and the industry’s leading manufacturers to work together on innovative ways to cut emissions and accelerate progress. Between March to May this year, a pplications were invited from start-ups interested in wo... |
UN General Secretary calls for action on net zero14 June 2023, Published under Cement NewsThe Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterres, has issued a call to action, alongside the CEOs of major cement and concrete manufacturers, for the industry to redouble its efforts, and to work in partnership with governments, to reach net zero. The united rallying call has been made by the CEO of the Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA), Thomas Guillot, together with the leaders of GCCA member companies, as they begin a major conference in Zurich. Addressing ... |
GCCA 2nd Innovandi Open Challenge attracts 70+ start-ups23 May 2023, Published under Cement NewsThe Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) has received entries more than 70 start-ups applying for its international low-carbon concrete scheme. The Innovandi Open Challenge brings together start-ups and the industry’s leading manufacturers to cut emissions and accelerate progress, as targeted in the GCCA’s Concrete Future 2050 Net Zero Roadmap. A shortlist will now be drawn up from the applications by the GCCA and its member companies of the most promising and depl... |
CNBM and GCCA discuss decarbonisation and environmental protection19 May 2023, Published under Cement NewsThe Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and General Manager of China National Building Materials (CNBM) Group, Li Xinhua, met with Thomas Guillot, CEO of the Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA), on 5 May in Beijing for discussions to promote carbon emission reduction in the global cement industry and the low-carbon environmental protection transformation of the cement industry. The two sides discussed in depth the policies, standards, technologies, social culture and othe... |
India focusses on net zero concrete27 April 2023, Published under Cement NewsRepresentatives of more than 75 renowned academic institutions and businesses from across the world have gathered in New Delhi, in India, to participate in the Innovandi Global Cement and Concrete Research Network (GCCRN) Spring Week. They are meeting to help drive critical research and innovation towards decarbonisation of concrete. The GCCRN brings together more than 450 researchers and scientists from more than 40 leading universities and institutions, including EPFL (Lausanne), South... |