Carbon Neutral Concrete by 2050

Building Resilience Coalition members will appreciate the important messages presented by Andrew Minson of the Global Cement and Concrete Association at the 2020 Global Concrete Summit, titled, Carbon Neutral Concrete by 2050.”

Andrew discusses how the members of the Global Cement and Concrete Association committed in September 2020 to carbon-neutral concrete by 2050.

They also announced a roadmap exercise that will explain how this can be achieved: an exercise that will be completed in 2021.

This presentation explains the 2050 commitment, the process of developing the roadmap to deliver it and the actions over the whole life cycle of cement and concrete that makes it realizable.

GCCA members are from all parts of the globe and represent 40% of global cement production.

GCCA works with national and regional cement and concrete associations, as well as its members, to support the industry to continue to improve its sustainability performance and raise awareness with global stakeholders of the fundamental contribution concrete makes to a future sustainable built environment.

Within its activities, it has launched the Global Cement and Concrete Research Network – Innovandi, which operates the annual global cement sustainability data collection and reporting platform.

GNR, operates an industry Environmental Product Declaration tool and champions the global sector responsible sourcing scheme operated by Concrete Sustainability Council.

You can hear Andrew Minson’s presentation here.

Learn more about the Global Cement and Concrete Association  here

Do check out the Global Concrete Summit event, which is on now.

The Global Concrete Summit is designed to bring practitioners, researchers and policymakers together to exchange the latest ideas, knowledge, and tools to build the future of concrete construction. You can Register Here

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