Holcim creates 1.5 degree frames for cement industry
Together with experts from academia, civil society and industry, Holcim has developed a framework for the decarbonization of the cement industry. The company has realigned its own climate targets for 2030 and submitted them for scientific validation.
Holcim announces the launch of the world’s first science-based framework for decarbonizing the cement industry . This emerged from a partnership with the Science Based Targets Initiative ( SBTi ). Previously, Holcim independently of the SBTi, together with a group of experts from academia, civil society and industry, had developed such a framework to achieve the decarbonization of the industry “in a rigorous and science-based way”. The building materials producer has realigned its own net zero climate targets for 2030 and submitted them to the SBTi for validation.
For the first time, cement companies have a clear plan “on how to align their decarbonization strategies with climate science,” Alberto Carrillo Pineda, co-founder and CTO of SBTi, is quoted in the release. “The shift to low-carbon technologies is critical to the long-term viability of the industry.” That’s why the SBTi encourages all cement manufacturers to “set science-based targets and play their part in building a climate-resilient economy.”
“With the growing population and increasing urbanization, the construction sector has a key role to play in building a net-zero future,” says Holcim CEO Jan Jenisch. It’s about “building better with less effort”. Holcim encourages all colleagues to “join us to increase our impact together”. mm