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🔊 In the fourth episode of #GOCIRCULARTalks, our Team Holcim-PRB skipper Rosalin Kuiper sits down with Valentin Gutknecht, Founder and Co-CEO of neustark, to discuss the role of innovation in decarbonizing building. 🌍 Neustark, a Swiss startup and part of the Holcim MAQER Ventures portfolio, is putting innovation to work to do exactly that: their mineralization technology permanently binds CO2 in recycled concrete. 🔗 Find out more about this technology in the full version of this GO CIRCULAR talk here: https://lnkd.in/dhzhsHxB #CircularConstruction #GOCIRCULARbyHolcim #Innovation
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🌱 Green – or vegetative – roofs and surfaces in cities bring many benefits. 🦋 They look good, provide insulation, help us combat the urban heat island effect and manage rainwater, all while allowing biodiversity to thrive. We welcomed ZinCo, one of the leading companies in the green roof market, to the Holcim family in 2024. 🌍 As a pioneer and innovator, ZinCo has spectacular projects all around the world. Check them out here! https://lnkd.in/ejQKJQEt #BuildingProgress #GreenRoofs #ResilientCities
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Out of hundreds of entries, four Holcim projects, initiatives and people have been shortlisted for the prestigious edie Net-Zero Awards 2024! 🏭 Manufacturer of the Year: Holcim was selected for our ambitious science-based net-zero strategy, innovations in low-carbon and circular building solutions, and leadership in Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS). 👩🔬 Innovation of the Year: #Carbon2Business and #GO4ZERO, two flagship CCUS projects which broke ground in 2024. 🌟 Net-Zero Hero: Vincent MICHEL, Program Director of GO4ZERO, succeeded in deploying multiple decarbonization levers simultaneously, securing partners and trust for the project. 🌍 Green Building Project of the Year: For London’s Wood Wharf, one of Europe’s largest urban regeneration projects. Holcim and Canary Wharf Group recycled local materials to create a low-carbon concrete with 20% recycled aggregates for use in a residential building. We’re proud of all our teams involved. Fingers crossed until November 29, when the winners will be announced! 🤞 Discover our net-zero journey here: https://lnkd.in/eT_VBWH2 #BuildingProgress #Awards #Sustainability #Innovation #edieNetZeroAwards
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👨👩👧👦 Respect for human rights is fundamental to the way we do business. 📃Our Human Rights Approach outlines how we implement our commitment to human rights ensures systematic identification, prevention, mitigation, monitoring and remediation of potential or actual risks and impacts to people. 🔗 Find out more about Human Rights at Holcim: https://lnkd.in/gZAbnPn2 #BuildingProgress #BuildersofProgress #HumanRights
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🌍 We are pleased to endorse the Ellen MacArthur Foundation's new report, 'Building Prosperity: Unlocking the potential of a nature-positive, circular economy for Europe'. 🏙️♻️🏗️🌆 The report explores how a nature-positive circular economy in the sector can unlock a huge economic opportunity for the continent, increasing resilience, competitiveness and the vibrancy of its cities. Our Chief Sustainability Officer, Nollaig Forrest, elaborates, "Regenerative building is circular and nature-positive by design. It fosters systems that restore and enrich our natural and social landscapes. By transforming infrastructure into living ecosystems, we can build prosperity, enabling more resilient and vibrant cities, while advancing economic growth. As a leader in sustainable and innovative building solutions, Holcim is a proud supporter and contributor to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s vision for the built environment." 🔗 Learn more about the report here: https://lnkd.in/eB6nJWyA
“Regenerative building is circular and nature-positive by design.” Chief Sustainability Officer at Holcim’s, Nollaig Forrest, shares her full perspective as an endorser in our latest report: Building Prosperity, here: https://lnkd.in/eTB8xaAX “Regenerative building is circular and nature-positive by design. It fosters systems that restore and enrich our natural and social landscapes. By transforming infrastructure into living ecosystems, we can build prosperity, enabling more resilient and vibrant cities, while advancing economic growth. As a leader in sustainable and innovative building solutions, Holcim is a proud supporter and contributor to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s vision for the built environment.” Explore the full report here: https://lnkd.in/eTB8xaAX
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👷♀️ At Holcim España's plant near Madrid we're 'printing' the country's first 3D printed offices to build 'Better Workplaces' for colleagues and customers. 🏢 Collaborating with A3D Building on the project, we've launched 3DPrint Lab©, a concept that combines 3D printing-based smart design with workspace transformation. ☘ TectorPrint mortar was used for exterior and interior walls, low-carbon ECOPact concrete for foundations and roofing, and solar panels cover 100% of energy needs. 🔗 Here's more on the project: https://lnkd.in/ecqfBFhq #Innovation #SmartDesign #3Dprinting #BuildingProgress
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🌍 As part of #GOCIRCULAR’s commitment to advancing climate science, Team Holcim-PRB’s IMOCA is now equipped with an OceanPack, with support from The Ocean Race! 🌊 The OceanPack is an autonomous monitoring system that has been specially optimized for racing vessels to take water samples to measure levels of carbon dioxide, oxygen, salinity and temperature, providing insights about the impact of climate change on the ocean. 🗨 “We are going to sail in some areas where almost nobody goes to try and understand the link between the ocean and climate change,” Nicolas Lunven, skipper of Team Holcim-PRB 🔗Find out more about how we sail for our oceans: https://lnkd.in/gASGZDph #GOCIRCULARbyHolcim #ClimateScience #BuildingProgress
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In Warsaw, Ronald McDonald House Charities is building its third 'House' in Poland to provide families with low or no cost accommodation so that they can be close to their hospitalized child. To build it as sustainably as possible, Holcim Polska is donating low-carbon building materials and giving technical support for the construction process. The house will be finished in spring 2025 and serve as a model House to inspire others around the world. Here's more on what we do to create a positive social impact in the communities where we operate: https://lnkd.in/ezJ_Jqkn #BuildingProgress #SustainableConstruction #GivingBack
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🏙️🌿 Our Hydromedia permeable concrete brings green spaces into cities, helping create places where people and nature can thrive. 💧 Water passes through Hydromedia to reach tree roots, reducing the need for irrigation. 🌳 Creating green spaces helps tackle the urban heat island effect in cities. In Aubervilliers, France, Hydromedia transformed a parking lot into an urban forest with 6°C lower perceived summer temperatures. Discover more 👉 https://lnkd.in/e9hsdtif #BuildingProgress #Nature