We are pleased to announce we have signed a ground-breaking agreement with the UN’s Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) to work together on #decarbonising the cement and #concrete industry, with a strong focus on the Global South. Speaking at the signing ceremony in Austria, Gerd Müller, Director General of UNIDO, said: “Cement and concrete are a vital part of resilient #infrastructure development. Decarbonizing the cement and concrete sectors worldwide is essential to reducing CO2 emissions and tackling climate change. The GCCA and its members are leading the way on doing so for this important global industry. Our UNIDO Member States face a number of technical, market-related and policy hurdles that make decarbonization commitments even more challenging. That is why I am very glad to sign this Memorandum of Understanding with the GCCA and start a new phase of closer cooperation that will help our Member States overcome those challenges.” Thomas Guillot, our CEO, said: “Through our #NetZero Roadmap and the accelerator programme we have put in place, we are already working with policymakers, governments and industry to overcome procurement and resourcing challenges across the global south. Having this ground-breaking agreement with UNIDO is a natural progression which we hope will fast-track progress in a meaningful way.” Find out more: https://lnkd.in/ex_fUFYF Rana Ghoneim
GCCA – Global Cement and Concrete Association
Wholesale Building Materials
London, England 23,718 followers
The trusted, authoritative global voice for the cement and concrete sector.
About us
The Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) is the global voice for cement and concrete - the most widely used man-made product on the planet. The GCCA and its members are committed to promoting the unique properties of concrete as a sustainable, durable and resilient building material – a material that will answer the needs of a growing and increasingly urban population that is set to exceed 9 billion people by 2050. The GCCA’s authoritative voice will help ensure that the prevailing views of cement and concrete are holistic and based on robust evidence. Alongside this global advocacy role, the GCCA will gather and publish data against the industry’s sustainability commitments as well as develop member guidelines and initiate research. This is being supported by the transfer of the Cement Sustainability Initiative (CSI) activities to the GCCA under the strategic partnership with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). The GCCA work programme is organised along three dimensions: sustainability, innovation and the positioning of concrete. Sustainable development of our industry is at the very core of the GCCA’s work and has five pillars: safety & health, climate change & energy, social responsibility, environment & nature and circular economy. We want to drive responsible industry leadership in the manufacture and use of cement and concrete. We will strive to improve the global social and environmental impact of the sector’s activities and products. We aim to foster innovation and collaboration with industry associations and inspiring architects, engineers and innovators across the globe and along the length of the built-environment value chain. Concrete is more than a building material. It provides homes, it connects communities, it encourages trade, it provides energy, it improves health, it broadens minds.
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https://gccassociation.org/
External link for GCCA – Global Cement and Concrete Association
- Industry
- Wholesale Building Materials
- Company size
- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- London, England
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2018
- Specialties
- Cement, Concrete, Building Materials, Construction, Infrastructure, Sustainability, Environment, Buildings, Land, Property, Real Estate, Planning
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2 Kingdom Street
641 - 642, 6th Floor
London, England W2 6JP, GB
Employees at GCCA – Global Cement and Concrete Association
Updates
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Hear us speak at Environment Analyst’s 10th annual #Sustainability Delivery Summit UK on 3 October! 💚 The summit connects leading sustainability stakeholders and infrastructure delivery bodies with the sustainability professional services ecosystem, to facilitate solution-driven discussions to progress the sustainable transition. Discussions will address the challenges facing energy intensive and hard to abate sectors. This year’s Summit is multi-streamed, so you can join online panel discussions, workshops and roundtables on: - The Role of Value Chain in Accelerating Decarbonisation - How to Transform and Accelerate the Delivery of Sustainable Infrastructure - The Policy Horizon - Measuring, Managing and Reducing your Scope 3 emissions GCCA members get 20% off by entering the code GCCA20 at the checkout: https://lnkd.in/dpia5Mb
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Dangote Cement Plc is Africa’s largest cement producer with a production capacity of 52 million tonnes per year across ten countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. A founding member of the GCCA, Dangote is working towards #decarbonisation initiatives, including its #AlternativeFuel project. Since the project commenced in 2021, over 581,000 tons of alternative fuels have been co-processed. https://ow.ly/VR1p50T2V5k #CementIndustry #ActionAndProgress
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#CCUS is vital to our decarbonisation journey. It is key lever in our 2050 Roadmap to #NetZero, accounting for a total of 36% emissions reductions by 2050. We love this informative video on the various pathways. 💚 ⬇️
On our mission to drive sustainable building, we’re reducing CO2 emissions by decarbonizing our formulation and energy mix. CCUS is another key lever to accelerate Holcim's decarbonization journey as we make net-zero cement a reality this decade. How does it work? We capture CO2 emissions before they are released into the atmosphere, then employ one of four pathways depending on local conditions: 🏗 Mineralization ⛽ Conversion utilization 🥤 Market utilization 📦 Storage Explore our four CCUS pathways in this video 👇 #CCUS #BuildingProgress #Decarbonization
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🌱 Dalmia Bharat Group Cement has launched a project in partnership with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH aimed at fostering bamboo cultivation as a climate resilient and #sustainable source of livelihood for farmers, and simultaneously using the bamboo to decarbonise by incorporating it into its cement plants as an #AlternateFuel. This is being implemented around the three integrated cement plants of Dalmia, in Umrangso (Assam), Rajgangpur (Odisha) and Dalmiapuram and Ariyalur (Tamil Nadu). 🌱 #Bamboo is an economically and ecologically very viable regenerative alternate fuel, as on average, one acre of Bambusa Balcooa cultivation can sequester around 4,800 kgs of CO₂ from its third year of plantation. India has the second-largest bamboo resources in the world. It can be planted on areas with poor soil quality, and is not labour intensive, thus becoming a solution for additional agricultural income even for marginalised small farmers. It is also a rapidly regenerative energetic alternative to coal for industries with high energy consumption. 🌱 An estimated 120,000 tons of bamboo will be made available annually from the third year of cultivation, with a saving of around 30% on the cost of the traditional fuel it would replace. Additionally, from the third year of plantation, a minimum 14.40 million kgs of CO₂ will be sequestered annually through this project. 🌱Approximately 4,000 farmers will adopt the newly acquired pre and post harvest cultivation practices for bamboo plantations. Additionally, 3,000 farmers will become members of six newly established farmer’s collectives (FPOs). 🌱Find out more: https://ow.ly/5vya50T2T2t
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Don’t miss this #webinar ahead of International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies ‘Improving Urban Air Quality through Sustainable Waste Management in African Cities’ on 28th August at 11:00 - 12:30 EAT. In commemoration of ‘International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies’, UN Environment Programme will host an online event focused on enhancing urban air quality through sustainable waste management in African cities. This webinar will convene a diverse group of stakeholders, including Multi-Stakeholder Partnership members from across Africa, state and non-state actors, CCT networks, CCAC partners, AMCEN, and global audiences dedicated to addressing the urgent issue of air quality in urban settings. Attendees are invited to join using this link: https://lnkd.in/d__uhhYf The GCCA is part of the Open Waste Burning partnership, a multi-stakeholder partnership that aims to end open waste burning in Africa by 2040. #CleanAirNow
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"We're very proud to be among the best academic and research teams globally in cement and concrete."💡 The #Innovandi Global Cement and Concrete Industry Research Network (GCCRN) brings the global industry and academia together to drive and support innovation in the cement and concrete sector through essential actionable pre-competitive research focused on the needs of the industry. Moisés Pinto, Associate Professor at the University of Lisbon, Tania Frade Costa, Postdoc Researcher at the University of Lisbon and Marios Katsiotis, Group Head of R&D at TITAN Cement Group talk us through the Innovandi GCCRN Core Project 2B they are working on together with colleagues titled 'Carbon dioxide capture with pillared clays in PSA processes'. Please see our Industrial and Academic Partners and Core and Partner Projects Library 📚 https://lnkd.in/eRqF4eY2 #Innovation
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Huzhou South Mining Ltd., one of the subsidiaries of CNBM INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION中建材国际贸易有限公司 has invested over $1 million in rehabilitation of the final slopes of the Dameishan Quarry of Huzhou South Mining. 🌳 Find out more in our Cement Industry #NetZero Progress report. ⬇️ https://ow.ly/pYyl50T2fqV #ActionAndProgress #Restoration #EcosystemRestoration #Nature
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It's only 60 days to the 17th Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies Conference (#GHGT17), the world's leading conference on #CCS. https://lnkd.in/eGgB6vB9 Check out this years fantastic roster of Keynote and Plenary speakers which includes: Mary Burce Warlick, International Energy Agency (IEA) Jarad Daniels, Global CCS Institute Onno van Kessel, Shell Sarah Forbes, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Claude Lorea, GCCA – Global Cement and Concrete Association Corwyn Bruce, Heidelberg Materials North America Matthias Raab PhD, CO2CRC Limited Don't forget to book now. There's less than 6 weeks to secure your place at our standard pricing: https://lnkd.in/e5rGHHz
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This World Photo Day, we’re sharing some of our favourite pictures of cement and concrete from the GCCA – Global Cement and Concrete Association’s Concrete in Life Photo Competition. #WorldPhotoDay #ConcreteInLife