GCCA Innovandi Open Challenge connects the world’s leading cement and concrete manufacturers with tech start-ups. GCCA Innovandi Open Challenge 2024 will focus on carbon capture, use and storage for low carbon cement and concrete CCUS is a key part of the GCCA’s Roadmap to net zero. Nearly 100 tech start-ups from across the globe have applied for a pioneering international programme, which offers the chance to work with leading cement and concrete manufacturers, on decarbonising the world’s most used man-made materials. The Innovandi Open Challenge is run by the Global ..read more

21,000 entries submitted by professionals and amateurs from every continent. Concrete in Life Photo of Year from Mexico wins $10,000 top prize.  More than 100 outstanding images from last five years of competition run by the GCCA go on display for first time at Brunswick Art Gallery in London. A striking image of a boy flying a kite playing on the steps of the Teopanzolco Cultural Center in Mexico, has been named Concrete in Life Photo of the Year. It was selected from a record 21,000 entries to the annual global competition, run by the GCCA, which highlights the b ..read more

A tool, which is helping to monitor decarbonisation in the cement industry, has now been expanded to include the production of calcined clays – a key cement decarbonisation solution. Concrete and cement are the world’s most used building materials. They are vital to the built environment for homes, offices and infrastructure, but currently account for around 7% of global CO2 emissions. With the launch of the GCCA’s Concrete Future 2050 Net Zero Roadmap the sector became the first heavy industry to set out a clear commitment and plan on how to decarbonise.   Tracking progress towards net z ..read more

6th March:  GCCA and France Ciment Media Release Leading organisations from the cement and concrete industry are attending international talks in Paris, which it is hoped, will agree a framework to decarbonise the built environment. The Global Buildings and Climate Forum, which takes place over the next two days, involves discussions between government ministers, local authorities, businesses, and other stakeholders, from across the world. Today, the Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) together with France Ciment, the national industry cement body in France, held an official sid ..read more

A pioneering international programme, which brings together tech start-ups and leading manufacturers in the pursuit of net zero, has launched. Innovandi Open Challenge 2024 is run by the Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA), the industry’s leading international body which is focused on helping the global cement industry reduce its emissions and ultimately achieve net zero concrete. Applications are being encouraged from start-ups from around the world, interested in working on the development of carbon capture use and storage, for low carbon cement and concrete. Innovative technologie ..read more

Beijing The two leading representative bodies of the global cement industry have signed a milestone agreement to help accelerate decarbonisation of the sector across the world. China Cement Association (CCA), which represents more than 50% of the world’s cement production and the Global Cement and Concrete Association, whose members account for 80% of cement production capacity outside of China, have signed a historic partnership pledge. The pledge includes an agreement to work together on sustainability, and the low-carbon development of the cement and concrete industry. Concrete is the world ..read more

9 December, Dubai, UAE – The GCCA has today launched the third programme in its Innovandi brand, the Innovandi Entrepreneur Network. The network brings together start-ups that are developing technologies relevant to decarbonisation across the cement and concrete value chain and enables them to network with GCCA members. Concrete is the second most used substance on earth after water and is vital for much of our modern infrastructure. In 2021, the world’s leading producers, representing 80% of global production outside of China (as well as a number of leading Chinese manufacturers) became the f ..read more

DUBAI, UAE, Dec. 6, 2023 /CNW/ – Today, the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, and His Excellency Omar Ahmed Suwaina Al Suwaidi, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), announced the launch of the Cement & Concrete Breakthrough initiative at COP28 in Dubai. This initiative reaffirms Canada’s commitment to working with countries, businesses and international partner organizations to accelerate investments in the technologies, tools and policies that the cement and concrete indust ..read more

Cement Industry Net Zero Progress Report 2023 provides an update of global action and progress of the GCCA and its member companies. Initiatives featured include development of CCUS, increasing use of alternative energy sources and research into new materials and technology. New report comes two years after the launch of its Concrete Future 2050 Roadmap for Net Zero Concrete. The extensive work being carried out by the world’s cement and concrete industry and its leading industry body, the Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA), to cut CO₂ emissions, is set out in a newly published ..read more

Fernando Gonzalez is CEO of Mexico-based Cemex and has been with the company since 1998. He has been GCCA Vice-President since 2018 and succeeds outgoing GCCA President Jan Jenisch, with immediate effect. GCCA member companies account for 80% of the global cement industry volume outside of China. Through the launch of its Roadmap in 2021, cement and concrete became the first global essential industry to commit to delivering on net zero by 2050.   Fernando Gonzalez, CEO of Cemex has been elected as the new President of the Global Cement and Concrete Association, who ..read more