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

“Concrete in Life” open to all – professionals, amateurs or anyone with a smart phone New people’s vote category introduced to mark competition’s 5th birthday Thousands expected to enter competition with $10,000 (ten thousand dollars) top prize A popular photo competition, which attracts thousands of entries from across the globe, and highlights the sustainability, beauty and essential role of concrete in the modern world, launches today.   Concrete is the most used substance on earth after water, and the photo competition “Concrete in Life” is organised by the Global Cement and ..read more

The Wall Street Journal has published a great overview on some of the actions and innovations that are taking place throughout our industry to reach net zero, including improving energy efficiency, alternative fuels, new materials and carbon capture. These are some of the great actions that are taking place throughout the sector that are driving decarbonisation today. Read the full article here. The post Building Green: New Technologies to Create Less Polluting Cement appeared first on GCCA ..read more

The Leadership Group for Industry Transition (LeadIT) and the Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) have launched a new tracker, to help policymakers, industry experts, academics and the public monitor worldwide decarbonization efforts in the cement industry. The Green Cement Technology Tracker was unveiled today, at an international inter-governmental meeting focused on clean energy, which is taking place in India (CEM14-M18) Cement and concrete are vital to the built environment, used for homes, infrastructure and to provide things like clean running water.  But the sector also ..read more

Major step forward for sustainability reporting and green construction Production of Environmental Product Declarations on-demand allows concrete producers to show the environmental impact of their products Governments and authorities are mandating use of EPDs for green construction, for example with introduction of the Inflation Reduction Act in the USA. The Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) and consultants WAP Sustainability have taken a major step towards greener construction for the industry, with the launch of on-demand Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for concret ..read more

GCCA Innovandi Open Challenge partners the world’s leading cement and concrete manufacturers with tech start-ups. 15 start-ups shortlisted, from more than 70 who applied from across the world. Developing low carbon concrete key part of making essential industry net zero by 2050 in line with GCCA Roadmap. Fifteen start-ups have been shortlisted by the GCCA, from a global list of applications, for its pioneering Innovandi Open Challenge scheme, to work on developing low-carbon concrete for the world. The Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) and its member companies are on a mis ..read more

He says the industry is “fundamental to building a better world.” Call for “sustained and immediate” action on net zero comes as 200 cement and concrete industry leaders gather for major international conference in Zurich. Cement and Concrete seen as vital to achieving UN Sustainable Development Goals. GCCA is leading industry worldwide efforts to reach net zero through its 2050 Net Zero Roadmap. The Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterres, has issued a call to action, alongside the CEOs of major cement and concrete manufacturers, for the industry to redouble its efforts ..read more

Huge numbers apply for Innovandi Open Challenge focused on helping global industry achieve net zero. GCCA Innovandi Open Challenge partners the world’s leading cement and concrete manufacturers with tech start-ups. Companies will be working on innovative ways to make low carbon concrete. First heavy industry to set out detailed Roadmap to achieving net zero by 2050. More than seventy start-ups from across the world have applied for a pioneering international scheme, aimed at making low carbon concrete. The Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) and its member com ..read more

Representatives of more than 75 renowned academic institutions and businesses from across the world have gathered in New Delhi, in India, to take part in the Innovandi Global Cement and Concrete Research Network (GCCRN) Spring Week. They are meeting to help drive critical research and innovation towards decarbonisation of the world’s most used man-made material, concrete.   The GCCRN brings together more than 450 researchers and scientists from more than 40 leading universities and institutions, including EPFL (Lausanne), South East University (China), University of Toronto, Indian Instit ..read more

Initiative brings together start-ups with world-leading manufacturers. Companies will be working on innovative ways to make low carbon concrete. Follows success of first Open Challenge which focused on carbon capture. Start-ups from around the world can play a leading role in helping an essential global industry in its efforts to cut CO2 emissions and help solve the climate challenge. They are being invited to apply for the Innovandi Open Challenge, an exciting international partnership programme, run by the Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) and its member companies across the ..read more