Strategies to decarbonise the cement and concrete industries –
Decarbonising cement and concrete used in the built environment is vital to reducing global greenhouse-gas emissions. Reaching net-zero emissions by 2050 will require the rapid decarbonisation of the cement and concrete industry. Although many companies in the industry have committed to decarbonisation, no individual organisation can achieve this goal without buy-in from across the ecosystem, according to a new report from McKinsey. The built environment accounts for approximately 40 per cent of global CO2 emissions from fuel combustion and 25 percent of global greenhouse-gas emissions. As a part of these totals, cement production...