CEMBUREAU, the European Cement Association, published their updated Net-zero Roadmap that outlines the sector’s climate goals along the cement and concrete value chain.
The updated roadmap showcased the progress achieved since they published their carbon neutrality roadmap in May 2020. Since there have been significant strides in decarbonisation projects throughout the EU industry, the sector’s revised ambitions will now look at a projected 37 per cent reduction in CO2 emissions in cement production and 50 per cent in the value chain by 2030 that furthers to a 78 per cent reduction on cement and 93 per cent in the value chain by 2040 and by 2050 the roadmap projects net-zero cement production in EU with aims to then become carbon negative over the value chain.
Key policy measures include:
- Implementing a watertight Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM).
- Building up financial support to enable decarbonisation investments.
- Guaranteed access to cost effective decarbonised energy, infrastructure and raw materials.
- Creating lead markets for low carbon, circular products.