Strengthening Sustainability in the Cement Industry

Strengthening Sustainability in the Cement Industry

Concrete literally holds the modern world together. The material and its binding agent cement comprise a key ingredient in the buildings and roads essential for development and in infrastructure critical to sustainable growth. The cement industry a...

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Main Authors: World Bank, IFC
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2022
Subjects:
CEMENT PRODUCTION
SUSTAINABLE BUILDING MATERIALS
BUILDING INDUSTRY
INFRASTRUCTURE
SUSTAINABLE GROWTH
CONCRETE
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/187101646907051224/Strengthening-Sustainability-in-the-Cement-Industry
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37140
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spelling okr-10986-371402022-03-17T05:10:45Z Strengthening Sustainability in the Cement Industry World Bank IFC CEMENT PRODUCTION SUSTAINABLE BUILDING MATERIALS BUILDING INDUSTRY INFRASTRUCTURE SUSTAINABLE GROWTH CONCRETE Concrete literally holds the modern world together. The material and its binding agent cement comprise a key ingredient in the buildings and roads essential for development and in infrastructure critical to sustainable growth. The cement industry also generates about seven percent of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. While manufacturers have reduced emissions in recent decades, the industry must accelerate these efforts considerably if it is to meet its goal of achieving carbon-neutral concrete by 2050. Decarbonization by the cement industry will require collaboration with policy makers, financial institutions such as the International Finance Corporation (IFC), and end users in the built environment. The complex path to achieving net-zero manufacturing underscores the challenges facing high-emissions industries as they seek to reduce their carbon footprint and build a circular economy. IFC will complement the work of investors, regulators, and end-users to help forward-thinking and innovative players along the pathways leading towards a zero carbon future. 2022-03-16T18:39:39Z 2022-03-16T18:39:39Z 2020 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/187101646907051224/Strengthening-Sustainability-in-the-Cement-Industry http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37140 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Working Paper Publications & Research
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topic CEMENT PRODUCTION
SUSTAINABLE BUILDING MATERIALS
BUILDING INDUSTRY
INFRASTRUCTURE
SUSTAINABLE GROWTH
CONCRETE
spellingShingle CEMENT PRODUCTION
SUSTAINABLE BUILDING MATERIALS
BUILDING INDUSTRY
INFRASTRUCTURE
SUSTAINABLE GROWTH
CONCRETE
World Bank
IFC
Strengthening Sustainability in the Cement Industry
description Concrete literally holds the modern world together. The material and its binding agent cement comprise a key ingredient in the buildings and roads essential for development and in infrastructure critical to sustainable growth. The cement industry also generates about seven percent of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. While manufacturers have reduced emissions in recent decades, the industry must accelerate these efforts considerably if it is to meet its goal of achieving carbon-neutral concrete by 2050. Decarbonization by the cement industry will require collaboration with policy makers, financial institutions such as the International Finance Corporation (IFC), and end users in the built environment. The complex path to achieving net-zero manufacturing underscores the challenges facing high-emissions industries as they seek to reduce their carbon footprint and build a circular economy. IFC will complement the work of investors, regulators, and end-users to help forward-thinking and innovative players along the pathways leading towards a zero carbon future.
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IFC
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IFC
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title Strengthening Sustainability in the Cement Industry
title_short Strengthening Sustainability in the Cement Industry
title_full Strengthening Sustainability in the Cement Industry
title_fullStr Strengthening Sustainability in the Cement Industry
title_full_unstemmed Strengthening Sustainability in the Cement Industry
title_sort strengthening sustainability in the cement industry
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2022
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/187101646907051224/Strengthening-Sustainability-in-the-Cement-Industry
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37140
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