Heidelberg, Lafarge host global Cement Sustainability Initiative Forum in Vancouver

Sources: Cement Association of Canada (CAC), Ottawa; CP staff

Members of CAC and peers from the World Business Council for Sustainable Development’s (WBCSD) Cement Sustainability Initiative (CSI) are convening October 1-3 in British Columbia to exchange ideas on best production, environmental management and market development practices. CAC is a partner with CSI in the Vancouver gathering, themed “Sustainable Construction: Building Tomorrow’s World” and hosted by the operators of the province’s two cement mills, Heidelberg Cement and Lafarge Canada.

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Supplementary binders help global cement industry cut CO2 emissions 17 percent

Sources: World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), Geneva; CP staff

The WBCSD Cement Sustainability Initiative’s Getting the Numbers Right (GNR) database indicates producers reduced specific net carbon dioxide emissions per ton of cementitious product to 1,261 lb. (629 kg/tonne) in 2011 from 1,515 lb. (756 kg/tonne) in 1990.

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