GCCA Launches Latin American Net-zero Program
The Global Cement & Concrete
Association (GCCA) and its regional affiliate Federación Interamericana del
Cemento (FICEM) have launched a program to accelerate the ‘decarbonization’ of
the Latin American cement and concrete industry.
The initiative was announced at the Latin
America and the Caribbean Climate Week (LACCW 2022) which was held from 18th –
22nd July in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
The GCCA, which launched a 2050 net-zero
global industry roadmap last year, has member companies around the world,
including companies from Latin America such as Cemex, Cementos Argos, Cementos
Progreso, GCC, Votorantim,and Pacasmayo and Unacem, along with FICEM’s members
which include Domicem and Melon.
GCCA and FICEM will now work in partnership
to reduce the industry’s carbon footprint in the region with Colombia joining
Egypt, Thailand and India in the first wave of GCCA’s Net Zero Accelerator
initiative.
The Accelerator program aims to identify
the barriers to decarbonization in target countries and recommend key actions.
This includes encouraging government policies that can have an immediate
impact, such as better recycling, the use of waste as an alternative to fossil
fuels and other ‘circular economy’ practices.
