Brandenburg is a focal point for the industry in the East German federal states and has embarked on an exciting vision to embrace the EU Green Deal and economic change in the context of the national coal phase-out strategy.
National funding of over €3.6 billion will be made available for this alone and become a laboratory for energy transformation, climate-neutral business, and sustainable transport. A state with a population of over 2.5 million, Brandenburg has many established industries and lead federal research institutes, such as the institutes for both Climate and Geological Research.
Rudiger Kuhn has been with CEMEX for over 25 years and is the chairman of the CEMEX Germany board, and the vice president of Materials for Central Europe. As the industry representative on the board, Rudiger brings considerable industrial perspectives and many years' experience in delivering more Sustainable Construction. This experience is backed by CEMEX's strong commitment and showed action on climate change, circular economy, and energy transformation. CEMEX's Europe operations have set a target to reduce CO2 emissions by 55% by 2030, aligned with EU aspirations. This compliments the 35% reduction in CO2 already achieved during 2020, alongside the launch of a range of low and net-zero CO2 products under the company's Vertua brand.
"I am delighted and honoured to be appointed as the Representative on this Sustainability Board," said Rudiger Kuhn. "CEMEX is perfectly positioned to support the urgent need to move to a more sustainable economy. I very much look forward to working with the other representatives close with the government of Brandenburg to shape the strategy of an important and promising part of the BerlinBrandenburg Metropolitan Region, and also extend the learning elsewhere in our operations."
Brandenburg state's Sustainability Advisory Board advises and supports the state government and the parliament in achieving its sustainability goals, participates in the implementation and revision of the state sustainability strategy and advises the state government in connection with the key projects of regional development.
