Holcim has announced that is will reached its planned reduction in CO2 emissions earlier than planned and is on target to meet the rest of its ambitions. CEO Markus Akermann made the announcement at a press conference for the publication of the company’s 2009 sustainable development report. Akermann explained that the company has now set itself a new CO2 reduction target for 2015. Taking 1990 as reference year, Holcim's original target was a 20% reduction in net CO2 emissions per tonne of cement by the end
Holcim has announced that is will reached its planned reduction in CO2 emissions earlier than planned and is on target to meet the rest of its ambitions. CEO Markus Akermann made the announcement at a press conference for the publication of the company’s 2009 sustainable development report.
Akermann explained that the company has now set itself a new CO2 reduction target for 2015. Taking 1990 as reference year, Holcim’s original target was a 20% reduction in net CO2 emissions per tonne of cement by the end of 2010. The company successfully reduced these emissions by 21% by the end of 2009 and has set itself the new target of reducing CO2 emissions by 2015 to a level of 25% below the 1990 baseline. Holcim expects that the marked improvements in the environmental efficiency of new cement plants coming on stream from 2010 onward will make a substantial contribution to achieving this goal.
Akermann also said that as part of its contribution to the current UN Year of Biodiversity, Holcim is making a major effort to promote biodiversity in the vicinity of its raw material quarries. The close cooperation with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is pointing the way forward for the entire sector.
