GCCA Launches Sustainability Guidelines

The Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA), which represents cement and concrete producers from around the world, has published its first six Sustainability Guidelines.

The six guidelines include a number of simple, reliable and representative KPIs against which full member companies must monitor and report on their sustainability performance across a number of key activities.

The guidelines include monitoring and reporting CO2 emissions and other emissions from cement manufacturing; co-processing of fuels and materials; safety; and water usage.

GCCA Cement Director, Claude Lorea said that the Sustainability Guidelines are important as they provide industry and stakeholders with a means to document and improve the sustainability performance of the global cement and concrete sectors against the GCCA Sustainability Charter.

Lorea said that signing up to the guidelines emphasises the cement and concrete sector’s commitment to sustainable development including its critical work to reducing global CO2 emissions.

To achieve the extended compliance, full GCCA members shall have their data and targets verified and reported publicly. GCCA intends to communicate data publicly in a consolidated format.

The GCCA last month published a Sustainability Charter which sets out five key pillars which encompass the sustainability spectrum of the cement and concrete sector.

Claude Lorea added that it’s great to launch the first six of their Sustainability Guidelines immediately after the completion of COP24. One might say the Guidelines are like the rulebook! The sector is determined to keep up the momentum and demonstrate leadership in sustainability - that is what our GCCA members are committed to and these guidelines will help ensure that we keep on track.

The GCCA is working towards global membership which will represent 50 percent of world cement production.