The Board of Directors of Oficemen has appointed Elena Guede as the new CEO of the employers' association that represents all companies dedicated to the integrated manufacturing of cement in Spain. With a PhD in Chemical Engineering and an Executive MBA, Guede has a solid and extensive professional career, closely linked to the cement sector [...]
The cement industry is at a crucial juncture. The commitment to decarbonization is clear, but the path to achieving it is complex and fraught with technical, economic, and infrastructural constraints. This was one of the central ideas conveyed by Albert Avellaneda, director of Ciment Català, during the conference on carbon budgets organized on March 26th [...]
The cement industry is at a crucial juncture. The commitment to decarbonization is clear, but the path to achieving it is complex and fraught with technical, economic, and infrastructural constraints. This was one of the central ideas conveyed by Albert Avellaneda, director of Ciment Català, during the conference on carbon budgets organized on March 26th [...]
The president of the Ciment Català employers’ association recalls that, in parallel, the sector is facing significant investment to comply with the Roadmap for decarbonization by 2030 and to achieve climate neutrality by 2050 Competitively priced energy, circular economy, green public procurement regulations, taxation oriented towards decarbonization, and simplification of administrative procedures: the industry’s objectives [...]
Representatives of companies associated with Ciment Català took part in the 14th International Business Symposium organised by the Foundation for Energy and Environmental Sustainability (Funseam), held on 2 February in Barcelona at the headquarters of Foment del Treball. The event addressed the role of the European Union in the current international context in achieving the [...]
On Tuesday, 25 November, the conference “Decarbonization of the Cement Manufacturing Sector and Green Public Procurement” was held at Foment del Treball Nacional, organized by Ciment Català and IECA (Spanish Institute of Cement and its Applications). The event aimed at analyzing decarbonization targets and the solutions that will make it possible to move towards climate [...]
The new agenda for a zero-carbon footprint foresees a 42% reduction in emissions by 2030 and an 83% reduction by 2040 compared to 1990 levels, aiming to achieve climate neutrality by 2050 Catalan cement manufacturing companies have renewed and updated their Roadmap to achieve climate neutrality by increasing the targets initially set in the project’s [...]
On October 20, the Cement Manufacturers’ Association of Catalonia (Ciment Català), led by its president Salvador Fernández Capo, met with the Director General for Industry, Xavier Roca, to agree on the lines of action to advance decarbonization. These strategies are aligned with the carbon budgets presented by the Catalan Government as a tool to accelerate [...]
The Government of the Generalitat de Catalunya has recently approved and published the proposal for carbon budgets for the period 2026-2030 for Catalonia. The document sets out gross emissions of a maximum of 161.6 MtCO₂ equivalent over these five years, a figure that represents a 31% reduction compared to 1990. This average figure for all [...]
The Cement Manufacturers' Association of Catalonia (Ciment Català) and the Department of Territory, Housing and Ecological Transition of the Government of Catalonia signed on July 29 the IV Voluntary Agreement for the efficient use of resources and the transition towards a Circular and Climate-Neutral Economy in the Catalan cement industry. The objective of this new [...]