To produce quality cement for a sustainable development
A glimpse of 2019 events
Contributions to society from an essential construction material
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Salvador Fernández Capo calls for government support to accelerate the decarbonization of the sector
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 [...]
The cement industry updates the targets of its Roadmap for decarbonization
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 [...]
Consensus with the Directorate General for Industry of the Government of Catalonia on the sector’s needs and solutions to achieve decarbonization
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 [...]
SUSTAINABILITY
Cement is a basic product for the construction of homes and infrastructures. Its manufacture generates employment and activity, and its consumption is one of the main economic indicators of a territory. To make production compatible with Sustainable Development, the Ciment Català associated companies carry out actions and invest in facilities and technologies of environmental nature.
The sector is leader in the application of the principles of circular economy. Building debris or scrap is used as raw material. It is the so-called material valorization, and serves to integrate wastes that, otherwise, would go to landfills. It is also innovative in harnessing energy from waste, based on the experiences of countries as committed to environmental protection as Germany, Holland or Austria.
The manufacturing companies minimize the environmental impacts of their activity and restore the quarries once their exploitation ends, to reintegrate them to their natural environment. In addition, the use of available water is optimized, diffuse dust emissions are reduced, integrated restorations are carried out with native plant species, and blasting is controlled and programmed to avoid vibrations disturbing nearby populations, among other actions.
Material with future
Houses, schools, bridges, hospitals, tunnels, reservoirs, offices, pipelines, streets and roads, sewage plants, industrial buildings, port docks, retaining walls, parks and gardens, stadiums … the list of infrastructures built with cement is endless . This is an essential product in the life of modern societies, without which we would be unprotected or directly incapacitated to develop our daily activities. The applications of cement are endless, even reaching artwork.
