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Cement Construction and Real Estate

Curb carbon footprint and promote development: a tricky balance

  • Guillaume Mortelier Strategy consulting
  • Denis Sireyjol Investment officer Proparco
11 July 2011
© Vicat
The cement industry is both a driver for economic expansion in developing countries and a large CO2 emitter. What approach should development finance institutions adopt in order to curb the carbon footprint and at Continue Reading
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Cement Construction and Real Estate

The positive impacts of a responsible cement industry

  • Pierre-Olivier Boyer Human Relations Manager Vicat
04 July 2011
© Vicat
Growing urbanization creates ever-increasing needs for cement. The cement industry holds some advantages that can allow it to meet this demand, limit its carbon footprint and participate in the development of the Continue Reading
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Earthen construction, an additional way to house the planet

  • Romain Anger Stratégy
  • Laeticia Fontaine Conduct research
  • Thierry Joffroy Architect
  • Eric Ruiz Urban planning architect and researcher CRATerre-ENSAG
27 June 2011
© Craterre
Building locally using earth could be one solution to the construction needs of the world’s population. Raw earth is available in many places on the planet and answers the major contemporary ecological, Continue Reading
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Reducing cement’s CO2 footprint

  • Hendrik G. van Oss Economic and geologist U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
10 June 2011
© AFD
The manufacturing process for Portland cement causes high levels of greenhouse gas emissions. However, environmental impacts can be reduced by using more energy-efficient kilns and replacing fossil energy with Continue Reading
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Financing cement achieves sustainable development

  • Philippe Guinet Technical Advisor
  • Jacques van der Meer Deputy economic adviser European Investment Bank
06 June 2011
© AFD
Cement production plays an important role in the development of a country, but it is also energy-guzzling and polluting. EIB has implemented selection criteria that promote environmental and social responsibility in Continue Reading
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Concrete, a solution for sustainable construction

  • Vincent Mages Vice-President for Climate Change Initiatives
  • Jacques Sarrazin Stratégy Lafarge
03 June 2011
© Vicat
Concrete is being revolutionized in order to contribute to the immense transformation that needs to take place in the construction world, which is a high emitter of CO2. When we consider the global environmental Continue Reading
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Cementing the foundations of growth

  • Michel Folliet chief industry specialist IFC
01 June 2011
© Proparco
The cement sector is evolving rapidly. Consumption is increasing, boosted by demand from emerging countries; consolidation is being scaled up almost everywhere. Production continues to be mainly locally-based, Continue Reading
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