UK: Breedon Group launched its ‘British Cement Advocacy’ campaign alongside publication of its 2025 results. CEO Rob Wood wrote to ministers in the Departments for Business and Trade and Energy Security and Net Zero, and campaigned alongside the Mineral Products Association, calling for government action to support domestic cement production. The company said that rising cement imports risk exporting jobs, investment and emissions while increasing supply chain risks. Breedon called for the establishment of a carbon border adjustment mechanism, to address competitiveness challenges, to accelerate support for carbon capture technologies and for the promotion of domestically produced cement in public procurement.
Wood said “Using public procurement policy to support domestically produced cement would unlock huge opportunities and ensure the government’s investment in housing and infrastructure delivers wider economic growth. It would also protect thousands of highly skilled, well-paid jobs across all four UK nations. We will continue our engagement throughout 2026 as we strongly encourage the government and our customers to ‘Back British Cement’.”
