Germany: HeidelbergCement has published its sustainability report for 2019. The building materials producer says it decreased its specific gross CO2 emissions per tonne of cement by 0.9% year-on-year to 622kg/t in 2019 from 628kg/t in 2018. Absolute net CO2 emissions also fell, by 4.6% to 68.4Mt from 71.7Mt. Indirect CO2 emission grew by 4.8% to 4.4Mt from 4.2Mt, though energy consumption in cement production fell by 3.5% to 364,000TJ from 377,000TJ.
HeidelbergCement chair Dominic von Achten said, “We have declared our express commitment to the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals. In particular, we will continue to intensify our commitment to tackling climate change in the coming years.”
