UK: The Mineral Products Association (MPA), which represents UK cement producers, has became the first national cement industry body to publish its greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction plans to 2050.
Outlining an ambitious target of reducing GHG emissions by 81% by 2050 relative to1990, the Kyoto Protocol baseline year, the UK cement industry has set out for the first time the actions that it, and others, need to take to exceed the UK Government's own aim of 80% GHG reduction. Some of these carbon-reducing measures are already within the capability of the UK cement companies, but others like the decarbonisation of the electricity sector and carbon capture and storage are not in the industry's control and others, including the government, will have to be relied upon to play their roles.
The MPA said that the targets were 'ambitious but achievable' and that the industry would look to use every means possible, within strict environmental controls and technical standards requirements, to meet its goals.
