LafargeHolcim is the first global building materials company to sign the “Business Ambition for 1.5°C” pledge with the most ambitious 2030 climate targets in the industry, validated by the Science-based Targets initiative.

The challenge: remove its CO2 emissions from the atmosphere through technological or natural measures. “We have a key role to play in addressing today’s climate crisis,” says Magali Anderson, Chief Sustainability and Innovation Officer.

She will be our guest at our next Geneva impACTs talk. LafargeHolcim is part of the Science Based Targets initiative collaborating with the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC). Antonio Hautle, Executive Director, Global Compact Network Switzerland will be her co-speaker. The UN Global Compact is a non-binding pact to encourage businesses and firms to adopt sustainable and socially responsible policies, and to report on their implementation.

The Network supports companies in aligning their corporate strategies and operations with the Ten Principles of the UN Global Compact in the areas of human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption, in order to support the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

"Worldwide demand for cement is expected to grow, as it is an indispensable basic material for the construction of infrastructure and buildings. From a climate protection perspective, it is therefore absolutely essential to find ways of producing cement that are low in CO2 or even CO2-free and to deploy them on a large scale." This is stated in the following WWF-Report:

www.wwf.de/fileadmin/fm-wwf/Publikationen-PDF/WEB_WWF_Zement_Broschuere_EN.pdf

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