Cement News tagged under: WCA
WCA welcomes enterprise Ireland as an Affiliate Member28 January 2022, Published under Cement NewsThe World Cement Association (WCA) has announced that it has further expanded its international network of members by welcoming Enterprise Ireland as an affiliate member. Enterprise Ireland is the Irish government trade and innovation agency, responsible for the development and growth of Irish enterprises in world markets. It represents a cluster of over 450 Irish companies that supply products and services in to the international and domestic construction industries. Supporti... |
Greyco joins WCA as an associate corporate member12 January 2022, Published under Cement NewsThe World Cement Association (WCA) has announced that Greyco, an international expert consultancy for the construction materials industry, has joined its global network as an associate corporate member. Greyco was launched more than 10 years ago by a group of business development and strategy professionals, and focusses in particular on developing markets, specifically Russia, CIS and central Asia. The company specialises in supporting local and international clients looking for a... |
Shanghai Yicheng Juxin Construction Technology joins WCA13 December 2021, Published under Cement NewsThe World Cement Association (WCA) announced today that global innovative technology services corporation Shanghai Yicheng Juxin Construction Technology Co Ltd has joined as an associate corporate member. The Chinese organisation is a specialised construction technology firm providing advanced materials, green and low carbon technology, and professional design to construction companies. “The journey towards decarbonisation is hard but not unachievable, so long as we work togeth... |
WCA CEO will call for government action to cut CO2 emissions at COP2609 November 2021, Published under Cement NewsUrgent action in three key areas could save around 900Mta of CO 2 annually by 2030, says Ian Riley, World Cement Association CEO. Ian Riley will speak at the Sustainable Innovation Forum (SIF), part of COP26, to outline three key actions governments around the world can take right now that will significantly accelerate the cement and concrete industry’s progress towards net zero and beyond. Riley will tell delegates at COP26 that not only is a net-zero cement industry achievable, new t... |
WCA's Annual Conference proclaims "No more words, actions are needed"21 October 2021, Published under Cement NewsThe World Cement Association's (WCA) annual conference on 20-21 October 2021 called for 'a decade of action' from the cement industry starting now to keep to the targets set by the 2015 Paris Agreement of limiting global warming ideally to 1.5˚C and no more than 2˚C this century. Keynote speaker, Lord Adair Turner, chair of the Energy Transitions Commission, explained that: "For the hard to abate sectors of steel, cement and chemicals we have visions of how to get to net zero by 2050... |
Institute of Concrete Technology joins the WCA28 September 2021, Published under Cement NewsThe World Cement Association (WCA) announced today it has further expanded its international network of members by welcoming the Institute of Concrete Technology (ICT) as an affiliate member. The ICT was established in 1972 and is the concrete sector’s professional development body, operating internationally to provide qualifications in concrete technology to people with a professional interest in the industry. "We look forward to collaborating with WCA and its members, to explore and ... |
The WCA welcomes Baker Hughes as associate corporate member14 September 2021, Published under Cement NewsThe World Cement Association (WCA) has announced that global energy technology company, Baker Hughes, has become the latest addition to its international community, joining as an associate corporate member. Baker Hughes operates in over 120 countries, designing, manufacturing and deploying innovative technologies and services that help make energy safer, cleaner and more efficient. Specialist capabilities include areas such as emissions management, hydrogen, carbon capture utilisation and... |
Blue Planet joins the WCA19 March 2021, Published under Cement NewsThe World Cement Association (WCA) has further expanded its international network of members by welcoming Blue Planet as an Associate Corporate Member. Blue Planet is a Silicon Valley company that has developed a novel carbon capture and utilisation system. The system provides a cost-effective and permanent way to remove CO 2 from the air. Its technology uses CO 2 as a raw material for making carbonate rocks, which are used in place of quarried natural limestone rock, the pri... |
WCA's Gender Focus Network promotes gender equality in the cement sector08 March 2021, Published under Cement NewsIn late 2020 the World Cement Association launched the Gender Focus Network (GFN) with the aim of tackling gender inequality in the cement industry and making the sector more attractive to women, as the participation of women in this particular working environment is very low. According to data from the US and from the 'Big Four' cement companies, only about 13 per cent of the sector's workforce is made up of women, suggesting that there are issues in attracting and retaining female talen... |
WCA launches Gender Focus Network27 January 2021, Published under Cement NewsThe World Cement Association (WCA) has launched the Gender Focus Network (GFN), an initiative aiming to improve the representation of women within the global cement community. WCA recognises that the cement industry around the world currently has a significant gender imbalance, and has founded the GFN to help increase awareness and to implement practical solutions to address this issue. The network’s mission is to encourage companies to implement gender diversity programmes, foster wo... |