Roadmap for achieving carbon neutrality for concrete in Canada
François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry of Canada, Marie Glenn, Chair of the Cement Association of Canada (CAC), and Michael McSweeney, CAC President and CEO, announced a partnership between the government and the Canadian cement industry to develop and implement Road maps of concrete with zero CO2 emissions”. This collaboration will provide the Canadian cement and concrete industry with the technology, tools and policies needed to achieve carbon neutrality in concrete by 2050. The development of the roadmap is scheduled to be completed in December 2021.
The potential for the aggregate reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from the cement and concrete industry in Canada exceeds 15 million tons by 2030, and in the future they are supposed to be reduced by another 4 million tons per year.