Cemex has reached a sales milestone for Vertua net zero CO₂ concrete in Colombia, surpassing 100,000 m3 of this product, enough to fill 40 Olympic-sized swimming pools. This achievement showcases progress towards Cemex’s ambitious goal for its Vertua lower-carbon cement and concrete products to reach more than half of all cement and concrete sales by 2025.
Vertua lower-carbon and net zero concrete are part of a range of materials with measurable sustainable attributes, including energy efficiency and water conservation, among others. The projects that have chosen Vertua as their material of choice include infrastructure, housing, and public works.
“We’re proud to provide innovative building solutions for projects that put sustainability and the well-being of the people of Colombia at the forefront,” said Jesús González, President of Cemex South, Central America and the Caribbean. “This milestone shows that the construction industry is migrating to more sustainable materials and practices. We are confident that demand for our lower-carbon and net-zero products will continue to increase.”
Some of the projects in which Vertua net zero concrete has been used are the 978 Building, an 11-story structure considered Colombia's first net zero CO₂ project; Bosa Hospital, a state-of-the-art healthcare center; and Canoas lifting Station, a key piece of water treatment infrastructure in the city of Bogotá.
Vertua has a specialized portfolio of sustainable, high-quality construction products designed to have a significant positive impact on the planet. Vertua allows builders to tailor their projects' sustainable characteristics through its five specific and measurable attributes: lower carbon, energy efficiency, water conservation, recycled materials, and design optimization.
Vertua is a part of Cemex’s Future in Action program, which focuses on achieving sustainable excellence through climate action, circularity, and natural resource management with the primary objective of becoming a net-zero CO₂ company by 2050.
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