By Guilliaume Roeckel Keeping an eye on the wellbeing of your equipment and machines can greatly improve your sustainability efforts. For example, having preventative maintenance schedules in place can lead to up to 20% savings in raw material usage, as well as a 30% decrease in greenhouse gas emissions. So, if you’re actively trying to become more eco-conscious in your…
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Holcim US Advances Sustainable Construction in North Texas
Building on the success and continued growth of ECOPact low-carbon concrete in the market, Holcim US announced the introduction of the innovative sustainable construction material in the rapidly expanding Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. An industry wide commitment to lowering the carbon footprint of the built environment is driving the construction sector to act quickly to decarbonize by midcentury. “Dallas-Fort Worth has…
Read MoreHeidelbergCement joins First Movers Coalition
HeidelbergCement has joined the First Movers Coalition (FMC), a public-private partnership between the U.S. State Department, the World Economic Forum and forward-thinking companies from different industry sectors. The First Movers Coalition was created in 2021 as a platform for companies to use their scale and create demand to make emerging clean technologies accessible and scalable.
Read MoreSSAB To Host Fossil-Free Steel Webinar
SSAB is taking the lead in reducing the carbon footprint of the steel industry and is aiming to launch the world’s first fossil-free steel by around 2026. But how does fossil-free steel production actually work? And what’s the difference between green steel and fossil-free steel? SSAB will offer a fact-packed webinar to help you learn more about SSAB’s fossil-free steel…
Read MoreConcrete-AI Seeks Reduction of Cost, Carbon Footprint of Concrete
Concrete-AI, a data science company, announced it has raised $2 million in a seed financing round with participation by the Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment, a prominent family office and other marquee investors. This financing will accelerate the rollout of Concrete-AI’s pioneering data science platform that uses artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to optimize supply chains…
Read MoreHolcim Launches ‘Strategy 2025 – Accelerating Green Growth’
Holcim announced its “Strategy 2025 – Accelerating Green Growth” with the goal of becoming the global leader in innovative and sustainable building solutions.
Read MoreGranite Publishes 2020 Sustainability Report
On Sept. 1, Granite published its 2020 Sustainability Report, which highlights the company’s advancement on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives. With the theme “Respect, Responsibility, Resilience,” the report reflects the company’s perspective on a year that highlighted the importance of integrating sustainability into business strategy to enhance agility and resilience in the face of complex challenges.
Read MoreKnife River to Explore Synthetic Aggregates
Knife River Corp. is investing in Blue Planet Systems Corp. to pursue a commercial means of creating and marketing synthetic limestone. The limestone would be produced using sequestered carbon dioxide.
Read MoreCarbonCure Teams With Amazon, Breakthrough Energy Ventures
CarbonCure Technologies, a Canadian cleantech company that develops carbon dioxide removal (CDR) solutions for the concrete industry, announced an investment by leading technology and property developers.
Read MoreGranite Touts Telematics
July 2, 2019 – Granite’s 2018 Sustainability Report, available on its website, focuses on many aspects of the company’s business. One interesting part is the inclusion of telematics and how it factors into its sustainability efforts. In the section “Using Telematics to Reduce our Carbon Footprint,” the company said one of its goals is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions/fuel consumption associated with…
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