Cementing Europe’s Future: Buildings for a Net Zero Age

CEMBUREAU, the European Cement Association, based in Brussels, is the representative organisation of the cement industry in Europe. Currently, its Full Members are the national cement industry associations and cement companies of the European Union (except for Malta) plus Norway, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Croatia, Serbia, and Slovakia are Associate Members of CEMBUREAU. Cooperation agreements have been concluded with Vassiliko Cement in Cyprus and UKRCEMENT in Ukraine.The Association acts as spokesperson for the cement industry before the EU institutions and other public authorities, and communicates the industry’s views on all issues and policy developments regarding technical, environmental, energy, employee health and safety and sustainability issues. In addition to the EU, permanent dialogue is maintained with other international organisations (e.g. OECD, IEA), the Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) and sister associations in other parts of the world.

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CEMBUREAU is holding a half-day conference on the morning of 24th October at Town Hall Europe, in Brussels. You can find the agenda below.

TownHall Europe

The European Commission has recently launched a number of initiatives to decarbonise European buildings (Construction Products Regulation, Energy Performance in Buildings Directive, Transition Pathway for the Construction Ecosystem…), which are currently being discussed by the EU institutions. In addition, the debate over the role of embodied carbon – the carbon footprint of construction materials – is stronger than ever. The Commission is due to present its Whole Life Carbon Roadmap, looking at CO2 reduction along the lifecycle of buildings, in the course of autumn 2023. As the European cement industry, we have started our journey towards carbon neutrality by 2050 and published our <a href="https://cembureau.eu/media/kuxd32gi/cembureau-2050-roadmap_final-version_web.pdf" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Carbon Neutrality Roadmap</a> in 2020. Our previous annual event in October 2022 focused on innovation, the decarbonisation of cement production and the regulatory framework to support these investments (EU ETS, Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism). The intention of this year’s conference is to focus on the rest of our value chain – how can we improve the sustainability of cement/concrete when using it in the building? How can we reduce the carbon footprint of buildings throughout their lifecycle? How can circularity act as a key lever for decarbonisation? This conference will discuss how policy frameworks can support the decarbonisation of European buildings between now and 2050.

<h3>Agenda</h3>09.30 – Welcome coffee 10.00 – Introduction by the moderator, Sonja van Renssen 10.05 – Welcome and opening remarks from Ken McKnight, CEMBUREAU President 10.10 – Interview on the EU climate policy with Kurt Vandenberghe, Director General, DG CLIMA10.40 – Panel discussion - Decarbonising EU buildings: towards a fully circular approach  Moderated by Sonja van Renssen <ul><li>Dr Josefina Lindblom, Senior Policy Officer, Unit Circular Economy, Sustainable Production &amp; Consumption (ENV.B.1), DG ENV</li><li>Marcos Ros Sempere, MEP, S&amp;D, European Parliament </li><li>Kate Geraghty, Sustainable Development, Head of Circular Economy, Holcim </li><li>Sorcha Edwards, Secretary General, Housing Europe </li><li>Johannes Kreißig, Chief Executive Officer, German Sustainable Building Council</li></ul>11.55 – Q&amp;A session 12.10 – Closing remarks from Koen Coppenholle, CEMBUREAU CEO 12.15 – Networking lunch

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