Reporting of Carbon Emissions from Waste in Cement Sector (May 2025)
The co-processing of waste in cement manufacturing to replace fossil fuels and primary raw materials is a longstanding contribution of the sector towards a circular and lower carbon economy and provides an important service to communities in making beneficial use of a range of society’s waste and by-products. By using waste that otherwise will be burned or landfilled without further utilisation the cement industry is contributing to reduce reliance of fossil fuels, reduce waste and reduce CO2 emissions.
Accounting standards and methodologies have different purposes and therefore have different scopes and cover different lifecycle stages. In the cement sector, the different methodologies of reporting enable both the emissions from waste treated in cement kilns and the benefit to overall CO2 emissions through co-processing to be accurately and transparently reported. Accounting standards and methods for the cement and concrete sector accept and recognise the benefits of co-processing (treatment of waste in cement kilns) towards global GHG reductions.
CCUS in the Indian cement industry – A review of hubs and storage facilities (June 2024)
Cement production is responsible for 7-8% of current global CO2 emissions, and approximately 5.8% of CO2 emissions in India (2022), the world’s second largest cement producer.
The Global CCS Institute, the Global Cement and Concrete Association, and the Clean Energy Ministerial CCUS Initiative have partnered to accelerate CCUS deployment across the cement sector in India. This project is supported by GCCA India CEOs some of whom provided detailed
data for 7 plants as potential future lighthouse projects.
The present paper summarises the findings of outcome 1 of the partnership which includes a review of onshore and offshore geological storage resources in India, where captured CO2 from cement facilities could potentially be transported and permanently stored.
