Thought Leadership

Read our thoughts on a range of important topics for the cement and concrete industry, and wider built environment.

(Sept 2023) Claude Lorea looks at…

UN takes stock as we move towards COP

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(Nov 2022) Andrew Minson’s COP27 Blog

Catch up with Andrew Minson’s thoughts from COP27 in Sharm-El-Sheikh

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(Nov 4, 2021) Andrew Minson looks at…

Achieving common policy, investment and construction sector outcomes through procurement

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(Nov 2, 2021) Andrew Minson looks at…

COP26 Objectives and Global Cement and Concrete Industry Roadmap to Net Zero

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(Mar 12, 2021) Dinah McLeod looks at…

Women’s safety – we must do more

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(Mar 5, 2021) Dinah McLeod looks at…

Women in our sector

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(Mar 5, 2021) Claude Loréa looks at…

CO2 emissions from cement industry, what’s the best estimate?

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(Jan 26, 2021) Claude Loréa looks at…

Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage for the Cement Sector

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(Dec 16, 2020) Andrew Minson looks at…

Biodiversity Initiatives in the Built Environment: Webinar Review

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(Nov 26, 2020) Andrew Minson looks at…

#SDGs: Built Environment’s Role

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(Nov 18, 2020) Dinah McLeod looks at…

Cementing the reduction of our industry’s CO2 emissions (Letter to the Financial Times)

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(Nov 13, 2020) Dr Andrew Minson looks at…

Environmental Product Declarations: Cost and Quality

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(Oct 30, 2020) Andrew Minson looks at…

Avoiding Greenwashing: The rise of EPDs and Responsible Sourcing

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(Oct 6, 2020)

Building Resilience

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(Jun 1, 2020) Andrew Minson looks at…

Post-Grenfell: where have we got to?

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(Apr 28, 2020) Andrew Minson looks at…

It’s 2020. What slab should I choose?

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(Dec 17, 2019) Andrew Minson looks at…

Material options when it comes to climate and biodiversity

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(Dec 12, 2019) Claude Lorea reflects on…

Madrid: a brief on key reports for cement released at COP25

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(Dec 10, 2019) Andrew Minson looks at…

Re-Carbonation: an important chapter in the concrete carbon circular story

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(Dec 06, 2019) Claude Lorea reflects…

COP 25: Understanding the Paris Agreement Article 6 stakes

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(Dec 02, 2019) Claude Lorea reflects…

On my way to COP 25

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(Nov 08, 2019) Claude Lorea looks at…

CCUS and Energy Intensive Industries

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(Oct 21, 2019) Claude Lorea looks at…

Cement Innovation, need to consider all tools in the toolbox and form partnerships!

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(Oct 21, 2019) Andrew Minson looks at…

Concrete Innovation in Focus

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(Jul 31, 2019) Andrew Minson looks at…

What can I, a designer, do to reduce Embodied Carbon (ECO2e)?

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(May 14, 2019) Andrew Minson looks at…

“Building for the Future, Modernising the Construction Industry”: Session at RICS World Building Environment Conference May 2019

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(May 13, 2019) Claude Lorea looks at…

Low Carbon breakthrough for cement – project LEILAC pilot ribbon cutting

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(Apr 30, 2019) Andrew Minson looks at…

Close, Slow and Narrow: OECD’s April 2019 Circular Economy Report

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(Apr 09, 2019) Claude Lorea reflects on…

Brazilian Cement Industry low carbon economy roadmap launch

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(Mar 22, 2019) Andrew Minson looks at…

The IEA report published on March 22nd 2019: Material efficiency lever to help deliver clean energy transition

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(Mar 22, 2019) Claude Lorea looks at…

The IEA report published on March 22nd 2019: Material efficiency lever to help deliver clean energy transition

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(Feb 28, 2019) Andrew Minson looks at…

Concrete and Well-Being

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(Feb 27, 2019) Claude Lorea looks at…

Global Emissions Shares – Understanding the numbers

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(Feb 26, 2019) Andrew Minson looks at…

Concrete, Recycled Aggregates and Landfill

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(Feb 25, 2019) Claude Lorea reflects…

Guardian Concrete Week – Low Carbon Transition plans

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(Feb 25, 2019) Andrew Minson reflects…

Guarding Concrete Week Opener: Challenges yes, but innovations and huge benefits too!

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(Feb 18, 2019) Claude Lorea reflects…

“How can the cement industry contribute to the development of the circular economy”

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(Feb 04, 2019) Andrew Minson looks at…

Embodied, Operational and Whole Life

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(Nov 30, 2018) Benjamin Sporton reflects…

One global voice for cement and concrete – GCCA sets future path

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