Decarbonisation Trajectory

Our trajectory and progress to date

The concrete and cement industry is committed to providing a trajectory to 2050 and reporting progress against the carbon reduction contribution of each technology lever within the roadmap.

With significant development of lower carbon cements and concretes, continued fuel switching and project proposals being progressed to deploy CCUS in UK cement plants, we have updated the trajectory of direct CO2 reduction to 2050. This excludes any benefit from thermal mass which brings an additional indirect CO2 saving.

Our Assumptions

Lower carbon cements and concretes: Our roadmap is based on lower carbon cements and concretes being maximised in construction by 2030.

Fuel switching: Our roadmap is predicated on zero carbon fuels making up 70% of thermal input by 2040.

CCUS: Our modelling assumes that almost all cement plants have CCUS technology by 2040.