Author: Velin Kolev

CEMBUREAU and the cement industry CEMBUREAU (www.cembureau.eu), the European Cement Association, is the representative organisation of the cement industry in Europe. Our 2050 Net Zero Roadmap published in May 2020, … Read More

European policies and practices for their implementation provide for energy-intensive industries in the Member States to receive state aid to compensate for indirect carbon costs. This financial scheme has been … Read More

Executive Summary The implementation of a watertight CBAM is indispensable to reach the cement industry’s climate ambition. This position paper highlights the key risks of CBAM fraud and circumvention in … Read More

In May 2024, CEMBUREAU, the European Cement Association, published its Net Zero Roadmap update , outlining the sector’s climate ambition along the cement and concrete value chain. The roadmap revisits … Read More

Executive Summary The next 10-15 years are critical for the deployment of net zero technologies and their scaling up. As highlighted in the Draghi report on the future of European … Read More

As a key material in constructing buildings, infrastructure, public transport and renewable energy equipment, cement and its end-product concrete are of key strategic importance for the green transition. Our industry … Read More

Our roadmap update presents increased ambitions! In 2020, we set targets to reduce CO2 emissions by 30% in cement production and 40% throughout the value chain by 2030. Thanks to … Read More

CEMBUREAU supports the implementation of the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) as a key instrument both to level the playing field between EU and non-EU suppliers and to decarbonise … Read More

The European Commission has presented a Draft Guidance document on the recently adopted Free Allocation Regulation (FAR) which has enlarged the cement clinker benchmark by adding the notion of “alternative … Read More