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Affordable, versatile, durable and easy to maintain - no wonder concrete is the most consumed substance on the planet, after water. This omnipresent material undeniably has laid solid grounds for modern civilization and its production is expected to grow to 5.5 billion tons by 2050 - particularly as 60% of the built environment that will be around then is yet to be built.
Concrete is the most omnipresent man-made material on Earth - and its environmental impact is just as far-reaching. Holcim Australia, a leading supplier of aggregates, concrete, and concrete pipe and products, recognises the importance of their sustainability agenda in reducing the industry’s footprint. Here, Holcim’s Head of Sustainability, Cyril Giraud, explains why transparency is such an important pillar of Holcim’s sustainability agenda - and strong sense of responsibility one of its main enablers.
Practitioners are assisting clients to meet their international obligations with regards to the environment. This is in response to the perception of heightened risk in regards to the impact of clima
Australians with a taste for non-alcoholic beer now have another choice, and this one has been certified as carbon neutral - Fourex Zero.
Coles said last week it will use ACCUs to offer a carbon-neutral beef line, but a prominent critic and designer of the offsets scheme says the instruments are flawed.