There are greener alternatives to cement, but the Head of Sustainability at LafargeHolcim – parent company of Aggregate Industries and the world's biggest cement producer – claims:
There is so far too little demand for sustainable materials. I would love to see more demand from customers for it. There is limited sensitivity for carbon emissions in the construction of a building.Which sounds like business as usual then, and little sign that LafargeHolcim is fazed by our climate crisis.
Shirley Rodrigues, Deputy Mayor for London, says:
It’s very difficult. What we can do is to start to send a signal. We’ve got a new requirement for developers that they must develop a circular economy statement to show how they will reduce, reuse and recycle materials.
