Carbon-intensive cement industry feeling the heat
06 October 2019 |
12:55 pm
The cement sector accounts for 7% of all man-made CO2 emissions, more than all 202 million trucks and more than the steel sector. Pressure is piling up on European cement companies to decrease their footprint.
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