Global nonprofit CDP recognizes Holcim’s sustainability leadership with a double “A” ranking for climate and water management. Holcim is one of 15 companies in Europe and the first in its sector to achieve a double “A” CDP score.
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Holcim’s board of directors appointed Steffen Kindler as chief financial officer (CFO) and member of the executive committee, effective May 1, 2023. He will take the reins from Géraldine Picaud, who has decided to pursue other opportunities outside the company.
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The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) fined Holcim’s cement plant in Theodore, Ala., $100,000 for emissions violations, reported WPMI NBC 15.
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Holcim launched the world’s first 1.5°C science-based framework to decarbonize the cement industry, resulting from its partnership with the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).
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Brazil’s antitrust regulator CADE approved the $1.025 billion sale of Holcim’s local cement business to steelmaker Cia Siderurgica Nacional (CSN) with no restriction, reported Reuters.
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With the opening of the state-of-the-art Maya cement plant, Holcim El Salvador is putting the group’s “Plants of Tomorrow” initiative into practice.
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Holcim US received unanimous approval to become a member of the Carbon Capture Coalition, making it the first and only cement and concrete producer to join the nonpartisan collaboration.
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A fire broke out on April 12 at the alternative fuels system in the Holcim US Whitehall cement plant in Whitehall Township, Pa., reported local media. Firefighters aided by a fire suppression system quickly brought the fire under control.
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The technical staff with Brazil’s antitrust watchdog CADE approved steelmaker Companhia Siderurgica Nacional’s (CSN) acquisition of Holcim’s local business with no restriction, reported Reuters.
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LafargeHolcim in the United States unveiled its new identity as Holcim US, uniting legacy brands and strengthening the company’s purpose to build progress for people and the planet across the nation.
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