The cement manufacturing sector directly employs over 28,000 Canadians and contributes over $5 billion to Canada's GDP.
In November 2022, the Government of Canada launched the Roadmap to Net-Zero Carbon Concrete by 2050 in partnership with the Cement Association of Canada.
This Roadmap seeks to drive rapid and large-scale decarbonization of the sector by 2050, committing to reduce more than 15 megatonnes (Mt) of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions cumulatively by 2030, and more than 4 Mt annually after that.
The Roadmap's Action Plan focuses on three priority areas:
- driving Canadian market development
- driving innovation and transition within industry
- positioning Canada as a world leader in the production, adoption, and export of low-carbon cement and concrete products and technologies
Government and industry collaboration will support the shift toward net-zero by 2050 through industrial decarbonization projects, research and development, codes and standards, and skills development. Initiatives like the Roadmap to Net-Zero Carbon Concrete by 2050, developed in partnership with the Cement Association of Canada, and programs like the Strategic Response Fund (SRF) help Canadian industries innovate, adapt and compete in a changing global economy.
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Roadmap to Net-Zero Carbon Concrete by 2050
Discover the measures outlined to speed up the decarbonization of Canada's cement and concrete industry, including the levers and milestones needed to achieve net-zero, and the policies, investments, and supports needed from governments at the federal, provincial, and local levels.