Holcim joins Circularity Task Force at COP28

Holcim has become a founding member of the Sustainable Markets Initiative’s (SMI) Circularity Task Force, launched at COP28 in Dubai. The task force aims to close essential material loops to advance climate action while preserving resources.

This commitment adds to Holcim’s work in circular construction, which includes the goal of recycling more than 10 million tons of construction and demolition (C&D) materials by 2025.

Jan Jenisch, chairman and CEO of Holcim, says “With our world’s rising population and urbanization, we need to build better with less to raise living standards for all while preserving nature. Circularity is a game-changer to make this happen at scale. At Holcim we are driving circular construction across all metropolitan areas where we operate to build cities from cities, recycling construction and demolition materials into new building solutions. I am excited to be joining like-minded organizations to accelerate the shift to a more circular future together.”

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Holcim together with other founding members of the Circularity Task Force—Gemini Corp., Dubai Airports, Investcorp and LGT Group—will help champion tangible, scalable and sustainable circular business practices while raising awareness about supportive regulatory frameworks. 

Holcim says circularity is at the core of its decarbonization journey. The Switzerland-based company recycles nearly seven million tons of C&D materials each year into new building solutions.

In Europe alone, Holcim aims to recycle more than 20 million tons of C&D materials by 2030 by scaling up its ECOCycle circular technology to reach 150 sites in Europe by 2030. 

With its ECOCycle circular technology, Holcim says it can recycle 100 percent of C&D materials across a broad range of applications, from decarbonized raw materials in low-carbon cement formulation to recycled aggregates in circular concrete. Its ECOCycle circular technology enables concrete, cement and aggregates to contain from 10 percent to 100 percent recycled C&D materials inside with no compromise in performance.