Redefining industrial sustainability

Redefining industrial sustainability Committed to providing decarbonisation solutions for the global cement and lime industries, Leilac’s CEO, Daniel Rennie, discusses the principles for an environmentally and economically sustainable industrial transformation. Carbon-intensive industries face a dual challenge: reducing greenhouse gas emissions while simultaneously strengthening the resilience and competitiveness of local industry. The cement and lime industries perhaps encapsulate this dual challenge better than any other. Cement and lime quite literally provide the foundations of modern society. Cement is the key ingredient in concrete, the most consumed substance on Earth, after water. Lime is a critical input to a variety of essential industries, including water treatment, agriculture, and steelmaking. At the same time, their inherently carbon-intensive production accounts for approximately 9% of global carbon dioxide emissions – a number that is set to increase as other industries decarbonise and the global population continues to grow and urbanise.