News Dow to build $6.5bn net-zero plastics plant in Alberta The board of US chemical company Dow has given the green light to a US$6.5bn petrochemical plant in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta. Dow said the ethylene cracker and derivatives plant will…
News Heidelberg Materials unveils ‘first net-zero cement’ Heidelberg Materials has produced what it describes as the “world’s first carbon-captured net-zero cement”. Heidelberg says the carbon capturing process was used at its plant in Brevik, Norway, and has…
News Carbon-negative concrete maker Partanna inks deal with Diriyah giga project US carbon-negative concrete maker Partanna says it will set up a factory in Saudi Arabia after signing a collaboration agreement with the developer of the $63.2bn Diriyah tourism giga project.…
News “No time to lose”: UN urges concrete manufacturers to plan for net zero António Guterres, the UN secretary general, has called on cement makers to eliminate their carbon emissions by 2050. Speaking at a meeting in Zürich, Guterres and Thomas Guillot, the chief…
News SOM designs net-zero campus for New York university Chicago architect Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) has designed the Climate Exchange, a net-zero campus for Stony Brook University, a New York public research institute. The 400,000 sq ft exchange…
News Sweden to get world’s first net zero warehouse Nordic developer NREP plans to build the world’s first net zero warehouse in Sweden with timber, organic insulation and solar power. Located in Bålsta, 50km north west of Stockholm, the…