Yvonne is driving cement & concrete work within the Forum. With the goal to deliver the world with net-zero concrete by 2050, she's working closely with the industry and actors across the built environment value chain to making industrial decarbonization possible. Through radical collaboration together, we can accelerate the transition of these need-to-abate sectors.
Yvonne has a proven track record in high calibre stakeholder management, addressing sustainable development issues within international context. The initiative she's leading within the Mission Possible Partnership (MPP) is a partnership between the World Economic Forum and Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) to develop clean cement & concrete standards, stimulate demand for cleaner products, and enlarge the circle of progressive companies committing to net-zero targets.
To reach net-zero, reverse nature loss and restore biodiversity by 2050, funding for equitable climate and nature transitions must be stepped up by more than $3 trillion a year. At this c...
Como segundo recurso más consumido de la Tierra después del agua y material fundamental para edificios e infraestructuras, el hormigón desempeña un papel importante en el entorno construi...
As the second most consumed resource on Earth after water and a critical material for buildings and infrastructure, concrete plays an important role in the modern built environment and ou...
Concrete and cement, which account for approximately 7% of global CO2 emissions, are facing several trends with potentially far-reaching cost implications.
India is the second-largest market for cement in the world, and it is predicted to more than double between 2020-30. At the same time, addressing climate change is becoming an urgent prio...
Cement, and by extension concrete, is the linchpin of the built environment. Global demand for it has nearly tripled in the last 20 years, and estimates suggest it will continue to grow t...
Demand for cement – the key ingredient in concrete – is soaring on the wings of a global infrastructure and building boom driven by the expansion of both developing and developed economie...
